Random musing about Emma’s choice from here on about whether to keep Henry in SB and have him remember, or take him back to NYC, blissfully unaware…
Like I said in a previous post, she may be thinking that having him remember Neal would be too painful for him, so part of her wants to protect him from that…
The new thought I had was that if she takes him back to NYC, she can take him to Neal’s apartment, where all his stuff is. They could look through it, Emma could tell him about the dream catcher, which could lead to her telling him happy stories of their time together. She could use NYC and Neal’s things there to help Henry build up an idea of who his dad was and have him feel close to him, without him having to suffer the pain of remembering and losing him.
If I wrote fanfic, I would write that thing.