"Everyone I have ever loved has betrayed me, I don't want to make the same mistakes with you," Hope Regal is stuck in Storybrook, she wants to leave, her whole life she's been trapped there, and she isn't even sure what keeps pulling her back. Maybe it's Mayor Mills and the hefty sum she pays Hope to be her assistant, maybe it's Henry, his clear cries for help through the stories he reads. Maybe it was the cute barista at the coffee shop near Mr Gold's - 'Lavender Brew'. Whatever it was, it made Hope sick to think about. She hated the feeling that consumed her when she sat in her studio apartment, hated the bile that rose when she smelt fresh vegetables. Something was wrong with her. Henry would say he knew the answer, that a childhood trapped in a tower would affect you forever, even when your memories have been wiped. based on the ABC show OC x OC fanfiction Rapunzel x Flynn fanfiction in another universe