Disclaimer: I don't own the characters the show would have been a lot different If I did. Reminder this is an AU from canon
Mr. Gold ran a pawn shop and he didn't interact much with other people. Which is how he liked It and they liked it. The only time he really interacted with others was when he was collecting the rent for the small town.
Today Mr. Gold was working in his pawn shop. Not many came in, mostly just the mayor and Mr. Gold had no fear of her but he liked that she seemed to fear him and would always ask him interesting questions as if she thought he was someone else.
He looked up when he felt the wind swept into his shop and Mr. Gold was now back to being Rumpelstiltskin. Rumpelstiltskin looked around and was surprised. He walked out the door to look at the rest of the town. It seemed as if everyone was waking up. He saw people seeing others and embracing their long-lost loved ones. Rumpelstiltskin waked back into this shop and started to find a way to find his son. But as he thought he didn't remember any Emma's in town. So, he thought how did the curse break if the savior was not here. Little did he know at the same time he woke up and started looking for his child that he lost years ago. His child had a son of his own.
Tallahassee Hospital
Neal was smiling at Emma holding Henry. He had never felt so complete. This is what a family was meant to be. Emma looked up at him. "Do you want to hold him?"
Neal's eyes shot up to Emma's He had never held a child. He went with Emma to all the appointments he could when he wasn't at work and her Lamaze classes and learned how to hold a baby but those were not real. His son was real and he was breakable and he was counting on Neal.
Neal nodded. Neal took the baby from Emma and sat down looking down at his son. Looking at henry, he couldn't help but wonder why his father found it so easy to let him go. Now that he had Henry, he never wanted to let him go. Neal glanced over at Emma and saw she fell asleep. She must be exhausted. Neal promised Henry in that moment and for himself that Henry would never be without his father. "Hey buddy, I'm your… Papa. And I will never ever leave you. You are going to have everything your mama and I didn't have."
