Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-27060727-20170218051023/@comment-24674051-20170223171913

And honestly, if Belle and Rumple get back together because they worked together to save their son, they would not be the first couple in the world to have that happen. Sometimes being forced to find common ground in one issue opens up opportunities to find common ground on other issues.

As for relationships having 'toxic issues', I don't know if I would go quite that far. Relationships have issues, that is as true in Real Life as it is on Once. I think that Archie should be doing a booming business in marriage counselling, but the issues can be worked through. Even Rumple and Belle's.