More Than I Can Tell
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When Rumplestiltskin finds Belle unconscious at the foot of a ladder, he moves her to an unfamiliar room to recover—and tells her it’s hers now. If her reaction is anything to go by, he is absolutely going to regret this. Not that he didn't already know that.
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- Part 1 of More Than I Can Tell
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Rumplestiltskin returns from a deal in DunBroch with a new favorite tart recipe and a wound that isn’t healing well. He refuses to let Belle fuss over it, so she takes matters into her own hands.
❖ 2026 CCA Nominee for Best Comedy
❖ 2026 CCA Nominee for Best TropeSeries
- Part 2 of More Than I Can Tell
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When Belle unknowingly jeopardizes the Dark Curse, Rumplestiltskin reminds them both that she is merely the Dark One’s prisoner.
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- Part 3 of More Than I Can Tell
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Rumplestiltskin can heal from most wounds, but not this one. Not while he’s in denial of his growing feelings toward Belle. If he can face the truth, the wound will heal. But Rumplestiltskin is as stubborn—and as scared—as they come.
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- Part 4 of More Than I Can Tell
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Between homesickness, exhaustion, and Rumplestiltskin’s grating personality, Belle’s at her wits’ end—and then the nightmares start. Rumplestiltskin’s latest “gift” is the last straw.
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- Part 5 of More Than I Can Tell
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Rumplestiltskin marches Belle into her father’s throne room as a pawn in a ruthless bid for power. But what begins as a cruel negotiation spirals into emotional checkmate when something unexpected shifts the board entirely.
❖ 2026 CCA Winner for Best Dark One Rumple
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- Part 6 of More Than I Can Tell
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Rumplestiltskin reaches Belle just as the keep collapses, burying them in stone and silence. With no magic and even less hope, they cling to the only thing left: each other.
❖ 2026 CCA Nominee for Best Drama
❖ 2026 CCA Nominee for Best TropeSeries
- Part 7 of More Than I Can Tell
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Rumplestiltskin decides to take tea with Belle on a whim—and immediately detects a rare magical toxin that is tasteless to women. Belle is three cups deep.
❖ 2026 CCA Nominee for Best Misunderstanding
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- Part 8 of More Than I Can Tell
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When Rumplestiltskin finds Belle sleepwalking toward a deadly fall, his instincts and magic save her—and damn him to fall for her even more. But love complicates duty, creating a choice: keep her safe or keep her trust.
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- Part 9 of More Than I Can Tell
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Rumplestiltskin happens upon Belle lying under the dining table one night. How he ends up under there with her is beyond him. But what they share in silence and sorrow becomes something startlingly sacred, shaping a new role for Rumplestiltskin in their story.
❖ 2026 CCA Winner for Best Belle
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- Part 10 of More Than I Can Tell
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Belle successfully negotiates one day of freedom to attend a summertime celebration in the village, only to fall miserably ill the night before. Over a pair of knitting needles, Rumplestiltskin looks after her, willing the fever to break before he does.
❖ 2026 CCA Winner for Best Comfort Fic
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- Part 11 of More Than I Can Tell
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Rumplestiltskin likes to watch Belle read, but she can get so lost in her books sometimes that it not only endangers her well-being, but his as well.
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- Part 12 of More Than I Can Tell
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When Belle twists her ankle in the village, a well-meaning stranger tends to her. Rumplestiltskin watches from the shadows as she smiles a little too warmly at her rescuer, turning his petty jealousy into a need to stake his claim.
❖ 2026 CCA Nominee for Best Crossover
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- Part 13 of More Than I Can Tell
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She’s lost her memory. Again. And still, he draws the bath, untangles the twigs from her hair, and tries not to care more than he should. But Rumplestiltskin knows he’ll always take care of Belle—whether she knows it or not.
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- Part 14 of More Than I Can Tell
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The first snow of the season inspires Rumplestiltskin to a mundane act of kindness. But when Belle stumbles in from the storm frozen and bruised, his gesture becomes something far more intimate.
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- Part 15 of More Than I Can Tell
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A poppy-dusted Belle interrogates Rumplestiltskin while he cleans her wound, weaving a web of teasing hypotheticals that turn dangerous when her father arrives unannounced. Rumplestiltskin chose Belle long ago. Now it’s her turn to choose.
❖ 2026 CCA Nominee for Best Comedy
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- Part 16 of More Than I Can Tell
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The fight ends with him throwing her book into the fire, and even Rumplestiltskin thinks he doesn’t deserve Belle’s forgiveness. It doesn’t come easily, but in the spirit of Yule, he hopes to convince her to give him another chance.
❖ 2026 CCA Nominee for Best Holiday Centric
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- Part 17 of More Than I Can Tell
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While Belle recovers from a debilitating curse, Rumplestiltskin brings in a new maid to keep order. It isn’t long before Belle begins to feel replaced in more ways than one, especially after Rumple asks her to make dinner for them.
❖ 2026 CCA Winner for Best Misunderstanding
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- Part 18 of More Than I Can Tell
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A brutal attack leaves the Dark Castle in ruins. Belle claws through the wreckage, desperate to find Rumplestiltskin—only to stumble upon a gruesome spectacle that shatters her world. Too weak to heal himself, Rumplestiltskin casts a deathspell meant to summon his final witness. But when Belle sees who he’s trusted with the sanctity of his final moments, hope surges, and she’s determined not to let them be his last.
❖ 2026 CCA Winner for Best Death
❖ 2026 CCA Nominee for Best DramaSeries
- Part 19 of More Than I Can Tell
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Five times Rumplestiltskin doesn’t mind Belle fussing about his bumps and bruises—and one time he really fusses over Belle’s.
❖ 2026 CCA Winner for Best Trope
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- Part 20 of More Than I Can Tell