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"Emma I have to run to the office to catch up on some paper work!" Regina called from downstairs as she slipped her heels on, the blonde barreling down the stairs shortly after.
"Do you have to go?" Emma asked with a whine as she embraced her girlfriend and pouted.
"I do dear." Regina said sadly. It was Sunday and she should be home with her family spending time with each other, but she had a lot of paperwork to catch up on before the council meeting tomorrow.
"Can't you just do it tomorrow?" Emma pleaded; she wanted to spend time with her love instead of babysitting Cora.
"The council meeting is tomorrow and I have to have the paperwork done by then. I'm sorry beautiful." Regina said softly, capturing Emma's lips in a soft kiss and making the blonde hum in approval.
"Don't take too long okay?" Emma begged.
"I will try to get it done as quickly as possible I promise." Regina assured. They locked lips again, neither noticing Cora hanging over the side of the banister taking a picture of the two.
Cora turned around and quickly and quietly ran back up the stairs, hurling herself into her bedroom.
"I'll be back in time for dinner I promise." Regina said before giving the blonde one last peck and leaving the house.
"I don't wanna babysit Cora." Emma whined to herself, before realizing that she hadn't seen the woman all morning. She shrugged it off and headed to the den to catch up on some TV.
Meanwhile, Cora sat in her bedroom, Indian style on her bed with her laptop in front of her.
She smiled to herself as she scrolled through the pages of Tumblr, taking delight in seeing animated pictures called 'gifs'. It was truly a magical place and she could see why Emma said it was addictive.
Cora had managed to set up the page herself, even creating her own url.
queenofhearts-cora-mills.
She soon found that the majority of the younger crowd in Storybrooke also had Tumblr's, much to her delight and surprise.
She emailed the picture she took of Regina and Emma to herself, smirking in success. Yes she had even mastered email.
She quickly clicked on the photo icon and added the picture.
She smiled as she looked at the happiness radiating off of both Emma and Regina. She began tagging the photo
#regina mills #emma swan #...
Cora trailed off her typing… wondering what else she should put when an idea hit her.
She had heard of these 'ships' before and knew that the majority of people had created cute names for their ships.
She beamed as she typed.
#swan queen
Cora smiled in success and posted the photo, continuing to scroll through her dash and laugh at the silly pictures of kittens.
Emma sat in the den, continuing to watch TV with Henry; she glanced at the clock and realized that it was almost dinnertime.
"Hey kid, we gotta figure out dinner." Emma said nudging the boy beside her.
"Emma I'm back!" Regina called from the foyer.
"In the den!" Emma responded, smiling down at her son.
"How are my loves?" Regina asked with a smile as she placed a kiss on the top of Henry's head, and then Emma's.
"Good, just watching TV." Emma replied.
"Where's my mother? She didn't blow anything up today did she?" Regina asked.
"Actually I haven't seen her all day. Her door is shut but… well I'm afraid to go in there." Emma admitted, shuddering as the image of Cora and Leroy entered her mind.
"I understand." Regina agreed.
"What are you two talking about?" Henry asked in confusion, looking at his moms.
"Nothing sweetie." Regina answered before looking back to Emma. "I'll go check on her."
"Thank you!" Emma said gratefully, watching her girlfriend exit the room.
Regina quickly made her way up the stairs and stopped outside of her mother's room. She knocked and when a 'come in' was heard she entered.
"Mother are you alright?" Regina asked as she took in the woman's less than poised appearance.
Cora's hair was a mess and she had her laptop sitting on the bed, not even bothering to look up at her daughter.
"I'm fine dear." Cora said with a dismissive wave of her hand, still not looking at her daughter.
"O-okay… well I'm going to start dinner." Regina said as she backed out of the room, shutting the door behind her. "That was weird." She muttered before heading back downstairs.
Cora continued to scroll through the tags, discovering more and more each second.
She became particularly immersed in the Rizzoli and Isles fandom after she saw posts about it and decided to watch a few episodes. She also became interested in The Most Popular Girls In School when she suddenly began seeing pictures of Barbie dolls appearing with interesting quotes on her screen. After watching all 13 episodes she took a liking to the terms that were used.
Why Emma told her to stay away from this site was beyond her.
Her SwanQueen ship had taken off as well, many of the townspeople had already reblogged some of the photos. Yes she had taken a few prior to Tumblr, she couldn't resist, Regina's happiness was infectious and they were so cute together.
The town thought so as well, which was why she had accumulated so many reblogs and new followers in just a short amount of time.
"Mother, dinner!" She heard Regina call from downstairs. Cora looked at the time on her laptop, realizing an hour had already passed.
"The day sure flew by." Last she checked it was only 11:00 in the morning.
She gingerly shut her laptop and walked to the door, glancing back at it.
"Momma will be back soon." She cooed to the laptop before exiting the room and heading downstairs.
"Glad to see you finally came out of your room." Emma said with a smile as she finished up setting the table.
"It's awfully bright down here." Cora said as she squinted.
"Maybe if you had a light on in your room and took a break from that laptop you wouldn't have a problem." Regina replied with a smirk as she sat the lasagna on the table.
"You've been on the laptop all day?" Emma asked with a suspicious look. She eyed Cora and watched the woman falter under her gaze.
"What's it to you?" Cora asked hurriedly.
Regina glanced between the two women curiously, watching as Emma was clearly analyzing the other woman.
"You been Tumblin Cora?" Emma asked with raised eyebrows.
"You don't know my life." Cora answered quickly.
"Who do you ship?" Emma asked in a low voice.
Cora eyed her wearily before calmly responding.
"I do not know what you mean by 'ship'." Cora answered, she knew that Emma knew she was lying, but for the time being she let it slide.
"Is there something you two want to tell me?" Regina asked curiously.
Henry eyed the women, trying to figure out what was going on, after dinner he would see what Tumblr was, and maybe then he would understand.
Dinner was eaten with relative silence, Cora finishing first and dashing upstairs quickly.
"What has gotten into her?" Regina asked Emma and Henry.
"I think I have an idea… but we just need to wait and see." Emma said.
"See what?" Henry asked.
"You'll know… " Emma paused, "When it's time. You. Will. Know." Emma finished dramatically.
Regina and Henry shared a look before glancing back at Emma.
"Okaaayyy. Henry want to help me with the dishes while your Ma figures… whatever it is, out." Regina asked her son and he nodded enthusiastically before joining Regina in the kitchen.
Emma sat at the table glancing up at the ceiling.
Soon. Emma thought.
Regina walked towards Granny's for her morning cup off coffee, nodding to bystanders as she approached the diner.
She entered and took a seat at the counter, giving Granny her order.
"Loved the pics of you and Emma, Regina." Ruby said with a smile as she handed the woman her cup of coffee.
"I'm sorry?" Regina asked clearly confused, but Ruby hadn't heard her.
"Just so you know, you and Emma are my real life OTP totally ship it, so glad you guys are canon. By the way, SwanQueen, totally cute." Ruby said with a bright smile before running off to take someone else's order.
Regina left the diner confused.
"What the fuck is an OTP… or canon? Shipping? SwanQueen?" Regina asked herself as she walked towards City Hall.
Emma had a similar experience around the same time Regina had hers.
She had gone in to work early and had to deal with a disturbance near the library. Really just a scuffle between some kids that she had to break up, Belle had called it in.
"Thanks so much Emma." Belle said with a smile as Emma finished telling the kids to get to school.
"No problem Belle." Emma said with a smile and took in Belle's current expression, "What's with the face?"
"I saw the pictures of you two."
"Who?"
"You and Regina!" Belle said excitedly, absolutely giddy. "You two are so adorable together, and just so you know Ruby and I totally ship you and Regina. You're our real life OTP and you have that cute name!"
Emma felt her heart rate pick up.
"Name?" Emma asked calmly.
Belle looked confused for a moment before replying.
"SwanQueen." Belle answered.
Emma nodded and gave an 'ah ha' before waving to Belle and telling her goodbye.
Emma quickly ran to City Hall, ignoring Regina's secretary as she entered and bust through to Regina's office.
"People ship us." Emma stated bluntly, causing Regina to look at her in confusion, "Belle and Ruby ship us and on my way here I ran into Aurora and Mulan… they ship us. Leroy ships us, Archie ships us, and who knows whom else. The point is, WE ARE A SHIP."
Regina looked at Emma strangely.
"I have absolutely no idea what you just said." Regina stated, "And Ruby said something similar to me this morning."
"Whenever you are engrossed in a fandom of a TV show or people in real life, you sometimes 'ship' them. Which basically means that you want them together or love them together."
"I see." Regina said slowly, "So when they say they ship us they mean they like us being together."
"Yeah."
"What is an OTP?"
"One true pair."
"Canon?"
"It's like, it's actually happening, the people are actually together not just together in your head." Emma explained.
"And um, SwanQueen?"
Emma gave a small smile.
"That is our ship name." Emma beamed.
"We have a ship name?" Regina asked amused and then chuckled, "Well the title is certainly fitting."
"Based on the amount of people that are for sure shipping us and god knows who else, I'd say we have an armada."
Regina and Emma both laughed at that before Regina stood and walked to Emma, embracing her and keeping her close.
"What are these pictures I've heard about?"
"Apparently there are pictures out there circulating of us being cute." Emma answered.
"Hmm." Regina hummed thoughtfully, both women glancing down suddenly as Emma's phone vibrated.
"It's my mom." Emma said as she read the text message, smiling brightly and then laughing before holding the screen up for Regina.
Emma, just saw the pics of you and Regina. Obviously I've seen you two act like this around us but they are quite adorable. I'm definitely onboard your ship, SwanQueen!
Regina laughed before grabbing Emma's phone and texting Snow back.
Snow, it's Regina. Thank you for supporting our 'ship', and since I am a shipping mood, I just want you to know that I ship you with woodland creatures.
Regina handed the phone back to Emma with a pleased smirk, which just caused Emma to smile and laugh.
"So how are these pictures circulating?" Regina asked.
"I think I know." Emma answered.
Regina just arched an eyebrow before Emma requested Regina to magick them back to the mansion.
Once the smoke dissipated they stood in the foyer, Regina confused as she followed Emma upstairs, stopping just outside Cora's room.
"My mother?" Regina asked in disbelief with a chuckle.
Emma opened the door and sure enough, there sat Cora, still in her pajamas, laughing at something on the computer screen and mumbling to herself.
"Mother?" Regina asked confused.
"Yes dear?" Cora replied, not even looking up.
"Cora, get off Tumblr." Emma said gently, causing the woman to whip around and look at her in shock.
"Why?!"
"You've been shipping. It isn't healthy Cora."
"FUCK THE POLICE!"
Regina suppressed a chuckle and Emma shot her a glare.
"It's funny because you're sheriff." Regina answered with a smirk.
"You aren't helping." She said to Regina before turning back to Cora. "Cora you have a serious addiction, you've been blogging nonstop."
"But I like it." Cora defended.
"How many fandoms Cora?" Emma asked.
"I don't know what you mean." Cora lied.
"How. Many. Fandoms Cora."
Cora paused.
"I lost track." Cora answered honestly.
"Did you create SwanQueen?" Emma asked with a concerned smile.
"I ship you two." Cora stated, "So fucking hard."
Regina just laughed at her mother.
"What did this site do to you?" Regina asked finally.
"It changed me." Cora answered before looking back to the screen, "It's like magic."
"Mother you have magic."
"THIS IS BETTER!"
"Cora.."
"NO! I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!"
"Cora it's alright, you gotta quit it, maybe wait it out and go on in moderation."
"NO!"
"Cora!" Emma argued.
"I'VE DONE MY WAITING!"
"Oh boy." Emma muttered making Regina look at her strangely.
"TWELVE YEARS OF IT!"
"Come on."
"IN AZKABAN!" Cora yelled out.
"Great she's a potterhead." Emma muttered.
"Mother are you alright?" Regina asked, still confused.
"What house?" Emma asked curiously.
"Slytherin." Cora answered with a smile.
"Of course." Emma laughed.
"You?"
"Gryffindor." Emma answered with a smile.
"Why are you discussing Harry Potter houses?" Regina asked.
"Regina, baby, I think this may be a discussion for your mom and I to have." Emma told her girlfriend, Regina nodding gratefully before leaving the room.
"So… what else you shipping these days?" Emma asked with an arched eyebrow, taking in Cora's disheveled appearance.
"Rizzles." Cora said in a small voice.
"That's a tough one. It's so obvious and the writers just won't make them canon." Emma whined out, sitting down on the bed.
"I KNOW RIGHT!" Cora yelled, flinging her hand out and magically breaking a vase.
Emma just laughed.
"I'll get it later." Cora said wistfully. "But you ship them?"
"I ship them so hard, it hurts." Emma admitted, patting Cora's hand in understanding.
"Why can't they just make them canon?" Cora cried out, suddenly very sad about this ship.
"I know Cora I know." Emma cooed as she hugged the woman.
Once Cora calmed down she pulled back from Emma, suddenly very serious.
"I just want you to know that I have dubbed myself Captain of the SwanQueen ship." Cora said firmly, making Emma smile.
"I did receive a disturbing ask though." Cora continued.
"Oh?" Emma asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Someone in this town ships you and Hook, calling you two CaptainSwan." Cora said bitterly, making Emma laugh. "Make no mistake Emma… I will find this person."
"Cora it's alright, they are entitled to their opinion, and you of all people should know how much I love your daughter."
"I know… but still."
"I know Cora. But Regina and I have true love, it's meant to be." Emma said with a bright smile.
"When are you going to propose?"
Emma looked flabbergasted.
"I-what-you-how-wha?" Emma rambled out, making Cora chuckle.
"I know you're planning something dear, I can help." Cora said with a smile, which Emma returned.
"You're okay with me asking her?" Emma asked happily.
"Of course I am!" Cora replied with a smile, "I'm captain of this armada."
Emma just laughed before standing and walking from the room, after telling Cora to take it easy on Tumblr of course.
"How did the rest of the conversation go dear?" Regina asked from her seat on the couch.
"Good, Cora has someone to fangirl with so I think she'll be okay," Emma said sitting down next to Regina and wrapping her in her arms. "And she has dubbed herself Captain of the SwanQueen armada."
"Oh?" Regina asked raising a perfectly sculpted eyebrow.
"Yep, oh and she officially has a vendetta against some anonymous person that told her they ship CaptainSwan."
"Captain Swan?" Regina asked confused.
"A ship name for myself and Hook." Emma said amused, making Regina let out a low growl.
"Over my dead body."
"I know baby." Emma smiled and pulled the woman to her, kissing her softly, "I love you."
"I love you too." Regina whispered against Emma's lips, laughing when Emma laid them down on the couch and continued her kissing assault.
A Few Days later…
"Emma I allowed you to handle this the first time but now we do it my way." Regina said sternly, eyeing her girlfriend.
"Okay okay. We do it your way." Emma caved and Regina nodded in agreement.
Emma looked at Regina's attire quickly, smirking.
"What?" Regina demanded seeing Emma's gaze.
"You look good in yoga pants and tennis shoes." Emma said approvingly. Regina merely smirked.
"I will be in need of this attire. You'll see." Regina said simply, "Meet me in the foyer and have the door to the house open."
"Why?" Emma asked curiously.
"Just do it." Regina said before disappearing in a puff of smoke.
Emma sighed and opened the door.
Suddenly she heard a shriek from upstairs and was about to run up when she saw Regina hauling ass down the stairs.
"RUN!" Regina yelled and tore out of the house like a mad woman.
Emma barely registered the demand when Cora flew by her, running after her daughter.
"COME BACK HERE YOUNG LADY!"
Emma ran out of the house, slamming the door shut behind her and chased after the two women.
Regina continued to run, ignoring all the looks that they were getting as she ran down the street, her mother on her heels.
Regina stopped abruptly and turned around to see Emma behind her mother.
"EMMA CATCH!" Regina yelled before tossing Cora's laptop up and over her head.
"FUCK!" Emma yelled as she barely caught the laptop, taking off in no particular direction with the laptop as Cora chased after her.
"EMMA COME BACK HERE THIS INSTANT!" Cora yelled from behind her, flailing her arms.
"REGINA!" Emma yelled out in fear, suddenly remembering that Cora had magic.
A purple cloud appeared in front of her and Regina grabbed the laptop, taking off around the block with Emma and Cora on her heels.
Regina ran quickly, her mother's anger and flailing arms blowing up trashcans and mailboxes as they ran down the street.
She saw Granny's Diner up ahead and continued to run, thankful she had been working out and surprised that her mother was keeping up.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" She heard Granny yelled as they ran by, Regina quickly hanging a right and running towards Dr. Hopper's office.
"GODDAMNIT CORA WATCH YOUR MAGIC!" Granny screamed as the sign to her diner was blown off the hinges.
Emma followed Regina closely up the stairs to the apartment, releasing a breath when they entered Archie's office.
Regina summoned a fireball and held it to the laptop in warning once Cora entered.
"Regina don't you dare." Cora warned.
"Sit." Regina said out of breath, nodding her head towards the couch.
"Why?" Cora asked, breathing heavily.
"You have an addiction, and you need help for it." Regina commented.
"Hello Cora." Archie said wearily, walking towards the group.
Cora was about to refuse but Regina held the fireball closer, making the older woman whimper in defeat and sit down.
"Now, you have one hour with Archie and then I expect you home for dinner. You will get this," She said gesturing to the laptop, "Back when you can control yourself better."
Regina felt something nudge her leg and looked down to see Pongo looking up at her, tail wagging.
"Hey cutie." Regina said happily and quickly patted Pongo on the head. She then gave her mother a stern look before gesturing to Emma to follow her as they exited.
"You could've told me about that plan." Emma said with a smile.
"Where would the fun have been in that?" Regina asked with a laugh. They laughed together as they exited the building, stopping when they heard a throat clear.
"Your mother gonna fix that?" Granny asked seriously, gesturing to the sign that was currently lying on the ground.
"She will be done with her session in an hour, after that I'm sure you'll be able to get her to help. Just tell her if she doesn't comply, the laptop gets it." Regina said with a smirk before turning down the street and walking away.
"God I love that woman." Emma beamed before running after her woman.
