The Life We Will Fight For

True Love

„Aaaaaaaaaaah!!", a scream loud and agonizing enough to chill one down to the bone echoed through the delivery room and beyond.

And Emma almost felt as if it was herself giving birth all over again. Because accompanying her former arch nemesis through the delivery process turned out to be just as much work, at least.

„It's alright, Regina", she said, herself out of breath by now, „Breathe... deep breaths, breathe with me!"

„Just go away, Miss Swan, will you?!", the mother to be was close to tears and almost crying – but just almost. She wouldn't give anyone the satisfaction to see her upset, least of all this insufferable person that she had been grateful to be rid of every single day back home in the Enchanted Forest.

„I'm not leaving you! Regina... your... sister, well... not sister, but... you know what I mean. She wouldn't want me to."

„But you cannot help me here! On the contrary, you're literally the last person in all the realms I'd want to have here with me right nooooowaaaaaaah! FUCK!!!"

Emma gasped – she wasn't used to the queen cursing.

„Regina... uhm, You... Your Majesty", Dr. Whale mumbled, „You're pressing your legs together. You can't do that, you're about to crown any moment."

„Crown? What crown?", she gasped.

„That means the baby's head is pushing out soon."

„Well, I'm not gonna have this baby without Robin."

Emma rolled her eyes and finally had to cross her arms in front of her chest. „We've been through this, haven't we... He'll be here as fast as he can. But your daughter wants to be born NOW!"

„NO!", she screamed, „Robin... No... It wasn't meant to be like this, it was never meant to be like this!"

„I know, I know, but don't you want to meet her? Don't you finally want to hold her in your arms? Look into her eyes? See what she looks like? Whether she has your hazel eyes or Robin's blue ones? She's going to be so beautiful, Regina... either way."

„Stop sweet-talking me, you think I don't know that? Obviously she will be beautiful!"

„Then PUSH! Please... help her come into this world. I know you want to. Very soon you won't be able to hold back anymore, you just have to push."

„AAAAAaaaaahhhhh!!", her face was pulled into a terrifying grimace as another contraction ripped her apart when all of a sudden the door flew open.

„REGINA!!"

Her eyes grew wide as she lay there, out of breath, unable to believe what she was seeing in front of her. Or rather, who. „Robin?! Is it really you?"

It didn't take him long to assess the situation. Apparently he was just in time. He was about to be a father! Without wasting another split second he ran towards her and pulled her into his arms as if he wanted to rip her away with him and out of this world.

„This, I'm sorry, but...", Dr. Whale objected, „I don't think this is very sanitary, there's a risk of..."

But Emma simply cut him off with a simple move of her hand, shaking her head. It was no use. They wouldn't care one bit, and they were probably right.

„I've said it before and I'll say it again", the doctor sighed, „I'm not getting paid enough for this... Giving birth... with HER?"

„And thinking you'll have to do it all over again just months from now", Emma mumbled, „and TWICE..."

„Please... don't remind me of it..."

„Yes, it's me!", Robin said, laughing while at the same time crying out of relief, happiness and gratitude as he gently ran his hand over her messy hair, wet from sweating by exhaustion.