specuality

I think I wrote this 2 years ago.. I don’t even remember it, but it was in my drafts for a long time on my main blog, so I just wanted to post it here.

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Regina’s heart stopped in her chest. She was going to have an aneurysm, faint, die, or something.

There she was.

It’d been five years, but Regina would recognize that blonde head anywhere. Given, she had on more than one occasion mistaken other women for Emma, but those incidents were all in those first few, terrible months after Emma had disappeared and before Emma had been declared dead by the police reports.

And based on the wreckage at the accident, Regina had known the chances of Emma’s survival had been next to impossible. But she’d never been one to give up hope so easily. Not even when the coroner had pulled her aside to examine the evidence. No hospitals in the state had admitted any patient by the name of Emma Swan and based on the amount of blood loss. It was impossible, he’d told her quietly, for her to survive without immediate medical attention.

Eventually, she’d grown to accept it. She stopped waiting for a miracle to happen because either way Emma was gone. And Henry still needed her. He’d just turned a year old on the night of Emma’s accident. His birthday was a painful reminder of their loss each year, but Regina tried to be

But now, Emma stood in front of her, browsing the autobiography section of the bookstore, like her disappearance hadn’t torn apart the life of one small town mayor. She turned her head to look at another section of the shelf and Regina’s breath caught in her throat again.

It was her. It was undoubtedly her. The curve of her brow, the sharp nose, the mouth that always hung a little slacken when in thought, the chin. Except for the scar that ran along her cheekbone and into her hair. Except for that, it was all Emma Swan.

Regina took a step forward.

Her throat was so tight, she didn’t think she could breathe let alone speak.

“Emma.”

It was barely a whisper.

“Emma.” She tried again.

All of a sudden, her heart was beating too too fast. Regina was afraid it was going to pop out of her chest. Emma turned around and for the first time in five years, Regina laid eyes on her girlfriend.