7:15 AM AU - Things go a bit differently in the cabin during 7:15 AM. With memories returned, how will this change things?

Welcome to my newest fic. I'm not sure how long this one will be yet, but I will be updating this one bi-weekly on Sunday nights(opposite FYA). Please enjoy and let me know what you think! Also, there is a love scene in this chapter. It's marked and can be skipped if that's not your thing. :)

Thanks to the great reviews and response to this new fic! Here are individual responses to reviews:

Ghostwriter: Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

Sammii16: Glad you like it!

Jennifer Baratta: Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

Number Ten: Yep, a new story for Sunday night. Yes, there is one on their side at least and that's Henry. Glad you enjoyed it!

Guest: Thanks! Glad you liked it!

Grace5231973: Thanks! Glad you like it! It should be a fun one. :)

Sexystarwarslover: Yeah! It was some hot Snowing lovin'! Glad you enjoyed it. I know, I love the commentary in that episode. Yep, they just can't stay away from each other. Nope, not even a real marriage. I get annoyed when people whine about him being "married" to Kathryn. Except it's fake! Yep, Snowing is back! Yeah, she definitely regrets Whale. Yeah, it won't be easy to make Emma believe, but this should be a fun one. Glad you enjoyed it! :)

AnonSnowing: I know, if only he got his real memories instead of fake ones. Yep, no matter what she did, they were still drawn to each other. Yeah, she's fine. I'm sure she's glad for the bump on the head if it got her real memories back. I know, the blanket scene is so sweet. Yep, Snowing is back! Yeah, I don't like that she blames herself, but we know that she does. Yes, David will tell the truth this time and leave her. Yeah, they're going to cause quite a stir. Yep, Regina knew that using him would hurt her the most. Yeah, Whale was terrible. Yep, so terrible that they are stuck in the cabin for the night. Glad you enjoyed it! :)

Clarity

Chapter 2: Reality

Snow slowly opened her eyes and looked around the cabin. She gasped, as it all came rushing back to her and she covered her unclothed body with the blanket.

Was it real? Did they really remember? Had all of that just happened last night?

As if sensing her thoughts, he opened his eyes and experienced a similar rush of memories.

"Snow?" he whispered and a smile eclipsed her face.

"We still remember…" she said, as they hugged and their lips met again, but she pulled away.

"The storm is over...people are probably looking for us," she realized.

"Yeah...back to reality…" he said sadly.

"David…" she started to say, but he shook his head.

"I'm leaving her, Snow...I know it will be messy, but I can't pretend to be with her. I can't now...I need you," he insisted. She smiled.

"I need you too...it's just going to be a mess," she lamented.

"If you'd rather I just leave and stay away...I'll do it. I'll hate it...but I'll do it for you. Then people will just hate me for leaving Kathryn, but I'd rather they not hate you too," he said. But she shook her head.

"No...we're going to do this together," she insisted, as she kissed him again.

"I spent twenty-eight years without you and I'm not spending one more day that way. I don't care if the whole town hates us," she said. He sighed.

"They're going to...our own daughter is going to hate me too," he reminded her. But she shook her head.

"Not for long, I promise. She's going to see the man you are...the man I love," she promised.

"I hope so, because she's already seen David Nolan and she doesn't like him. Now she's going to see the David Nolan that leaves his "wife" and shacks up with her best friend," he lamented. But she kissed his cheek.

"I promise it won't last long...she'll understand eventually when she knows the truth," Snow said, but he knew that was wishful thinking on her part. There was a very real chance that Emma could end up hating them both.

"There is one person that won't hate you though...besides me," she mentioned.

"Really?" he asked playfully.

"Henry…" she replied, as she looked in his eyes.

"Henry…" he said, as his eyes widened and she nodded.

"Oh my God...we're grandparents," he realized, making her laugh.

"And our grandson is being raised by the Evil Queen," she added, a little sourly.

"Do you think Regina knows?" he asked and she shrugged.

"I don't know," she replied thoughtfully and he sighed.

"I guess we better go get this ugly part over with then," he muttered, but it was early and she wasn't ready to go anywhere just yet.

"Mmm...not yet," she said, as she gathered the blankets around her body and straddled his lap. He swallowed thickly and stared at her with awe and love.

"They can wait a little longer...I've been waiting twenty-eight years to be held by you again...and I need you more," she insisted. He smirked and he gave her a smoldering gaze that made her shiver. Shy, unassuming Mary Margaret Blanchard was definitely gone and so was confused, uncertain David Nolan. In some ways, navigating a cursed Storybrooke as Snow and Charming would be more difficult than they were probably ready for, but they were not sad to see their cursed personas go.

"You have me, my darling. Nothing is ever separating us again. I know it's going to be hard, but we're going to beat her...Regina. We're going to get everything we lost back," he promised.

"I told her...the night she cast the curse, when I was holding you in my arms and never knowing if I'd see you open your eyes again," she said, as she choked back a sob.

"I told her she was going to lose...but I wasn't sure I believed it myself. Until now," she confessed, as she sniffed. He smiled at her and pulled her closer so she was flush against him.

"Believe it, my darling...because I'll not let her separate us again," he promised, as their lips crashed together again and she moaned into his kiss, as he sank into her once again.

_Snowing_

She gently rocked against him in his lap and he gripped her hips to help her ride him. Their breathing was ragged and impassioned, as they made love again. As he thrust deeply into her again and again, he kissed her neck and she lost herself in him, as she raked her nails along his back.

"Charming…" she whimpered, as she neared her climax again. Gods...no one could make her feel the things she was feeling like he could.

"So beautiful…" he rasped, as he thrust hard into her and she cried out for him.

_Snowing_

"Snow…" he cried, as they both came together and their lips met again, as they rode their orgasms together too, before finally collapsing to the floor in a tangled heap of limbs.

"Oh Gods...I'm going to kill the Queen for taking you away…" Snow managed to say and he smirked, as he kissed her hair.

"Well...we're about to get a lot of hate thrown our way, so at least we have this," he said. She kissed his neck and cuddled against him.

"With you though...I feel like I can face anything. Even this," she said. He smiled and pressed a kiss to her forehead.

"Me too," he agreed.

Once the storm cleared, reality set in and they were forced to return to town to face these new days as themselves, which they knew would be more difficult than when they were cursed and didn't know the truth.

Emma had twenty questions for her, especially when she learned that she had been stranded alone in a cabin with David Nolan. Snow wanted to break down in sobs and tell her daughter how sorry she was for the hard life she had been forced to live, because of the curse. She was Emma's friend now, but she knew that dynamic might change when her daughter learned the truth.

Despite Emma's questioning, things were fairly quiet, but she knew that was about to change when she opened her door to find her husband there with a red hand mark on his face. She whimpered and pulled him inside by the arm. He couldn't help it and sought comfort in her. Not that she could or would ever resist and she felt a little of the stress ebb away, as he took her in his arms and kissed her passionately. As their lips parted, they pressed their foreheads together and allowed themselves just a few quiet seconds to drink each other in.

"I take it that she did not take it well," she stated. He shook his head.

"I told her that it was a mistake for us to stay together and that we were just going through the motions. She actually agreed with that part...until she asked if this also had something to do with you, or Mary Margaret rather," he said. She swallowed thickly. He shrugged.

"I told her the truth...I told her that I was in love with you. I...I couldn't lie about that," he said, as he gently caressed her face.

"No...it's better you didn't, especially since she obviously already suspected," she replied, as he hugged her and scoffed.

"Well...it's not like I'm good at hiding my feelings for you," he said, as he pulled back.

"But I think this is going to be bad. We're going to get a lot of hate thrown our way and I'm worried that people will take it out on you in Kathryn's behalf," he lamented.

"I know...this is going to be really hard, harder than we thought, but being without even longer than I already have...would be harder," she said.

"Yeah...I got a room at Granny's for now and I'm sure news that we're getting a divorce is all over town by now, so I better go," he replied, but she caught his hand.

"Emma is working the night shift...not yet…" she said.

"I need you," she whimpered and with that, he almost tackled her with a kiss, while gently lifting her off the floor. She was sure people had seen him go into her building and when he didn't come out for hours, that would only fuel the fire, but she didn't give a damn at the moment.

He carried her to the bed behind the curtain and kissed her deeply, as they started undressing each other. Their lips parted briefly so she could frantically undo the buttons on his shirt. Once it was off, she peeled his undershirt off him completely, as he kissed her again with his hands gripping her hips. He pushed her cardigan off her shoulders and whipped her around so he could unzip her dress. He parted the fabric and his skillful hands pushed it to the floor, making it a puddle at her feet. She thrilled, as he kissed her bare shoulder and his hands cupped her breasts. She moaned, as she felt his arousal pressing against her rear.

"Charming…" she cried in a breathy whisper. He turned her again and captured her lips in another smoldering kiss, as he backed her toward the bed. She fell to the bed and made quick work of his belt, as her nimble fingers unbuttoned his jeans. She unzipped them and shoved them down his long legs. He kicked them again and climbed onto the bed with her. She moaned, as he kissed her throat and then at the tops of her breasts, as he snapped the clasp on her bra.

"So beautiful…" he rasped, as he buried his face in her chest and she showed him that Snow had banished shy Mary Margaret to the back of her mind by reversing their positions and straddling his waist.

_Snowing_

She put her small hand around his length and watched him nearly come apart under her desire-lidded eyes. How she had managed to forget him was still a mystery to her, but perhaps that was a blessing, for having her memories and living without him for twenty-eight years would have been a far greater curse. Or punishment, as Regina saw it. That made her wonder how much Regina even understood about her curse. Of course, then Regina knew if she had her memories, nothing would have stopped her from waking Charming much earlier and then trying to escape town to find Emma. So perhaps she understood it all too well. She had been perfectly malleable and un-threatening as Mary Margaret Blanchard, fifth grade school teacher.

Being awake though in a town that still didn't remember anything would be challenging. They were about to become the town pariahs. They were about to be called terrible names and be the gossip on everyone's lips. Regina wouldn't stand for this defiance. She'd used public opinion to destroy them; Snow knew her well enough to know that.

She had tried such when Snow was just a girl. She had tried to put the pressure of fixing the problem that some villagers were having with bandits robbing them blind on her young shoulders. In the beginning, she had looked like just another inept, young royal that had no clue as to how to run a Kingdom. But she had risen above Regina's challenge and fixed the problem, all while learning to wield her future weapon of choice.

Now, she would do the same, but this wouldn't be the traditional type of battle that they had faced before. It was not going to be easy, but moments like this, being with him like this, would make it all worth it.

"Snow…" he breathed, as she sank onto him, taking him inside her body and she paused for a moment, just to let the feeling of their joining and then she slowly began rocking on him. He propped himself up on his elbows, so he could kiss her, while she rode him. Snow felt her climax building in her core, as she drove him into her body, again and again. Her body thrilled, as he killed her throat and her breasts, while gripping her hips and helping move along his cock.

_Snowing_

"Charming…" she cried, as she came and he held her through it, coming with her shortly after. They collapsed together to the bed and lay there, foreheads pressed together, as they came down.

"I don't you to go...I don't ever want you to go," she whimpered. He pressed a kiss to her forehead and then her lips tenderly.

"I don't want to either...and I'll stay as long as I can," he promised.

"No...stay forever. I'll explain it to Emma," she pleaded.

"I'd love that, but Emma's not ready to trust me. I can't and I won't come between the two of you," he insisted. Her heart sank, but she knew he was right. Alienating their daughter was the last thing she wanted to do. She couldn't have them both right now, at least not in the way she wanted. This was going to be harder than she thought.

"We still have some time," she said softly. He smiled and kissed her again.

"Yes, we do," he agreed, as their lips met again and their passion consumed them once more...

Regina tossed the photos down on her desk, as Sidney stood there as the bearer of the evidence.

"It's all over town already...David Nolan left his wife and obviously has already moved on," Sidney said.

"I'm aware," she snapped.

"The pictures are worth a thousand words," she added, as she glared at the photos.

"So...what now?" he asked. She smirked.

"You publish a scathing article about them and their scandalous love affair. The town's opinion of them will do the rest," she replied.

"They can be together all they want, but they'll be the most hated pair in town. We'll see how that love of theirs weathers the storm of public opinion and shunning," she said. He nodded.

"I'll have it ready for the morning edition," he replied.

"You defy me...then you better hope you can survive the storm," she murmured.