fromfireandwater:

No, love, no. Love is strength, what you decide to make with the empowerment that gives you is a whole different story. You chose to stand by Daniel’s love to get stronger on your revenge, that’s no good. Your step daughter, on the other side, chose love to make her stronger to protect what she wanted. Still not good. Now, that you have a son, you should focus on the love you feel for him, and protect that spark of love forever.

Regina flashed a slight smile, nodding at his words. She could hear the echo of her own words of time long past running through her head. True love is magic. It had been a long time since she had believed that. But, perhaps, it was time to start believing it once more. She needed to win Henry back. She just needed to. He was all she had left. So, she gave her father one last affirmative nod and let her smile widen. “Thank you, Daddy. I suppose you are quite right. I need to focus on him. I need to win back his love.”