The first time Henry watched his parents fight was horrible. They were screaming at the top of their lungs. Henry had no idea why they were fighting; he did not even know if they did. He had seen Emma yell at Regina a lot, nothing could ever prepare him for when Neal and Emma got into it. There was yelling and objects flying across the room.

During Neal and Emma's legionary fights, he would run from the castle. When he was little, he dreamed of this place. Now he dreamed of a peaceful night at his Mother mansion. They did not notice he was missing when they were going at each other. Those were the times he missed his mother the most. Regina was far from perfect but she always made he feel safe. Even when she was launching fireballs at Granny not once was he ever actually afraid she would hurt him. Yes, she might destroy a whole town with her angry but he never once felt her wrath.

Henry could not take this world anymore. How could this be Happy Ever After? Regina, his mother, was right. A few months and a little planning later, he was going home. For good.

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Tamsin paced around the kitchen. She finally threw her hands up in the air.

"I can't believe this is happening to me." Tamsin sunk in a chair and ran her hands threw her hair.

"He is just a child." Lauren rolled her eyes.

"If anything happens…"Tamsin shook her head.

"You will be fine, if you need anything you can always call me and I will come right over." Lauren walked over to the panicked Valkyrie. "I am a Doctor."

"What do I even feed him?" Lauren raised an eye brown and tried to hid a smile.

"Pizza, most teenagers enjoy pizza."

"Why are you doing this to me?" Tamsin keep shaking her head, refusing to speak to the Doctor. "You already took…"Lauren cut the panicking woman off.

"It will be good for you."

"What do I tell Henry?"

"I will have a talk with him; words aren't really your forte." Lauren walked out of the kitchen and found the teen staring at her apartment. He had wandered over to her desk and noticed a miniature lab. Lauren sat him down and whispered a few words in his ear. The boy looked at Lauren in disbelief. Pulling out her phone, she showed the boy a few texts and pictures. Lauren just smiled and finally he nodded. He stood quite for a few moments, deep in thought; his eyes were slightly glazed over. Tamsin could tell his mind was trying to process whatever the Doctor told him. Lauren walked over to the stunned Valkyrie.

"What did you say to him?" Tamsin whispered.

"I told him his Mom was a hero that she saved your roommate, and she was helping my wife."

"He looks like he doesn't believe a word you said."

"He believes what I said. It's something else his is having a hard time believing."

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"What would you like to do since it looks like you will be spending the afternoon with me? We can do whatever you want do."

"We can do anything I want?" Henry flashed a sly smile.

"Sure, whatever you want."

"Can we go to the comic shop and then a bookstore?"

"I just said we could do whatever you want and all you want to do is read."

"I love books and it's been a while since I have been able to read anything new." He flashed another huge smile, which reminded Tamsin so much of Regina. Tamsin stood their silently staring at Henry.

"Are you ok?"

"Yeah shorty I am just fine." Tamsin patted the boy on the top of his head.

"I am not short, 5'5"; it is a normal height for someone my age. It's not my fault you're a not so jolly blonde giant."

"Giant huh," Tamsin shot the teen a sideways grin. "Get in we have things to do."

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"Thor really, Thor is totally lame." Tamsin said when Henry showed her the stack of comics he picked out.

"What is wrong with Thor? He is a god." Tamsin rolled her eyes.

"Thors are nothing more than lame wannabe tuff guys who use lighting rods." Henry stared at the woman and shook his head.

"There is only one Thor, you know nothing."

"Trust me; I know plenty about Norse mythology." Tamsin said crossing her arms over her chest. Henry just smiled and shook his head. You do not tell a Valkyrie about Norse mythology.

"Whatever you say," The teen flashed Tamsin an adorable smile. The same smile Regina would flash whenever she thought she was right about something. A charming smile that told everyone in the room she was annoyed. Her child had the smile down pat. Tamsin couldn't help but laugh. "What's so funny?" Henry demanded, the boy looked almost hurt.

"You are just so much like your Mom it's scary."

"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"

"It's a very good thing…" Tamsin paused unsure how to explain how she felt about Regina to her son. "I like your Mom a lot she is a really good person."

"My Mom, you like my Mom? Regina." Henry's smile faded and he stared directly into the Valkyrie's eyes.

"Yeah." Tamsin wanted to pull her eyes away from the child's intense glare, but she knew this was important to the boy.

"No one likes my Mom." Henry never took his eyes away from the blonde trying to tell if the woman was lying to him.

"I do…A lot."

"Do you think she likes you back?" Henry's features remained hard. Just standing there doing his best to seem intimidating, he seemed so much like his mother. Trying so hard to be strong and tuff and not let anyone see how much the world had hurt him. In that moment, Tamsin's heart reached out for the boy. In that moment, he reminded the Valkyrie so much of herself.

"I hope so." Tamsin said in barely a whisper.

"So you are like her friend."

"Yeah," Then Henry did that last thing Tamsin expected. The boy wrapped his arms around her waist. At first Tamsin stood stiff like a statue then slowly, she embraced the boy back.

"Thank you," Henry pulled back and looked up at the Valkyrie. "I was so worried about her. Thank you, for being her friend." Tears started streaming down the boy's face. "She had no one. You have no idea how lonely she has been and how horrible I was to her."

"Listen shorty, if there is one thing I know about your Mom. It's that she loves you more than anything. Whatever happened in the past, I am sure she will be happy to see you."

"I know she loves me. I am just so thankful you were here for her."

"I cast a spell after I found her diary. It backfired; I just wanted to see her, instead I saw flashes of the past."

"Wait, you can do magic?"

"Yeah, have you met my Mom?" Henry pulled away, and raised his eyebrow. Anther Regina trait the boy had inherited. How can a look be so condescending.

"Point taken it was a dumb question."

"I saw your eyes, and a flash of something. I cannot explain it but I am sure she likes you a lot. It was a strange feeling I never felt it from her before. Usually she is filled with sadness and guilt hidden under a thick layer of self-loathing despair and anger."

"You felt that."

"It's hard to explain."

"You're a kid shorty; I don't think most adults could describe your Mom so accurately or so articulately."

"She is my Mom of course I know everything about her."