Yes, I love the Charming-Rumple bromance! 😀
As for Emma, no doubt she struggles with her feelings about returning to the EF, since her last experience wasn’t exactly pleasant, what with ogres and what have you. I think something major would have to force her land to want to leave SB. Perhaps the arrival of more outsiders to SB or Henry being kidnapped to Neverland would be motivation enough to get Emma on Hook’s ship. Pun not intended there. 😉
I think the FTL flashback must be very early on in the Rumbelle saga, since it sounds like Belle had yet to tame the beast. Perhaps we’ll see how she managed to have a good effect on him as she convinces him to spare Robin Hood.
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy