It had been two days since the heart nightmare, and Emma still hadn't slept. Nobody seemed to notice, even though dark circles were starting to gather under her eyes.

She had started to drink more and more coffee, running solely on the caffeine that it provided. Since she was still living with her parents, she could get away with not sleeping. They didn't care about her sleeping patterns.

Regina walked into the station, pausing outside of the door to watch Emma. She had a feeling that something was up, and had even gotten a call from David that Emma wasn't being her usual self. This morning she had even noticed the beginnings of dark circles under Emma's eyes.

Emma sighed before rubbing her hand over her eyes. She couldn't deny it, she was extremely tired. But what if she killed Regina again? That nightmare had been the scariest thing that she had ever experienced. And that was saying something.

"Hey," Regina said softly, walking up to Emma's desk. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw David leave the room. Probably to give them privacy.

"Hi," Emma said. "What's up?"

Regina shrugged. "Nothing. Am I not allowed to just come and say hi to my girlfriend?"

Emma smiled. "Sorry. Just used to people always needing something whenever they come in here. It's nice to see you."

"I wish I could say the same," Regina said.

"What do you mean?" Emma asked.

Regina reached forward and traced the barely visible dark circles under Emma's eyes. "Did you really think that I wouldn't notice these?"

Emma blushed. "I had hoped that you wouldn't."

"When was the last time that you slept?" Regina asked gently, pulling her hand away.

"Last night," Emma said.

"Emma," Regina said, a warning tone in her voice.

Emma sighed. "The night of the nightmare."

"After I left you upstairs?" Regina asked. "That was a couple days ago!"

"Actually before you got there," Emma said, looking down at her hands. "I faked falling back asleep."

"You fake fell asleep on me?" Regina asked.

"I didn't want to go to sleep again," Emma said. "You don't understand. That was the scariest thing I have ever dreamed about. Ever."

"Okay," Regina said. "I get it. But preventing yourself from sleeping is not the way to go."

"But how else do I avoid them?" Emma asked.

"Since when do you avoid your problems?" Regina asked.

Emma opened her mouth to name a time, but found that she couldn't. No matter what the problem was, she had always faced it. "I can't face that nightmare again," she said softly. "I'm not strong enough."

"I think I might have a solution to your problem," Regina said.

"You do?" Emma asked hopefully.

"I do," Regina said. "But we can't do it here. It's not something that the town would probably take lightly." She waved her hand, poofing herself and Emma to the mansion.

"So what's this plan of yours?" Emma asked, sitting on Regina's bed. She quickly covered her mouth, hiding her yawn from Regina. Or trying to anyway.

Regina chuckled at the sight of Emma yawning. "In order to do this, you have to completely trust me. Deal?"

"Deal," Emma said. "So what's the plan?"

Regina took a deep breath before reaching into her chest and pulled out her heart. Emma froze at the sight of Regina's heart; panic surging quickly through her.

"What are you doing?" Emma asked, eyes wide.

Regina walked over and sat in front of Emma, gently holding her heart in her hand. She knew that Emma was panicking, but if Emma didn't face her fear, the nightmares would never go away.

"I want you to take it," Regina said, holding out her hand towards Emma.

Emma shook her head and backed up until her back hit the headboard. "No way. You don't want to trust me with your heart."

"Why not?" Regina asked. "I have no reason to mistrust you."

Emma shook her head again. "I crushed your heart-"

"In your dream," Regina interrupted. "My heart is still here, and I'm still alive. That dream wasn't real. It was a dream."

"But it could be real," Emma argued. "I could get too overwhelmed and squeeze it by accident and kill you."

"You won't," Regina said. "Now take it."

Emma looked at her for several seconds before reaching forward with shaking fingers and taking her heart. "You're crazy."

"I know," Regina said, watching Emma carefully.

Emma looked down at the beating heart in her hand, and slowly relaxed at the minutes stretched on. She didn't feel any impulses to crush it. No voice was forcing her to crush it. Everything was fine.

"See?" Regina asked, smiling at Emma. "It was just a dream. I'm fine, my heart is fine, and you're not crushing anything."

Emma sighed in relief before handing Regina her heart back. "It was just a dream."

Regina took her heart back and put it in her chest. "Glad that we agree. So now you can get some rest."

Emma tensed. "But-"

"I don't want to hear it," Regina said, leaning forward to kiss her. "You're going to go to sleep, and I'm going to sit right here just to make sure that you actually sleep this time."

Emma smiled sheepishly before laying down. She yawned and closed her eyes, finally embracing the sleep that she so desperately needed. And with Regina by her side, no nightmares plagued her sleep.

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