I wonder if Emma trying to move on is what brings her back to Neal. I mean both tried to move forward relationships, Neal with Tamara (EVIL) and Emma with Graham (poor soul). Neither relationships worked out for either one of them. So it would be interesting to see if Emma tries yet again and still is drawn back to Neal. Although I love the idea of Neal and Emma choosing each other freely which I think they always did. Fate, destiny may have brought them to together but they fell in love all their own. Its like Mr. Gold told Emma about her heart, “Everything you have done, you’ve done yourself.”
I often see things like “it can’t be true love if Fate/PP brought SF together for the purpose of Henry. It’s just their genes,” but they forget that SF genuinely loved each other. It doesn’t take love to make a baby. AND in maybe one of the biggest parallels ever: it’s what Rumple did to Snowing.
Rumple made sure, through several deals and machinations, that Snow White and Prince Charming would meet and produce Emma. Because they were true love and only THEY could produce Emma.
Peter Pan (Rumple’s father), probably through several deals and machinations, made sure that Emma Swan and Nealfire would beet and produce Henry, the boy with the heart of the truest believer. And I think it’s because they are true love and only they could produce Henry through their love.