Chapter 1 - Operation: Bunny Ears

*ping*

The noise from the phone in his pocket made Henry Mills pause his current game, and put his PS4 controller down onto the wooden coffee table in front of him. Picking up the device he noticed a new yellow notification had popped up. Smirking, he looked around at the older, blonde woman who was sitting next to him, controller in one hand and her phone in the other.

"Really Ma? Snapchat at your age?"

"Accept my request Henry come on! I need some more friends, I've only got Ruby and Belle so far, although Ruby almost got Granny to add me. You don't want me to be that uncool mom do you?"

"Ma, I love you, but you can be really embarrassing sometimes. This one probably just isn't for you." Henry leaned over to hug his birth mother and Emma couldn't help but chuckle at his reaction. She loved her son dearly, but realised she probably didn't want to see what he got up to when they weren't together as a family anyway.

"Fine, don't add me, but your mom is totally gonna add me, no question." The blonde said confidently.

"HA!" Henry laughed loudly and turned towards Emma, "Okay so first thing, Mom hates technology as it interferes with her magic, the second thing... can you really see her posing with bunny ears and actually sending it to people?"

"Bet you $10 kid" Emma thrust her right hand forward for Henry to shake on it.

The young boy smiled, "Deal, easiest ten bucks I've ever made! Oh shoot, gotta go Ma, I'm meeting Violet." Hearing the front door open, Henry whispered, "Operation: Bunny Ears is a go!"

Henry saved and quit the game on his Playstation (much to Emma's dismay as she was finally winning for once). She heard him exchange greetings and a hug with his other mother in the hallway before the front door closed behind him.

It's now or never. The Sheriff thought, mustering up some courage, Time for Operation:Bunny Ears.

"What are you smirking at Miss Swan? Should I be worried?"

Emma looked up to see the brunette, she was leaning slightly against the doorframe into the living room where Emma was currently sat. Regina's eyes scanning the room in front of her, judging by the state of empty sweet wrappers and DVD cases that were littering the room Emma had a very enjoyable afternoon with Henry. Regina had clearly just finished work for the day, as she was still wearing a tailored black trouser suit, paired with a deep red blouse that showed off her curves and a delicious amount of cleavage. Without wanting to be caught checking out her boss, Emma cleared her throat before continuing.

"Oh the usual, just trying to be cool and ended up embarrassing our son." Emma leaned back against the sofa, resting her hands behind her head before adding, "a job well done if I do say so myself!". The smile remained etched upon her face, "plus I was totally kicking his ass on FIFA".

The brunette rolled here eyes at the blonde and laughed softly as she sat down on the sofa next to the Sheriff. The Mayor reached down to remove her scarlet heels, causing a satisfied moan to escape her lips. Emma didn't know where to look as a familiar tingling sensation was spreading throughout her body. The brunette then turned her body fully to get a better view of her son's other mother.

"What did you do to poor Henry this time? Apart from humiliate him on a global platform?" The brunette's smile growing bigger as she tucked her knees under her to get comfier on the sofa, her body unintentionally closing the gap between the two women.

"Well, I tried to be his friend on Snapchat, his phone pinged right next to me and he rejected me. Our son rejected me Regina, how can I live with it? The betrayal!" Emma flopped back on the sofa in defeat, her left thigh gently coming into contact with Regina's right knee.

"I'm sorry his friend on what now?" Ignoring the blonde's dramatic over-reaction, but thoroughly enjoying the new contact between them.

"Snapchat? Come on Regina you have to have heard of it! All the kids are using it."

"Ah yes, how silly of me, the famous Snapchat. Let me guess, it involves snapping and chatting?" The brunette deadpanned before breaking into laughter at Emma's appalled reaction.

"You know, you tell me off for being sarcastic, but you're just as bad, Miss Mills." Emma joined in laughing and the two women fell into a comfortable silence, not believing for one second the ridiculous conversation they were having. Regina leaned her head back and closed her eyes, letting out a contented sigh.

"What a day". She commented, to no one in particular.

"You look beautiful" Emma murmured, barely louder than a whisper, carefully tucking a strand of dark brown hair that had fallen in front of the Mayor's face behind her ear.

"What did you say?" Regina opened her eyes and couldn't believe the intensity of the emotion in the blue eyes of the woman next to her.

"I mean, erm, let me show you how this works, it's pretty cool."

Shuffling even closer to the brunette, Emma pulled out her smartphone and loaded the app.

"You see, you can use either camera (Emma focused on a photograph of Regina and Henry on the mantlepiece to demonstrate before turning the camera back onto the two women) and it recognises your face or faces, depending on if you're alone, with someone else... a pet maybe? And then, you do this!" The blonde woman scrolled through the different filters and she couldn't help but laugh at Regina's reaction.

"Miss Swan, why are we bears with glittery ears?" Looking completely offended by the idea.

"Why not Madam Mayor?" Emma laughed, changing the filter again.

"And why am I suddenly a pumpkin?"

"A very cute pumpkin" Emma observed, before changing the filter for the final time and settling on the flower crowns.

"Ready to be regal? Smile Regina!"

The pair smiled as the crowns appeared over their heads, Emma saved the photo and also added it to her story.

"See, if you had an account I would have been able to send you that as a memory of your first snap."

"You mean a memory of me looking like a 5 year old flower princess?" Regina asked, still seemingly unimpressed with the blonde's argument.

"Or a pumpkin!"

Laughing again, the two women lay back comfortable against the sofa, still side by side. Neither one of them had moved apart since taking the photo, neither of them wanting to. Both women happened to be sitting identically, taking a moment to enjoy being close to one another. It didn't take long for Regina to break the silence.

"I suppose if you downloaded that app for me, I wouldn't completely hate it." She spoke softly, her eyes remaining closed.

"Oh really?" Emma's eyes snapped open and looked curiously at the brunette.

"Mmhmm" was all the reply she received. Regina slipped her hand into her trouser pocket and handed her phone over to the blonde.

"Password please? Or your thumb?" Without thinking, Emma leaned over and gently took Regina's hand from her lap and moved it over to her own. The same warm sensation threatened to spread through Emma's body again at the contact and in that moment she swore Regina felt it too.

As the two women waited for the app to download, Regina slowly opened her eyes and took a moment to observe the blonde woman next to her. It had been two years since Emma Swan had fallen into her's and Henry's life but she wouldn't wish for it any other way. The ex-evil queen always knew she found Emma devastatingly attractive, but it was only in these last few months that she realised just how much. She found herself craving the blonde more each day. Regina had found herself making excuses to visit the police station to talk about paperwork or small town by-laws just to see her favourite Sheriff. The brunette then went further, inviting Emma to dinner and movie nights claiming they were for Henry, but in reality, Regina needed them just as much as he did.

"There we go, Regal_88, welcome to the Snapverse." The blonde announced happily, handing the phone back to Regina.

"Don't tell me they actually call it that do they? And these people get paid silly money."

"Nah, that was me just trying to be cool again." Emma winked at Regina, the brunette blushing slightly as she did so.

Emma looked at her watch and realised she needed to go, she started to rise from the sofa but felt a familiar hand coming to rest on her forearm.

"Stay for dinner? Henry's out tonight and I'd really like the company."

Emma loved seeing Regina like this, so relaxed and comfortable, she looked beautiful, but just this once she had to resist.

"You know I would, but I've already cancelled on Ruby like 3 times this week and I can't do it again without losing a limb. I'm sorry Regina. Rain check?"

"Of course, you know if Miss Lucas did take a limb, I'd happily return the favour and take one of hers."

An playful smile played on the brunette's lips, but Emma just chuckled on her way to the front door.

"As adorable as that vengeance would be, I think my limbs are safe. Thank you for the offer though."

As Emma was about to get into her ghastly yellow car, Regina called to her.

"Oh Emma?"

"Yes, Miss Mills."

"Just to let you know you have permission to Snapchat me this evening... so I know you're home safely of course." Regina quickly added, knowing what that proposition sounded like.

"You are being very cute this evening, especially when you're protective." Emma replied, smiling up at her son's other mother, "one snap coming your way!"

Once Regina had closed the front door, Emma took out her phone before driving off, attaching the photo of herself and Regina with their flower crowns to Henry,

"You owe me $10 kid, Operation: Bunny Ears is officially a success."


So this is a completely new area of FanFic for me, I've become obsessed (again) with OUAT and in particular SwanQueen so i thought why not lets give it a go! I've already got the next 2ish chapters written, so they will be up very soon!

On a different note - if any of my followers like OUAT and are reading this, I know I've currently got 2 Rizzles stories that need updating and with my newly regained passion for writing these fics I promise these will be completed! Let 2019 be the year of completion!

To anyone still following me, all I can say is thank you, you're wonderful.

To new readers, I hope you like this fic and stick around with me!

Disclaimer - All the characters listed are the rightful property of the wonderful OUAT, I'm merely using them to fulfill my imagination and Snapchat obviously does not belong to me, merely using it to move Storybrooke into the 21st century.

I hope you've all had a wonderful Christmas and all of my best wishes for the New Year! F xx