After they finished their meal and cleaned the dishes Emma wasn't sure if she was supposed to leave or if Regina maybe wanted to talk to her. Henry who had been yawning since dessert excused himself and went upstairs to rest for the night. Before that however he had had a short talk with her about Regina. He was worried about her and asked Emma to try to talk to her. So she sat down on the coach now sipping on a glass of wine Regina had offered her, even though she would much rather prefer a beer. Finally the other woman took a seat next to her. She still wore the shirt and the jeans Ruby had organized them and she looked damn hot in them. Who was Emma kidding? Regina looked breathtaking all the time.

"So … you wanna talk about today?", Emma put her glass down.

"Do you not like the wine? I think I might have a beer in the fridge if you'd prefer that" Regina ignored her question.

"I'm good thank you. The question is, are you?" the blonde tried again.

"I'm fine, thank you."

Emma wanted to scream in frustration. Today the brunette and her went to hell and back and they were so close like never before and now Regina treated her like she'd treat a stranger on the street. They were supposed to be friends at least.

"Right. Because you always are so jumpy. Henry told me he is worried about you, Regina. Just talk to me."

"I said I'm fine, Emma", Regina sounded annoyed and the blonde would have believed her if it wasn't for her superpower.

"You can lie to everyone else but not to me, you know that. So please tell me what's going on?"

She could see the conflict in the older woman's eyes, "You wouldn't understand it."

"Try me."

Regina sighed and emptied half of her glass before she finally started to speak, "I feel her fighting against me. Everyday is a battle inside of me. And today she almost won."

"Who?" the blonde carefully asked.

"The Evil Queen."

She put her glass down and began fidgeting with the her fingers, a gesture Emma had never seen Regina do before.

"That moment they had me surrounded right before Gold blocked my magic … I almost lost control … she almost controlled me" the brunette confessed.

"But she didn't"

"That's not the point, Emma"

"Isn't it? You fight, you win. Even when you were in serious danger today she didn't come through."

"But how can I ever be truly happy when that part of me is present all the time? How can I ever let my guard down, how can I let somebody in without putting them in danger? How can I let somebody

... love me?", the last sentence was so quiet Emma wasn't sure Regina actually said it.

"You don't have to answer these questions on your own, Regina. I'm with you."

Emma put a hand on the other woman's arm. Regina looked up and their eyes met and for a moment Emma thought she would kiss her but suddenly the brunette got up, shaking her hand off her arm.

She didn't look at her when she said, "I think you should go."

"What?" Emma didn't understand what went wrong. Was it something she said?

"You heard me. Please go. It's late."

What a lame excuse, especially for Regina's standards.

"Yeah sure", she got up.

"You don't need to show me to the door. I know the way", Emma wasn't sure why she felt so hurt and angry. Maybe because she was tired and had a long day too. And nobody had asked her how she felt about all that. When she stormed outside she immediately noticed she forgot her jacket inside. But Emma had pride and she surely wouldn't go back in for a fucking jacket. However when she checked her pockets and couldn't find her key she had no other choice.

So Emma reluctantly turned around and knocked on the door. It immediately opened.

"I think I forgot …", warm hands pulled her closer and soft lips pressed theirselves on hers. Emma froze on the spot. Her brain couldn't wrap itself around what was just happening. Suddenly Regina took a step back and Emma put her fingers to her lips still feeling Regina's warm kiss on them.

"Why?" she just asked not sure what to think of this. Regina kissing her… that was what her dreams were made of but it didn't seemed like the right moment for that. Regina was not the type for kiss and make up. Or maybe she was but Emma definitely wasn't.

The brunette was quiet for a moment before she looked Emma in the eyes, her gaze soft and so vulnerable that Emma forgot how to breath for a second, "I'm so tired of standing in the way of my own happiness. And you, Emma, you make me happy."

Now Emma was the one that closed the gap between them. Kiss and make up didn't sounded so bad after all.

Author's note:

Thank you guys so much for reading!

This story now has come to an end but you can be sure there are gonna be more SQ fanfics. At the moment I'm writing on two at the same time.

1. "Storybrooke Shipping War"

In which Regina and Emma discover what consequences a simple admitment can have, what it meams to become part of an OTP and how far people go to make their one true pairing cannon.

2. "The Gold Case" (although that name is going to change) -AU

Agent Regina Mills is in charge of a task force working against the biggest cartel in town, while also being the single mom of a son who keeps challenging every rule she sets.

Enter Emma Swan, a stubborn suspect (who may or may not be flirting with her). Right now she's not only her best chance to somehow get to the ring leaders but also the one who just caught Regina's son sneaking into a casino for no apparent reason.

Now that her two worlds run the risk of colliding, a wild spirited sister who just jumped back into her life out of nowhere, a new coworker distracting her best agent Ruby Lucas and a possible mole in the agency appear because things just aren't challenging enough already.

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