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   Disparate Pathways by Eilinelithil

   Fandoms: Once Upon a Time (TV)  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   15 May 2023

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Belle/Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold
   • Belle & Jefferson
   • Mr Gold & Jefferson
   • Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold
   • Belle (Once Upon a Time)
   • Maurice | Moe French
   • Gaston (Once Upon a Time)
   • Spinster(s) (Once Upon a Time: Think Lovely Thoughts)
   • Mad Hatter | Jefferson
   • Blue Fairy | Mother Superior
   • Black Fairy (Once Upon a Time)
   • Baelfire | Neal Cassidy
   • Emma Swan
   • Prince Charming | David Nolan
   • Colette (Once Upon a Time)
   • Red Riding Hood | Ruby
   • Widow Lucas | Granny
   • Dove (Once Upon a Time)
   • Captain Hook | Killian Jones
   • Wicked Witch of the West | Zelena
   • the Dragon
   • Abusive Parents
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
   • Violence
   • Gun Violence
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
   • Implied/Referenced Torture
   • Dubious Consent
   • Eventual Smut
   • UST
   • First Time
   • Drama & Romance
   • Kidnapping
   • Extortion
   • Human Trafficking

   Summary

   Gold has a past, a past that he has rejected, but it seems one that will not let him go. Belle, daughter of Governor Maurice French has been kidnapped, along with her mother, and just as the authorities raid the organization that is holding her hostage, decides to make her own bid for freedom, unknowingly derailing an undercover sting, and Agent Milnor has not choice but to take her into 'protective custody,' but is he all that he seems? As the threads of the story grow more tangled and the threat to Belle, and to Gold, her appointed protector, grow ever more real, a growing, mutual attraction makes everything far more desperate and far too personal for Gold to ignore what he knows to be the truth.

   *Winner of Best Novel Length, and Best Remix in the 2022 Espenson Awards.*

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   135,281

   Chapters:

   57/57

   Comments:

   225

   Kudos:

   105

   Bookmarks:

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   22 May 2023