SwanQueen Week 2

Sharing (A)nother Child

Emma was out patrolling her night shift. It was dark and she could barely see anything if it wasn't for the lights on the street. It had only been an hour or so, when she heard it. The crying. The loud yet distant crying and Emma immediately reacted driving towards the sound.

She ended at the end of a oneway street and knew she had to go on foot. She immediately got out of the car and ran towards the crying, hearing it getting louder and louder. She ended behind a house, the dumpsters and trash standing in the darkness.

Emma pulled out her flashlight and it immediately landed on a blue blanket. She gasped out and ran over to the blanket, seeing a small baby laying on the cold ground. He couldn't be more than a few hours old. Emma immediately turned off the flashlight and took the baby into her arms. God he was so cold. She could feel him practically shake because of his fear and freezing.

She ran back to her car and drove calmly to the closets house she knew. 108 mifflin street. After two minutes of driving she finally reached the house and she got out of the car and ran over to the door, not even bothering to knock. She ran inside and into the living room, knowing Regina would be there. The brunette immediately stood from her seat, seeing the baby in Emma's arms.

"What happened?!"

"Here take him, I'm gonna make a bath for him", Emma said not even giving Regina a slight of chance to say anything before giving her the baby and Regina felt herself flinch at the coldness, gasping out.

"He so cold", she whispered holding the boy closer and Emma nodded running back out and up the stairs. Regina followed the blonde immediately into the bathroom where she had already started the water in the bathtub. Suddenly Emma started to undress and Regina felt herself blush looking away as the blonde took off her shirt and jeans, letting herself stay in her underwear. Suddenly the door opened and Henry stepped inside.

"Moms? Wha— woah ma", Henry said and Emma sighed deep looking at the water.

"It's almost done", she said taking the small boy back into her arms and gently took off the blanket giving it to Regina. She gently got into the bathtub and sat down, letting the boy get into the warm water. "There you go baby. Yeah there you go", she whispered and Regina and Henry watched as the blonde and the little boy sat in the bathtub, a smile on Emma's face.

"What happened Emma?", Regina asked calmly sitting down on the toilet and Emma sighed deep turning to Regina.

"I found him when I was out patrolling. He was laying by a dumpster, only that blanket around him", she explained and both Henry and Regina could hear the crack in her voice.

"I'll go warm up some milk for him. Maybe I can find one of the feeding bottles from when I got Henry"

Emma nodded and turned back to the boy who had now stopped crying, laying and taking soft deep breaths. "That's it sweetie. Now you're warm"

Henry walked closer, sitting on the toilet where his brunette mother had been sitting just seconds ago and Emma turned to him with a smile. "Hey kid. How are you?", she asked her thirteen year old son and said son smiled softly at her.

"I'm fine ma. I'm just worried about the little guy there", he said and Emma smiled softly at him.

"Me too kid. Me too"

After a long warm bath, Regina gave Emma one of Henry's small baby onesies and Emma put it on the little boy. It was a little big, but it fit him nonetheless. When he was ready she took him into her arms and held him close, letting him feel loved, before walking down the stairs and into the living room, seeing Regina sitting in the couch.

"Hey", she whispered and Regina turned to her giving a soft smile.

"Hi. How is he?"

"Better. Warmer definitely", Emma said with a smile and Regina smiled softly at her. She watched as Emma sat down next to her, and she turned to look at the little boy who had his head on Emma's chest, sleeping peacefully.