Alright! So things are winding down now!

Also Merry Christmas Eve!

It was finally election day, and Regina couldn't feel more nervous. She knew she had nothing to worry about, Emma kept reassuring her that everyone she spoke to seemed confident that Regina would be a wonderful leader, but the nagging feeling was still there, no matter what she did.

One change that made her increasingly happy, was that she and Emma were now officially dating. They were still taking things slow, but Regina was glad that Emma had given her another chance. Henry was ecstatic about the change, and absolutely enjoyed having Regina over nearly every day, so much so that he had even begun calling her 'mom'.

That part was Emma's fault, due to the fact that, as she was explaining to Henry that she and Regina were dating, and Henry was confused, she said that he could think of it as being like what she and Neal had been doing. And now it was impossible to get him to stop calling her mom. Not that Regina minded, but she knew that Emma didn't want to rush anything, or to be pressuring Regina.

"You look tense," Emma said, going to hug Regina from behind.

"Well I am about an hour from finding out if I won an election," Regina sighed, relaxing her body against her girlfriend's.

"You'll be fine Regina, it's you against that old codger. It's basically no competition." Emma planted a kiss on Regina's cheek to punctuate it.

"I suppose, but the butterflies are still there."

"Come on, let's go find Henry and see if he has any puzzle games that can distract you."

At ten to the hour, Emma, Regina and Henry were seated on the couch staring intently at the TV as the news anchors were talking about how intense these elections had been.

Henry was comfortably sitting on Emma's lap, and she had one of her arms around Regina, the latter with her head resting on Emma's shoulder, entire body leaning into her girlfriend's.

"And I think the results are coming in now!"

Emma turned to give Regina a quick kiss on her forehead, before all three of them were with their eyes glued to the TV.

"And the new Storybrooke Mayor is: Regina Mills! In a little while we'll be hearing her victory speech over at Town Hall..."

Henry gave a little whoop and hugged Regina tightly. "You won mom!"

Regina had tears in her eyes. Tears of happiness.

She actually did it, and more importantly, she had her family with her to celebrate with. She met Emma's eyes and they leaned in for a kiss. Things would work out for them, she knew it.

Epilogue: 3 years later.

"Madam Mayor, there's someone to see you."

Regina grinned. Perfect timing. "Send her in."

The door opened and closed, and then Regina heard, "So Madam Mayor, I was wondering if I could get a quote from you..."

She looked up and saw Emma grinning at her lopsidedly.

"Depends on what it is. Are we on the record, or off?"

Emma made her way into the office and sat down on the visitor's chair. "Well it's funny, I was hoping you could tell me that, considering that you left a note on my desk saying that I should come to the Mayor's office for a very important development."

"Ah yes." Regina dug around her desk drawer, and pulled out what she was looking for. She made her way around her desk, and kneeled in front of Emma.

Emma meanwhile, had her eyes bugging out as she realized what was happening.

Regina took a deep breath, and started, "I know that I'm supposed to be good with words, but whenever I tried to come up with a speech, nothing sounded right, so I'm improvising here.

"Emma, we've known each other for 15 years. Since we started dating you made me the luckiest girl on the planet, and I had the most wonderful 6 years with you. And like a fool I threw it all away because I was too scared of my mother, then to top it all off, I ran away without even apologizing. When I came back, you were so angry with me, and rightfully so. I didn't think you'd ever give me the time of day, or even look at me again.

"What was most surprising is that you gave me another chance. Not only that but you trusted me enough to help take my mother down, to know that I was being honest with you, and that meant the world to me. You gave me so many chances to redeem myself, and I am so lucky to have you in my life, so much so, that I want to make it official, to have us become a family, officially. So, Emma Swan, will you marry me?"

By this point Emma was nodding continuously, tears running down her cheeks, and she barely managed to choke out a "Yes" before she got off the chair to kneel in front of Regina, cupped her cheeks, and pulled her in for a very deep kiss.

Regina smiled into the kiss, barely managing to put the ring box down on top of the chair Emma had just vacated before wrapping her arms around her now-fiancée.

The End

So!

I was actually going to have 1 more chapter, but I also didn't want to drag things on, and making 2 short chapters seemed like overkill, not to mention that I've already got plenty of things to post for Christmas Day, hence why you got the epilogue here!

Meaning, this is the end of the story! I hope everyone enjoyed this one-chapter-a-day adventure, though I am BEAT from all that writing continuously. If I ever get another crazy idea like this again, remind me that it's really tiresome.

I know this idea kinda ran away with me, it was originally just meant to be a drabble about ex-lovers trying to fall for each other again, but to be honest, I just don't see Regina as the cheating type, and then Cora came in and then it became a political drama. And the Anon requester asked for happy sq ending, so I couldn't deny them that!

I really did take one for one hell of a roller-coaster ride, I think I even brought out a few Evil Queens threatening my happiness!

Now, I will ask for a teensy tiny favour, if you guys don't mind:

I need help figuring out what fic to do next!

I've got a list of some 15 full length fics that I'm itching to get writing, but I also promised myself that I would get my story count down before starting a new one, and having just finished The Kissing Booth, and probably near finishing a few more, I'll need more fics to get started on!

So I want to know what piques people's interest, the list is over on my profile, and you can either just let me know in a review, or send me a PM, and popular choice will become a fic first!

Meanwhile, if you don't mind regular[-ish] waits for chapters to be updated, I have plenty of other fics that I'm currently writing, if you want to check those out!

I'd love to know your thoughts, and thanks so much for all the support!

Merry Christmas!