This is my fic for my OnceUponASecretSanta and it started with the prompt(s) below, I was gonna mainly do the second one and flashback to the first but I got slightly carried away so it's become a multi-chapter fic J

I own nothing *cries dramatically*

Prompt #1: A fic with a town Christmas party where Regina jokingly has to kiss Emma under the mistletoe, which eventually leads to their feelings for each other coming out and have a perfect dramatic Christmas day love proclaiming thing

Prompt #2: A Christmas themed Swan Queen fic! This can be one shot or multi chaptered, whatever you are more comfortable with/have the time to do. One where they are established married and together as a family and have Henry and another baby would be amazing

12th December 2017

It was that time of year again; time for the tree, the lights and the tinsel to go up. Emma smiled as she brought the decorations down from the loft and thought, another Christmas with her amazing family. As she set the boxes down at the foot of the ladder, something green caught the corner of her eye and she giggled.

Mistletoe.

She turned to find the culprit standing in the doorway of their bedroom with a mischievous grin on her face.

~~~Christmas Eve 2014~~~

The Christmas after Elsa left, Emma was feeling a bit down. She had lost a great friend when Elsa had returned to Arendelle and over the months, she'd drifted apart from Hook. He had fought with Will again and it'd been the last straw. Turned out Mr Gold was right about him being the man he always was and she didn't really want Henry or Neal around him.

So there she was, standing in the corner of her parent's apartment on Christmas Eve with a glass of wine in one hand and a sausage roll in the other. She watched the gaggle of fairy-tale characters milling around, cooing at her baby brother, and picking at Granny's buffet.

As she watched, she noticed that she wasn't the only lonely one at the party. Regina was leaning against a pillar in the kitchen as Mary Margaret heated up Neal's night time bottle. Those two had grown much closer since defeating Zelena and Robin's departure, Emma was still getting used to it. She moved over to where Regina stood and sighed.

"How's my drinking buddy holding up?" Regina finished what was left of her wine before answering. "Well, I've just finished my 3rd glass of wine this evening, so how do you think?"

"Sounds to me like you need a 4th." Emma replies with a grin. Regina simply smiled as the blonde reached for the bottle behind the counter and poured them both a hefty glug. Raising her glass in a toast to Henry's happiness Emma and Regina's glasses clinked and they each took a good swig of the burgundy liquid that lay within.

As the night moved on the pair became more and more inebriated, giggling tipsily in the corner whilst Henry and his grandparents watched with amusement. It got to a point (Emma doesn't remember exactly when) where David came over and offered to drive Henry and Regina home. It had already been agreed that he was to spend Christmas Eve with Regina and Christmas night with Emma. The two women stumbled to the door, trying to act as sober as they could but failing miserably. Emma reached to collect their coats when she felt a nudge from Regina. She looked over her shoulder and Regina giggled, pointing to the ceiling above her head.

Mistletoe.

Still grinning, Regina moved to peck Emma on the cheek but at precisely the moment when lips would've met cheek, Emma turned to fully face Regina and their lips crashed together. Neither of them realised what happened until they pulled apart a few moments later. Regina's mouth had dropped open slightly as she realised what she had just done. She had initiated that kiss (even though Emma had turned at the wrong time) and she had felt a spark of something she never thought she'd feel again since Robin had left.

Thankfully, no one saw as Mary Margaret and David were putting Neal to sleep and Henry was in the bathroom. Mumbling slightly Regina grabbed her coat off the hook next to Emma's head and slipped out to wait in the hall.

Still tipsy and now confused Emma's brow furrowed as David reappeared from his room, "Where's Regina?" he asked, just as Henry joined them at the door. Emma pointed wordlessly to the hallway before climbing the stairs to her room. David and Henry glanced at each other in confusion and opened the door to find Regina sat at the top of the stairs, head in her hands and groaning quietly. "Let's get you two home then." David sighed as he leant to help Regina up and with the help of David and Henry, Regina made it safely to the truck, only stumbling once.

The two men helped her into the passenger side and moved around to get in themselves, talking in hushed tones as they went. It was only when they clambered into the truck that Regina realised they were talking about Emma.

"I don't know Henry, you'd have to ask your mother." Regina's ears pricked up at this and she forced her tired head up to look at her son.

"Mom do you know why Ma was acting weird when we left?" Regina flushed. Had Emma felt it too? A spark between them when they had shared that kiss? Thankfully neither of the men could see her flushed cheeks so she merely muttered that she had no idea and stared straight ahead trying her best to keep her sudden nausea at bay.

Pulling up outside the Regina's house David stopped the truck and moved to help her inside until her words stopped him. "Thank you for driving us David but I think I can make it inside on my own. I'll see you for lunch tomorrow."

Regina pulled herself out of the truck and leant against it while Henry got out behind her. Waving as David drove off, Henry and his mom made their way up to their door where a forest green wreath with a golden bow hung. Regina fumbled around in her bag for her keys before stumbling through the door and kicking off her heels. Henry moved into the kitchen and Regina quietly followed. She stood against the doorframe and watched as he poured her some water and got some aspirin out of the cupboard to counteract her oncoming hangover. Giving him a hug, Regina gulped down the water and aspirin before refilling the glass to take to bed.

"Mom, what happened between you and Ma?" The question surprised Regina in the silence and she looked uneasily at the floor as she asked him what he was talking about.

"Mom please, I've known you both for 10 years, seriously two sets of memories in my head gets really confusing sometimes, and I can always see when something is up. And something is definitely up." Henry finished, looking pointedly at his mother. It was clear he wasn't about to let the matter go.

Regina took a deep breath, closed her eyes and spoke

"Emma and I kissed." Hearing no response from her son, Regina slowly opened her eyes, fearing the look of disgust she expected to see. Instead, she was pleasantly surprised to see her son's grinning face.

"Well it's about bloody time!" He exclaimed.

"Henry watch your language." Regina scolded out of habit, before doing a double take as the words sunk in, "Wait, what do you mean it's about time?"

"Well, ever since Robin left and Emma broke up with Killian, you two have been spending a lot of time together with Operation Mongoose and I can see you two sharing odd looks." Henry spoke in such a matter of fact way, as if only an idiot wouldn't see the growing friendship between his mothers.

"Yes well that may be, but I don't know what Emma thinks of all this." Regina replied, slightly flustered. She was still in shock from Henry's easy acceptance at this turn of events.

Henry pulled his mother into a tight hug and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Pulling back he smiled "Everything will be fine mom, I promise." He assured her before turning and running up the stairs to bed.

Regina stayed leant against the kitchen worktop for quite some time before she forced herself to move towards her study and collect the presents she had stashed in the drawers of her desk. Since she no longer had any mayoral paperwork to keep in there, she might as well make good use of the beautiful antique. Carrying them into the living room to place under the tree, she inspected them each for any tears or shoddy wrapping. She smiled as she looked at the presents she had bought for Henry. After her year without him in the Enchanted Forest, she had decided to spoil him and had possibly gone slightly overboard, but she didn't care. He was, after all, her son. She had even got a few presents for Emma and the Charmings, having never had so many people around her at this time of year she wanted to express her gratitude.

She glanced at the clock as she finished placing Henry's now bulging stocking on the fireplace and was shocked to find that it was almost Christmas day. Walking back into the kitchen to grab her water, she slowly made her way up to her room, pausing only to check in on Henry to make sure he was sound asleep, before collapsing still clothed into bed.

Regina woke up promptly at 6am, a habit that remained from her days as a mayor and mother to a toddler, quickly changed into her pyjamas before Henry brought her breakfast. She could still remember when he was seven and first brought her breakfast in bed, burnt toast with milky tea. She smiled sleepily at the memory as she drifted back to sleep.

The door opened as half past seven and a tray of croissants, pain au chocolat, coffee (hers) and hot chocolate with cinnamon (his) was placed on the bed. Henry climbed up to join her and Regina leaned over to hug her son, careful not to knock over the drinks, and wished him a Merry Christmas. They ate their breakfast in a happy silence and left Regina's room shortly after eight moving down to the living room to watch TV while Henry opened his stocking.

After lounging around on the couch for another hour or so, Regina decided it was time to get dressed and make a start on the Christmas meal for 5 that she'd offered to host. She jumped in the shower quickly and dried off her hair before putting on some slim dark blue jeans and a mint green jumper with a polar bear on it. Henry had bought it for her the last Christmas they'd had before the curse broke. Walking back downstairs she saw Henry completely engrossed in his new Captain America: The Winter Soldier DVD and smiled at the thought of finally having him home for Christmas again.

"Henry don't forget that Emma, your grandparents and uncle will be round here at 12 and I'd rather you didn't open the door in your pyjamas." Henry half-heartedly agreed and bounded up the stairs to change and ran down again moments later buttoning up his shirt and resuming his film.

By the time the doorbell rang 3 hours later, Regina was rushing around in the kitchen trying to make sure nothing burned, and Henry was halfway through the first of many Disney films that would grace the TV screen that day. Full of energy he jumped up and ran to let in the rest of his family, hugging each of them as they stepped through the door.

"Hey kiddo, where's Regina?" Emma asked as she closed the door behind her.

"She's in the kitchen." Henry replied as he bent down to make faces at his uncle. Emma moved towards the kitchen and thrust the sack of present she'd been carrying into her son's hands telling him to put them under the tree.

"We need to talk." Emma said as she stood in the doorway of Regina's kitchen. Regina froze at Emma's voice.

"Yes I imagine we do" she acknowledged turning to look at the blonde. Her eyes wandered over Emma's outfit, the scarlet knee length dress, furry ankle boots with a small heel and lightly curled hair and she caught her breath.

"You look incredible." Regina whispered as Emma blushed a shade of red that echoed her dress.

"I'll ask my mom to watch the food if you want to go somewhere more private to talk" Emma offered. Regina nodded and walked out of the kitchen and across the hall to her study, motioning for Emma to follow.

"Mom can you watch the food quickly? Regina and I need to…. Errr…. to make sure we didn't get Henry the same things." Regina rolled her eyes at the lame excuse. As Emma followed Regina she noticed Henry grinning from the lounge doorway. Assuming it was just about his presents she thought nothing of it and walked into the study closing the door behind her.

"Henry knows." Regina blurted out before Emma had even turned to face her.

"Well that explains the look on his face when I said I needed to speak to you." Emma responded as she turned to face the brunette. Both women looked away from each other as one digested this new information and the other wished words would come to her, if only to fill this god-awful silence between them.

"So um, we need to talk about what happened last -" Regina started to speak but was cut off by the sudden softness of Emma's lips meeting her own and completely overpowering them. Stumbling backwards Regina hit her desk and steadied herself, pushing back softly against Emma. "Wait Emma. What are you doing?" Regina asked breathlessly, trying to control the swirl of thoughts and emotions currently racing around her head.

"Regina I've spent my life learning how to read people, and I could see it as soon as I walked into your kitchen, that that kiss meant something to you, just as it did to me and I-" Now it was Emma's babbling that was cut short as Regina covered her lips and cupped her cheeks, pulling Emma's head closer.

Emma was getting a bit too into the kiss, her hands now in Regina's hair clutching the brunette as close as physically possible to her and her tongue teasing the entrance to Regina's lips. Once again Regina gently pushed Emma away and spoke as calmly as she could. "Dear, your parents and our son are in the next room. I think maybe we should get back to them before they come looking for us?" Reluctantly Emma agreed and gave Regina a final peck on the lips. Before she could leave, however, Regina lightly grabbed her wrist, "and maybe we should wait before we spring this on them? It is Christmas after all, and I think there's enough to be dealing with today." Emma nodded and smiled happily at Regina before leaving the study to go and see their son properly.

As Regina followed Emma out, smoothing her hair as she went, she noticed Henry standing over the stove and not his grandmother. "Um Henry? Where is Mary Margaret? We asked her to watch the food…"

"Neal started crying so she went to see to him" Henry responded as he turned to face his mother with a grin on his face. "So did you and Ma sort things out?"

Regina blushed at the abruptness of his words. "Like I'd believe the 'make sure we didn't get Henry the same gifts' excuse. You guys did that weeks ago." Henry added.

"I think we're going to give things a try." At this Henry's face lit up and Regina had to shush her son before he drew attention to himself. "But we've agreed to keep it quiet until after Christmas. So please try to refrain from using that adorable smile of yours." She added giving Henry a hug as she chucked him on the cheek and herded him back into the living room.

Regina could see Mary Margaret standing in the doorway of the living room staring out at her happy little family.

"Didn't I ask you to watch the food, not the family?" Regina asked with a small smile

Mary Margaret ignored the quip and turned to move into the kitchen and join her Step-Mother.

"My son was crying! Have you two sorted it all out now?" Regina stopped with a start before groaning and rolling her eyes in exasperation.

"Not you as well?" she asked.

"Well? Did you two talk?" Regina blushed slightly.

"We didn't so much as talk as… well… kiss." Regina blushed harder, she couldn't believe she was telling Snow White of all people this. And realising how hot her cheeks were, she couldn't believe she was blushing so much about it.

At this point Mary Margaret squealed. An actual proper ear-splitting squeal. Who does that? Regina thought with a wince.

"We still need to discuss what's going to happen between us, but I think we'll do that another day, when I don't have to entertain." Regina hoped that this would put any wondering questions at bay, at least for now. Luckily it worked

"That's fair enough." Mary Margaret replied, and much to Regina's surprise, proceeded to hug her step-mother. "I'm glad you're finally getting your happy ending. You deserve it." And as quickly as she had entered the kitchen, she left, walking back into the living room to make a fuss of her son, leaving a bewildered Regina to get back to cooking Christmas lunch.

An hour and a half later, with some help from David, Christmas lunch had been laid out on the table in all its glory and the rest of the family called to eat. With the goose taking centre stage on the scarlet table cloth, it left little room for the potatoes, the stuffing, the gravy and (much to Henry's disgusted face) the vegetables.

Regina wasn't used to cooking for more than herself and Henry so she overdid the portions slightly. By the end of lunch she had half the table still covered with food to try and get into the freezer. Regina was under strict instructions not to help with the clearing up so she retreated to the living room with Henry and Neal to watch another Disney film (Her choice this time to say thanks for the 'epic Christmas lunch' as Henry put it).

While Mary Margaret headed into the kitchen to start the long task of washing up, David and Emma started stacking the empty plates. "What's going on between you and Regina?" Emma froze.

"What do you mean?" Emma mumbled unconvincingly.

"Emma, you're my daughter. You don't think I can tell when you're acting weird? You rushed off last night after we left you with Regina. It doesn't take a genius to put the pieces together."

Emma smiled. "I don't know what's going on Dad. All I know is that when I think about being with her, I just feel so happy. She makes me happy Dad. She's changed. She's not the Evil Queen anymore."

David put the plates back down on the table and moved to hug his daughter "As long as you're happy. Then that's all that matters." They only broke apart from their hug when Mary Margaret asked what was taking them so long.

When all the dishes had been cleaned and put away and all the leftovers crammed into the freezer, it was time for Henry's favourite part of Christmas. Presents. Henry rushed to place his family around the living room: Regina on the chair by the fireplace; Mary Margaret and David on the couch with baby Neal at their feet; Emma on the chair by the tree and Henry plonked himself down in front of the tree.

After Henry had distributed the presents he tore into his own pile, leaving everyone else to go through their presents at their own pace. Neal sat giggling in his carrier as he watched his nephew tear into each gift with a smile on his face. Soon enough Henry was sat surrounded by shreds of paper and brand new toys, among which were a Harry Potter replica wand, Clue board game and a set of binoculars for Operation Mongoose.

Neal was too young to understand what was going on, or how to open his new presents so he had some help from his parents, nephew and even his sister opened a present for him. He looked to be thoroughly over the moon with his new onesies, toys and even a storybook courtesy of Regina.

Mary Margaret's favourite present was a photo frame with a picture of her, David, Emma and Neal inside. A gift from Henry.

Men have always been notoriously difficult to buy for so David just received the standard gift of socks from his daughter (everyone always needs more socks). This made Regina chuckle when he unwrapped her gift, another pair of socks.

Emma received a new mint green leather jacket with white piping to add to her collection and could hardly fail to notice that it echoed the exact shade of Regina's jumper. This made her smile even larger as she hugged her parents.

As Regina unwrapped her gift from Emma she froze. Lying amongst the tissue paper was a necklace, a simple silver chain with a glass pendant dangling from it. It used to belong to her mother. Her father had given it to her when they'd married and, though Cora couldn't abide sentimentality (Love is weakness), she did admire the colours it emitted as the light hit it.

Without a word Regina got up from her chair and crossed in front of the fireplace to where Emma sat. Bending down she cupped Emma's cheeks with her hands, brought her face up to hers and kissed her. Trying to put what she wanted to say into the kiss, because right now, words failed her.

This time it was Emma who pulled away, remembering that her parents and their son were watching.

"Where on earth did you find it?" Regina asked in disbelief as she stared at Emma, who was now standing sheepishly in front of her.

"It was in Belle's shop. I found it when I was looking for something for my mom, I noticed the name and thought you'd like to have it." Emma spoke mostly into her chest, waiting for Regina to realise that she'd kissed her in front of her parents and their son.

"I thought this was lost when my curse hit." Regina whispered with her hands still cupped around Emma's face.

It was David's cough that finally pulled Regina from her thoughts and made her realise that she and Emma were not alone. Blushing profusely she turned to face the rest of the room, clinging to Emma for support. It was Henry who broke this new found silence with a whoop of joy. This caused Emma to blush too as they both chuckled. "I'm guessing, this makes us official?" Emma asks Regina, a hint of hope reflected in her eyes.

"Yes my dear, I suppose it does." Regina says kissing Emma softly on the lips. Chuckling softly when they heard Neal gurgling his approval.

After all the paper had been collected and crammed into the bin, Henry selected a film for all of them to watch. To no one's surprise he picked out another Disney film. As the opening titles to Enchanted rolled onto the screen and Julie Andrews' voice echoed through the room, everyone settled down around the TV.

Mary Margaret and David had pulled the chair by the tree around to join the other and sat upon those. Henry sat on the floor with an excitable Neal while Regina and Emma were curled up on the couch.

Emma sat between the couch and Regina, with her arms around wrapped snuggly around her chest, clutching her close as though she never wanted to let her go again.

Henry had specifically chosen this film to allow his grandparents and mom to see just how funny and weird it was to the real world when those from the fairy-tale land appeared. He found it hilarious to see David's reaction to Prince Edward and Mary Margaret's reaction to Giselle. To everyone's surprise Regina laughed at the Evil Queen Narissa and her plot to kill Giselle to keep her title, pointing out that at least she had wanted revenge and wasn't just Evil to keep her crown. This earned a nervous giggle from Mary Margaret and a kiss to her cheek from Emma.

As the night moved on, more and more Disney films graced the screen of Regina's TV. When everyone had recovered from the amazing lunch Regina had cooked and were in need of more food, she reluctantly vacated the warmth of Emma's arms and dragged Emma with her into the kitchen to prepare some nibbles. The two of them plated up toast with pate, mini sausage rolls, crisps and (at Regina's insistence) some cut up carrots and cucumber. Stealing kisses as they moved around the kitchen felt like the most natural thing in the world.

Emma poured them both a small glass of wine (both still recovering from the amount they drank the previous night) and wrapped her arms around Regina's waist placing a line of kisses along her jawline making her moan. Once again Regina had to be the adult (though she really didn't want to) and pulled away, cheekily reminding her that her family was in the room next door.

Emma pouted and placed one last kiss to Regina's lips "Our family." She corrected, causing Regina to smile.

Grabbing the plates, Emma moved back into the living room, placing them on the coffee table that held some of the more expensive Christmas presents to be kept out of Neal's reach, and more importantly, his mouth. Regina followed suit with her and Emma's drinks and large glasses of wine for Mary Margaret and David and a glass of coke for Henry.

Emma settled herself back down on the sofa and pulled Regina down to join her. Regina nestled herself against Emma's left side, so they both had hands free for food. But as soon as Emma was done eating she pulled Regina flush against her chest, just as they had been before stomachs started rumbling.

They stayed like this throughout the entirety of Tangled and through half of Brave before Regina started to drift off, the warmth of Emma's arms and the length of the day catching up with her. As the closing credits for Brave rolled up the screen, Regina stirred. Looking up at the clock she realised it was nearly 11 and, although she didn't want this incredible day to be over, Mary Margaret and David had decided that it was time to go home. Neal needed to sleep properly as he was getting cranky and Mary Margaret herself was stifling yawns.

Sitting up and stretching Regina immediately felt the absence of Emma on her back, turning to face her she pressed a kiss to Emma's lips, smiling as she did so. Emma could sense that Regina didn't want her to go, so when Regina's lips left her own she spoke "I'll bring Henry back in the morning and we'll spend the day together, just the three of us."

Regina's smile grew bigger as Emma turned to face their son "how does that sound kiddo? Wanna spend tomorrow with your moms?"

Henry nodded excitedly but added that he didn't want them to spend the whole day kissing. At this Emma promptly turned back to Regina and pulled her in for a kiss, making a face at Henry as they broke apart.

Once all of Neal's presents had been packed into Emma's bug (there simply wasn't room in the truck's cabin for 2 adults, a baby and all his presents) and Neal himself strapped into his car seat, Emma's parents made their way back to the loft to put him to sleep, leaving Emma and Henry to say goodnight to Regina.

"I'm so glad you two have finally sorted things out between you." Henry voiced as he hugged his moms, giving Regina a kiss on the cheek before moving to get into Emma's bug.

"What the kid said" Emma added cheekily, placing a soft kiss to Regina's lips, pulling her by the waist so she was flush against her. This time around it was Regina who thrust her hands into Emma's hair to keep her in place and used her tongue to gain entrance to Emma's mouth.

Minutes passed spent like this until Emma pulled away, resting her forehead against Regina's she spoke "as much as I love this, seriously I could spend all day doing this, I should probably get Henry home to bed." Nodding in agreement Regina caressed Emma's cheek before placing one last kiss to Emma's lips and watching as she made her way to her car.

Regina moved to the kitchen to clear up but decided that it could wait till tomorrow. Smiling to herself she changed out her jumper and jeans and into her pyjamas. Crashing down onto her bed, she was asleep in moments. Her smile still present when her eyes drifted shut.