What did that even mean? It was a stray thought that went through his mind as his hand hovered just out of reach from where it was meant to be. He’d wanted so much to caress her cheek once last time to let her know that everything will be alright but at the gesture was there. Perhaps the distance between them had always been there and try as they might neither one of them could hold onto the other for long. 

      Is this what happens to soulmates? 

Moments in time that span countless years but they are not meant to be together? Is it just long enough to learn some important lesson? That can’t be how it is for that is far too cruel. Love is not meant to equal sorrow it is meant to last and thrive even in the toughest of times. 

 His last thoughts are a prayer to hopefully protect his children (all of them), Regina and their friends. Even if he can’t be there to be a part of their lives he wants them to be as safe as they can be, to learn and love with their full hearts. 

9. Your muse wraps their hands tightly around my muse’s neck.

Snow gasped out when the man suddenly grabbed her neck, the air suddenly being cut off immediately apparent.  It was then, now that he was close enough for her to see his face, that she realized who it was.  The man that had supposedly ran off all those years ago.  “Daniel,” she struggled to push out, pleading with him.  “Daniel, please… stop.”  The Daniel she had met so many years ago at Regina’s estate would have never done this.  What had happened to him to make him change into this… killer?

Your muse clutches their hand tightly around my muse’s mouth to silence them.

Everything down by the lake had been incredibly peaceful that evening; Cora and Henry had long since been asleep, presenting Regina with the perfect opportunity to spend an evening out with her stable boy. They had been curled up in one another’s arms, enjoying the glimmer of the stars and moon against the water, when Daniel had suddenly sprung to his feet and instructed that she do the same. He had grabbed her hand and bolted into the woods, dragging her along with him despite protest and questioning alike.

Once sheltered in the thick of the brush, Regina had tried again to ask just what was going on. But Daniel had silenced her, clamping his hand down over her lips as he tugged her down and away from the path. She hadn’t fought his grip, though she did crane her neck to see just what had caused them to bolt away so quickly.