I really shied away from Henry becoming Pan because thats STUPID. Hope you all enjoy!

Time flew as Regina, Emma and Snow retrieved Henry's heart from Pan's body and took it back to Henry. Now it was the morning after and devastation set in. The lost boys, who had never had anyone but Pan were going home to a place where they knew nobody. Henry couldn't seem to escape the nightmares of death, the pain of having no heart. Snow and Charming were sleeping in one of the bunkers, Gold and Neal were hanging out on deck, sleeping as it came, and Hook captained the ship. Emma and Regina both had spent all night back and forth between Henry's room and the deck; the latter was where Emma found Regina just after sunrise.

"Are you alright, Regina?" Emma asked formally, many eyes were watching.

"Yes, I'm quite fine, I have my son back, we're heading home, and all will be well. How are you, savior?"

"Weak. I'm exhausted and I feel like, like—" Emma's words were cut off as her body landed against the deck.

"Help me!" Regina called, looking around desperately for someone to come lift the blonde. Neal was who came. "Take her to Henry's room, there are empty bunks. I'll heal her."

"What if she doesn't want you to heal her?"

"I don't care what Miss Swan wants, I'm not letting Henry lose a parent after his ordeal, so shut up, Baelfire, and take her to Henry's room!" Neal flinched at her use of his given name, but must have gotten the point because that's where he carried Emma. Henry was already sitting up in his bed and his eyes widened as though he was going to cry.

"Henry, sweetheart, I need you to go with Neal, ok? I'm going to fix your mom, but I don't want you to be here to see it, it may be painful, and I'm sure she wouldn't want you here for that."

"Mom, not, I want to see you make her better, please don't make me leave you guys!"

"Henry, I promise I will come get you the moment she wakes up, ok? I promise." Regina rubbed her hands on Henry's upper arms and kissed his forehead. "Now, go, and I'll help her better." Neal took Henry and went up to the deck. Regina knelt next to Emma's head and tearfully checked her over, she could tell that the blonde had a fever and judging by how warm she felt, the brunette assumed Emma knew and was sick the whole night before mentioning it. Regina passed her hand over Emma's form; making a circle above the blonde's face and Emma woke up.

"Where am I? What happened?"

"You passed out on the deck, you're sick, it seems. Have you been having any other symptoms?"

"Just a fever." Emma said it too quickly and it made Regina suspicious.

"Emma, I swear on your life if you don't tell me the truth, I'm going to kill you."

Emma looked tenderly at Regina. "You couldn't ever kill me, you love me too much."

"I don't believe I've ever said that to you, dear."

"You don't have to." Emma smiled and Regina's heart swelled. Then Emma continued, "I've been having hallucinations, and maybe have been vomiting here and there."

"Emma! Why wouldn't you tell me? I would have made it better before you got so weak."

"I don't know, I just didn't want to seem weak, like I couldn't handle it. You're so strong and I didn't want to look, well, not strong, next to you." Regina stood up and sat back down, on the bed with her hip resting against Emma's where the blonde lay.

"Beautiful Emma, I've been doing magic for so much longer, I can endure so much more than you can. Don't ever see yourself as weak, you aren't weak at all."

"Thanks, sweetie," Emma smirked at her own use of an endearment and Regina just smiled and shook her head.

"You're completely hopeless."

"So how long until I'm better?"

"Actually, I have the perfect cure and I think you'll love it."

"What's that?"

Regina put her mouth to Emma's ear and whispered, "sex."

Emma pulled back, smiling. "That's amazing, and totally what I want, but are you sure that's going to help me? I mean usually that takes energy."

"Did you not notice what I noticed? Our magic, when we touch, it doesn't manifest the same way when we're being intimate, but it makes us both stronger and less tired. Did you not wonder why you were never as exhausted after we've been intimate as you were before, or why your energy buzzed in your veins like you're unstoppable? I'm figuring if we have sex, then maybe you'll be all healed, and if it doesn't work, then I got to sleep with you and we'll figure something else out."

"Awesome! So, get over here," Emma said, sitting up and pulling Regina into her lap. She put her lips on the brunette's and kissed her slowly, snaking her tongue between the open lips of her partner. They pressed their tongues against each other for several moments before Regina pulled away. "No, come back, let me kiss you, Reginnnnaaa," Emma playfully whined.

"I want nothing more than to kiss you right now, and be with you, but I promised Henry I would let him see you after you woke up, so I need to keep that promise and let him see you first."

"Damn it, Regina, why does it have to be such a good reason? Fine, go get Henry, I'll be glad to see him anyway, then you and I are going to have some alone time later."

Henry, Emma and Regina had a small family reunion; they were all awake and mostly well. Regina let Henry have ten minutes with Emma before shooing him off, telling him she needed to help his mom get better.

"I love that kid," Emma said, as the two women sat on the bed Emma was earlier occupying.

"Me too, he's a good kid. Thanks again for giving me the best things in my life."

"You too."

"Emma?"

"Yes, sweetie?"

"I love you."

"I know," Emma whispered. She tried to act like it wasn't a surprise, but that she knew it all along because part of her did. But the bigger part of her was so relieved and pleased when those words left Regina's lips. Emma pushed herself against Regina, mouth-to-mouth, chest-to-chest, she leaned in until Regina lay back against the bed and Emma was on top of her. The women moved gingerly, taking care to be sweet and tender, Emma stroking the brunette's breast with one hand and the other hand between her and Regina's core, gently pressing her hand against the apex of the brunette's thighs. Regina had both hands stroking the blonde's back, holding her tightly against her.

The women spent an hour together in the bed making love, neither wanting to leave their cozy spot or the warmth of each other's body. Finally, Regina, who had been lying with her head on Emma's chest, propped herself up on her elbow. Looking at Emma, she smiled and told her that she thinks it's time to tell everyone about them. Emma nodded and the women dressed themselves and headed up to deck.

Regina emerged first, looking around for her lover's parents and her son. They were back with Hook, Neal and Gold near the ship's helm. The two headed to the rest of the group.

Emma! How are you feeling?" Snow asked, smiling.

"I'm alright, I'm still just a little tired and nauseous but mostly ok." As she finished speaking, Snow and Charming both stood and hugged her, it was an awkward family hug, but Emma wouldn't have it any other way. She was unsure of how her mom was going to take the news and wanted to enjoy the moment while it lasted. Next was Henry, he threw his arms around her waist, squeezing her tightly.

"I'm so glad you're ok, mom!" Henry aid excitedly. Emma glanced at Regina and saw no anger or pain on her face from the boy calling her 'mom.'

"Me too, kid. Your mom patched me up really good."

"Thanks, mom!" Henry said, repeating his forceful hug on Regina's waist. The brunette melted into his arms and squeezed him as tightly and as long as he would allow.

"Hey kid, we know we're both your moms, but you're going to need to come up with sometime else to call me, calling us both mom is going to be weird."

"Why? It's not like you're ever around each other when you're not forced to be. You hate each other."

"Henry, I've never hated your mom, we just have had our differences, plenty of them, very, you know, loudly and stuff, but I've never hated her."

"Henry, would you like to sit down? There's something I want to share with you." Regina smiled at Henry, hesitant and not wanting to make the boy hate her again.

Emma looked at David because he knew what was coming and she wanted some sort of sign that he thought it would be an alright time to share. He nodded and winked at her. Emma and Regina sat next to each other on a bench, across from them was Henry, and next to him were Charming, Snow, Neal and Gold, Hook was at the helm. Emma looked into both of her parents' eyes and smiled small and afraid. She focused back on Henry, who Regina was smiling adoringly at, and she slid her hand into one of Regina's, stopping the brunette from folding her hands in front of herself. Henry's eyes grew wide and he looked confused.

"Henry," Emma started. "Regina, um, your mom and I are together, kid."

"What?"

"What Emma means, Henry, is that while we were searching for you, Emma and I discovered that we are each other's true love."

Henry's expression still hadn't changed so Emma snuck a glance at her mom, who looked devastated. Emma just tried to show her through her expressions that it just happened.

"I don't understand, you're the evil queen and Emma's the savior, you can't be in love," Henry stated. Regina opened her mouth to explain further that it just happened, but Emma spoke first.

"Henry, apologize to your mother. She is not the evil queen. She once was, yes, but not in your lifetime, nor in any of mine that I have memories of. She's Regina. She saved me and my mom through that portal, she saved us all from the trigger, and Henry we fought tooth and nail, together, to save you, to get to you and rescue you. She took your heart back, she put it back in your chest. Your mom has done so much more to save you than I have, why do you think we aren't right for each other?" Emma lectured.

"I'm sorry, you're right," Henry said, eyes downcast.

"It's not me you need to apologize to, kid, it's your mom."

"I'm sorry, mom, I love you." He wrapped his arms around Regina, and she pulled him into her lap, using one hand to press his head to her chest, tears in her eyes. She looked lovingly at Emma, silently thanking her for saying what she did.

"Henry," Regina began. "I know this is strange, but there's nothing we would change about it. Your mother…Emma and I, we love each other very deeply, and I'm being better for you two. But if there are any questions Emma or I can answer for you, please ask. Ok, sweetheart?"

"You're really changing?" Henry asked, his face scrunched up, trying to believe. He sat back next to Charming.

"Yes, dear. I really love you and your mom. I want us all to be a family, to be happy together."

"I don't believe it, Regina," Snow said coldly, then turned to Emma. "How can you even believe it? She's probably using you! Faking it!"

"I've felt her feelings, I know her, I believe her. I…I love her, and if you can't accept that, then you don't accept me." Emma said it with such volition, while taking Regina's hand in her town, which Snow flinched.

"Emma, love, you don't need to do that," Regina said, squeezing Emma's hand.

"No, Regina, I do." Emma looked to her parents. "Look, your villain is telling me I don't need to exclude you just because you exclude her. Tell me she's a villain, and truly believe it."

"How do you know she's not faking it?" Snow asked.

"Because I'm making her heart better."

"And why are we supposed to believe that?"

"Fine! You want proof? Fine!" Emma put her hand on Regina's chest, over her heart, looking into her lover's eyes, questioning.

Regina nodded curtly, trusting Emma with every part of herself. "Just imagine it and you'll be able to do it, dear," she whispered reassuringly to Emma.

The blonde pushed her hand into the brunette's chest and pulled out her heart. Regina expected her heart to be as black as it was when she pulled it out for Tinkerbell. It wasn't. The only person who didn't gasp in surprise was Emma. Regina's heart looked more like Snow's the day she had asked Regina to kill her, instead of the fully black one she had grown accustomed to.

"I still won't accept it!" Snow cried.

"Emma, do you trust me?" Regina asked.

"With my life."

"All I need is 7 seconds." And Regina's hand tenderly pulled out Emma's heart. Emma gasped as Regina held Emma's heart next to her own in Emma's hand. Glowing wires, like rope floated, glowing between the hearts, tying them together. The ties wrapped around each heart, tethering, binding the hearts to each other and they glowed a brilliant pinkish red. The whole thing took 7 seconds, and when the women separated the hearts, the marks from the rope-like connections were still on their hearts. Each woman put her lover's heart back into her respective chest.

"How can you doubt them still, Snow?" Charming asked.

"How can you accept it?" Snow asked back. "She's our enemy!"

"She isn't anymore, Snow! She's saved us, and she's Emma's true love. It doesn't matter what you feel you can't keep them apart. The evil queen tried to with us, and it didn't work, and now we won't be able to with Regina and Emma. It's time to mend bridges."

"You're talking about the evil queen and Regina as if they're two different people!"

"They are, Snow! Look at Regina and tell me you see the evil queen! I don't. I see Regina, Henry's mom, someone looking so hard for redemption that she keeps being denied, and Emma loves her. You know what that means? It means she is worthy of love, because Emma wouldn't waste it."

Regina tried to hide the tears welling in her eyes and Emma smiled brightly. "Thank you, dad," Emma whispered. "Snow, you do what you want, but Henry, Regina and I are going to go to our room and have a family discussion."

Later, after the three of them had spoken and the women answered most of Henry's questions, Emma laid down next to Regina on a bed that was far too small for two grown women. Regina turned toward the wall, allowing Emma to be the big spoon to her little one.

"What if he doesn't like the thought of us having more kids," Regina asked.

"Then we won't, but he'll be fine with it, I think."

"Why do you seem so sure?"

"He's gonna be a teenager soon, teens don't want their parents hovering and you know, no offense, Regina, but you sort of hover. He'd be glad for you to have a distraction, I think."

"I do not hover! I just want to make sure he's happy and healthy."

"Ok, sweetie, whatever you say."

The next morning when the three of them woke up, the two women sat up next to each other on their bed and Henry was on the other side of the room from them on his bed.

"Henry," Emma started. "Your mom and I have a question for you."

"Ok?"

"Are you ok with the three of us being a family?"

Henry thought a moment, and then shrugged. "I guess, yeah. It's better than you two fighting all the time." This caused the women to laugh.

"Ok, kid. Now we have another thing to talk to you about. You know we're so happy you're ok, and we love you and we're so happy the three of us can be a family, right?"

"Sure."

"Well, what do you think about having brothers or sisters?"

"You want a new kid?"

"No, Henry," Regina cut in. "Henry, absolutely not, we love you so much and you're so perfect. We just both want a big family, it wouldn't be at all like having a new child, or a replacement child. Wouldn't it be fun to have little brothers or sisters to love? More people to tell our story to?"

"Yeah, I guess that would be cool," Henry smiled.

"Now what do you want to call me, since Regina is mom?" Emma asked Henry.

"Ma?"

"Sounds good, kid. We love you."

"I know, mom, ma, can I go up on deck and help Hook? Or is he still sort of bad?" Emma and Regina looked at each other, but it was Regina who responded.

"No, Henry, Hook is a good man, you can go help him. And tell your grandma and grandpa that Emma wants to talk to them."

After Henry left, Emma looked at Regina, her green eyes wide and scared.

"I'll stay right here, darling. You need to talk to them though, really just your mother. I still can't stand her, but just as I didn't want Henry to be taken away from me, your mom doesn't want me to take you away from her, again."

"First time wasn't your fault."

"It was, darling, regardless of how I regret it."

There was a knock at the door, then Snow's head peeked through the crack and she walked in. She sat on Henry's bed, across from the other two women. Emma wondered where her father was, but Regina didn't have the patience to wonder, especially when she saw lines crease her lover's forehead. Instead, she spoke.

"Snow, I know you still hate me, I'm sure you always will, I did terrible things to you. However, I love your daughter and grandson with everything in my heart and we will be expanding our family. Emma and I will live together, and raise our family together and maybe even get married one day, should she wish to, so you need to accept that I am important to your daughter, and I'm not going anywhere unless she asks me to. So suck it up and make amends, Snow, because if you keep hurting her, I will destroy you, and we both know even if I can't succeed I sure can make a mess out of trying."

Snow White gulped and went as pale as her last name.