Fic: Home
"You have to forgive me."
"Why?" demanded Regina.
"Because," said Emma, "you don't know what it's like to see you like that again. That evil person you were. I just don't want to ever see that ever happen to you again, and you were so mad..."
"I was mad for a reason. Do you really think I would ever go back to that?"
"No, no of course not. It's just, I was scared there, for a minute. I thought you'd never forgive me, I thought..."
"That I'd turn evil again."
"No, that's... I just meant... you shouldn't be so mad. She has a kid, you have a kid too. And as for a partner..."
"You're with Hook now," said Regina. "And being with the woman who drove away my previous partner..."
"Oh, no, no... I didn't mean me..."
"Of course not. Because despite everything, you still don't know where home is, do you?"
"I know exactly where home is! It's right here!"
"Exactly," said Regina. "Here."
Emma stared back in horror. "Regina..."
"That's right," she said.
"Why?" demanded Regina.
"Because," said Emma, "you don't know what it's like to see you like that again. That evil person you were. I just don't want to ever see that ever happen to you again, and you were so mad..."
"I was mad for a reason. Do you really think I would ever go back to that?"
"No, no of course not. It's just, I was scared there, for a minute. I thought you'd never forgive me, I thought..."
"That I'd turn evil again."
"No, that's... I just meant... you shouldn't be so mad. She has a kid, you have a kid too. And as for a partner..."
"You're with Hook now," said Regina. "And being with the woman who drove away my previous partner..."
"Oh, no, no... I didn't mean me..."
"Of course not. Because despite everything, you still don't know where home is, do you?"
"I know exactly where home is! It's right here!"
"Exactly," said Regina. "Here."
Emma stared back in horror. "Regina..."
"That's right," she said.