Belle studies. She really doesn't get as lonely as Beast - and maybe he and Chelise can fall in love if she stays out of their way, and then the curse will break and Belle can ransack the library and go home, that would be fine. She works.
deslandes
"I love you too," he says into her hair. It's the truest thing in the world.
Bed? Bed. Big comfortable bed. Beast is just going to flop down and snuggle into it, loving the cuddly softness of the blankets and the way fresh jolts of pain follow every movement.
Bed? Bed. Big comfortable bed. Beast is just going to flop down and snuggle into it, loving the cuddly softness of the blankets and the way fresh jolts of pain follow every movement.
beheld_beauty
Belle snuggles right up to him. She's not nervous about snuggling.
deslandes
How about snuggling with fewer clothes? Because it is past time he got out of these trousers.
deslandes
Kisses, snuggling, Beast being unclothed. All good things. Nothing alarming there.
And he loves her. He loves her so much. She's a thunderstorm, a rosebush, beautiful and dangerous.
And he loves her. He loves her so much. She's a thunderstorm, a rosebush, beautiful and dangerous.
beheld_beauty
Belle could get very, very used to being loved like this, to sinking into his mindscape and watching-feeling it all rush past her in a waterfall of affection.
deslandes
He can feel it when she does, and it makes him want to curl up around her and do his best likeness of a purr.
Like so.
Like so.
deslandes
It could!
There is also the matter of hands.
He has those now. Without fur or claws or inhuman crushing strength.
There is also the matter of hands.
He has those now. Without fur or claws or inhuman crushing strength.
beheld_beauty
He does. He does have hands.
What ever shall he do with them?
What ever shall he do with them?
beheld_beauty
Will he be sharing them with his blushing bride?
(There is blushing. There's considerable blushing.)
(There is blushing. There's considerable blushing.)
deslandes
"I love you blushing," he says, and kisses her, and - although he is quite sure she saw it already - suggests a notion.