Author's note: So, my 4th entry for the Swan Queen week. Today, Canon divergence AU!

This takes place at the beginning of 3B, but Emma and Regina have been together ever since their first night on the Jolly Rodger.

Characters are not mine, I'm just borrowing them for a bit of fun. I' hope you'll like it!

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Without further ado, enjoy!

As soon as she felt the liquid on her lips, Emma started to remember. It came in blurry flashes at first, making her dizzy. As she swallowed the first few drops, the memories got clearer, more detailed. She saw Henry knocking on her door, with his content grin. She saw herself arriving in Storybrooke, and Regina opening the door. She saw Henry in his hospital bed, her parents embracing her, the curse broken, falling through a portal to the Enchanted Forest and finding her way back. She sees the trigger being stopped, and the whole Neverland debacle. But what she remembers most vividly is that moment when she actually felt brave enough to embrace her feelings towards Regina. She had slowly figured out what Regina meant to her after they'd been back in Storybrooke from the Enchanted Forest. It had taken her to see Regina bound to the table in the cannery, so weak after having been tortured by Greg Mendell, to realize she had to act on those feelings before it was too late. That's when things had spun out of control: the trigger, Henry being taken to Pan, boarding the Jolly Rodger…

"We'll find Henry. We'll bring him home, Regina."

"I know, Miss Swan. Now let's go save our son."

On the first night on board, as both women were sharing a cabin, Emma had tried to comfort Regina the best she could… or, more accurately, the most Regina would let her. Regina had eventually opened up to Emma, whispering after a while that she had no reason to live without Henry. That's when Emma had leaned over and kissed her, leaving Regina speechless for a moment.

"You matter, Regina. Not just to Henry. If you'll let me, then I'll show you. Henry and I, we'll give you a happy ending."

That night had been the night of something new, something that Emma and Regina had not really anticipated. They certainly had not expected to care so much, to feel so deeply about one another in such a short time. They had rescued Henry, and brought everyone home. For a very short time, when they were on their way back, both of them had imagined a future together. In these few hours before Pan set to enact his curse, they had both been absolutely, ridiculously happy. They were full of hope. They thought anything was possible. This all made the separation more heart-breaking.

"I won't forget you, Emma. I won't forget this, what's between you and me. I'll think of it enough for the two of us."

As she swallowed a second time, Emma saw that moment when, at the town line, she and Henry had bid farewell to their family. She couldn't get her mind off how devastated Regina looked. The time they'd spent together had been so short; they hadn't told anyone about it, wary of jinxing it. So Emma had said goodbye to Regina by simply brushing her fingers against the other woman's hand. She had not been able to hold her in her arms or kiss her. They both had to pretend that there was nothing between them, and that they didn't feel crushed at the moment. The moment Emma had gotten into her car and had started driving away had been one of the hardest moment of her life, right next to giving up Henry.

As Emma finished the potion and took a long breath, she met Hook's eyes. He looked hopeful, as if he expected her to jump in his arms. 'Well, not today, buddy', she thought.

"I've got to go back there. We're leaving tomorrow."

As soon as she got to Storybrooke, with Hook on her heels and Henry asleep on the backseat, oblivious to the turmoil his mother was feeling. She left Hook standing by the car, in charge of checking on Henry. She hurried to Regina's mansion, at the end of the street. She was slightly out of breath by the time she got there (one year eating without chasing villains had somehow gotten to her), but she didn't pause before pounding on the door. She heard the sound of heels on the marble floors. It instantly made her smile. Of course, Regina would be wearing heels so late, when she was alone at home. Was she really alone? Maybe she'd found someone in the past year. Maybe she'd moved on. Maybe…

"Emma?"

The door had opened, and Regina was standing in the doorframe, mouth agape. Blood rushed to Emma's cheeks, and she gave Regina an awkward smile, the same one than on the night they'd first met each other.

"Hi."

Regina looked absolutely shell-shocked. She still had a hand on the doorknob, and Emma actually worried that she'd stopped breathing altogether. 'God, she looks so beautiful", Emma thought. She stepped forward slowly, not wanting to startle Regina. She had not expected the way Regina literally threw herself at her, flinging her arms around Emma's neck.

"It's okay, Regina. I'm here, now. I'm here."

Emma was rubbing circles on Regina's back, and she let the other woman burry her face in her neck. She kept murmuring comforting and reassuring words into her ear, gently kissing the crown of her head every once in a while. It took Regina a few moments to calm down. As she pulled away from Emma, Regina wiped the tears off the blonde's face.

"What about Henry? Is he here? In Storybrooke?"

Regina's hope-filled voice brought Emma back to reality.

"He is. But there's a problem. He doesn't exactly remember any of his previous life. He forgot Storybrooke, the fairy tales – "

"– And me."

"Hey, Regina, look at me. He'll remember you. I promise you he'll remember everything. We'll go back to normal. We'll fix whatever's going on right now. And then we'll get our happy ending. You, Henry and me. As a family."

Regina smiles at Emma's words. They both know that, together, they can overcome anything. They can take on the world. Together, they're stronger than anyone else.

"I hope you and Henry will spend the night here. He can have his old room back… Or maybe it's better if he just sleeps in the guest room, at first. Where is he? Can you go get him?"

"I'll go in just a second. There's something I need to do first."

Emma leaned in to kiss Regina. She let her hands wander in the brunette's back, as Regina held tightly onto Emma. When they parted, both a little out of breath and grinning ear to ear, Emma hugged Regina once more before stepping back, toward the door.

"I'll just be gone five minutes, so I can get Henry. He's in the car. I'll be right back."

"I'll be waiting for you, then. I missed you so much, Emma."

"I missed you too."

As Regina was about to close the door, Emma called out for her.

"Hey, Regina? I love you."

"I love you too, dear. Welcome home."