Fic: Made All the Difference ch. 22-40/?

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Title: Made All the Difference
Author: misscam
Pairing(s)/Character(s): Snow/Charming, some Belle/Rumpel, minor Emma/Graham, Regina, Henry, others
Rating: Teen
Spoilers: AU concept, vague references to S1 and S2.
Warnings: None currently
Disclaimers: Not my characters, just my words.
Summary: Certain things never change, Mr Gold knows. But everything else might still. Regina doesn't cast the curse, Rumpelstiltskin does. It may make all the difference.
Author's Note: This is an AU premise, changing who cast the curse as well as the Storybrooke it then created. The main pairing will be Snow/Charming, and it will also have some Belle/Rumpelstiltskin, minor Emma/Graham and possibly some others as it goes along. It will also feature a redemption story for Regina. As with the show, there will be flashbacks to FTL.
Thanks to Angie for beta work.

“I was a farmer,” he says and Emma looks up in surprise at him. “A shepherd, in fact.”
“I thought you were a prince?”
“Not born one,” he says and Snow draws a hand across his chest affectionately. “I learned.”
“Oh,” Emma says. She lowers her head again, this time resting it against his shoulder. He feels a sharp twinge of something and he has to swallow a couple of times before he trusts his own voice.
“I had a twin I never knew,” he says and Emma and Snow listen as he goes on, telling his story. Emma listens while Snow interjects a teasing remark or affectionate comment now and then.
It's almost like a bedtime story, he reflects; he finally got to tell his daughter one.

A03 / ff.net