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Regina awoke less than 2 hours later, she could hear the baby moving around, but she wasn't fussing.

Emma was deep in sleep.

At some point during the last couple of hours the blonde had rolled so she was pressed against Regina's side.

One of Emma's arms was draped over Regina, the other had a piece of Regina's top scrunched in her hand.

Regina glanced at the clock, to see it was barely 4am, her eyes were still tired and she had a light head ache.

She snuggled back down next to Emma, tugging the blonde closer and placing a light kiss on her temple.

Regina froze as she felt Emma's body go rigid against her.

"Killian… Please, don't…" Emma whimpered, Regina moved her hand from under the covers, catching Emma's leg as she did so. "NO!"

Emma screamed, Regina pulled her whole body away from Emma as she started to shiver.

"Emma?" Regina's panicked voice cut clear through the otherwise silent air.

Regina thanked the heavens that Henry was a heavy sleeper.

"I'm too tired…" Emma sobbed, curling up tightly, Regina biting her lip as the baby started to grizzle once again.

"Emma, it's Regina, dear…" Emma's eyes suddenly flung open, Emma pulled the blankets closer to her shivering body.

Regina rose from the bed, giving Emma a bit of room.

Regina scooped the little girl from her crib, she was kicking her legs against Regina's arms, Regina carrying her over to the changing table.

The brunette took her time changing the baby's nappy, checking everything was secure before lifting her back up and resting her on her shoulder.

Regina padded back over to the bed, sitting on top of the covers as she saw Emma still dithering violently.

"Emma, dear…" Regina took Emma's hand in her own, bringing the blonde back to reality.

Emma laced her fingers into Regina's, messing with the ring that was on Regina's ring finger.

Regina slid down on the bed, placing the baby between the two women, Emma still not ceasing her hold she had on Regina's slim fingers.

"It was from Daniel…" Regina said, gesturing towards the ring. Emma dropped her hand like it was fire, mumbling her apologies. "Emma, dear… It's ok…"

Regina took Emma's hand once again, rubbing their fingers together.

"I know you don't like talking about it…" Emma looked up at Regina, with the biggest, saddest green eyes Regina had ever seen in her life.

"I kind of proposed to him…" Regina let a longing smile dance on her lips, remembering back to time when things seemed so complicated and too difficult for Regina to even comprehend.

Her Mother had forbidden relationship with anyone but royalty, Regina of course finding herself falling for the most inappropriate suitor.

At the time the brunette hadn't cared, not until that fateful day, when she saved Snow off that dreaded horse.

"I was set to marry Snow's Father, and I of course didn't want to… We had decided to run away, so he used the loop from my horse's saddle…" Regina let the smile die as she remembered what came next.

"He sounds sweet…" Emma's eyes were now focused on her snoozing baby, but she hung onto every word Regina said.

"He was…" Regina's words drifted away, as she realised she was talking about her deceased fiancé in the past tense.

"The King wasn't kind, not like Daniel." Emma looked back up at Regina, who had tears in her eyes.

"You… You don't have to tell me…" Emma tightened her grip on Regina's hand.

"I just want you to know you're not alone. What Hook was doing to you isn't right Emma…" Regina let out a quiet sob, she pressed her forehead against Emma's cool head.

"Thank you." Emma whispered, rubbing her head against Regina's.

"We've got each other now, dear…" Regina promised, brushing her lips across Emma's forehead and placing a firm kiss.

They remained in that position, Emma pushing her head closer to Regina's lips.

"You should get some sleep, Emma…" Regina's lips moved lightly against Emma's skin, sending a shiver through the younger blonde's spine.

"I don't want to wake you up again…" Emma pouted lightly as Regina pulled her lips from Emma's face.

"You didn't wake me up dear, this little one did… You need some sleep." Regina went to pull her hand away from Emma, when she suddenly clamped hard on Regina's hand.

"I can't breathe!" Emma suddenly gasped, scratching at her throat with her free hand.

Regina used her magic to scan over Emma, confused as she found no medical reason for Emma's inability to not breathe.

"It's a panic attack." Regina climbed off to bed and walked around to Emma's side of the bed, so as not to disturb the baby.

"I'm going to die!" Emma sobbed, crunching her body up into a tight ball.

Emma just started to groan and pant in the bed, sobbing violently as Regina scooped her up.

Regina had never tried to lift Emma before, and she had never realised just quite how light the small blonde was.

"Emma, I'm here, my darling…" Regina had suffered years of panic attacks.

Back when Henry had decided she wasn't good enough to be her Mother, Regina had suffered in silence with her overwhelming self-hatred and loathing.

"I'm dying!" Emma whimpered, her chest heaving as Regina placed her on the floor. "Don't leave?"

Emma pined for Regina's touch, the brunette's heart breaking at Emma's pleas.

"You're not dying, Emma look at me…"

"I can't see, Regina I can't see, everything's fuzzy!" Emma screamed, hitting out and catching Regina off guard. The brunette toppled backwards, but quickly regained her balance. "HELP ME!"

Regina took a second.

She needed a plan, she first of all got up and placed the sleeping baby in the cot.

Regina then dashed to the bathroom and started to run a cool bath.

Emma was crying relentlessly, trying to rip her clothes off her exhausted body.

"Emma, hold my hand, my darling…" Regina laced her hand against Emma's.

"I can't feel my hands, I can't feel your hands…" Emma was completely out of breath as Regina's scooped Emma up once more.

She carried the emotionally spent woman to the bathroom, lowering her into the tub, pyjamas and all.

At first Emma fought it, trying to clamber out.

Regina kissed against Emma's forehead, letting her warm lips stay planted against Emma's brow, singing quietly to the distressed woman.

"Everyone longs to be loved. What can I say to that? But the door to the heart is open and shut…" Emma shivered against Regina, pushing her body closer to Regina. The brunette held Emma close, rubbing the length of her back and continuing to sing. "Like the warmth of your breath. Everyone longs to be heard. But we tend to get caught in the noise…"

Regina paused as she saw Emma taking long, deep, measured breaths.

"Thank you." The blonde whispered, her tongue darting out to dampen her chapped lips.

"I've got you Emma, you're safe…" Regina promised, rubbing her nose against Emma's hair and continuing to hold Emma safely in the bath.

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