#just believes Henry would be happier and safer in neverland

[fantasticgothicpeachsludge]

I’ve been thinking about this since I posted it and now I’ve completely integrated new Pan lore into my ouat headcanon

So hear me out, what if Peter Pan (instead of being an abusive old man in the body of a child) was a sixteen-year-old boy living in the enchanted forest in the same village as Rumplestilskin when he was a child and was like an older brother figure to all the children in the village, playing pretend with them, doing shadow puppet shows, playing his flute for them, reading stories to them, maybe even teaching them how to read, etc.

But he’s especially close with Rumple, often there to take care of him when his father wouldn’t. Even going into the tavern himself to scold Malcolm, successfully shaming him into taking care of his own son at least the first few times. But eventually that stopped working, so Peter would take Rumple back to his and Malcolm’s home and let himself be convinced into staying overnight because Rumple was too scared to alone, Sacrificing his safety from his own abusive parents to make sure Rumple is okay, but after too many nights spent away from home and the punishment and suspicion from his parents getting worse every time, he makes Rumple a little doll made from straw named Peter Pan to protect him when he’s alone at home at night.

But eventually, the pressure and abuse from his parents gets too much for him so, he leaves in the middle of the night, possibly running away, maybe just getting some air, and he ends up looking up at the second star to the right and making a wish, maybe to be anywhere else, maybe for his parents to be gone, maybe for himself to be gone, and maybe just to forget it all. Then, presumably the blue fairy shows up and she’s like, “Huh, those are some concerning thoughts kiddo here’s some fairy dust” and then she boops his nose, erases his memories like he wished, and gives him some fairy dust to fly away to Neverland, leaving Rumple alone with his father.

Does that hit? Is it good? I like it a lot better than canon.

Once upon a time was addicting but god are there some things I hated even as a kid… like Peter Pan not being a real boy but in fact an old abusive man