Like I said I find this converastion slightly perplexing. Never in a million years would I see A and E sitting down and going, “ok. In the year that they are away, Belle (who is in deep mourning over Rumple the man who just said that the only path he sees is with her) will fall for Neal (who is just lost the woman he loves and his child–AGAIN)! DRAMA ENSUES!” It’s like this total detraction from the story of Belle and Rumple HEA and Neal finding his happiness (however you choose that to mean)
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"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"