I'm really proud of this chapter title. Just saying.

As Archie had warned Emma many times, anything could be a trigger for Regina so close after her encounter with Greg.

But what Emma hadn't expected was for it to be something as simply as it was. Carpet shocks were a pretty common thing, especially when you were doing it on purpose. Which she and Henry were.

"What are you two doing?" Regina asked, walking into the living room.

Henry shuffled on the carpet before reaching out and poking Emma, delivering a small shock to her.

Emma laughed. "That one was good!"

Regina raised her eyebrows. "Now what have you taught out son?"

"Carpet shocks," Henry said. "You gather up electricity, and then shock someone else. It's super fun. And they don't hurt. Usually."

"Usually?" Regina asked.

Henry shuffled on the carpet before going over and poking Regina, giving her a small shock. Regina jumped at the sensation. The last time she had felt something like that had been with Greg.

Emma saw Regina's eyes glaze over and mentally cursed. That wasn't good. At all. "Henry, go to the kitchen for a minute."

"Why?" Henry asked.

"Now," Emma commanded. Henry sighed before leaving the room, and Emma quickly grabbed Regina's arm and led her to the couch before pushing her down.

"Shock," Regina mumbled.

"Just a carpet shock," Emma said soothingly. "It was just a little one. Nothing harmful. You're not tied down, and you're totally safe. No shocks are being forced on you."

"But I felt one," Regina whispered. "I felt a shock."

"That was just Henry," Emma said. "We were goofing around and he wanted to show you what we were doing. Neither of us realized that it would trigger something."

Regina nodded and took deep breaths until she was fully calmed down. "Don't worry about it. I guess I just thought that I was over it."

"Regina it's only been 2 weeks," Emma said. "You can't get over something that traumatizing in that time. You need more than that to heal."

"I shouldn't," Regina said. "Taking that time makes me look weak."

"You are not weak," Emma said strongly. "You were kidnapped, trapped on a table without magic, and given high level of shocks for several minutes. That is scary stuff."

"I know," Regina said. "I still have nightmares about it."

"And that's okay," Emma said. "Just because you panicked at the feeling of a shock doesn't mean you're weak. It means you're human and on you're way to healing. And there's nothing wrong with that."

Regina looked at her hands. "I want Henry to do it again."

"What?" Emma asked, completely surprised. "You want him to shock you again? Why?"

"Because I need to differentiate between the shocks that Greg gave me, and the shocks that Henry is giving me," Regina said. "I don't know why, but that seems like it would help with healing."

Emma pursed her lips before nodding. "Okay. Henry!"

Henry walked cautiously back into the room. "I'm sorry if I did something I wasn't supposed to. I didn't mean to hurt you Mom, I swear."

"No, no," Regina said. "It's perfectly alright honey. I'm fine. But I need you to do it again."

"Do what again?" Henry asked. "The carpet shock?"

Regina nodded. "Not a big one, but enough that I feel it. I promise that my reaction last time won't happen again. You can shock me."

Henry looked at her skeptically before shuffling his feet and poking Regina. Regina winced at the shock, but didn't freak out. Emma smiled at her control. As much as she wanted Regina to let go and just panic and let it all out, she had to do things her way. And if her way was being controlled, then so be it.