Title: In A Dark Wood
Author: sheldrake
Fandom: Beauty And The Beast
Pairing: Beauty/Beast
Summary: On the nature of beasts.

After her father has gone, she takes herself off to bed, because she doesn't really know what else to do. A palace seems too big for someone on their own, even when they aren't really on their own at all. And she knows she isn't. Invisible, silent things are everywhere. The sorts of things that hide in the dark. And somewhere, lurking... him. It. The Beast.

Methodically, she undresses, unbuttons, unhooks. She hangs her clothes very neatly over the back of a chair. For some reason, they (whoever they are) have put far too many mirrors in this room. They seem to be everywhere, and they catch her off-guard. She finds herself almost scuttling to the bed, like someone who's afraid of her own reflection

Can't talk! Have a baby on my lap! Read it, it's good!