Can you hear me? Am I getting through tonight? Can you see him? Can you make me feel all alright? If you can hear me let me take his place somehow. See he's not just anyone, he's my son -Mark Schultz, He's My Son

Time Period: A Flashback

Place: The Library

Rumple's p.o.v

"You can't have this baby. It is not human" I warn her. "It is not a demon. It is a magical baby. You

sped up the pregnancy. I am in the safe zone. I am already fourteen weeks along" she reminds me.

"Your optimism means nothing. You are still in danger" I argue. Regina tries to fight back her tears

and words. Avalon is torn between us. Belle takes my side. "Rumple is right" she defends me.

Belle pulls a book about high-risked pregnancies off a nearby shelf. Regina rejects her kind

gesture. Regina departs from us with these haunting words, "he's my son and my heart". She

and Avalon leave the library taking a piece of my heart with them.


Time Period: A Flashback

Place: The Hospital

Rumple's p.o.v

She moans and pants with each passing painful contraction. She puts a hand on her lower

abdomen. I hold her other hand very tightly. Her beautiful sad eyes never once leave mine.

She is unaware that Doctor Whale is performing a D&C procedure. A nurse wraps our

dead twenty week old fetus in a blue blanket that I brought from home.


Time Period: The Present Reality

Situation: Solomon is hospitalized

Rumple's p.o.v

I long to keep him near. I long to hold him close, but he can't hear me. Fear is like a sad song

that plays over and over again.