#swatkat

Emma Swan’s Quidditch career, despite her brief and remarkable stint with the US national team, went nowhere. Hired as the coach of the hapless Storybrooke Sirens by none other than the Regina Mills (also known as the Evil Queen in certain quarters), Emma is expected to perform a miracle – or at least, ensure that the Sirens don’t end up at the bottom of the league yet again. It doesn’t help that she and Regina really don’t see eye to eye on most things, or that Regina Mills is really attractive.

“I wasn’t actually out on patrol,” he tells her, still panting. “I followed you here.” “What? Why? ” Emma asks him. There’s a long pause where the boy seems to deflate. It’s like all his swagger disappears, and what’s left is a timid, impossibly young kid. Her heart races and she doesn’t know why. “My name is Henry Mills,” the kid says eventually. Emma actually does stop breathing then. “I’m your son.”

“I wasn’t actually out on patrol,” he tells her, still panting. “I followed you here.” “What? Why? ” Emma asks him. There’s a long pause where the boy seems to deflate. It’s like all his swagger disappears, and what’s left is a timid, impossibly young kid. Her heart races and she doesn’t know why. “My name is Henry Mills,” the kid says eventually. Emma actually does stop breathing then. “I’m your son.” * (Or, how Emma Swan met Henry Mills, and re-connected with his other mother. It's complicated.)