A/N: I've had this idea in my head for a long while especially since my best guy friend will be deployed soon I figured why not make a story based off of Swan Queen and Neal and Regina actually being best friends? I wanted to tell this story and dedicate it to my friend being deployed and just wish him the best because I'm gonna miss him and this is my gift to him and all of you that have family, friends, or a loved one in the army, navy, national guard, marines, airforce, etc.

Disclaimer: I do not own OUAT or the character's.

"Get down! Get down!" The man wearing a dirty camo clothing yelled from the other side to the other woman on the other end of the truck. The the rpg hit the car beside the marine truck both soldiers were in, throwing the truck into a roll, and causing it to hit a tree, "Regina?" The man mumbled as he held his bloody head, his vision a blur, nothing coming to him just yet, besides the ringing in his ears, his hands wore his blood, and he wore a nasty wound down his cheek. "Lieutenant General!"

Regina awoke from her small nap of the attack "Neal Cassidy I can hear you loud and clear," she touched her head a bit of blood stained her hand "I am going to kill the mother fucker who hurt me though." Neal only smiled proud that they yet again escape death and because somehow some way Regina sounded calm and it calmed him, yet when she didn't respond it made him restless because she was his child's adoptive mother. And he protected her whether she needed it or not "We'll be back sometime soon baby," Regina told Henry as her and Neal stood in front of the little camera as they skyped with their child "now say goodnight to your father Henry it's past your bedtime." the four year old smiled and blew a kiss as his mother. The light in his eyes never disappearing, this was a side of Regina that wasn't shown to her soldier's not because she had a private life but because they needed her to be strong.

"Daddy," Those light brown eyes looked over to the man that was growing old with small grey hairs in his beard and a few streaks in his hair. Though his color stayed, brown as his son's eyes "promise me to protect mommy from the bad guys okay?"

"I promise on my life Henry your mommy will be safe in my hands," The brunette and the man weren't as close but they dealt with it for Henry "now go to sleep Henry Mills if not when we get home you will not get a present." In an instant the boy said his goodnight and his grandma said her goodbye's and they signed off "Why did you promise him that?" Regina watched the man with a worried look "Neal?"

"Because just as much as I am his father you are his mother and I will do anything he says and if he says jump, I'll jump, he says to protect you, well god damn I'll take the bullet so he can keep you as well, and I won't see my son motherless. I know how that is." He walked off not saying another word, grabbing his rifle on the way out "We should get going boss."

"Come get up," Neal rushed her "get to the woods Regina now." He was quickly running out of ammo and watched as she held her side and he went over to it putting much pressure on it "We have to get moving come on 'Gina," he huffed throwing her arm over his shoulder taking most of her weight and dragging them into the woods away from the danger and had already been walking a long distance "okay brake maybe we can get this cleaned up." Neal set her down carefully and got into his bag pulling out his kit "Pull up your shirt," easily the brunette pulled her shirt up to top of her ribs as he began cleaning the wound "you know out of the two of us you are always getting the scars." He teased her playfully and finished up quickly wrapping her in the gauze "Are you going to be able to keep moving? The next safe house isn't for another two or three miles and our radio was blown up along with our Jeep."

"I'll make it," Regina huffed putting her wait on the AK 47 she was armed with taking a deep breath hurt but it helped lessen the pain a small bit "we need to get moving before they even think to catch up with us Sergeant Cassidy." Neal nodded tossing his own backpack over his shoulder and looked ahead "Care for a walk Lieutenant?" he smiled and helped her the first few steps into before she sucked up the pain like she had always done and led the way. "Neal mind if I can ask you something?"

"Sure go ahead,"

"I know it's off topic," she looked over her shoulder over the father of her child "but what ever happened to Henry's biological mother?"

"Well she resides in New York as a Homicide detective well known agent too."

"Have you even tried contacting her?"

"Gina' if you knew our past she wouldn't want to see my face ever again I lost her trust in the worst way ever but I've wanted too; for Henry's sake I know soon he's going to want to know her not that the boy doesn't love you."

"Just like every orphan he wants to know why," Regina stated and Neal nodded "when we get home we should look for her."

"Why? She's fine in her life why do you want to even mess with her?"

"Maybe I'd like to know where my son came from Neal," Regina quipped "and sooner or later Henry will be looking for her I rather know her first before he's old enough to even look for her. What's her name anyway Neal?"

"Emma, Emma Swan."

"Locate her when we get back to base Neal," Regina quickly gave the order "and once we get back to base we'll be going on leave I miss our son."

"Are you even sure Regina?"

Regina stopped to look at her best friend "I'm sure Neal."

"Fine let's get moving we need to get home to our son," Neal smiled and Regina nodded as they picked up their pace "so Emma? I'm not saying anything about her being a bad influence but you're going to meet a stranger Regina."

"You aren't though Neal so I know just a bit more about this Emma," Regina stated and took in the surroundings but it was all dessert "you're my advantage on knowing Emma and if you say she isn't as bad a I might think then that is enough for me. "

"Thanks for at least trusting me that much then Regina,"

"You are the father to my child in order for use to even get along there has to be some kind of trust between us and mutual like."

Neal smiled shaking his head "Mutual like? Regina you sound so formal you know I'm your family through what we've been through and what we have seen together you're like my sister that I never had so don't go saying that we are family through Henry and our trust and love for each other."

"I hate you Neal Cassidy."

"I love you too; Regina Mills." The brunette smiled and shook her head