Henry asking Emma/Emma & Neal questions about their past together. Not wanting to upset Henry she/they share a good story (maybe even laugh over it). Regina gets jealous and possessive over Emma (leads to possessive sex & Regina's first confession of love).

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"So, was it like love at first sight?" Henry asked, his eyes wide with excitement. Emma was a very private person in general, to have her answering questions about her past was like an honour. She laughed at her son's question, it was in times like these when she realised just how much more to learn about the world he lived in.

Neal laughed also, "no kid," he shook his head in amusement, "not at all, over time though, she couldn't resist my charm"

Emma scoffed at the playful wink he sent her way yet revelled in the laughter coming from her son…their son. They had made him, no matter how much she regretted her past, no matter how she had often wished she had never met Neal, looking at the boy sitting opposite her now she knew she would do it all over again just to have him. "That or you just wore me down" she replied to which Neal feigned offence.

"Oh come on," he nudged her, "it wasn't all that bad was it?"

She raised her eyebrows before rolling her eyes in defeat, "you had your moments I guess" it was a mere mumble but had him whooping in triumph all the same. "Don't get too excited Casanova," she chided, "you're single now"

"But for how long blondie?" He smirked playfully, he knew there was nothing between them now except a begrudged kind of respect, "I got you once before, who says it can't happen again?"

"I do."

All three jumped at the sound of the low voice, Henry grimaced, Neal paled and Emma could only curse under her breath, a nervous smile crossing her features as she turned to face her girlfriend.

"Hey babe, we were just talking about-"

"Save it," Regina's tone was sharp, her piercing gaze never leaving Neal, cold eyes biting into his skin and practically burning him where he sat.

"They were just telling me about old times Mom," Henry spoke knowing he was possibly the only one at the table she would listen to in this moment, "Dad was only joking"

Her gaze softened then as she turned to look at her son, a smile painting warmer features at the sight of him looking up at her. Her hand came up to brush his hair away from his eyes, "that's nice dear," though from her forced tone it was anything but, "are you having a good time?"

He seemed to hesitate then, he was having an amazing time with his dad and having Emma run into them only made things better but he didn't want to hurt his Mom's feelings, "it would be even better if you were here with us"

Emma received a sharp kick to her shin at her cough covered utterance of 'kiss ass'. She covered her cry of pain with another cough though she couldn't stop the tears from stinging at her eyes…was that a smirk playing at Regina's lips?

"That's nice of you to say dear but there're some things I must take care of," she turned to the almost quivering man then, "Mr Cassidy, I trust you will continue to look after our son?" Somehow Neal got the impression that the use of the word 'our' did not pertain to him but to the brunette and the woman she was currently dragging up and out of the booth.

"Always," he replied trying to hold in a laugh at the pained expression on Emma's face, Regina's grip iron tight as she plastered her politicians smile upon her face.

"I'll see you tomorrow then sweetheart," her smile warming as she leaned down to place a kiss upon Henry's forehead.

"Okay Mom," he smiled back, "I love you"

Her heart still clenched at the phrase she had longed to hear for so long and now very often did, "I love you too Henry," she had yet to look at Emma at all and this unnerved the blonde greatly. "Say goodbye Emma"

She grimaced at the tone of voice Regina used, she was in trouble. "Goodbye guys," she shot Neal a dirty look as he mimed the action of whipping as she was pulled out of the diner and into the street.

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The ride home was silent except for the natural sounds of the world around them, it was deafening once they entered the mansion. Tension was radiating from the brunette, her movements calculated as she slipped off her heels, then her blazer and finally her scowl.

The breath was pushed from Emma's lungs as she was forced back against the wall of the foyer, her grunt swallowed by the full lips claiming her own.

The kiss was fierce almost to the point of painful as tanned fingers gripped at her clothing, her jacket pushed roughly from her shoulders to fall to the ground as a tongue entered her open mouth. She had yet to catch her breath and with the speed Regina was moving at and her unrelenting tongue it seemed she wasn't going to get the chance.
"Regina…" she breathed as the woman pulled back slightly only to direct her fingers into the opening of Emma's shirt, ripping it from her body. Normally this move would have had Emma swooning, she would have picked the brunette up and took her against the nearest flat surface but this was different.

Along with the taste of desperation came the taste of salt…tears.

Her first attempt at pushing the woman off only had Regina coming back just at forcefully, her second however allowed her to lock her arms and hold the older woman away. The sight of tears trailing down Regina's face almost broke Emma's heart. Her hands moved up to cup the woman's face, her thumbs catching every watery globe.
"Regina, what just happened?"

The brunette's head was shaking as she attempted to push Emma's hands away, this only allowed the blonde to pull her in to her body tightly, a move Regina absolutely hated and Emma knew only too well.
"Let me go!" She cried, "goddamn it Emma Swan!" And with that anguished exclamation, the Queen crumpled.

Emma wouldn't have caught her had she not been expecting it, she knew Regina, she knew the facade was just another piece of the armour around her heart, a way for her to stay safe.
"What are you so afraid of Regina?" she whispered into dark hair, the body below her shaking harder with silent sobs. "I'm not going to leave you," her own throat was closing with the strength of her emotions, the feeling of Regina so broken and despairing in her arms was enough to bring tears to her own eyes. "I'm yours…" She felt her calming at this statement, felt the fingers pinching at her forearms loosen as Regina moved up to look at her, dark eyes reddened and swollen with tears, "I've been yours since the moment I saw you."

"…mine…" The brunette whispered, a hand moving up to trace sharp features, her eyes following her fingers as if she had never seen the woman before. "You're…mine?"

Emma nodded in response, in this moment she could see the girl in Regina, the young, innocent, bright eyed girl who'd been surprised at finding love. The young woman who had allowed herself to fall in love in return…this was the Regina before her heart had been broken, battered and tortured by the darkness of her world…she turned her face a placed a tender kiss onto the palm cupping her cheek, "yours," she whispered before moving forward, her hands moving to hold the brunette's waist, her lips pressing gently to a tear heated cheek, "all yours".

She revelled in the small hums of appreciation coming from parted full lips as she pressed kisses to closed eyes still reciting Regina's ownership until she covered her mouth with her own.

The brunette's response was a far cry from her earlier attack on Emma's lips, this time she seemed to melt into her. In some ways it felt as though it was their first kiss, tentative and filled with the emotions they hadn't allowed themselves to voice yet…but in other ways, Emma could feel the familiarity of their movements, the rightness of having Regina's lips moulding into her own, the safety of having her slim frame pressed as closely against her as possible.

Their foreheads came to rest together when they parted, both sets of eyes closed and foreheads furrowed with the intensity of their love for one another, it was suffocating, breath taking and what they had both been searching for all of their lives.

"I am yours" Emma whispered once more against kiss swollen lips.

Regina let out a small whimper of happiness before opening her eyes to look into teary green, "and I am yours, always."