"Maybe it's destiny"

Nightmare in the court room

It was the middle of the night. It was pretty obvious by now that all the heroes and the villains were finding trouble at sleeping... there was way too much pressure for them to sleep tight and peacefully. Snow twisted on her bed sighting and tapped David's shoulder who was currently snoring.

"David?"
She whispered and tapped on his shoulder again harder this time.
"David are you asleep?!"
She continued until the blond man turned around rolling his eyes in annoyance.

"Not anymore. What's up?"
He said in a sleepy voice as he rubbed his eyes and sat upright on their bed looking at snow in confusion and irritation at the same time. Snow turned on the night stand light and laid her head on his chest getting comfortable.

"Do you think testifying against Regina is the right thing to do?"
David yawned and narrowed his brows getting clearly frustrated over Snow's bubbling. He just rubbed his face and cleared his throat. All he wanted to as to sleep tight for once...

"Snow it's 2:00AM... it's not the right time to talk about this."
He was ready to turn around and hug his pillow but snow stopped him with a frustrated groan.
"No way... I can't sleep! My guilts are torturing me David! Just please... give me an advice."

She said with pleading eyes and the prince had no choice than turn around again to look at his beautiful wife and help her out. He pressed his lips together and held Snow's hand in his sweaty palms forcing a smile.

"Emma is our daughter, and we ought to do her that favour. She needs us snow! We might weren't able to stand by her side years ago when she was younger and really needed our help but now this is our chance to make it up to her."
He smiled. The look on his face was kind and gentle... although he felt quite tired and sleepy he couldn't just let snow torture herself with her thoughts.

He knew how neurotic she could become when she was nervous and guilty. His rubbed the soft skin of her right hand with his thumb sympathetically and placed a soft peck on her forehead. Snow glanced over him with a disapproving look on her face.

"Supporting Emma means that we're gonna help her take Henry away from Regina, when Regina did nothing wrong David! I can see that she's changed! You can see that she's changed!! Even Emma and Henry can see that... I'm afraid that emma is way too blinded by her broken heart to think straight and rationally."
She whined and brought his hands close to her mouth kissing his fingers softly.

David huffed.
"Sometimes... as parents... we need to stand up for our kids even when they are wrong. Now... I don't think that Emma is entirely wrong considering that Regina did many things to our family to earn our disapproval, but... even if her heart is broken, if we say no tomorrow... she's gonna hate us forever. Are you willing to lose emma for a third time? And this time you're gonna lose her for good..."

He raised his brow looking at snow in the eyes, with a frown spreading on his lips. The pixie haired woman bit her lips and lowered her sight in shame.

"I've known Regina since I was a little girl. She might hunted me down for years, she might tried to kill me multiple times, she might betrayed me many many times, but I've seen the best of her as well. I've seen her being loving and kind against other people. I've seen her sacrificing herself for her family and Henry! I've seen her losing her faith and trying to stand back up on her feet in order to satisfy her son... I've seen that woman fighting hard as a warrior. She deserves my respect! And I can't just tear her life apart for once again... especially when she's not the bad guy this time."

Everything Snow said made sense. He was way too afraid to admit that his wife was right. He missed being normal. He missed having a happy and healthy family. When Neal came into the world he thought that god had given him another chance to become a proper father and give his child a chance to grow up normally while feeling loved and appreciated. He didn't have that chance with Emma back then... and when he finally got the chance to approach her it was way too late... she had gotten hurt way too many times and by now she had gotten used to it.