Beauty & the Beast/Sleeping Beauty Femslash

Written for the following comment_fic prompt: "any two couples, one partner from each couple dies and the remaining ones hook up in their grief". I am in an odd frame of mind, apparently, because grieving fairytale femslash was what suggested itself. Also, this is mostly the Disney versions, yes?

Title: Bella Rosa
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Beauty & the Beast, Sleeping Beauty
Characters/Pairings: Belle, Briar Rose. Past Belle/Beast and Briar Rose/Phillip, present Belle/Briar Rose
Summary: When her Beast is taken from her at last, after years together, Belle goes in search of something to take her back to him. What she finds, in an enchanted castle wreathed in thorns, is something else altogether. Two women reach out in grief, and take each other's hands
Wordcount: 3091
Warnings/Notes: Spells/curses, character deaths, skeletons, grief, deathwishes. Happy ending, though. Second loves.
Disclaimer: Not mine

( Bella Rosa )