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Snow and Charming had taken over watch and Emma still couldn't sleep. Her thoughts tossed between Henry and Regina. She got up and kicked Hook on her way to her parents.
"I can't sleep, you guys might as well."
"Emma," her mother said, tenderly. "Just try a little harder, you need your rest."
"Don't worry about it. Hook and I will take over until dawn breaks." Sure enough, as she finished her sentence, Hook walked up beside her. Her parents went back to where they had laid earlier in the night and savior and pirate took a seat against a tree.
"Tell me, princess, how was your watch with the queen."
She glared at him. "It was nice, I cleaned up. I'll show you the stream, if you'd like." She spoke nonchalantly, choosing nice over curt in favor of staying on his good side. Even if he didn't know exactly what was going on with her and Regina, he had an idea and she wanted him to keep it to himself.
"Emma, love, I'm not trying to upset you, I just fancy you a bit. Didn't realize my competition would be the evil queen."
She rolled her eyes. "There's no competition, Hook."
"Not even just a little bit?" he asked. Emma smirked, and tried relaxing. For some reason, she found herself trusting him and able to unwind in his presence.
Emma felt a shoe kick her foot and startled awake. She looked over and realized she had fallen asleep on Hook's shoulder. The show that kicked her was Regina's who was standing over the two, with Snow and Charming.
"Some watch, Miss Swan," Regina snarled.
"I was happy to let her sleep, why are you so upset, queen?" Hook responded.
"How's the map?" Regina asked.
"Same place. We should reach him today," Emma said, looking at the map, finding herself finally full of joy. She stood up quickly. "We've gotta go, let's go, it's gonna be today! Regina, we get our son back today!" She grabbed the brunette's upper arms and pulled her into a hug. Regina stiffened slightly but allowed her hands to fall on the blonde's back.
Charming cleared his throat and gave his daughter a puzzled look. Emma pulled away from Regina. "We can't go without a plan, Emma," her father said.
"We go in and we attack until we get Henry," Emma responded.
"That won't work, love," Hook said.
"Pan will be anticipating an attack. We need to be smart about it," Regina agreed. "And maybe the fairy will pull through in helping us get in."
"So what do we do, if she doesn't?" Emma asked.
Regina looked at Emma, her eyes dark. "Emma, we could do it."
"No, Regina. What if something goes wrong?"
"Ok, no, you're right. But, I do have another idea for a plan." Emma raised her eyebrows, her eyes pleading for an answer. "Emma, we should talk about this alone."
"Ok, could you all excuse us?" Emma asked, cupping Regina's elbow in her hand and started pulling Regina from the group.
"Why can't you discuss this in front of us?" Snow asked, looking hurt. "Is it dark magic?"
"You don't want to know," Emma said.
"We do," Charming interjected.
Emma looked at Regina. She placed her hand in the air, palm facing Regina. She was telling Regina that she was fine with her parents knowing, but only if Regina was, too. Regina nodded, putting her palm against Emma's. Emma could feel the magic taking her heart and showing it to Regina. Regina communicated to Emma through their touch that for now, she would show the blonde's parents their magic but not their relationship. Emma nodded to Regina.
The glow of magic between them was a deeper red than it had been before when they had touched. Snow gasped, and Charming gripped her hand, as if he was preventing her from moving forward toward the other women.
Emma felt her heart race, felt her blood rush to her head. It was in that moment that Emma knew she loved Regina. The tragic queen was showing her magic, with Emma; to the people she hated most. She stood tall, head high, exposing her weakness to the couple, to Emma's parents. Emma found it to be the most romantic, loving thing anyone had done for her.
"What is this magic?" Snow asked. She looked at Regina. "What have you done to my daughter? What have you taught her?"
Regina dropped her hand. The features of her face pinched, almost like she would cry. She turned and walked away from the group.
"Seriously Mary-Margaret?" Emma asked.
"Don't tell me you've forgiven her everything just because she's helping with Henry?"
"No. I've forgiven her because she saved us from the Enchanted Forest, she saved us from Cora, and you made her kill her own mother! Why should I forgive everyone but her? Why shouldn't I forgive the mother of my son?" Emma waited for anyone else to respond and no one did. "Ok, then. First, I'm going to go find Regina, because telling my son when I find him that I didn't protect his mom is not going to be something I want to try to ask forgiveness for. After I find her, I am going to make a plan with her. You guys just stay here and think about what I should be willing to forgive. Do not follow me. I need her to trust us, and when you show her no trust, what should we expect from her? I'm going to go try to fix all the work you probably just undid."
"Emma, I'm sorry," Snow said, stepping forward to touch her daughter.
"Not now," Emma said, shaking her head. She followed the way Regina had left. She felt the brunette near, so she didn't walk too long before she found her. The woman was sitting hidden in the cover of brush behind a tree. There were tears rolling down the beautiful face that Emma had grown to love. She kissed the last teardrops on Regina's face tasting the saltiness on her lips.
"Why do you let them hurt you?" Emma asked gently.
"Because what they think matters now. It didn't before."
"Why does it now?"
"Oh, silly Emma." With a flick of Regina's wrist, Emma was suspended in the air by tree branches.
"Let me go! Why are you doing this?" Panic was written across Emma's face.
One more flick of her wrist and Regina released Emma. Emma fell to the ground, sitting with her legs stretched out in front of her, palms in the dirt holding her upper body straight. Regina gripped Emma at the back of each knee with her hands pulling the blonde so she was lying on the ground. Regina took her blazer off and laid it beneath Emma's head. The brunette straddled the blonde, cupping Emma's face in her hands and leaning down to kiss her. The kiss started gentle, though quickly the hunger the two women felt for each other took over and Regina started biting Emma's bottom lips while her hands clawed at Emma's clothes. She slid a hand up the blonde's shirt, grabbing her breast. The mouth moved to Emma's neck while her hand pinched a nipple between two fingers.
Regina moved her mouth down Emma's body leaving a trail of warmth wherever she kissed. When Regina met the top of Emma's pants she unfastened them and pulled, and underwear, off the blonde, forcing the blonde's legs apart. Regina lowered her mouth to Emma's clitoris and kissed it. Emma moaned and Regina took that as an ok to keep going. The brunette shoved two fingers into the blonde, moving her hand fast and hard, sucking Emma's clitoris simultaneously. Regina moved her free hand up the other woman's body and groped her breast, pinching a nipple hard between her thumb and finger. Emma moaned loudly and Regina moved her hand from the breast to the mouth and covered it, shoving the side of her hand into the blonde's mouth like a gag. Emma's fingers pulled at Regina's hair and held the head where it was between her legs.
Regina kept thrusting and sucking, then grazed the clitoris with her teeth in tease. She felt the blonde tighten around her fingers and knew that Emma's climax was close. She kept working, wanting only pleasure for the young savior in that moment. Finally, Emma's body thrashed and bucked, slowly ending in stillness as her entire body relaxed, and Regina licked her lover clean.
Emma righted all of her clothes and sat up against the tree. The beautiful queen sat next to her and put her head on the front of Emma's shoulder. They had each other's hand, fingertips dancing on fingertips.
"What was that for?" Emma asked.
"You defended me."
"And of course you had to do it better than me."
Regina chuckled. "Who says it was better? It ended the same way as mine."
"Regina, can I tell you something?"
"Anything you want."
"I love you." She used her hand to tilt Regina's face up toward hers and kissed her gently on her full, warm lips, tasting herself. "Now that's different."
"Do you have any water or berries? I don't hate the taste of you, but I don't want them to smell you on me."
Emma gave her some and stood up, reaching a hand down to help Regina stand. "I could sit with you all day, but we have a son to save."
Regina nodded. "Let's go." They began walking.
"What's the plan?"
"We get in there and we prove to Henry that we love him, we always will and give him his hope. We'll show him we're a family and he's not an orphan."
Emma nodded. Regina may not have confessed her love for her, but she called them a family and for now that was enough.
"Emma?"
"Yeah?"
Regina kissed Emma lightly and sweetly, like she'd be doing it everyday for the rest of her life. "You're not an orphan, either."