This is my first story, so please don't be too harsh! I promise this is not the same as "Into the Deep" with the whole EC married during the Curse element. I have a very dramatic plot roughly mapped out, so fasten your seat belts! Thank you and hopefully enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: I claim no ownership over any part of Once Upon a Time. All I own are the unique details/plot of this story. Therefore, I recognize that this fic diverges from canon. My story is available for the sole purpose of entertainment. Additionally, I have no beta or assistance in writing, so any mistakes or clumsy writing is my own.

CHAPTER 1: Broken Curses

He stared at her in disbelief.

No, David. Please don't look at me like that! It's not the Evil Queen. It's your wife. Your wife of 25 years. Standing in front of you. It's Regina, the woman who loves you. Please…

Any small sliver of hope that she was holding deep within disappeared, as Mary Margaret – the ever-insipid little Snow, she thought bitterly – came barreling down the street.

"Charming!"

Snow launched herself at her long estranged husband, who only half caught her because he was still standing like a statue, with looks of shock, panic, and betrayal flashing across his face. Snow did not notice and continued her assault with a passionate kiss.

That finally jolted David out of his temporary catatonic state. He turned his head for a split second to face Snow, giving her a smile that made Regina feel like her heart was slowly being fractured.

Is all you see her, now that the Curse is broken? Look at me. But you don't want me anymore now that you remember, do you? You and Snow found a way back together.

He snapped his head back to face her. Gone were the flitting emotions. His face – it shocked her. It had settled into something she, as the Evil Queen, had pointed at many of her victims – it was that mask, that stony cold façade.

But her sweet Prince could not hold the ice like she could. All she could see or feel was the stormy anger and sadness radiating off him like tidal waves. The ferocity of those emotions threatened to bowl the Queen over where she stood.

"Can you believe we found each other after this long separation? Of course you could! I will always find you!"

Snow laughed out of sheer joy and relief, throwing her head back, oblivious to the horror that both Regina and David were feeling. Snow kissed David again with great enthusiasm and then continued by planting small pecks all over his face.

"David, all these years… It doesn't even matter! We are together again at last! Our family is reunited! David! We have Emma! We have our daughter back! Let's go find her! We can…"

Only then did Snow look up. The grief-stricken face her husband wore had been missed when she had been prattling on with excitement – but not anymore. Snow craned her neck, twisting to look back and forth between Regina and David.

Her face registered the shock she felt at the deep emotion she saw etched on both of their faces. Then Snow remembered. She gasped.

"Snow…" David started. Snow's head snapped back to him. "Snow… You know, with this Curse… We…" Snow looked ready to cry.

Regina just stood there. She no longer hoped, but she anticipated. What will he say? Get on with it! Snow. David. Just say something!

"Snow, I know this is not a pleasant situation and most definitely awkward. But…"

Snow held up her hand and cut him off. "There's no need."

Snow looked at David, then Regina, and then scanned Main Street, diverting her gaze and giving them all breathing space. She gulped in as much air as her lungs would allow and started speaking.

But Regina did not hear. Not a word. What was he going to say? What is he thinking? What will he do? Oh, David!

All of Regina's attention was placed on her husband – no, on Charming. She searched his face for any hint as to the future of their relationship.

Please don't be brutal, my love. I know you will break my heart, as you already have just by the emotions on your face. But please, be gentle. Please…

David had been listening to Snow reassure him. Actually, her words were more generalized platitudes, probably to ground herself more than to comfort him.

David then took a quick glance at Regina. That beautiful face. That woman that he had called his own, his love, his wife, for half of his literal (not biological) lifetime.

He shook his head rapidly, as if trying to exorcise the Curse part of his life and the Curse-given wife he had just seconds before admired.

David clenched his fists.

Regina knew her husband like she knew herself. They were one. She had loved this man and shared a life with him for over two and a half decades. She picked up on the tension emanating from her love.

She longed for his comfort. For words of love. She wanted to say something. She really wanted to remind David of her undying love for him and to beg him to stay.

But she remained still. Regina knew that any words she could offer would be taken as lies. The Curse had broken and with it broke any trust David had placed in her during their long marriage. She knew she had to wait for him to make the next move.

The ball is in your court, darling. Remember our life together. Don't throw it away! Don't…

Her inner dialogue was halted. "Snow, we need to leave now!"

What are you doing, David?! Regina stared at him, expecting him to yell at her. A confrontation. Questions. Accusations. Yelling. Anything!

But David turned on his heel and headed towards Granny's Diner. Snow hurriedly chased after him, but not before throwing Regina a look that flickered with confusion, hatred, and finally landing on pity.

The nerve of that girl! I may have lost David now. Snow may have won him back. But how dare she look at me that way! I will not be pitied by anyone!

Regina choked back the floodgates of tears and emotions that threatened to overtake her. She walked briskly until she turned the corner and ran to her car, wanting to escape to the confines of her Mifflin Street fortress as soon as possible.

I may have lost my love, but I will not lose my dignity!

As for David, he turned around right before he and Snow reached the diner. He ached to see his dark haired beauty if only for a second.

She was already gone. What did it matter? He hated her. Why did he need to see her? He hated her.

Hate. I hate her! Or so he told himself.

P.S. Let me know what you think! I know what I want to happen in this story but welcome prompts away from this story or small situations that you would like to see here.

Preview: Soon, Regina and David will have a confrontation. And how is Snow going to take David having been married to Regina for 25 year?! Yikes! Until next time!