( he does know, but the reminder makes him smile anyway. )
I appreciate the clarification.
Do you think the rest of your family will feel the same?
( that he's a part of it, now, meaning. Mary Margaret had been understanding at the time, yet... she didn't have memories and it was hard to assume she'd be at peace with the man who considered murdering her with her only daughter. )
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.]
[ 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.]
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.]
( 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.
( 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.
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Date: 2017-11-16 07:13 am (UTC)I think I'll have all of that in my future. I don't need to go out of my way to make it happen.
But... perhaps some things.
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Date: 2017-11-18 05:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-11-20 03:48 am (UTC)I'd like to do something with my life that could help more animals. There's much I could learn about that.
I'd like to have a place that feels like mine. I've never had that, even in the forest.
What about you? Surely there are some things you want to do with your life, too.
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Date: 2017-11-20 04:13 am (UTC)... You're included in that.
[ in case you didn't notice.]
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Date: 2017-11-21 05:03 am (UTC)I appreciate the clarification.
Do you think the rest of your family will feel the same?
( that he's a part of it, now, meaning. Mary Margaret had been understanding at the time, yet... she didn't have memories and it was hard to assume she'd be at peace with the man who considered murdering her with her only daughter. )
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Date: 2017-11-25 01:36 am (UTC)[ 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.
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Date: 2017-11-25 01:50 am (UTC)I don't know if there's starting over. Making something new out of my future, though, I intend to accomplish.
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Date: 2017-11-25 01:57 am (UTC)You don't have to let the past define you, that's all you need to know.
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Date: 2017-11-25 02:04 am (UTC)( 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. )
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Date: 2017-11-25 02:09 am (UTC)[ 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.]
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Date: 2017-11-25 02:13 am (UTC)( 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? )
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Date: 2017-11-25 02:33 am (UTC)[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.]
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Date: 2017-11-25 05:24 am (UTC)( 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. )
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Date: 2017-11-25 06:01 am (UTC)[ 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.
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Date: 2017-11-29 06:05 am (UTC)( 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 )
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Date: 2017-11-30 02:50 am (UTC)[ 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?
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Date: 2017-12-08 07:51 am (UTC)I would like that. Not the flat I have now, but... somewhere new.