On someday games and recent canon worries

[didyoueverdoubt]

Look, mun, it's not that I don't appreciate what I've got. Your head is a lot better than lying in a coma for twenty-eight years, and I know who I really am. That's something.

But it's not enough. I miss my wife, and I'm worried about my daughter and Henry. I can't stay here alone forever.

Look, you've got some time opening up in a month or two. Think about it, all right? Find a way to send me to my family. Especially since it's more extended than I thought.

Comments

[cantwalkwithoutit]

Given your track record thus far, I'm honestly surprised you're not more optimistic.

[foundandfinding]

Recently I've thought about tacking up paper on the wall and writing it out. Just to keep the tree straight.

[unhand]

I know where your wife and daughter are. But you won't want to hear about what they've been doing.

[uncurse]

As eager as I'm not for you to be stuck in the same position as the rest of us ... Fairly certain Mary-Margaret would prefer having you in Atia than not while she is.

[foundandfinding]

...do you like being punched? Is that why you say things like this?

[unhand]

Well, love, I think I might enjoy it if you did it.

[foundandfinding]

No, I'm pretty sure you won't.

[didyoueverdoubt]

Oh, it'll happen. I'm just not willing to sit and wait if I can do something to make it happen faster.

[didyoueverdoubt]

Maybe you should color-code it. That might help.

[cantwalkwithoutit]

Admitted, you're the first I've met that's been willing to use the mundanes to that end.

[But then he's not exactly a social butterfly around here.]

[didyoueverdoubt]

Maybe not from you.

[foundandfinding]

How did things get this complicated?

[didyoueverdoubt]

I wish I could be, believe me.

[Which might be an awkward thing to say to one's daughter, considering the setting in question, but w/e he'll ignore that.]

[didyoueverdoubt]

I prefer to think of it as a partnership.

[unhand]

Suppose I should have said who they've been doing.

[unhand]

One way to find out. [He leans forward, tapping his cheek.] Come on, sweetheart. Just a little one.

[cantwalkwithoutit]

I suppose that would be what it is if you're choosing to be with them.

[didyoueverdoubt]

Hey, we can handle it. We'll just...buy a set of colored pencils.

[David, that is really not the issue and you know it.]

[foundandfinding]

[ And cue the 'are you serious' look. ]

I'm not going to hit you.

[ Though there is that unspoken yet hanging there. ]

[foundandfinding]

[ She wants to humor him. She does. There's an off-handed comment about stealing the crayons from her classroom right there, but -- ]

It's Rumpelstiltskin, David. I mean, it's bad enough with Regina, but him?

[didyoueverdoubt]

I trust them to do what they need to do to survive. I'm in no place to judge. [Whether it bothers him or not.]

[didyoueverdoubt]

Mine's not so bad. Our priorities just aren't quite in line.

[didyoueverdoubt]

[Yeah, it's not really working for him either.]

I know. But it doesn't change who Henry is. We just know more now.

I'd like to meet this...Neal guy, though.

[unhand]

[HE'S ALWAYS SERIOUS. No, not really. He touches his heart, looking mock-hurt.] Suppose it'll remain a mystery, then.

[foundandfinding]

[ Worst. Fakers. Ever. She does nod, though. Henry is still Henry, and she would still say all his best traits came from them. ]

He hurt Emma. [ There's that tinge to her voice. ] I'd like to meet him, too.