'He hates every second of it. He waits every night, though.'

Henry is a hero. At the age of 11, Henry is already a hero. He's just as responsible as Emma for the eventual freedom of the people in town, he'd done enormous good. But he's also a little boy who loves his mother. Both of his mothers. He loves Regina, but he's scared of her and ashamed of her, too, and he's far too young to sort out how he can love her and yet at the same time be her enemy. He's too young for the task he found himself faced with. He managed, though.

I love this piece. It is both so heartwarming and so heartbreaking at the same time.

This was lovely, achingly lovely. my poor heart.

I liked it & totally understand it. What complicated things we humans are, no?

The paragraph that begins "He hates her, you see." Ugh heart crushing, but I get it. It almost felt like I was reading an old journal of mine (if I had written one), about my own mother. She had her nightly routines for when I was awake & when our relationship began to strain she often lingered when she believed me to be asleep. I suppose I "hated" her loving nature because I wanted her to be mean & give me reason to hate her. Why hate her at all, right? She was nothing but a concerned mother. I blame hormones. And my parents for not slapping the back-talk out of me, lol. It also doesn't help that our society finds anger to be an inappropriate public reaction. So we tend to release that anger in our private lives instead - thrusting it upon the people whose only "wrongdoing" was to love us unconditionally.

this is so wonderfully written , no kidding. And oh the hurt. this hurt so much. thanks...I thought it would get sweet at the end or something but instead it only hurt more. yah. still great though ;_;

It works very good.
Actually I'm a bit of lose of words because I really think that this is a perfect little piece.
Sad of course, but on the other hand.. a very good and logical, sense-making inside view of the little boy.
Thank you!

wow. this is amazing. heart wrenching, but amazing.

I loved it. Simple as that. I absolutely loved it.

This was so great and I think sums these two up wonderfully. Though it really didn't do much to alleviate my strong dislike of Henry hah. Great story.

that's it? i hope youu writema continuation, or something based on this,it is really cute
*whispers* brought tears to my eyes
-EliCS-

Very ambivalent- which is probably accurate. Henry doesn't have the maturity to understand how you can love and hate someone at the same time. He's embarrassed by Regina, and feels guilty that she did these things- but she's still Mom.

I love this, so much so *erases your fin and waits for a new chapter*