Hi everyone! Welcome to my first official Swan Queen/OUAT fic! What can I say? If the actual show writers don't have the nerve to make a loving, supportive relationship between two women who have a son together canon, then I suppose it's up to us amateurs to do it for them!

Anyway, I thought this would be an interesting concept to explore so that's what I'm doing, please let me know what you think! Lots more chapters to come if you guys like it.

Just a quick shout-out to the current SQ fic I'm reading, it's called The Collar and it's written by the wonderful littledragonflyson, please go check it out! Lots and lots of smut and lovin

Phoebe x

Regina switched on the radio as she drove towards New York; her anxiety had not settled since she set off from Storybrooke – could she really do this? Could she really adopt and take care of a child? Her track record said otherwise. But she so desperately wanted it, a person who would love and trust her unconditionally without any preconceptions about her past. The last person that had fulfilled that criteria was dead because of that dreadful do-gooder Snow White. Regina turned up the radio as anger began to rise within her, 'I'm coming Henry,' she thought, 'then they'll see I'm not so bad.'

Emma waddled through the streets of New York, trying to find the address the adoption lady had sent to her. A few weeks ago, Emma had thought that meeting her kid's future mother was a good idea – she thought it would give her some peace of mind to know what she looked like, how she acted, just to know that she would take care of her kid. Now she wasn't so sure, the nearer it got to the time, the more nervous she got. It was all getting too real for her. Days like this when the bump was all she could think about were hard; why did Neal leave? Why did everybody leave? She prayed that her baby would never have to feel left, that's why she wanted the adoption finalised before she gave birth – so that they would never have to experience the disappointment of foster care. Now where the hell was this address?!

Regina pulled up outside the address she'd been emailed and let out a nervous sigh.

"I need coffee."

She clocked a coffee shop at the end of the street, left her car and started towards it – her phone began to rang halfway there. Irritated, she answered it.

"What?"

"Hello dearie."

Gold. She really didn't have the time, energy or patience for him right now.

"What do you want?"

"I'd have thought you'd be a touch more accommodating, given I've found you your first child and all."

Regina took a deep breath and smiled sarcastically.

"Fine, what can I do for you Mr. Gold?"

"Oh, I'm just checking up on you, making sure everything's running...smoothly."

"Well, aren't you kind..."

"That, I am dearie. Well anyway, please send my best wishes to Emma."

"Emma?"

"Yes, your child's biological mother."

Regina frowned and hung up, what interest did he have in her? And why did he know her name? She wasn't even thinking about Henry's birth mother...she wanted nothing to do with him, she'd already made that choice. In fact, Regina was somewhat irritated that she'd insisted on coming to this meeting, she only agreed so that she could make sure she had nothing to worry about in regards to this "mother."

Regina was in the midst of a daydream about what Gold had said to her when she collided into a tired-looking, blonde woman outside of the coffee shop she was entering.

"Woah!"

"Would you watch where you're going?!" Regina snapped, despite knowing that she was almost definitely the cause of the collision.

"Where I'm going?!"

Regina rolled her eyes and opened the door to the coffee shop, before she could move the blonde had ducked under her arm and breezed inside. She turned her head slightly to look at Regina from the corner of her eye,

"Thanks."

Regina was stunned, she wasn't used to this kind of treatment; people in Storybrooke would rather wait for hours than jump in front of her like this woman had just done. She didn't know whether to be mad at her or admire her.

Regina moved forward and joined the woman in queue, she leaned forwards towards her left ear,

"For the record, I was not holding the door open for you."

Emma rolled her eyes and smirked,

"Yet I still managed to get under your arm and into the queue before you."

Where did this woman find the nerve?! Her confidence was intriguing to Regina, she hadn't experienced this kind of rapport since leaving the Enchanted Forest. She'd also noticed that the woman smelt gorgeous – but she ignored that, she wasn't being distracted by anything today, all she wanted was to finalise this adoption. She waited for her turn and ordered a low fat, decaf latte to-go; she turned and started towards the exit. To her surprise, the woman was waiting around by the door; why was she still here? Surely it doesn't take that long to grab a coffee and leave? She was smirking at Regina as she approached the door.

"Thought I'd return the favour." She grabbed the door handle and pushed it open. Regina noticed her toned arms in front of her, for in opening the door, the woman had unintentionally (or intentionally, she wasn't sure) blocked her passage. Regina chuckled slightly and began to duck down under the woman's arms.

"Look, I'd love to continue playing mind games with you but I really need to get goi-"

Regina stopped as she saw the baby bump protruding from underneath the woman's scarf; she hadn't noticed it before, the bump had been carefully hidden by the woman. Regina's heart raced, was she hiding the bump because she was vain and cared too much about her appearance to reveal it? Or was it because she didn't want the bump in the first place? Regina looked up from her bent down position and met with the woman's, now concerned, green eyes.

"What?" The woman seemed borderline offended by Regina's apparent distaste for her bump.

"What's your name?" Regina whispered.

The woman scoffed, confused by Regina's sudden change in personality.

"Emma."