Rumpelstiltskin and the Guardian

On the night of his banishment, Rumple learns just what the Dark One is. Horrified and unable to cope, Rumple decides to end his life. Meanwhile, Harriet is utterly alone. Living in the throes of an addiction, she has managed to push everyone but Kreacher away. When she finally starts the long road to recovery, she is suddenly plagued with horrible nightmares. With no one to turn to but each other, Rumple and Harriet are forced to confront their shared past....and the sudden feelings that have erupted between them. Barely even friends and thrown into a dangerous and unprecedented magical situation, will they be able to overcome their own worst demons? Or are they doomed by fate?AU after season 4A and Harry Potter Book 7-with a few small changes to HP thrown in.

It has been a very long time since I have published fanfiction. However, this story would not leave my mind. I do not have a Beta, but I have read it, and read it, and re-read it. Therefore, if there are errors, it is what it is.Harry Potter has gotten the Once Upon a Time treatment. Things will have been changed or redone to accommodate for that. Please know that if you don't like fanfiction with mentions of suicide, alcohol abuse, drug use, depression, murder, enemies to lovers, OCs, female Harry Potter, Hook Bashing, Belle Bashing, or anything slightly uncomfortable. This is not your story.I also don't own anything. Everything is copyrighted. I'm just a lady with a laptop trying to get a story out of her head.The titles of the chapter are the songs that inspired it. This one is owed to Sam Tinnesz and Zyde Wolf.