A/N Hey guys, I got inspiration for this from 'If They Can't Have Each Other They Will Never Be Happy' by edean13 and I urge you to check it out XD

Just to avoid confusion I should probably say now that this is set about six months after Emma and Mary Margaret came back from the EF and Cora never showed up in Storybrooke.

Chapter one

Henry paced frantically in front of the couch as both of his grandparents looked on waiting for him to finally voice the issue.

"You know that you have to be up for school tomorrow?" Snow said by way of breaking the silence.

The brunette boy finally stopped pacing and turned to look at his grandmother, "I won't be able to sleep!"

"Henry…they've been out about seventeen times," Charming said, though the younger boy noted the slight crack in his voice and his inability to admit who 'they' were.

"You cannot seriously be alright with this!" Henry said exasperatedly, mostly because he was ridiculously tired.

David and Snow exchanged a look and they each sighed at the same time, knowing that they wouldn't be able to hide their feelings even if they tired.

"Emma knows how we feel, Henry," Snow replied, "but she is a grown woman, we cannot tell her who she can and can't be with."

"But…she's the Evil Queen, you have to stop it before something bad happens to her. You can't let the saviour be corrupted!" he cried.

David bit his lip and tried to think of what he could say to convince him that there was nothing either of them could do. Granted, it wasn't through lack of trying, Emma had basically told them that they didn't have to accept Regina as her girlfriend, but that if they asked her to choose, she already knew what her choice would be.

"…We'll all get used to it eventually, don't you want your mothers together?" David tried.

Henry clenched his jaw and shook his head, "Regina is not my mom, but she is going to do something to ruin my real mom's life."

Snow closed her eyes in frustration and looked at her husband, silently asking for ideas of something to say, but it soon became clear that he was in the same position as her. Neither of them liked the idea of Regina and Emma sharing a son, it only made the future of their relationship more plausible.

"There isn't anything we can do, we just have to wait for their relationship to run its course," she said, sounding almost hopeful. "And you should already be in bed…"

Before she could finish her attempt at parenting her grandson, the front door opened to reveal a very happy looking blonde.

Emma closed the door behind her and smiled contently at each person in the room.

"What are you still doing up, kid?" she asked, no edge to her voice, all of her muscles were completely relaxed. After her latest date with the deceptively kind mayor, she couldn't feel anything but complete happiness.

"I need to talk to you!" Henry announced, running forward and looking her over intently.

The blonde looked down at her body, clearly confused as to what he was doing, and she finally asked, "what are you looking for?"

"I need to figure out what she did to you," he mumbled.

Emma's expression instantly fell and she brought her hands up to rest on his shoulders, "she took me for Italian food and then walked me home."

"So why isn't she here?" the boy asked sceptically, shooting a cautious look towards the door.

The sheriff sighed heavily and allowed her arms to fall back to her side before she replied, "because she doesn't exactly feel welcome here."

"And whose fault is that?" Henry shot back.

"How about the people who refuse to accept that she has changed?!"

"How can you be so sure?" the pre-teen asked, "this could all just be some big plan to hurt you or your parents."

"I know for a fact that isn't what our relationship is!" Emma shouted, feeling all of her muscles tense up, her night of bliss completely ruined by having to return home.

"Because I love her!"

Silence fell over the apartment and David and Snow rose simultaneously from the couch, shock mixed with anger consuming each of their faces, "you…love her?" Snow choked out.

Emma looked over at her mother's face, her gut wrenched when she saw the disapproval written so clearly across her face, but it was only made worse by the look of disgust on Henry's.

"But...you can't," he said weakly, "you're the saviour and she's the Evil Queen."

"Was," the sheriff snapped, "she was the Evil Queen, and what does that have to do with this?"

"The saviour is supposed to end up with a prince…" at his mother's narrowed eyes, he quickly held up his hands and added, "or princess. You deserve a happy ending and it can't possibly be with her. Villains don't get happy endings!"

Emma looked helplessly at her parents, before she realised that they would obviously agree with their grandson. There was no arguing with Henry, no matter what, he would always think he was right so long as he had the approval of almost every adult in Storybrooke, it certainly didn't help that he was right about the curse against all odds. The curse breaking had obviously given the boy a false sense of right and wrong, without the grey area that he would need to get by in life, and it was really beginning to piss Emma off.

Throwing her arm out, she said through clenched teeth, "go to bed."

Henry narrowed his eyes and looked as if he was about to add more to his argument, before he just stamped his foot and stormed off up the stairs, already planning a new operation to set everything right.

Snow and David each turned their head to watch the boy go, before they turned back to look at their daughter with very judgemental looks on their faces.

"Don't," Emma grumbled, going off to the kitchen in search of any alcohol, "the perfect night is already ruined."

Regina ran a hand across her face and continued to type away at her laptop.

By some miracle, that she was sure involved her girlfriend, she had been allowed to keep her position as mayor. She also imagined that it had something to do with the fact that none of the so-called 'heroes' would possibly be able to waste their precious time on bureaucratic nonsense.

Despite this, she still smiled slightly to herself at the thought of one of the heroes in particular.

No one was more surprised when Emma announced her feelings, but the saviour was probably just as shocked when they were returned. Against her better judgement, she had decided to throw caution to the wind and allow the blonde to take her on a date, which had included a picnic and horseback riding. The supposed fearless saviour had been utterly terrified while they were on the horses, but Regina found it adorable.

From then, their relationship had grown and they had just celebrated their three month anniversary the day before.

Though she had thought that something would have happened to break them apart by now, she could hardly deny that she was happy with the turn of events, even if she was completely lonely when the other woman was unavailable. She missed Henry with all of her heart and Emma had offered to force him to spend time with her, but she had refused. The former Evil Queen could understand finding a parent completely abhorrent and she would certainly hate anyone who tried to force her to spend time with Cora.

A soft, tentative knock at the door brought Regina out of her thoughts and she brought her eyes to the clock, determining that her assistant was on her lunch break, she sat up slightly, trying to make herself look professional and she called, "come in."

The door opened to reveal a small brunette clutching the straps of his backpack close to his body, he refused to make eye contact with the woman who raised him as he made his way closer to her desk. He wasn't sure what exactly he was going to say, but he knew that he had to say something.

"Henry…" Regina said uncertainly, her mayoral posture instantly fell away to be replaced with what Emma had coined 'momma bear mode'. Apparently, whenever she was in the presence of their son, particularly when he looked as troubled as he did now, she adopted a deeply maternal look, which was one of the reasons that the blonde had begun liking her so much in the first place.

He took a deep breath and finally looked up at the brown orbs desperately trying to discern what was wrong, "I didn't skip school, I have a free period."

"I know your timetable," the mayor said with a small, sad smile, "…not that I don't want to see you, but why are you here."

Henry swallowed hard and decided that the direct approach would be the best option here and said, "what did you do to her?"

Regina's eyebrows rose, her expression a mix between confusion and hurt as she closed the lid on her laptop, so as to give the boy her full attention.

"To who?" she asked, even though she had a feeling that she already knew what he was talking about.

"Emma, she said she loves you so obviously you did something to her!" he shouted, finally allowing his emotions to burst forward.

The brunette woman stared at him for a moment, not quite processing his words. She opened her mouth to reply, but her eyes quickly widened and she clutched the edge of the desk, "she…loves me?"

Henry waved his hand dismissively, not even registering how sad the look of surprise on his mother's face should have been, he didn't realise just how little love she expected.

"That's not important, because obviously you ripped her heart out, where is it?!"

Regina bit lip to stop her chin from wobbling and she blinked away a few tears, after a moment under her son's expectant gaze, she just about managed to reply, "what?"

"The only explanation for the saviour loving the Evil Queen is that you did something to her, you probably ripped out her heart so that you can make everyone miserable. Emma is so obviously supposed to be with someone else!"

The mayor let out a ragged breath and clutched the edge of her desk harder, "I haven't done anything to her Henry, I would never hurt her."

"But you would hurt Snow and David which would hurt Emma and me. Face it, you're not good enough for her," he yelled.

Regina finally allowed tears to fall down her face as the boy achieved in pointing out every insecurity she thought about while she was alone. Did the saviour not deserve someone better than the woman who had spent a decade terrorising an entire realm? Emma was destined to bring back the happy endings, but did that include villains? Should the woman who had taken away so much happiness be allowed be so blissfully happy with her girlfriend while there were so many families missing members because of her?

"That doesn't mean that I took her heart Henry," she replied in a slightly hoarse voice, trying to covertly wipe away the tears on her cheek, not that the brunette seemed to notice them anyway.

"Prove it then!"

"How?" Regina asked weakly, she knew that she would probably be doing whatever came out of his mouth next and she was silently praying that it wasn't what he thought it was.

"Leave her alone, break up with her and give her the chance to find her happy ending. She will be so much happier without you," he said lowly, trying to push aside the slight pang of guilt that erupted in his stomach. He stared at her expectantly, repeating over and over in his mind that she didn't deserve the saviour, the blonde woman had the right to find her True Love away from her current delusions.

Regina closed her eyes and briefly imagined a world in which she refused his request, but she knew that it wouldn't be this word. She would do anything for Henry and Emma. With her doubts magnified, she swallowed hard and nodded.

"Fine," she mumbled, not bothering to try and change his mind, she could just feel that it would just create a greater rift between the two of them, if that were even possible.

Henry's eyebrows rose in surprise and for a split second he considered that she had indeed changed, but his mind just kept reminding him of all she had done in the past and he just nodded and turned on his heels.

He didn't even turn back to offer any kind of goodbye and he certainly didn't notice as Regina's head fell into her hand, silent tears falling as she began to plan the only good thing she currently had in her life.

Emma bit her lip, worrying at the skin as she waited at her girlfriend's front door.

The 'we need to talk' text was not something she had been happy to get and she had instantly rushed over to the mansion without once stopping to question whether the mayor had sent the text from home. Knocking again, she began to rock on her heels out of anticipation, beginning to hope that this was just a case of having to teach Regina what certain phrases meant.

After a third round of knocking, the door was finally yanked open and the owner of the house silently stood aside to allow the taller woman access.

As she passed, Emma inspected the expression of Regina's face, but she quickly realised that she was currently wearing her patented Mayor Mills look. The indifference was never a good sign and it was a look that she had gotten used to seeing fall away once they were alone.

"You do know what 'we need to talk' means here, right?" Emma laughed nervously watching as Regina closed the door.

Regina clutched the door knob tightly, still facing away from the blonde, she scrunched her eyes up to stop the tears that would certainly be falling later, and finally she released the door and turned to face the other woman, "I'm well aware what it means, Miss Swan."

Emma's eyes widened and she began to shake her head, "Miss Swan? Regina, you haven't called me that since we started going out…"

"Which is precisely why I think that it is an apt way to address you, I think that we should return to a purely professional relationship."

The blonde shook her head, clenching her fists, she asked, "did Henry talk to you?"

"He seems to be under the impression that the only reason that you love me is because I took your heart."

Emma's mouth fell open, she had yet to listen to the second part and she replied, "he told you?! That little…"

"Emma!" Regina shouted before the other woman could finish her sentence.

The saviour's shoulders slumped and she sighed heavily, "did it freak you out?"

"That's…irrelevant," the brunette replied with a shaky breath.

Emma shook her head and began walking towards Regina, quickly backing her up against the front door, with the close proximity, she whispered, "it's not irrelevant, I love you and I won't let this relationship end."

"I…don't love you," Regina tried, suppressing a slight moan as the blonde let out light breaths on her neck, exactly where she knew her pulse point to be, she just about managed to resist the urge to circle her arms around the other woman's neck.

"I don't believe you," the saviour whispered against her lips before she closed the gap and pressed their lips together.

Regina quickly melted into the kiss and leaned against the door.

'Emma is obviously supposed to be with someone else!'

'She deserves better.'

'She will be so much happier without you.'

With her son's angry words flowing through her mind, she brought her hands up and lightly pushed the blonde away.

"We can't do this," she said with a crack in her voice, her resolve almost breaking at the look that crossed her love's face. "I can't do anything that would make Henry unhappy."

"And what about me, Regina? He may be unhappy, but I will be completely miserable without you!" Emma shouted, finally removing herself from the mayor's personal space.

"You…deserve better," the brunette said, refusing to make eye contact.

"Is that what he told you?" the blonde asked incredulously.

Regina sighed and nodded, "he asked me to break up with you, so I have to do it. I'm so sorry Emma. But you'll find someone else, there are many suitors in this town…"

"But only one person that I already love with all of my heart," she replied, almost begging, "I love you, Regina…isn't Henry supposed to believe in that? He believes that love is the most powerful magic of all, right?"

"Powerful magic to be used against villains," Regina whispered, "villains shouldn't get happy ending."

"That is bullshit and you know it!"

The brunette nodded, tears welling up in her eyes as she turned and opened the door, "you should go…"

"I am not giving up on you!" Emma said, trying to reach out to place her hand on the shorter woman's arm, but she quickly moved back out of her reach.

"I am asking you to do that, please Emma, make this as easy as possible."

"I…I don't think I can…" the saviour said as she finally stopped trying to stop the tears.

Regina had the urge to reach forward and wipe the tears away, but instead she just looked away and said, "please move on, it's the only way to ensure Henry's happy ending."

With that, she waved her hand and the saviour was enveloped in a cloud of purple smoke.

Emma blinked and looked around the familiar apartment a couple times, with tears obscuring her vision, she took a second to realise exactly where she was.

Her eyes finally landed on the couch where her mother was looking at her slightly shocked, the papers she was grading having fell from her hand.

The blonde shot another look around the otherwise empty apartment before she looked back to Snow and said, "where the hell is Henry?"

A/N- I need to thank my beta QueenApples as always and please let me know if you're interested in more :)