As long as you're there
Swan Queen
Author's note:
So this is basically a short first chapter. As much as I want, I can't jump to Swan Queen in this chapter because I had to make an introduction first. But there'll be plenty of them hot ladies later, promise. Just to make it clear, the second chapter is about the unresolved sexual tension between Swan Queen before the curse was broken, so yeah. Enjoy!
I don't own OUAT, sadly. Somebody buy me Once and I'll love you forever.
It happened so fast. Before Emma even had a chance to realize what the hell was going on, the curse had already been broken and against all odds, she was the one to break it. Henry's childish (at least that's what she thought) theories were actually true. Of course, there was no escape from the guilt. Somehow she felt ashamed for not believing in her own son. It had all seemed so incredibly unreal. She knew what it was like to have a wild fantasy as a kid and then, growing up, completely lose it. One day you just forget you were even a kid. And so, she hid Henry's storybook to prevent him from making more things up before it was too late to go back.
''Jesus, kid. Archie said that I can't crush all your dreams, but I think it's gone too far. I've already been here for a year and nothing has changed! I know you believe in it. I know you want it to be true, but it's time to move on. Maybe they're not going to get their happy ending. Maybe they're stuck in Maine forever. They just have to learn to accept it and from what I've seen, they already have. You need to do it too, kid. I tried. I really, really did. Do you know that there's nothing that I can do? Hell, I don't even know what to do!'' came an outburst one night when Henry had showed up, claiming that he had found a way to break the (nonexistent, like Emma kept repeating) curse. Operation Cobra was over the moment Henry had stormed out, teary-eyed and swung the door closed with a loud bang. There was no way to deny the rush of guilt that took over, but as a (half a) parent, she knew it was necessary.
So she kept trying to fix lives to get away from her own problems that she still had to face later.