Hmmm…maybe even connected by blood? *sorry, on my Rumple is Regina’s father kick and doesn’t know it*
Just as long as he doesn’t try to stake a claim over Henry, the poor kid needs a break
I see your point, but I don’t think Neal is going to walk away from his son. His own dad, in his eyes probably, abandoned him at an age not much older than Henry. I think he’s going to be really sensitive about the fact that he missed out on eleven years of Henry’s life and want to spend as much time as possible. We can understand and even applaud Emma’s giving up Henry for a better life. She was a teenager in jail with no money, no family, and no boyfriend/husband. But Neal is going to look at from the stance that if he had know he’d have stuck by Emma and damn the consequences (sorry…the “d” word was never a curse word in this connotation in my house..can’t think of another). He never would have did what his father did to him to his own son, if you get my meaning.
I do think down the road, the path to forgiving Gold for Neal is realizing the parallels between Henry and himself and Gold. Like, “here I am telling my son this, but I’m not listening to my own words.” I think Gold and Neal are going to have to live in the same town for quite a while before anything can be patched up.
Keeper of Rumplestiltskin's and Neal's spears and war paint and crystal ball.