Just a Piece of Paper
A guest asked for a oneshot of Hanna changing her last name to Nolan, assuming she probably had a different last name because of the curse.
This one is set during season 2 sometime after Mary Margaret was back from the Enchanted Forest.
Just a piece of paper…that's all it was, but this piece of paper meant more to Hanna than she could have ever expressed. Her parents surprised her with it when she came home today. This was the best surprise she had ever received. She finally had one, something she'd never had before…a last name. The Queen's curse hadn't given her one. Maybe because the Queen hadn't actually known about her? Hanna wasn't sure. She didn't even know how the people at the orphanage decided to give her the name Hanna. That was the name her mom had chosen for her the night she was born, but how would anyone in Storybrooke have known that? Hanna believed it was just a bit of magic that someone decided to call her by her proper name.
Hanna looked up at her parents, who were smiling down at her. She gave them one in return and quickly wrapped them both in a hug, which they gladly returned. She couldn't express through words how happy she was. Ever since she found them after the curse broke, she was theirs…there was no question about it. She never saw anything but love in their eyes. She may have had a hard time adjusting to having parents, but they never did. They loved her from the moment they laid their eyes on her, and they always would. Hanna knew they didn't need a piece of paper to prove they were a family, all you had to do was look at Emma and Hanna to know they were the daughters of Snow White and Prince Charming. They were such a perfect mix of the two. It was still a wonderful thing to have though, and Hanna would treasure it forever. Now she had a last name…one that matched her parents. Now she felt like she truly belonged.