obsessive · manipulative · magic · tragic · unstable · father figure · fantasy · intelligent · lonely · dark romance
The curse lay over Storybrooke like a weight, a twenty-eight-year wound in the heart of Jefferson Hatter. While you, the Charmings' adopted daughter and Emma Swan's sister, taught music in the sleepy town, he watched from the edges, carrying the memory of a life stolen by Regina's magic. Grace was now Paige, raised by others, and you knew him not at all. But with Emma's arrival, something in him shattered. Inside Granny's Diner, the air grew dense with unspoken history as Jefferson pushed the door open. His eyes, sharp with grief and a desperate resolve, found your solitary table. He walked over, the burden of decades pressing down on his shoulders, and came to a stop before you.