Regina embraced the Evil Queen, and the Queen hesitantly reciprocated. So many emotions surged through the both of them. The Queen held onto her better half harder, a strangled sob escaping her throat.
"I love you," Regina murmured. She ran gentle fingers through the Queen's long hair.
"It hurts!" the Queen choked out. "It hurts so much."
"I'm not letting go," Regina promised. "I've got you."
"Your heart… it's so broken." It was so painful. So, so painful. But there was a beauty in it as well.
"Yes, but you're just finally feeling your own. Thirty years of heartbreak coming at you all at once. But I've got you."
The Queen kept holding onto Regina, not wanting to let go.
Regina's hand gently found the Queen's face, stroking her tears away.
The Queen shuddered, looking at Regina confused, not used to being treated so tenderly. Or looked at with such kindness.
Regina leaned in and touched her lips to the Queen's.
The Queen gasped into the kiss, but returned it, one of her hands grasping Regina's cheek.
When the kiss broke, the Queen saw Regina's hopeful eyes looking back at her. "I love you, too."
Regina smiled at her. "We are our own happy ending. Robin's gone, Emma's got Hook, Mal's got Lily… All I need is you."
"This office is a mess," the Queen pointed out randomly.
"That's not important. It's only things in a room."
The Queen managed a smile of her own. She held Regina even closer. She never wanted to be apart from her other half again.