youngswanling:
His saying that he was her Partner in Crime made her do a double take of sorts, minor confusion rising. “She kind of adopted me, well we adopted one another—-… I mean,” Think before you speak, Emma. She thought to herself. “I kind of saved her, and she kind of saved me, too. I’m surprised I haven’t seen you before, but when I.. um, helped her, she seemed like she traveled around alone.”
Did he detect jealousy in her tone? "Adopted, huh?" Pascal had known Rapunzel for quite a while, and liked to take pride on the fact that he knew her better than anyone else. But 'adopting' someone did not sound like something his friend would do. Then again, she had been gone for a while. "Well, yeah. She used to, until she found me. I'm not a... you know. But I like to help her out. Give her a place to stay when she's in town." He shrugged. "So, what did you help her with?"
