THE EFFECT OF IMPACT ON STATIONARY OBJECTS

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Note: this takes place somewhere during Season 3B: Emma and Henry are back from New York, but Henry can't remember his mother.

Thanks to RowArk, my beta-reader for this little thing.

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- He looked right through me.
- It's because he doesn't remember you.

[3x13]

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Regina Mills believed she had already met all the pain that existed.

She had inflicted it, and she had endured it, equally.
Her cruelty had assured her of one thing: everyone would always remember her.
Everyone, except Henry.
She felt like a puppet with broken strings, with no puppeteer to fix her.

- Eat.

The plate slammed on Granny's table brought her into a killing fury.

She was just about to incinerate her when a sparkle in those green eyes stopped her, a feeling she was no longer used to: concern.

Petrified, she grabbed the hamburger.

- I'm not doing this for you.

Emma Swan smiled.

- Of course not.