Twice Upon A Time - Season 2 (reader x once upon a time)

Second Star to the Right

Wednesday, October 28

It was 6:00 AM when Neal woke up. Next to him, Tamara was finishing tying her trainers, already dressed in her tracksuit and ready to go run through town.

Neal was going to try and fall asleep again, but he heard his father's voice coming from outside. He dressed quickly and went outside, finding his father about to step on Whale's face

"Wait, wait, wait" Whale pleaded

"No. If you don't kiss it, you are going to taste it anyway" Gold said

"Come on, Gold. I didn't do anything" Whale said

"You stared at her" Gold said, pointing to Lacey, who was watching everything by Gold's side "And I know how you think. So kiss... my... boot"

"What the hell are you doing?!" Neal exclaimed, pulling Gold away just in time

"Stand aside. This doesn't concern you" Gold told him

"No. Go!" Neal told Whale, who didn't hesitate to leave

"Let go of me, sir!" Gold shouted, getting out of his son's grip

"I'm surprised you didn't turn him into a snail" Neal commented

Lacey chuckled at that "A snail? What are you talking about?"

"Lacey, why don't you go and wait for me in the shop? I'll be along shortly" Gold told her, handing her the keys

"You're unreal, you know that?" Neal told his father once Lacey was gone "You spend years looking for me. I come to town, you disappear. You haven't even bothered to meet Tamara" he said, walking away

"Why should I concern myself with her?" Gold asked confused

"We're getting married!" Neal replied angrily, turning back

"That's never going to last. Not as long as you carry a torch for Emma" Gold told his son

"You know; you haven't changed one bit. For a second, I thought you might have. I started to think, maybe you were worth my time. I guess I was wrong" Neal said, walking again once more

"And yet, you're still here" Gold shouted, making Neal stop in his tracks

"For Henry. Not you. As far as I'm concerned, you can stay the hell away from both of us" he said, finally leaving

David and Emma entered Regina's office with their guns drawn

"It's okay. She's not here" Emma said after they had cleared the room and Henry, Snow and Angie entered

"When you find her, you're not going to hurt her, right?" Henry asked worried

"No. We just want the beans she stole from us" Angie told him

"I don't get it. Why would Regina leave her office unlocked?" Snow asked

"Especially when she's keeping the beans here" David said, seeing the greenhouse

"Was keeping them here" Snow corrected him after inspecting the plant more closely "They're gone"

"Something's not right" Angie voiced her concerns out loud

"Yeah. Regina would never leave evidence like this behind" Emma agreed, going to check the alarm

"Maybe she already used them to portal out of Storybrooke" David suggested

"Without Henry? I don't think so" Angie told her father

"What if something bad happened to her?" asked Henry