So from a few reviews of last chapter it seems you guys liked this type of chapter. I will do this more, but there will be more diary elements in it, as that was the premise of the story. Here is a little look into Regina, only 19 days in :')

January 19th 2017

Regina woke early in the morning. Over thirty years of waking before the alarm made sure that she woke at 5:45 every morning. However this time, she did not jump from the bed to begin her day, instead she stared at the woman she was sharing the bed with.

She noted how uncomfortable Emma must be, having slept with a gap between them as they had somewhat reluctantly agreed the night before. Yet in her sleep, the blonde must have moved closer to the brunette, seeking out the warmth in the rather chilly room. Their feet were tangled together, and Emma had her hand on Regina's hip, yet her head was still resting at the other side of the pillow.

Regina had spent months trying to ignore the sparks that happened every time she and the sheriff touched, yet the ache in her heart when the blonde had travelled out of Storybrooke for work had only increased when she had gone to Boston to visit her and then had to go home again. She knew something had changed between them as far back as Neverland, where they'd started to connect and then when the Queens' of Darkness were in town and Emma's protectiveness of the mayor, where Regina really started to about Emma, and then when they were saving Storybrooke from New York, when Regina had started to see Emma as more than just her son's other mother, seeing her as part of her future.

She had started 'dating' Robin again at his insistence that Henry, Roland and Robyn needed a proper mother and father family unit, going so far as to ask her to marry him, though it was clear rather quickly that she could not in good conscience, accept his proposal when she could not stop thinking about the real other parent in Henry's life.

Now, settled in bed next to Emma, watching her sleep, feeling their magic connection every time they touched, Regina could not believe that she hadn't just told Emma how she felt, couldn't believe that they could have been doing this so much sooner. Well, maybe not this, but they wouldn't have spent so much time apart…

Regina frowned as Emma's face scrunched up, looking as if she was in pain. Regina, ignoring the rule she had made the night before that they sleep with a pillow width between them, she pulled Emma closer, careful of her wound and wrapped her arm around her waist, trying to fall back asleep, knowing that Emma would likely not be up for a few more hours. The blonde however began to whimper in her sleep, startling Regina. The former evil queen began to stroke the blonde curls, trying a trick that used to soothe Henry from nightmares, until the princess settled, nestling closer to her. Slightly concerned about how Emma would react to waking up with them so close, she kissed the frown line between Emma's eyebrows and turned so her back was to the blonde, falling back asleep as she felt Emma's arm snake around her waist.

I know it seems a little fast the way this is going but I actually dislike slow burn Swan Queen and so am making it happen faster.