No matter how many times I watch it, this face always breaks my heart.
Look how fucking vulnerable he is. She’s just told him she’s avoiding him and his face looks so hurt and unable to comprehend. “Why, Swan? What did I do? We were fine last night. What happened?” and there’s half of him that’s probably. “This is it. This is where she tells me i’m not good enough. I knew it was too good to be true.”
His ‘scared little boy eyes’ wide open, his wifi brow at maximum angst signal.
But then I also fucking hurt for this bit right after.
Cos those defences are straight up and he’s all shielding himself.
Mouth firmly shut, eyes are duller, Wifi signal gone- Emma’s not allowed the password for his feelings anymore.
But it’s what he says and the way he schools himself that kills me. “There’s more to this than just Regina, isn’t there?”
He fucking knows she’s lying but i always wonder just what he thinks she’s truly avoiding him for?
Does he think she regrets it? Is it because of what he is? Is it because her parents don’t approve of him?
I swear it’s like you can see all those insecurities swimming around in his head and he’s just confronting her there and then, wanting to hear from her mouth just which one is it that’s making her run from him. Because i’m sure in his mind it’s one of them and it’s best to get this over with now rather than have to go another week of Emma politely brushing him off or avoiding him at every cost.
His expressions in this scene just really destroy me every damn time and i’ll never be over talking about them.
