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[sheriffing]

I think first they'll be happy that you're alive. And then they'll be happy that you make me happy.

[ she thinks seeing someone make her happy might be more of an adjustment for them than anything else. getting to know Graham will take some time, but with that, she knows he'll find his place in their family.]

You'll be able to start over from there.

[dishearten]

You make it sound very simple.

I don't know if there's starting over. Making something new out of my future, though, I intend to accomplish.

[sheriffing]

Parts of it are simple.

You don't have to let the past define you, that's all you need to know.

[dishearten]

How do you manage that? To become more than who you were? Who you are expected to be?

( he's not being condescending, here; it's something he wants and is currently having trouble achieving. well, as far as he's concerned, he is. )

[sheriffing]

Who do you think you're expected to be?

[ she's seen him the man he was before Storybrooke, but what she expects of him is based on how he treats her, the things he's shared with her, the parts of himself he's shown her. it's more than that grumpy guy who lived in the woods.]

[dishearten]

A huntsman? A sheriff? I ... I suppose I'm not sure.

( he was never so much a sheriff as he was given a nicer title than the queen's thrall. he never had any more power than he had in the forest.

he knows he doesn't want to become the huntsman again, either, but... what does that leave? )

[sheriffing]

I don't think of you as a huntsman or a sheriff. I think of you as Graham.

[patience, brave, a little wild sometimes. he doesn't have to be the huntsman or the sheriff. he's changed with a new heart and new experiences, the same way she did.]

[dishearten]

A man needs more than a name to him, doesn't he?

( those are blanks he's still got to fill in for himself, though it isn't to say they don't exist. he's been a free man for years now and yet without a heart it was hard to answer those questions.

now he has the time to fill in the blanks. )

[sheriffing]

You're more than a name. You just need some time to see it.

[ in a world where they aren't always scrambling from one mission to the next.]

And maybe a roommate who's already used to you hogging the blankets.

[dishearten]

If I'm more than a name, we both know you are more than my roommate.

( she'd have to be, to be at peace with him stealing the blankets...... look, he forgot what it was like to get cold at night, let him bundle up ok )

[sheriffing]

I might be more than your roommate, but it's the only title I might not get to keep when we go home.

[ he bundles up like he's at the bottom of a wolf pile, which is probably what he's missing now, with only one human to keep him warm.]

What would you think about getting a place together in Storybrooke?

[dishearten]

( is this a big step for them? is it wrong that he sort of assumed they'd find a way to stay together without asking? he must be more used to her to cuddle up to than she thinks. )

I would like that. Not the flat I have now, but... somewhere new.