open-ish | i'm just trying to find my way to you

[uncurse]

CHARACTERS: EMMA SWAN and HOOK, SIX; and GOLD; others as they happen
LOCATION: Medical Bay ; Floor 013 ; others as they happen
WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: Catch-all for September closed logs.
NOTES: If you wanna hit Emma up for anything, feel free to drop your own starter in this post, or get in touch with me.

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[alionsheart]

[ Both of his hands now wrap around his glass, and he tilts the liquid around for a moment, studying the way it licks at the rim, catching a faint light now and then before the flicker fades just as quickly.

Complicated. ]

I know that feeling well. You have my sympathies, though, Emma, I'm sorry it couldn't be otherwise for you.

[ He tries to be an optimist, though. ]

That's not to say it can't get better, of course.

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I had enough waiting for things to get better for one lifetime with Henry's father. I'm not doing that again.

[ Two years of her life wasted waiting for him in Tallahassee, as if he would come find her. As if setting her up to take the fall for him had been some mistake, and she'd forgive him when she saw him again. Eight more years wasted internalizing that bitter loneliness that followed, hating herself for what she must have been to drive him off like that. For what a fool she was to let him con her. ]

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It's not at all my place, of course. Some people can change.

[ He's seen that with Regina, although things were just as rocky between them on the ship as they'd been in the missing year, so he's a bit disheartened by all of that. ]

You know best what you deserve, and what your boundaries are.

I would hope for you what I hope for all whom I care about: true happiness, peace with one's self, and to be with someone who respects you and cherishes you above all else.

[ He's maybe making a few assumptions here about how close she is with Hook, but he's also not oblivious. ]

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We're not—

[ The defense gets swallowed. Honestly, she couldn't say what's going on there. She never let him be 'someone she's with' the way Robin is insinuating. No, she works too hard to protect herself for that. Hell, there's every chance that she's just latching onto this as an excuse, and a part of her is aware of that, but she's too wrapped up in her own defense mechanisms to stop.

Sighing, she deflates some, the fight draining right out of her. ]

I don't know.

[ Eager to change the subject, she rubs her eyes briefly and looks back up at him as she drops her hand to the counter afterward. ]

So that's how you wind up in Storybrooke, huh? When we found our way back together.

[alionsheart]

[ He's only too happy to change the subject, not wanting to make things uncomfortable for her. The point of having drinks together is to unwind, not add any undue stress. ]

It is. And though I haven't yet had the pleasure to know your boy terribly well, he's a good lad. I look forward to knowing him better once we've all found our way home.

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Well, God only knows how it happened, but he's a good kid.

[ She nods, offering a flicker of a smile. Henry always manages to push her to her best, even when she's simply talking about him. ]

Wish I'd gotten more time with him when I spent a jump in Neverland.

[alionsheart]

Children, I think, have a way of being better than their parents. Though in Henry's case, I happen to see quite clearly that he's very loved and supported by a wonderful family.

[ He doesn't know all of the bad stuff, of course, but he's also not naive, he knows Regina was once the evil queen. Still, he prefers to focus on the positive. ]

I truly believe we'll both see our boys again.

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[ Emma snorts at that assertion if only because she can't imagine anyone being better than her parents. They're heroes. Actual fairytale heroes. She shakes her head, dismissing it. ]

I hope you're right. I'm not gonna stop trying until we do.

[alionsheart]

Nor will I. Surely our tenacity combined will prove eventually to be fruitful.

[ A parent never gives up on trying to get back to their child, after all, no matter what it takes. ]

And while we remain trapped here, we can at least indulge in moments like this, sharing a drink and each other's company.

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We don't get a lot of 'em, so we better enjoy it while it lasts.

[ Raising her glass to him, she then takes a drink. ]

[alionsheart]

[ And Robin raises his glass, deciding to make it a toast of sorts. ]

Well. To us, I say. And the children we love rather madly.

May our paths, wherever they may lead us here, eventually bring us home.