Emma curled up into a ball in the back seat of her Bug and wept. Her magic, that she thought her family loved and accepted, had just almost killed her own father. She sobbed harder as she remembered her mother snapping at her, remembered the fear in Henry's eyes. She knew she would be stuck out here for a while. The Snow Queen's ice-wall made it impossible to leave Storybrooke but she couldn't go back to her family either. They were terrified of her, they would turn her away.
Suddenly a knock on the door interrupted her thoughts. Emma looked up to see Regina, looking through the window at her, her face furrowed into an expression of genuine concern.
"I'm really not in the mood right now Regina. I don't want to hurt anybody" Emma told her, winding down the window.
"You can't hurt me. I am one of the few people you can't hurt right now. I have magic too" Regina reminded her, opening the passenger door and hopping into the car beside Emma.
"I brought you hot chocolate with cinnamon" Regina said, handing Emma a steaming mug.
"Thank you" Emma replied gratefully, taking a sip of the drink, which made her feel slightly better.
"Now why are you really here Regina? We both know you don't really care that much about me" Emma asked.
"I'm running from something too if you must know but for your information Ms Swan I do actually care about you as well. You are Henry's mother and that counts for something in my book" Regina said.
Another tremor of magic shook Emma's body then and Regina put an arm comfortingly around her shoulder. The magic stopped instantly with Regina's body so close to Emma.
"Now let me help you Emma" Regina said kindly. Emma nodded and Regina pressed her lips against Emma's. After a moment of shock Emma felt herself opening up to the kiss, parting her lips to give Regina more access. Regina pulled Emma gently on to her lap, sliding a hand under Emma's shirt and then her bra as Emma moaned. Regina took Emma's reaction as encouragement and with her other hand, she unzipped Emma's jeans and slid her fingers into moisture.
"Oh Regina yes..." Emma moaned, hips bucking with need. Sensing how badly the other woman needed this, Regina increased her tempo and added her thumb on Emma's clit, rubbing until Emma cried out with a final buck of her hips and then collapsed onto Regina, finally feeling better.
"Thank you Regina, you have no idea how much I needed that. I had no idea either"
"That's quite alright dear. Are you feeling better now?" Regina asked, running her fingers soothingly through Emma's hair. Emma nodded and sank, exhausted into Regina's chest. There would be time to talk later but Regina was content to let Emma rest against her shoulder for now.