Poles apart
neongenesisevang asked for a oneshot of Snow feeling left out because Emma is more similar to Charming.
I couldn't help but feel a little off. Why was I always missing the joke? They had near identical senses of humour, and when they spent all day together, I felt like I was never part of the in jokes. It was always "you had to be there." I didn't work at the station, I could never be there! She even looked more like him. Yeah, Emma has my chin and my eyes. But everything else is all her dad. I don't resent it, not really. I love Charming with all my heart, so the fact that our little girl looked more like him than she did me was actually something I enjoyed. I just wished I got something. Something that Emma and I could share in together. I fought with arrows, she fought with bullets. I talked with birds, she talked with criminals. I was a queen, she was a Saviour. I was so incredibly proud of the woman she had become, but I felt like there was still some thick barrier between us. Maybe I was looking too much into things, but I couldn't help but still feel detached from her. I just wanted a relationship with Emma so badly. Sometimes I knew I tried too hard, but I couldn't help it. I missed so much of her life, surely it was only natural that I want to make up for the lost time. I just didn't get it. How was Charming able to do it with such ease? I frowned as I watched the pair of them leave for their morning shift, Emma linking arms with her father. Like I said, I truly am happy for Emma's relationship with Charming. She needs a father in her life. I just wished she needed me too.
