A/n: kleanex warning people :) 3 Pinkpillow19
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Emma gets across the street before she can will herself to stop. Snow is falling. The cold attempts in vain to sober her mind.
Her world splices into beats.
One beat she stops.
Two to realize she ran.
Three to glance back.
Her world is throbbing. Her heart propels her back, back through the last few beats.
How many beats does she have to undo this mistake?
The world throbs faster as she moves back through the white corridors.
Another beat and she's in the doorway to the brunette's room.
A throb as she grabs the door for support.
She sees the woman she left on the floor with a heart, she presumes is her own.
Angry, hurt brown pools snap up.
Emma feels the hit to her gut before she sees it, Regina threw her heart.
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"Take it!" Regina is huffing, clutching her chest at the heart's impact with the Swan woman.
Emma picks it up from where it landed, determined to stay calm.
"Regina listen…"
"NO! You left! Take it and get out! I don't want to be near it OR you."
Emma ignores her request and moves to help her up, Regina shoves her away.
"Leave!"
Emma sets down the heart and tries again.
Regina pushes back, this time Emma won't let go.
She takes the thrashing, attempted hits, harsh words.
With Regina's weakened state she can't keep it up for long. She slows.
Emma utters something she promised herself she would never mean again, not since Lily, she hasn't even told Henry.
She whispers, "I love you."
It crushes her own heart, to hear those words tumble from her mouth so easily.
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