OUAT/VD: Bless The Broken Road (Rumatherine)

Summary: Set in VD S7 after they got Lily out of the prison world and Bonnie trapped Kai there. Also, set in OUAT S7, but everyone is still in Storybrooke, instead of the spell being cast. What will ensue when Katherine escapes the 1903 prison world and winds up back in Storybrooke, since she was in town back in OUAT S1? After all, Rumple and Kat had a little something going on when she’d been a vampire in Storybrooke back in S1 of OUAT, but had left town when she’d decided to go back to Mystic Falls to try and win back Damon and Stefan back in VD S2. Will an old flame unite between Rumple and Kat, when Kat shows up shortly after Rumple lost Belle? Based on the song “Bless The Broken Road.”

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I set out on a narrow way many years ago

Hoping I would find true love along the broken road

But I got lost a time or two

Wiped by brow and kept pushing through

I couldn’t see how every sign pointed straight to you

            It was a dismal night, as Katherine appeared in a road after escaping the prison world. After Kai had been left behind in the 1903 prison world, she’d found a way out with the ascendant. After dying, she’d ended up there, but Lily had given her shelter and they’d become friends after a while. That is, before she was rescued from the prison world. Katherine was just fine after being in the prison world, since she’d made sure Kai didn’t know she was there. She knew not to let him know she was there. Now that she was out, she looked around to see a familiar road. When she’d still been a vampire, before she’d gone back to Mystic Falls to try and win Damon and Stefan back, she’d hung around Storybrooke for a while. Since she was human again, she knew it best to go to the one person that she’d always gotten along with best. Unlike Elijah, he’d never turn her away.

Every long lost dream led me to where you are

Others who broke my heart, they were like Northern stars

Pointing me on my way into your loving arms

This much I know is true

That God bless the broken road

That led me straight to you

(yes he did)

I think about the years I spent just passing through

I’d like to have the time I lost and give it back to you

But you just smile and take my hand

You’ve been there to understand

            Half an hour later, after walking down the road and into town, she found his familiar shop and entered. She didn’t immediately busy, but then again, she knew that he was normally busy in this town. However, when she reached the glass counter, she saw him come from the back of the shop. He seemed a little different now, but she didn’t know what the difference was. She couldn’t exactly place it.

It’s all part of a grander plan that is coming true

Every long lost dream led me to where you are

Others who broke my heart, they were like Northern stars

Pointing me on my way into your loving arms

This much I know is true

That God bless the broken road

That led me straight to you

(yes he did)

Yeah

            For a few moments, when Rumple came from the back of his shop, he saw a very familiar face. Not exactly an old friend, but she had always been a friend to him in this town, even when everyone else turned against him. He was surprised to see her back in town, though. And human. Although, he’d already known that she’d been human before, back when she was dying. She’d informed him what was happening to her, even though she knew that he couldn’t help her when she was so far away. At the time, no one could even leave town without losing their magic or their memories.

Now I’m just rolling home

Into my lover’s arms

This much I know is true

That God bless the broken road

That led me straight to you

That God bless the broken road

That led me straight to you

            “Katherine,” he stated. Then, “What are you doing here?,” needing to know.

            “Well, when I died, I ended up in the 1903 prison world and I just escaped it tonight. When I escaped it, I somehow ended up here. I guess it’s better than Mystic Falls or New Orleans, whether I wanted to be here or not. I guess I might as well stay here since I’m here anyway. I assume I missed quite a ton of things, since you seem different from the last time we were both in town,” she replied. “I need a place to stay. I thought you might let me stay in that mansion house.”

            “You can do whatever you want. You’re right. A lot of things have happened. You can go,” he replied.

            She took that as an invitation to take proximity in that mansion house of his, so she left the shop to do just that. She knew not to bug him too much. She could tell that he was going through something and wanted to be alone.

            Rumple watched her go. Right now, he didn’t want to deal with her, but he knew he’d have to sooner than later. He needed time first, though. He’d just lost Belle recently. He wasn’t ready if Katherine had in mind what he thought she did. But then again, he’d only dealt with vampire Katherine. He had yet to get to know human Katherine.

            Several months or so later, he and Katherine fell in love, so Rumple got a second chance at a happy ending for himself.