Prompt: Angsty Swan Queen; Regina and Emma are together. Regina ends up pregnant. How does she explain that to Emma? Cheating or not, up to you.
"Emma, please, listen!"
"No, I... I can't. I... I need to leave. I need space to think. I've been able to forgive you for a lot, but god, Regina. This? I thought you'd changed."
Emma could see Regina's heart breaking in her eyes, but she was full of so much emotion she had to let it out. She waved around the positive pregnancy test she'd found in the trash.
"Regina, I thought we were in love. How could you do this? To me, to Henry? To us? Us as a couple, us as a family?"
"I didn't..." Regina's voice was small, her stance meek and defensive. "I didn't want to hurt you. To hurt us."
"What did you want, then? Huh? Just a quick fuck? What, did you get tired of me and want a real man? Who's the father, anyway? It's not Graham, at least I know that. You ended that tryst effectively."
Emma could see the guilt, the regret, the pain in Regina's eyes but continued shouting.
"Oh god, if it's David that would be all sorts of wrong. Doctor Whale? Mr. August W. Booth maybe; mysterious, dangerous, sexy? Or maybe it's Gold. You attracted to money, huh? The power of his dollar turn you on?"
At the mention of Mr. Gold Emma saw something snap in Regina and felt a sudden surge of fear.
Regina drew herself up to her full height and raised her voice to match Emma's. Her voice was clear, unwavering, assertive. "You have no idea what you're talking about, so just shut up before you wake Henry if you haven't already."
"No idea what I'm talking about?" Emma's voice was challenging, still angry, but at a more reasonable volume. "Please, do tell."
Regina blinked rapidly, then when she spoke her voice was choked with emotion even though she tried desperately to keep calm. "I didn't want to. I tried to tell him I couldn't, I had you and Henry and I couldn't... I didn't want to. But he said 'please'." She choked back a sob, any pretense of collectedness gone.
Emma dropped the plastic test to embrace her fiancee, shock and empathy on her face.
Regina sobbed wetly into Emma's shoulder. "I had to," she mumbled. "he said 'please'. I didn't want to, but I had to."
Emma stared blankly ahead as she rubbed circles on Regina's back and placed a kiss in her hair. She could feel her shoulder become soaked as her veins coursed with empathy, regret, and more than a bit of anger. "Sh, it's okay. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry," she whispered, stroking Regina's hair.
Regina's voice was raw with crying, her voice muffled by tears as she continued to repeat herself quietly.
"He said 'please'."