Three Sentence Ficathon

"And make sure you spray his tentacles with slime every four hours," Rumple reminded.

"Yes, yes," Belle said as she steered him to the door, "and file his eye-teeth, and give his spike a good scrub before bed. I remember. Now go. You said these flowers only bloom for a few days a year and you're going to have a long search on your hands!"

As Rumple transported himself to the forested lands near the Kitsis River, he mused that it must be love, for he wouldn't trust the care of his eldritch monster to anyone but Belle.