you'll be in my heart | Emma & Henry

"When destiny calls you, you must be strong." / ["I believe in you."]

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Song: You'll Be In My Heart
Artist: Phil Collins
Fandom: Once Upon A Time
Characters: Emma Swan and Henry Mills

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This project is my baby--the one I've been chipping away at for weeks. I cannot get enough of these two. Jared and Jen are perfect actors with amazing chemistry, and the writers gave them a wonderful story this season as well. Emma's journey has been the core of the show, and of course, her relationship with Henry is at the core of that. (Great, now I'm trying to write a serious description and smiling because of possible apple puns.) But frankly, it's beautiful and heartwarming that a woman whose life has taught her that she can't trust or bond with anyone becomes so fiercely attached to and protective of this kid. That she comes to love him enough to fight for him, and let him go, and then move heaven and earth to save his life. That, for Emma, it's never about who has a "right" to Henry (because she knows she doesn't), but about Henry as a human being. An obnoxious, wonderful, precocious, brilliant human being who becomes the most important aspect of her universe. And Henry is just what Emma needs, too. For a ten-year-old, he's intuitive, patient and strangely mature. He understands her better than she understands herself sometimes.

As long as these two love each other, I don't think the show can break my heart completely, no matter how hard it tries.

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Voiceovers:

Henry: "Please? Come home with me."
Emma: "Where's home?"
Henry: "Storybrooke, Maine."

Emma: "We're just gonna have to be apart for a little while."
Henry: "I don't want to be apart!"

Emma: "This is how it has to be right now."

Emma: "Kid! What happened?"

Emma: "You were worried about me?"

Henry: "Miss Blanchard's gonna bail her out."

Emma: "Anyone who wants to be a mother should damn well be allowed to be one."

Emma: "I know I'm not a mother; I think that's pretty self-evident. But I did have him, and I can't help that he got in my head and I want to make sure he's okay."

Mary Margaret: "So you're ready? To be his mom?"
Emma: "Yeah."

Henry: "You think I'm crazy?"

Henry: "I knew you were here to help me."
Emma: "That's right kid, I am."

Emma: "Henry!"

Henry: "Your family needs you!"

Henry: "The curse...I think you broke it!"

Henry: "You really are changing things."

Archie: "Well, he talks about you a lot. You're very important to him."

Henry: "My name's Henry. I'm your son."

Henry: "You may not believe in the curse. Or in me. But I believe in you!"

Emma: "I am just trying to be responsible here!"
Henry: "And I'm just trying to spend time with you."
Emma: "...Oh, that is really not fair."

Emma: "My kid needs me!"

Emma: "I don't care about what happens to you. I don't care about what happens to me. All I care about is what happens to my kid."

Henry: "What'd she tell you?"
Emma: "Henry!"

Emma: "I love you, Henry."