[ Watching this is painful. Yet he knows it's not the end for him. It's not the end of the pain he'll endure, but it's also not the end for his romantic life. Milah isn't the woman that his love died with. As a married man now he knows that. Which is why he doesn't look away. He owes it to Milah to not turn away. She knew how dangerous it was to speak to the Dark One in that manner. But she did it.
The light leaves her eyes as Rumpelstiltskin squeezes her heart. ]
I do.
[ He squares himself up. The removal of his hand was inevitable given that he was "holding" the bean in it. Or at least Rumpelstiltskin believed he was. ]
It'd be wrong of me to look away. She wouldn't look away if it were I.
no subject
The light leaves her eyes as Rumpelstiltskin squeezes her heart. ]
I do.
[ He squares himself up. The removal of his hand was inevitable given that he was "holding" the bean in it. Or at least Rumpelstiltskin believed he was. ]
It'd be wrong of me to look away. She wouldn't look away if it were I.