SQW Day 1 - Heartbeats (Celebrity AU)
Hi everybody! Iâm so excited about this new Swan Queen Week! Hereâs my entry for day 1, in which Emma is in a band and Regina is an actress. As usual, I own nothing and Iâm just taking Regina, Emma & co for a spin.
I hope youâll have as much fun reading it as I did writing it, and I hope all of you have an amazing Swan Queen Week! Stay awesome, Swen!
âAnd weâre now live from LA for The Maresâ concert! Theyâre ending their world tour right at home, and weâll be broadcasting their show live, so stay tuned! They should be starting in about 15 minutes, so not much longer to wait now for the fans whoâve ââ
Regina turned the radio off and stood up from where she was seated. She looked around the trailer and smiled happily at her son. Henry was slumped in a comfy armchair and had just looked up from his phone. He raised an eyebrow as he saw his mother had stood up.
âWhere are you going? Is it time?â
âWell we should go out soon, if we donât want to miss the beginning. But Iâd like to wait for your mom to go back first. She should be done with makeup soon.â As she was speaking, Regina had crossed over to her son and was ruffling his hair. She quickly glanced at his phone to see what had him staring at his screen in silence for the past 10 minutes.
âMom!â Henry whined, trying to put the phone back in his pocket before his mom could see the screen. He wasnât quick enough though, and Regina had time to see he was exchanging texts with a certain Paige. The name sounded familiar to Regina; she probably went to school with Henry.
âPaige is in my English class. Weâre paired up on a projectâ Henry muttered, blushing all the way to his ears. Regina hummed and kissed the top of his head, taking advantage that he was sitting down and thus not taller than her.
âYouâre getting too bigâ she complained softly. âMy big boy.â
âMom, Iâm 16, you donât have to call me that. It makes me feel like Iâm five all over again. Besides, youâll have a very little boy â or girl â again in a few months.â As he said this, Henry gestured to Reginaâs baby bump. At four months pregnant, it was still relatively discreet but undeniably there. Regina had made quite the sensation at the Oscars, a couple days back, by walking down the red carpet as a nominee and in a tight dress, while not having made any pregnancy announcement before.
The door of the trailer opened and Henry jumped to his feet. In came Emma Swan, Reginaâs girlfriend.
âWell, well, well, if this isnât Academy Award winner Regina Mills and her son, whoâs turning out to be quite the teenage heartthrob!â Emma joked, quoting word for word a press article thatâd been released the day before and had caused Regina to roll her eyes and sigh heavily at the word âheartthrobâ.
âAnd here is Emma Swan of the world renowned girl band The Mares!â Henry answered in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic voice. âMom wanted to see you before we go sit down.â
âI wanted to wish you luck before you went on stage, and to give you thisâŚâ Regina stood on the tip of her toes and gave Emma a soft kiss, lingering a couple seconds too long for Henry to be completely comfortable watching them.
âThanks for coming tonight. Iâm sure youâll love the showâ Emma said after their kiss ended.
âAlways so modestâ Regina commented with a wink. âI know itâll be great. Well, Henry and I should go take our seats. See you onstage?â
Emma watched her son and girlfriend leave the trailer together, and her three band mates come in right after them. Mary Margaret, Ashley and Ruby were all ready to go, and the four women took a few minutes to go through their pre-concert ritual together.
The concert was already well in its third hour. Regina and Henry were immensely enjoying themselves in the VIP section, and Emma looked just as happy on stage. The band had just finished performing âHeartbeatsâ, one of their most romantic songs that Emma had written with Regina in mind. Suddenly, Emma started speaking into her microphone.
âI wrote this song with someone very specific in mind: the love of my life. Sheâs here tonight and I want to dedicate this song, this show, hell, everything good in my life to her, because I owe her every single happy thing thatâs been happening to me lately.â Emma turned toward the VIP section and gave Regina the widest of smiles. âRegina, youâre the magic in my life. Youâre an exceptional woman, the best mother to our son and overall the greatest person Iâve ever met. Iâm proud of you in everything you do, and Iâm so thankful for you. But I feel like thereâs one last thing missing. So, and please donât hate me for doing it in front of everyone⌠Marry me?â There was a moment of silence all over the crowd, and Regina felt like all of her blood was rushing to her feet. She held onto Henryâs shoulder for balance. The teenager had an exceptionally large smile as he looked at his mom and wrapped an arm around her.
âWait, thereâs a ring! Kid, give your mom the ring!â Emma exclaimed, suddenly remembering about it. Emmaâs forgetfulness and spontaneity caused the audience to laugh wholeheartedly.
Henry handed his mother the jewelry box. The ring was timeless and sober, and exactly what Regina liked. One of the tech crew members walked over to them with a microphone, and Henry held it to his momâs mouth.
âOf course Iâll marry you, Emma.â
The entire stadium erupted in cheers, and Mary Margaret, Ashley and Ruby all high fived in the back. Emma blew her now fiancĂŠe a kiss, before exclaiming âAwesome! Now, before I can go  and really kiss my fiancĂŠe, letâs wrap this all up with âNumber oneâ!â















