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ᴬ ᴳᵒᵒᵈ ᴹᵒᵗʰᵉʳ
A Good Mother While Regina was still trying to make peace with Emma, and had little interest in doing so with the Charmings she was making a connection with someone else close to Henry. Neal. Now not only did Henry have Emma but now he had his biological father as well. Most would assume Regina saw this as just another threat to her relationship with Henry but on the contrary, she detected no threat from Neal. Perhaps it was because he was a man, he wasn't trying to swoop in and steal her role in Henry's life as she felt Emma was.
With Henry away for the night with Emma, Regina had invited Neal over to her home so they could discuss his involvement with Henry as well as get to know about Henry's life. Neal seemed interested in it all, his past with Regina, how he came to be adopted by her. Emma on the other hand had had little interest in all of that.
After a few glasses of wine, and some food, Regina and Neal sat in front of the fireplace, scrapbooks just strewn around them, each marking a year in Henry's life. "You've kept it all organized." Neal said as he lazily flipped through one of the books, Henry's eighth year. Regina only gave a slight nod. "I never wanted to miss a moment." She confessed. "He was.. is everything to me."
Neal in return gave a nod. "I can see that. I'm glad he has you. He looks like he's had a great life." Neal pointed out with a smile. "He seemed real happy." Regina only sighed softly. "Until he was ten. I.. had lied to him. I allowed him to believe he was my natural son. And that his father was Daniel, my late fiance. When he found the adoption papers it rocked his entire life. And after that, all I did was make mistakes trying to keep him." She admitted.
"All parents make mistakes. I mean look at my old man." He said. Regina gave a nod "what he did was more than a mistake. To let his own son go just to retain his power." She said shaking her head. "I'd give up everything for Henry. My magic, power, hell I'd die for him if needed." She said so effortlessly.
Regina's love for Henry seemed so true, so pure, and without a single shred of doubt. Neal could see that. It was something he was beginning to find incredibly attractive in Regina. It was something he had never seen in his own mother much less his father. "You're a good mother Regina. Whatever you did in the past.. well you're trying to be better for Henry. I think it's safe to say that's more than either of our parents ever did for us."
Regina again left a soft sigh out as she took a sip of her wine. Neal was right in his assessment. Her own mother Cora had been so awful, she never would do to Henry what Cora had done to her. And her father, Henry Sr. While he had been loving and supportive he had never protected Regina, not like a father should.
Looking to Neal a small smile spread across Regina's face. "Whatever does happen.. I'd like for you to be a part of Henry's life Neal. For too long he's been deprived of a father son relationship. And it's something I can't give him." She said shrugging a little before holding up her glass to Neal. "To the future.. with Henry." Returning her smile Neal held his glass up, gently clinking it with hers before then taking a sip. "To the future Regina."
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