Thanks to Henry
OnceLover asked for a oneshot of something for Emma and Henry based around the song "Because you loved me" by Celine Dion.
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me.
I owed everything I now had to one person: Henry. Boy, they weren't ever kidding when they called him the truest believer. I sure tested that out for him. Sometimes, I let my mind wander on the bad days to what might have happened had Henry given up on me. Even now, I shuddered as I thought about it. He gave me everything. He gave me a family, starting with him. One of the worst decisions of my life was putting him up for adoption. Well, it was and it wasn't. What I more regret is not being in a stable enough position to keep him. But I suppose if I had been, Henry would never had ended up in Storybrooke. That would have meant he wouldn't have been able to bring me home to my parents. He crashed through the walls I had built around my heart and he refused to let me rebuild them. At first, I had been stupid enough to resent Henry for forcing me to open up. To allow myself to be vulnerable and emotionally honest. But as I looked back, I could see it was the best gift my son could ever have given me. It's more than I ever deserved from him. I took his biological family away from his as a baby, and he brought all mine back to me. He was some kid, was my son. Now I have everything, and I owe it all to him.
