When day broke, Bae slipped back into Storybrooke alone. He walked up to the pawn shop and waited a moment, watching Rumpelstiltskin unlock the door, before asking, "How did you know?"
He looked up at Bae. "How did I know?"
"About what was going on at the town line, at the Barrier. How did you know? More importantly, why did you come?"
"Bae, one of the greatest curses of my power is that I know everything." He opened the door and allowed Bae entry. "I knew there was an attempt to take someone across the line, and I knew there was a reasonably good chance there would be an attempt on your life."
"You turned a man into a snail because I scraped my knee. How do you expect me to believe you just plucked a knife out of thin air and walked away? I know you feel remorse for your actions, but I'm afraid you'll have to excuse me if I can't reconcile what I've seen with what I've heard and what I know."
"I know how you feel about magic, Bae."
"Next question. Are you doing this for me or...or for you?"
"I honestly have no idea anymore."
"I guess I should let you soul search or something, then."
"Bae, thank you. Thank you for being something I could never have hoped for. Thank you for being my son."
"You're my father," Bae said simply. Rumpelstiltskin smiled, his eyes starting to fill with tears. Bae smiled in return and threw his arms around his father's neck. After a moment, Rumpelstiltskin returned the embrace.
OUAT
Alice stared at the wall of the cell in the sheriff's office, wondering when her torment would be over. So far no one was there. There was probably chaos that needed to be contained or something. She sighed and tried to work out exactly how she was going to get out of here and get to her husband.
"Excuse me," a woman said, appearing in the office and approaching the cell. "Are you Alice Mendell?"
"Y-yes," she replied, standing. "Who're you?"
"I can get you what you want. I can help you prove that magic is real to the rest of the world, and more importantly, I can tear down the Barrier and open the floodgates. This world will never be the same again."
"Why are you here?"
"I want change just as much as you do. Work with me?"
"I'm sorry," Alice said, "but I'm sworn to someone else."
She was sworn to a woman in her dreams, who wore a pink dress and who allowed Alice to call her queen, but she would never let a stranger know that, especially not this woman.