I don’t agree that Belle was afraid of Rumple. When he told her to leave she came back to give him a piece of her mind. The last words belonged to her and she wasn’t afraid to tell him things that he didn’t necessarily want to hear .
My friend was in an abusive relationship for 5 years, she was married to the guy. She managed to free herself from that a**hole about a year ago, but he keeps stalking her from time to time even though there is a restraining order against him. I know the situation from the real life. And what Belle and Rumple had is nowhere near what I know from the real life and Rumple is nowhere near my friend’s ex.
But in fact I get where you are coming from and I get that your experience might have been different.