Prompt: Henry regrets every single time he'd called Regina evil. Regina regrets every single time she'd never thought that he did. But with time, the'd eventually find out. Regina and Henry mother-son love/angst two-shot. Will never get old. R&R!

(A/N: YES I'M FINALLY DOING ONE OF THESE! WOOT! ^3^ I always loved the cute little relationship they have through the show, and somewhere, somehow, I find a little part of me in Henry, so i feel like i know how to write this. But don't get your hopes up. This is angsty, and really isn't so happy sometimes. Anyway...

Let's begin, shall we?)

Warnings: Some angst and *feels*. This obviously isn't canon - yet - so this might be a bit OOC (out of character) for some parts of the story. Swearing, too.

Disclaimer: I don't own or recieve any profit from whatever you may recognise here. Don't arrest meh! ;m; I also intend no plagiarism whatsoever.

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Happy Endings

Operation Mongoose wasn't going so well.

Regina was going through every spellbook, every magical resource she had, and still, nothing. It also didn't help that the fact that Robin was being stupid with her emotions again, and that the Snow Queen froze his wife, too. Now she had to help the ice block of a woman and deal with whatever else the ice lunatic had in mind for the town at the same time. Calling herself a busy woman would be an understatement.

It seemed that EVERYONE was getting into relationships, the more she thought about it. Gold and Belle, Ruby and Frankenstein, Charming and Mary Margeret going around, showering their new baby with love and joy...

And don't let her get started on the two newest lovebirds of the town. Hook - Killian, whatever, he was turning into the whole Neal-Baelfire bullshit - and the Savior, Emma Swan, making all those doey eyes and them dating made it worse than before they were. Although, no-one could say they didn't see that coming. They didn't even see Neverland.

How Regina hated wallowing in her own self-pity.

As she flipped through another enchantment book of her collection, a ring coming from the door of Granny's was heard across the room. The mayor looked up to see a beaming Henry bounding over to see her.

The child was just about the only thing that made her happy to be helping to fight the snow witch right after dealing with Zelena.

"Hey mom, how's it going with Operation Mongoose?" Henry asked excitedly, taking a seat on a nearby stool to Regina's. "Anything yet?"

"The writer must be a powerful person, Henry." The dark-haired woman replied grimly, turning over to other page from a previous not-so helpful one. "All I know is of pure ideas, predictions. They are a conjurer of lands, of pure and dark magic, of prophecies, realms, beings, and everything that exists in our home land, all wrapped up in that book of yours. They must have enough power to be somewhat of a god. Who knows what else this being could do?"

Henry looked over her shoulder, standing up from his seat. He looked at Regina's exasperated, tired expression on her face and chuckled briefly.

"Wouldn't it be great for this writer to be in Storybrooke already? Although I wouldn't expect such a mighty person like that to be wandering around this town, where they could be, I don't know, flying around in some other dimension."

"I guess so." She looked up, smiling. "But I hope to hell I find out who this writer is soon, so that I can deal with the Snow Queen one and for all."

He looked at his mother thoughtfully. "You never get to rest mom. Seriously. I bet this operation is going to take some time."

What a kid he was. But even though Henry was right, she knew that the daily worries she held on her shoulders would never end. The mayor sighed. "This needs to be sped up, sweetie. It really does. We don't exactly have all the time in the world."

"You can't do everything at once, mom!" Henry exclaimed exasperatedly.

"I was once the evil queen, I have the magic and can do something about it-"

Her son cut off her stubbornly-said sentence. "You're not the evil queen anymore, mom! Please just listen to me!"

"Who says?" Regina snapped. "Everyone still claims I am."

Henry, in vain, attempted to reassure the angry mother. "No, they don't. You're a hero and everyone knows it. You know it."

"Please, Henry." The mayor fumed, rolling her eyes, feeling pathetic. She could feel tears forming but she didn't care. Her son had to be told.

"Everyone you know says it. Your grandparents, Snow, Charming, Emma, your mother, Gold, Belle, Marion, before she froze up, practically the whole town says it. You're evil. That's evil. What you're doing is evil. You'll never stop because you are who you are. An evil, bloodlusty queen. You will never change from being a horrible person. You ruin people's lives."

Henry didn't say a word, confirming her thoughts. His expression was pleading, lost and saddening, such a contrast to what his face usually looked like and she knew that she made it look that from the start. He'd run away for that reason after all.

And then all this hell happened.

"Don't you see? I'm the evil queen in all eyes! Have been forever and always will be. People died remembering, knowing I was evil. And deny it you may, but you've said it too."

The boy opened and closed his mouth like a fish, attempting to say something, anything, to prove, to show her that she wasn't who she thought she was. But not yet. Not now. It wasn't the time yet. This didn't stop tears silently rolling down his red cheeks in slow patterns.

But he did what he was born, trained to do.

He turned and ran, away from he diner, away from Regina, away from doing anything to stop her from believing in all the lies she was told.

Regina let her head fall into her hands, setting herself pathetically on the countertop. She could feel the wetness of her tears form in her hands, on her face and in her soul.

What the hell had she just done?

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(A/N: *passes out internet pages* CLIFFIES FOR YOU, AND FOR YOU, AND FOR YOU! :D I love cliffhangers so much. This is, in fact a two-shot (i like two-chapter things, apparently, like how i did The Pirate and the Believer. xD Forgive meh!I

I'll see you next time, loves! Bye!)

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