Word game: pain
He shivered a little, his stomach twisting with a sudden, sharp pain, and Belle looked concerned as he grimaced.
From the next chapter of The Stranger
He had even whispered her name once, in the dark of the night, when they’d both drunk too much to do anything more than fumble, and she had lain naked by his side, an unexpected pain stabbing at her at the sound of another woman’s name on his lips.
From Buried Treasure, my first Golden Lace fic, which was supposed to be incredibly smutty and has turned out angsty (it will also be smutty, never fear)
Remembering his tea, she stowed her pack by the cot and shuffled wearily back to the kitchen, wincing at the pain in her body.
From my untitled and unpublished DC fic
She winked, and Rumple closed his eyes with a pained expression.
From the as-yet-untitled Rumbelle/Swan Queen fluff ficlet I started writing the other day.
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