To her very core, she loved him. She would give anything in this, or any other world, for him to understand that simple fact. And now it was too late. The room was spinning, and tears fell from her eyes that she didn't think existed inside her for the longest time. Not since…him. But they're falling now, and she spun into the nearest person to try and hide them.

Chest clenching, it felt like someone was ripping her heart out. Ironic, given her past. The truth that only one other, in this sterile hospital room, knew and grudgingly Regina acknowledged that they shared something in this moment. Even without looking at the would-be Savior, she could feel Emma's heart breaking with hers. Maybe…maybe one broken heart couldn't survive this, but two together…

The smell of magic makes her turn suddenly, just as her son wakes up. With the joy of his miracle, the sudden realization that she's condemned to be alone once more shatters her heart more completely than his death.