If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share. [Thanksgiving Day in the City]

[gloriouscurse]

Never had Regina had an abundance to be thankful for. Henry, of course, she was glad every day for him. Under the curse they'd had this holiday together, though it had always been just them, and after it broke the holidays had fallen to the wayside as event after event happened in Storybrooke. Then there was the year spent back in the forest, and though everyone knew what it was, there hadn't been much to celebrate. Or if anyone had, Regina certainly hadn't taken part in the festivities. She'd had nothing but newfound vengeance. In her life before, there was no such thing as 'Thanksgiving' and the last large meal she'd had, the last grand gathering, had been the king's birthday and she couldn't have cared less if she tried.

This year is different. This year there's family and friends of the family and things to celebrate. There's Henry getting to have a holiday with all three of his parents, there's Robin and Roland and a happiness that has managed to settle into Regina's belly and slowly allow her to relax. She hasn't had a terrible dream in weeks, and maybe she's started to let herself believe that this could be how her life is. She finds herself wanting it, the warmth Cora's home never allowed for, the laughter she's denied herself, and so she works hard at it, cooking and baking. Henry's with her in the kitchen in the morning after spending the day before hunting wild turkey with Robin. There are appetizers out by eleven: parmesan and cream cheese pumpkin puffs, deviled eggs and veggies with homemade dip. The wine and drinks are flowing by noon, and at three, dinner is served with traditional fare: turkey and stuffing, mashed and sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, real cranberry sauce and everything in between. She'd urged her guests to bring food they enjoyed too. Dessert is during mid-cleanup and includes Henry's no-bake pumpkin pie, an apple pie, pecan, and sweet potato.

The dull chatter in the room, the occasional laughter and the noise of whatever people watched on television during Thanksgiving all lended itself to make her step back and watch for a moment, eyes suspiciously damp. She's truly thankful, because she never thought she'd have this.

[ooc: Treat as gathering! Lots of mingling and tagging one another.]

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[wanttobeahero]

"Yeah, Emma, too." Before, when he first met her, the only food she had was basically cereal and peanut butter and bread. So that's definitely changed, but it's a good thing, he thinks. "I have to meet Barbara, too." Since he hasn't yet.

[ghost_holder]

Aggie nods, smiling. The first night of her arrival, Barbara had had stew and Aggie had been grateful, though attached to certain outdated notions about which vegetables were safe to eat. "She wasn't a bad cook, but now we've both learned how to cook more."

[wanttobeahero]

"It's actually kind of fun," Henry decides. He never really thought it was lame or anything, he'd just been a kid, and therefore, used to his mom cooking for him. He never had to think about it. And technically, he still doesn't, but it's fun, he enjoys doing it.

Then he glances over at his dad, and he realizes he hasn't told any of his friends about his dad being here yet. It's been a lot to deal with emotionally, and he's just kept it to himself.

"My dad just came here, to Darrow. He's...over there," Henry points to the man in the corner.

[ghost_holder]

"So you have two moms and a dad now?" Aggie asks. She offers him a wry smile and leans forward in her seat. "How do you ever get away with anything?" She's only teasing, of course, but she knows that even with just Barbara, she seems to know everything. But then, she is a super hero.

"Are you happy to see him though?"

[wanttobeahero]

"I don't, really," he smirks. And yeah, sometimes he wishes he had more privacy, but he loves his parents a lot, so it works out anyway.

Nodding, he takes a breath. "Before I came here, my dad...he'd only been dead for a week and I just never really let him go, and now he's here, so I just wanna spend as much time with him as I can."

[ghost_holder]

"And I thought it was bad having..." Aggie lowers her voice, "superheroes for guardians." Not that there's a whole lot she tries to do. The world's at her feet when it comes to powers and the things

"It must have sounded so good...hearing his voice again."