Epilogue - Two months later.
The funeral had just taken place and it was probably one of the grandest Storybrooke had ever held. The whole town attended and despite his shortcomings, Leopold had died as a hero in the eyes of the town. Regina was more than happy for that to be his legacy, especially as he'd given Emma, Henry and herself what they saw as their true family.
Emma and Henry had moved in with Regina as a temporary arrangement. The FBI were in their old house for nearly two weeks ensuring they obtained everything they possibly could and Emma and Henry had settled in well with Regina. When Emma could finally sort out all the hideous legalities behind her marriage and holdings, they had a plan to move to a smaller, more homely cottage slightly further out from the hub of the town.
Regina had been back to her audiologist who upgraded her hearing aid with a very advanced dampener and noise cancelling feature if the decibels hit a certain level. After returning to school, she found it vastly improved her ability to hear the children speak and liked the balance it gave her after some trial and error. She found things a little easier to manage and it was as though a huge weight has been lifted.
The ASL lessons were going well and they'd had their second meet up. Francesca was very pleased with all their progress and they'd begun to make friends within the group, even inviting them all to a barbeque at the mansion in the near future.
Robin had been as cowardly as they all suspected and accepted a plea deal to truly shaft Killian and reduce his sentence. Whilst the trial was only beginning it was highly unlikely Killian would get out of prison before retirement age, and that was if he was fortunate.
Henry had come to an arrangement with Mrs Nolan to hold after school signing lessons with any pupils who wanted to go. Francesca thought this was a wonderful idea and agreed to come once a week to facilitate the learning. She even offered this service free of charge for a year to see if the school could innovate a wider learning opportunity for children across the country. Francesca had held her first session and so many children wanted to go they had to hold the session in the main hall. A few of the parents had also requested to join.
All in all, right now, there was only a bright future to create. Henry, Regina and Emma were all attending weekly counselling sessions and they all looked forward to returning home each other. Emma was even looking into potentially going to University or learning a trade. Regina had assured her all her options were open.
Both of the women never knew this was how life with someone could feel and Henry knew that this was the family he was meant to have. His new favourite thing was to snuggle between his two Moms and watch a film together. He hoped they would have many more nights such as those.