Sheriff duties entirely forgotten, Emma spent the hours till Henry returned home from school wrapped up in Regina. For the most part they just cuddled and kissed, soaking in each other's presence, savouring their time together.
When Henry arrived home he found them in the same place on the couch that they'd been all afternoon. He grinned widely at the sight, "finally" he exclaimed.
The three of them spent the evening together as a family, Regina being in such a good mood meant that she allowed them to have pizza, she even let them eat in the living room in front of the TV.
Henry chose a movie for them all to watch, not that Emma or Regina paid too much attention to what was going on. They were far too content enjoying each other's presence, which meant that Henry did groan at them to get a room at one point when he'd turned around and they were kissing. It just made them laugh and Emma kissed Regina again getting a yuk from Henry as he turned back to the TV to watch the movie.
Before the movie was over Regina found her eyes drifting shut, she hadn't slept properly since last weekend. In Emma's arms sleep came far easier, it was peaceful too, she was content and safe, she didn't even stir till the movie was over and Henry was going to bed. Once they'd said goodnight to him they too decided to retire for the evening, have an early night. Now that they were back in each other's arms they both had the best night sleep either of them had all week.
Weeks later from that day they got back together things were going far better than Regina could ever have imagined. The general town was now pretty accepting of them, there was no more speculation on intentions or anything like that. It had been helped along by Snow showing her acceptance, which Regina was grateful for. Ruby also was declaring how good they were together though that was partially to make up for what she had done. Texting Emma that day had gotten them talking again and whilst their friendship was not completely back to normal they were working through it.
Snow and Charming had gotten used to the idea that Emma was going to be with Regina for the long run and even though they all still had their moments of bickering things were looking good.
Emma spent the majority of her time when she was not working with Regina, she practically lived with them though they had not had the official moving in conversation. Neither of them really wanted to mention that just yet, it felt a little too soon even if the blonde did have her own keys to the house now.
They had settled into a pretty good routine together as a little family of three. Regina made sure everyone was on time for school and work on a morning, she had no idea how Emma had managed before since she liked sleeping in past the alarm most mornings. They'd spend their evenings all together, though there was the occasional night Henry would spend at his Grandparents so Emma and Regina would get some time alone.
On one of those evenings where they had the house to themselves they were curled up in bed together.
"Did I ever tell you how much I love you?" Emma smiled.
"Yes, everyday" Regina spoke between kisses, "I love you too."
They weren't perfect, both their insecurities still got the better of them some days but they'd learnt to communicate when it did happen. They argued occasionally but they were both too strong willed for it ever to be completely plain sailing, it was almost never anything too serious anyway. Some days their love for each other was overwhelmingly blinding, it held them together and kept them going because together they could face anything.
They were each other's new beginning.
Thank you so very much everyone who has been reading, it means so much to me that anyone would even consider reading this. I'm still amazed that I've managed to write and finish my very first multi-chapter fic, this was just a simple idea that I wanted to try out to get started in fic writing. I've enjoyed it so much that there will be more SwanQueen fics coming. Thank you to my wonderful beta BethieInside whose been a great help.
I hope you've all enjoyed reading, again thank you. x