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canon: once upon a time

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Ah. Mundane. You are entirely too eager.

Don't misunderstand. Your enthusiasm is quite charming. But it seems to me that this application remains, ah, a tad incomplete.

I don't think they're quite done yet telling my tale, dear. If doing this properly is truly your aim, you would do well to show a little patience. There will be opportunities in the meanwhile to explore what we two can achieve together. Museboxes, and the like. In the meantime...

You'll forgive me, but I don't think I'll be signing off on the end of that application just yet.

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[ All he knows how to do is run away.

Something steels itself in his posture as he feels her step closer, his gaze on the distance as he wets his lips. ]

I, ah...hope your journey is a safe one, then.

Sometimes the people we return to aren't quite the same as when we left them.

[He knows how to run and push others away. It has to be in her head, nothing else. Her heart is wanting for something that's not there...

Maybe it was never truly there to begin with.

A weak smile plays along her lips as she takes a step back. It was rude of her to invade his personal bubble.]

Thank you. I should start before it gets dark..

[A pause to think about his choice of words.]

It's in people's nature to change, the question becomes is that change for the better or for the worst?

Difficult to say, isn't it?

[ This? This is Gold, still not looking at her. He doesn't trust himself to. Something will snap, he'll tell her the truth, try to protect her, and it can only go poorly from there.

The man has so many issues, not least of which is the fact that despite the kiss's power, he's convinced even now that she couldn't love him. ]

It is and only time can provide that answer.

[Time isn't something they have is it? Everything they had is in the past. Though she is upset with him and hurt...there still is a place in her heart for him.

She does love him, otherwise her heartache wouldn't be this painful.

It's now that she takes notice how he hasn't looked at her.]

Have I said or done something to offend you, Mr. Gold?

[Things don't have to go poorly from here. All he has to do is tell her.]

[ Easy enough to tell her. To succumb. To embrace love again and shuck off the Dark One's powers and the stain they've set upon his soul. He can't say it hasn't tempted him.

But there are too many people with grudges against him who would gladly take advantage of such weakness. He couldn't protect her as he used to be. To lose her again is a pain he refuses to put himself through.

If she ever learned the whole truth about him, what sort of person he is, she'd probably leave anyway. His wife had. Bael.

Who he was. This is who he is now, until the day he dies. A maker of Faustian deals. And as a man who studies the subtleties and technicalities there are too many reasons why he can't give in to the one thing he wants most. ]

I've only grown weary. Bad leg.

[ He taps it lightly with his cane. ]

[She had grown to love him despite what he all ready was. She didn't view him as a monster even when he pushed her away. No, he's only lonely and driven by his own power. His heart is still good, at least that's what she wants to believe.

Guilt flashes across her eyes. She's probably taken up more than a good portion of his time.]

I'm sorry, I'll take my leave then. But...it was a pleasure to speak with you. Maybe we'll meet again?

One can wish.

[ He's...just going to head out himself. Really? He could just use a drink, at this point. ]

Mm..[The heartache grows there, as though she's being forced to walk away from Rumple again.]

Goodbye.

[She murmurs before turning around to walk away.]

[ooc: omfg I love your Mister Gold! T^T I would love for these two to play off of one another again.]

[ ooc: It's a deal. >3 ]

[ooc: Teehee~ What's the price of this deal?

/shot]

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