Sometimes the guilt of the past can only be lessened by sharing it with someone you love.
To free a genie always came at a cost, Cyrus knew that from experience. Although he was loathed to set things right, he had been told once he would be free from his existence as a genie, and he knew this was not how it was to happen. Takes place after episode 1x08 Home.
Monsters come in many shapes and forms, but it wasn't something born that way.
Anastasia starts having second thoughts about her alliance with Jafar, she wants to change the past but maybe there is a reason it can't be changed.
Wonderland changed everything for Alice after feeling trapped in a loveless existence in England, she could only hope it would do the same for Cyrus as well.
Mr. Gold has waited long enough for a certain Will Scarlet to pay his rent, and it was time to start repossessing his belongings as recompense. What he didn't expect was to find two people inside the apartment, clearly fascinated with everything they saw. And that was disregarding the rabbit in a jacket and trousers.
Alice wasn't the first person to find him and view him as a person over a possession.
The path to redemption is lonely, and sometimes you're the only one that will ever know the outcome.
Moments in time that may not seem important, but sometimes they really are.
Storybrooke was filled with wonderful and curious little things Alice had never seen before, and this certainly was the most baffling one yet.
On a starry night Alice comes to realize that phrase 'nothing in life ever comes easy' applies to many situations.
Valentine's Day in Storybrooke, with the simple gestures of love and the grand overtures alike.
Anastasia was fairly certain Cyrus was the one person, other than Alice, who could pass a test that required a pure heart. So why did he fall?
In hindsight, she likely should have told the genie the plan. It would have saved quite a bit of precious time.
It would seem Cyrus is still having nightmares, much to Rumpel's surprise and confusion. But are these really nightmares, or are these visions of crimson and darkness something yet to come as they prepare for a new adventure?
Alice takes sick, much to Cyrus' distress. Thankfully two friends stop by to assure him it is nothing to worry about.
Even though Will had been thinking of retrieving his heart, he hadn't given it much more consideration. That was until one morning at the diner after a conversation with Cyrus and Ruby, two rather annoying little rays of sunshine so far as he was concerned.
"When you really love someone you don't need proof, you can feel it." - Cyrus. On a snowy afternoon that sentiment becomes a topic of discussion between Alice, Rumpel and Neal, on the different types of love, while Belle teaches Henry to bake and Cyrus sleeps soundly, unaware he's become a bit of a topic for conversation.
It was strange how one word could take on a different intonation depending on who spoke it. But when the one you loved spoke your name, it was like music. Companion piece to The Sweetest Sound.