WitW: 3/4 view, 1/2 view if you want my original structuring/this chapter to seem longer.

Rumple's words struck a chord in her. Like it or not she has made her own destiny, and it was as more than Robin Hood's lover. She's allowed herself this; these days of weakness with Henry, of the Charmings' pity. But she is the Mayor in this town and The Queen in the Enchanted Forest. It's Monday and the first thing she does is put on a power suit, silky and striking. She has a lot amends to make and she's not going to do it by remaining distant.

Snow seems surprised to see her, even more surprised by her packages.

"I'm not going to adopt again, at least not for the near future, and since Henry's baby items were just gathering dust I thought you could use some of them. The toys and some of the books at least; it pays to start their mental and linguistic development from an early age. I also have a few functional items for feeding and whatnot. Think of it as a …'family heirloom', you lot like that stuff right?"

"Regina this is…really you didn't have to-"

"Oh save it, you were too focused on Zelena and being able to birth the damn thing safely to worry too much about the aftermath so…here." Regina floundered a little in the gesture of reluctant kindness, caught between their relationship previously (which would be so easy to fall into at the first sign of pity) and their newfound confidence now. "I'm a mother and I have some experience with everything, especially raising a boy," She cast a fondly exasperated glance at Henry who was trying to set his box down carefully, "that liked to wail his lungs out, among other things. Let me know if…if there's anything you need help with."

Snow looked at her carefully for a moment, face blank. Regina steeled herself but instead of what she was expecting her step-daughter flashed her a warm beaming smile. "I'll hold you to that you know; I fully expect you to live up to your duties as Godmother."

She gaped for a second before recovering, "If this is a gesture of pity-,"

"No! No…Regina, it's nothing like that. We were going to ask you at the coronation but… Well David and I decided that you'd done so much for us, especially this past year, for us and for our child. He wouldn't be here if it wasn't for your magic and Neal," She nodded down to the infant in her arms, "Wouldn't be where he is right now if it wasn't for you. We decided to make you godmother, yes; partially because you're the only one with experience," Snow acknowledged. "But also because none of us would be where we are now if you hadn't saved us; if you hadn't reached inside yourself and changed, not just for Henry but for yourself," Neal was placed in Regina's arms. "A person with both the most resilient heart and the greatest capacity for change would make an excellent godmother for my son. That is… if you'll do me the honours."

Regina looked from Snow's smiling face to Henry's beaming one and then back down to the child. Blue eyes opened to catch hers and she was lost. "Thank you…"

WitW: This was always gonna be a thing for me so I'm basically incorporating (nearly) ALL of my one-shot ideas in this thing and calling it plot.

Guest1: THANK YOU for being my first reviewer but y'all might have a very different view of how I plan to punish Robin (it would help - as a writer - if I didn't miss out IMPORTANT words like 'emotional' before my whump.) If you had an account I could PM you my general ideas (spoilers) on how I'm seeing this thing go without ruining it for every body, but my basic reaction was like this.

Me: *watching season finale* They'll never love her.

Rumpelstiltskin: So sad and yet; so true. What are you gonna do now then?

Me: Punish them.

So this is an equal opportunity smack-down.

Guest2: I said I may. Don't rule it out. It depends on who I'm mad at the most during then.

Everyone REVIEW! It actually makes me skip school to write for you.