I don't own the show or any of the characters in the show. If I did, SwanQueen would be canon

Chapter One

Emma crossed the room to sit on the couch with Regina, those chocolate orbs watching her every move. "I didn't mean-" She started only for Regina to put her hand up to silence her.

The two had been sat in a booth at Granny's, Emma demolishing a large bacon sandwich and Regina had ordered a small salad but proceded only to pick at various pieces of lettuce, popping the occasional leaf into her mouth.

"So I told Henry that never under any circumstances, would he be allowed to "drive" again. I mean he could have completely destroyed my car. I know you call it the-" She paused to lick the ketchup off her fingers before making air quotes. "'Yellow death trap' but its really not- Regina? You're not listening are you? can you even hear me?"

Regina, who had been staring over Emma's shoulder, her eyes un-seeing, shook her head as if to bring her self out of her daze. "oh..yeah..right" She tried to smile like she had actually been listening.

"Wow okay, what were you thinking about?" Emma raised her eyebrow.

Regina threw her napkin on the table and left the booth. Emma could have sworn the that she saw her wipe away a tear as she exited the diner.

Slipping on her coat and leaving a twenty for the food and drinks, she followed Regina back to number 108.

She shifted in her seat and bowed her head. "I know, it's just I still have days where I think about what my life would have been like if she hadn't killed him. If we had made it away." Emma put one hand on Regina's thigh and the other under her chin, lifting it up. "Oh but Regina. After all this time, can't you see? What Cora did left you heart broken, left scars so deep that you vowed to keep others from happiness, but Daniel wasn't your true love. That curse was never about him was it? It was about you, it was about finding your happy ending. And that happy ending involving freezing time was no coincidence, it was allowing me to grow up, to catch up, to have Henry. Daniel wasn't your happy ending.."

"Emma you can't just-"

"No, listen to me Regina. He wasn't, he isn't. I am, me and Henry, we are your happy ending. We're your family"

The brunette could do nothing but smile through silent tears. "Y-you mean that?" Emma slid her hands down Reginas curves and let them come to rest so they were both hand in hand. "Oh course I do. When I first saw you I thought, apart from you being a giant bitch, that you were beutiful. To be honest it took all of my strength not to jump on you right there and then"

Regina pulled Emma towards her by her hands so their lips we inches from connecting. "Well Miss Swan, if I'm a giant bitch, you wouldn't want to be with me and risk messing up your 'savior' reputation"

Emma leaned forward and pressed her lips to Regina's for a split second. "You're worth the risk"

Regina moaned, leaning forward in search for Emma's lips again only to be met by the blonde's finger. "But I want to take this slow, I want to savour every moment, every touch, I don't want to rush things, make a mistake and risk losing you. I love you too much to let you go." She removed her finger slowly and seductively away from Regina's lips and watched as her chocolate eyes followed its movements before they met her own.

"Then we take it slow Miss Swan, it's going to be hard but I too, want to remember every detail" She felt Emma tense as she ran her hands over thigh.

Emma was right, she had never had a proper relationship with anyone other than Daniel and that was short lived, not enough time to really appreciate how much they loved each other. She didn't like talking about her marriage to Leopold, but she knew the discussion would surface with Emma once they started to get intimate.

"Oh sherif try not to get too excited, I only brushed against your thigh" the corners of her mouth turned upwards.

"Yeah but you-mm" she closed her eyes as Regina ran her hand along her inner thigh again. "No Regina, stop. Or I might be forced to break my own rule" she laughed, taking Regina's hand in hers.

Regina considered repeating the action a third time but decided that would be against her better judgement "You're right, it would be immoral of the sherif to break her own rules" Emma pouted.

Damn this was going to be hard.