Alright, so since the chapters are going to be really short (at least at first) I'm going to update frequently. This is just a follow-up on the introduction.
Since there was no disclaimer in the first chapter, here it is: I do not own Once Upon A Time or any of its characters, etc. The show would be much better if I was on the writing team, (or any other SQ shipper, to be honest.)
ANYWAY.
I hope you like this short piece.
Snow and Charming find her sitting in the same spot she's been since she was told that she could not see her little prince. Their presence registers in her brain but she doesn't acknowledge them. Her eyes are dead, staring into the space before her but not seeing anything.
Before her eyes, flashes of her life with Henry. His smiles. All of them, all different but showing the same love for her. Her baby boy.
She can't cry anymore.
Snow and Charming sit with her on the floor. She barely notices that Charming takes her right hand in his and that Snow clutches her left arm, her head leaned on Regina's shoulder. She lets them.
There is no strength left in her. She is as good as dead.
She is dead inside.
Without him, there is no life. There is no point in living any longer.
Henry was her everything.
And now she's left with nothing.
It could be minutes or it could be hours, she doesn't know. The sedative was not strong enough to knock her out but she can't move her limbs. She is paralyzed by medicine, and crippled by emotional pain.
She is in shock.
Her mind keeps replaying the doctors' words about her son.
Her eyes are long dry. It hurts to cry.
Her parents are lying on her bed with her, soothing her but unable to keep their own tears from falling. She doesn't look at them. She stares at the ceiling instead.
She is numb.
The burn in her throat from all the shouting and crying barely registers. Nothing matters.
He mattered. She was supposed to protect him.
He was her son and now he's gone.
She has people who love her and will support her, but right now it means nothing.
Now she's left with nothing.
The next thing that registers is a sound that Regina doesn't immediately recognize until it stops right in front of her. It's Rumplestiltskin's cane. She doesn't lift her head to look at him but Snow and Charming get up and speak to him in hushed tones.
After a minute, Gold disappears and Snow crouches down next to Regina. She tells her that she will be able to see Henry in a moment, if she wants to.
Regina wants to scream. She does not want to see her son lying dead on a table. But she has to. She needs to be with him, even if he's no longer here.
She simply nods once, to let Snow know that she heard her. She doesn't ask about Emma. She supposes that the blonde is in a similar state of distress, possibly sedated since her parents are with the Evil Queen instead of with their precious daughter.
Regina thinks about what is going to happen next. She will get up and go see her son. What comes after that, she doesn't know.
Emma does not think.
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OTH-FOQ