Regina overhears the conversation between Emma and Ruby and thinks they are talking about Regina being bad in bed. She's furious but also heartbroken. The story goes to some flashbacks from SwanQueen's past.
English is not my first language and SwanQueen is the endgame! ;)
Regina is sitting at the last table at Granny's reading some papers and sipping from her cup of tea.
Everything is different from the first days after the curse was broken.
She is definitely welcome at Granny's and people's memories are slowly forgetting the distant past and instead they start remembering all these years when she was taking care of the town as the responsible mayor.
But she still doesn't need to bring necessary attention to herself.
So she's sitting with her back to the doors and minds only her own papers she needs to read.
As it appears no one except of her can really lead the town or they are not interested in doing it when they are the former dwarfs or fairies.
Thus she was designated the mayor again.
The only alternative is Charming and Snow White and well, they prove to be more interested in their family reunion than anything else.
Speaking of their family the doors open and the bell informs about new customer.
Regina doesn't turn to see who came in but a smirk appears on her face when she can hear the familiar voice.
"Hey, Ruby," Emma says, "can you get me the usual?"
"Your double sandwich? It's only ten, Emma, isn't it quite early for lunch?" the waitress laughs.
Now Regina really needs to turn around.
She knows that there will be a pout on the sheriff's face in mere seconds because there always is one when someone's teasing her for her never-ending appetite.
Regina slowly moves in her booth so she can secretly enjoy the show.
Unfortunately, she can't see sheriff's face but there is definitely show to watch.
Emma is leaning against the counter offering her backside for mayor's eyes to do thorough examination.
And yeah, that's exactly what mayor's eyes do.
They look at the blonde hair casually tied in a ponytail that reveals the delicate and oh so smooth nape, they slowly look down the sheriff's back enjoying the just right curves until they stop at the perfectly rounded butt sticking exactly in Regina's direction.
The mayor can't stop herself from licking her lips at the sight.
Even her always perfect composure is sometimes the victim of pure reflex which can be only caused by the sight of the sheriff.
She used to be angry at the blonde for ruining her always present self-control.
But ever since something in the mayor snapped because she couldn't deal anymore with the long-built tension between two women by ignoring it and she lost last restrains and threw herself at the blonde she's been more and more open about not controlling herself around the sheriff.
And she can't be mad at sheriff for bringing her guards down especially right now when the blonde moves her weight from her tiptoes to her heels and her back arches slightly more.
The mayor has to bite her lower lip to suppress the moan.
Because this is exactly the position in which she had the sheriff on her bed only few hours ago.
Except of the clothes, of course.
And then there was no audience and everything was much, much hotter.
Flashback
Regina watches hungrily the blonde in front of her supporting her body on her legs and hands on the bed while she's slightly trembling.
Her body is covered with the layer of hot sweat and Regina licks her lips to get the reminder of the taste of the blonde.
Her tongue ran all over her body only seconds ago.
Then the blonde throws her head back and looks at her.
Her normally green eyes are so dark that it makes the hunger inside the mayor grow to even higher point.
"Regina," Emma says with the shaky voice.
"I'm right here," Regina answers in her low voice.
"I'm right behind you," she says and her hips press against the blonde's butt.
"Please," Emma whimpers and her back arches as she tries to push back against the brunette.
"Impatient, are we?" Regina chuckles and she thinks for a while that she's really evil if she lets the blonde wait.
"Show me how much you want this," she whispers in the sheriff's ear.
The blonde seems to hesitate and doesn't move.
"Show me," Regina insists and her hands run on the blonde's back and down her body to her marvellous ass.
"Gina," Emma pants and the brunette knows she's winning.
The blonde finally moves one hand supporting her only on the other one on the bed.
The moving hand gets down her body and between her legs.
Her fingers slide between her folds and open them.
"Wider," Regina breathes out from behind her watching everything with the highest attention.
Emma spreads her folds even wider and the mayor lets out the satisfied moan.
She loves having the blonde so obedient, wet with arousal and especially ready for her.
She moves quickly closer to the blonde's butt, finds the right position and her hips push forward making the blonde scream.
End of flashback
Yeah, that was a great night.
Regina reminds herself once again to listen to Emma's ideas more often because bringing the strap-on was definitely one of the best ideas ever.
With all these thoughts and memories clouding her mind Regina barely registers that the conversation between the sheriff and the waitress continues.
"Yeah," Emma replies slowly, "but I really need to eat to get some energy into my sore poor limbs. I had quite exhausting work out yesterday."
Work out?
Okay, now Regina is definitely listening.
"I can imagine," Ruby chuckles. "How did it go anyway? Did you score?"
Regina's mouth falls open.
If her dictionary is right then they are talking about Emma being intimate with someone.
And Regina can understand that the blonde tells Miss Lucas that she's seeing someone.
That's for sure because they are friends (only friends and nothing more, Regina makes a point) and that's what friends do.
But the brunette is shocked that they are talking so loudly about such matters.
She wants to hurry there and tell them what she thinks about sharing such information with the whole town but Emma's answer stops her.
"Not really. It was...terrible," the blonde confesses and puts her head in her palms.
"Oh, so bad?" Ruby grimaces and Regina's sure that her face expression is mirroring Emma's own.
"Worse," Emma says.
Regina sinks back to her booth.
Maybe it's not what she thinks.
Maybe they are not talking about her and Emma being...intimate although it's not the right word that anyone would use for the amount of passion, sweat and swearing during such hot, really hot night full of fucking.
"I don't know," Emma sighs, "it was weird and sweaty. And I know I'm a little bit clumsy but this was just painful, I didn't enjoy it at all. It was over before I even started getting into it."
Weird? Sweaty? Okay, now Regina can't pretend that she misunderstands the women because this definitely sounds like they are talking about sex.
She can understand that even her always regal self wasn't probably that perfect yesterday.
But it was her first time with the strap-on.
There's always time to get better.
But was it so bad for the blonde?
This is not how the brunette remembers it.
C'mon, Regina could do something, change something, try something different.
So why doesn't she know about it?
The brunette feels betrayed.
Because Emma can't tell her how she feels about it.
No, instead Emma pretends to enjoy it and then she goes to the local bistro and yells there how bad Regina was.
Emma had to lie to her the whole night.
Instead of telling her the truth she let her do her with that damn strap-on for hours.
Until now Regina was positive that she could recognize Emma's climax after all these months of sleeping together but if last night was a lie then all the nights could be lie, too.
"Never do it, Rubs," Emma says loudly and it brings Regina back to the reality. "I can see purple everywhere today. It's not worth it."
And this buries the last hope.
The women are really talking about it.
Because the strap-on actually is purple!
"You don't want to give it another try?" Ruby asks.
"Never," Emma replies, "I'm going to stick to the real one in the future."
And Regina can see how the blonde points with her fingers somewhere down to her waist and Ruby chuckles.
"Yeah, I guess the fake one is not for everyone."
"It literally sucks with it."
"You should try it with me the next time," Ruby winks.
"I'll think about it," Emma says and the mayor can hear the playfulness in her voice.
Then the brunette can hear the sheriff thanking for the meal and she can imagine the blonde unwrapping her sandwich quickly before leaving the bistro and putting it hungrily in her mouth.
Normally, this would bring a jovial roll of Regina's eyes but now she feels far away from jovial.
Her fists are clutched together tightly and she tries really hard to stop how her body is trembling with the anger.
But after the blonde mentioned 'sticking to the real one' Regina can't keep it back anymore.
The tears are running down her cheeks freely and her hand is pressed against her mouth to keep her sobbing quiet.
Because Emma sticking to the real one...that can mean only one thing.
One thing that makes Regina nauseous.
She doesn't wait there any longer, she quickly puts the money on the counter and before the confused waitress can register her she runs through the doors and away from the place where her world just fell apart once again.
Emma parks the car in front of the mayor's mansion and motions with her head for Henry to follow her.
Every step closer to the doors of the house is so light and easy and urges the blonde to dance as she hums a song for herself.
"Why are you so happy today?" Henry asks.
"Uh," Emma stops feeling a little inappropriate to do her 'pre-sex' impatient dance in front of the child. "I'm just happy that it's Friday and we have the whole weekend free."
It isn't a complete lie.
Emma is really excited about the weekend.
But she's more excited about seeing the mayor tonight.
They saw each other this morning when Emma was leaving the mansion and kissed the mayor goodbye between the doors.
Flashback
"Don't kill me for this," Emma says before Regina can close the doors behind her.
"What for?" the mayor asks.
"This," the blonde manages to say quickly and then her lips attack the mayor's.
"Umpf," the brunette yelps because kissing the sheriff in almost the day light in front of her house is a real shock.
The blonde lets her lips run against the mayor's once and then twice when she slowly moves back.
She's so happy she could actually kiss the brunette in front of the house without being thrown away without another word as it happened the last time she tried this.
"I can feel your scowl," Emma chuckles but her eyes still remain closed enjoying the afterglow of the kiss.
"You should," Regina says, "and for your information you just robbed yourself of the lunch. You don't deserve it after this."
"You were going to lunch with me?" Emma's eyes open wide. "Like outside? With me? Even if other people can see us?"
"No, it was supposed to be lunch in my office, of course," the brunette answers and the sheriff's shoulders slump down.
"Behind the closed doors," she whispers disappointed.
"Don't be like that," the mayor seems irritated.
"Sad?"
"Demanding."
"I'm not."
"Yes, you are."
"I am not."
"Demanding and childish."
"I'm none of it."
"Sheriff," Regina rolls her eyes, "just go to work."
"Okay," Emma smiles when she spots the roll of Regina's eyes is playful and the woman probably isn't as angry with her as she expected. "The lunch is still cancelled?"
"Yes."
"Good."
"Good?" the brunette asks not satisfied with the blonde's surrender.
"If my punishment is still on then I can do this again," Emma says and her lips find the way to the mayor's once again.
End of flashback
She got the scowl from the brunette for showing affection where anyone could see them but Emma couldn't care less after such night.
Henry spent it with Mary Margaret and David.
And that left her and the mayor to finally try...the thing.
Although Regina has allegedly never tried to do someone with a strap-on she took Emma like a pro last night.
Emma can't remember how many positions she was in but she can feel how her body aches in all right places.
It's not that Regina can't do that to her without the toy.
God, she can definitely do that using only her fingers and mouth or any part of her body.
But the toy is something new and if Regina likes it then Emma's not the one to stop her from using it again.
Only next time (god, be it tonight!) Emma's not spending the day before doing anything like playing paintball again.
Ruby convinced her to try it with some guys from the town but she didn't enjoy it at all.
The guys were pigs, playing unfair and aiming at the face.
And because of that Emma didn't really have energy to wear the strap-on last night and show the mayor what she can do with it.
Thankfully, Regina didn't seem to mind when she was putting Emma into all different kinds of positions all night long.
And Emma didn't mind to be fucked so thoroughly at all.
But she's recovered now and she really, really needs to repay the mayor for such amazing night.
Only she's been ignored by the brunette since the morning.
Emma could only talk to the secretary when calling the office and the mayor's personal phone was deaf for her calls.
And although she left couple of messages for the brunette she didn't get a single one back.
Emma always tells herself not to make a big deal out these situations.
They are way over the phase when the brunette was purposely avoiding the blonde because she was having a hard time dealing with their first kiss (actually serious make-out session) or when Emma stayed the whole night at the mansion for the first time which obviously scared the mayor.
Flashback
"Out!"
Emma can hear some voice and something poking in her shoulder but her eyes are too heavy to open and see the source so she just mumbles something to let it go away.
"Out! OUT!"
Okay, this has to wake up even the neighbours.
She opens her eyes and blinks couple of times getting used to the daylight.
She spots the brunette in her silk dressing gown with her arms crossed over her chest and...is that the infamous mayor's scowl?
Yeah, it is and so early in the morning.
"What's wrong, Gina?" Emma's voice is still sleepy.
"What's wrong is that you're in my house or worse in my bed and you're not supposed to be here, Miss Swan," Regina says resolutely.
"But it's so early, can't we just sleep a little bit more?"
"That's definitely not possible because there is no we. There is only me getting you out of my house and you going to that joke you call car and drive somewhere far away."
"Mmhmm," Emma mumbles and feels her brain going on sleepy vacation again.
"Miss Swan!" Regina roars. "Leave!"
"God, Regina! Rude much?" Emma finally understands that there will be no more sleep with the angry brunette in the room.
"Me? You are in my bed!"
"Because you practically dragged me here."
"I did no such thing."
"Oh, you definitely did. You've been doing it for last two weeks."
"I-," and even the mayor falters not so sure how she should continue.
"That's the fact, Regina, and stop denying it. You kissed me two weeks ago and I'm still sure you did it because you saw me hugging Ruby after our girls' night out. I've seen jealousy and let's say that you are not subtle when feeling jealous or possessive."
The brunette scoffs.
"Yeah, telling me to stop spending my time with her or any other women or men because I'm the sheriff and sheriff's supposed not to be distracted by anyone and needs to be dedicated to the town or the mayor of the town 24/7, yeah, yeah, that wasn't jealousy. Two days later I was leaving the Granny's after the dinner and you practically ordered me to get in your car and you brought me here fucking my brains out."
Regina obviously flinches hearing such words.
"And you kicked me out of your house when it was like 3 am although I didn't have my car here and you let me walk all the way back to my flat. And I didn't say a word."
"You definitely did."
"Okay, I did but who wouldn't? It went like this every single night. And I was ready to be kicked out yesterday but you didn't say anything."
"So you decided that you were invited to stay?"
"It's like five miles back to my flat and I prefer spending the night sleeping instead of walking again. Plus I couldn't get you stop cuddling me."
"That's a lie."
Emma rolls her eyes.
"I remember you latching onto me sometimes around the orgasm number seven kissing me hungrily and practically falling asleep on me completely exhausted," she winks at the brunette.
But the mayor doesn't enjoy the bluntness of Emma's words.
"That's enough," she says and grabs the blanket, "get out of my house, Miss Swan."
She pulls the blanket covering the sheriff's body away and then she stops realizing her mistake.
Her eyes are glued to the porcelain skin in front of her.
Emma notices that something is different in the brunette's eyes.
They are dark with hunger and Emma knows that look very well.
The mayor always look at her like that when she orders her to get in her car and when she drags her to her house.
"Can I get my morning kiss?" Emma says and gives Regina her sultry look.
Regina with her mouth slightly open runs her eyes all over the sheriff's body to her face and it seems that she's leaning more and more forward.
Emma feels like she's winning this.
"I'm immune to the morning breath," she says jokingly enjoying the effect she has on the mayor and starts opening her legs slowly.
Regina's eyes catch the movement and when the glistening core comes in her full sight something in her snaps and she storms out of the room.
Emma has to laugh watching the brunette practically eating her with her eyes but she has to admit that Regina really has some serious self-control not to go for something she definitely wants.
Yeah, Emma's self-confidence is growing.
Regina definitely wants her.
She puts her clothes on in a minute and before leaving she calls to the direction of the mayor's living room where the brunette is surely hiding.
"Next time you bring me here I expect a toothbrush and breakfast."
And then she leaves the house humming the song and feeling so happy that she spent the whole night with the brunette.
But her self-confidence falters when the mayor doesn't pick her up when she leaves her office that day.
And she can't see the familiar black car when she leaves the Granny's that night.
The mayor is nowhere to be seen even the next day.
Emma is worried that she probably pushed the brunette too much.
When she comes to her office next week the mayor doesn't let her talk about anything else but the business and budget and everything that is not important for Emma.
When it's one week and half Emma feels that she's going out of her mind if she screwed up everything.
It's two weeks since Emma left the mayor's house that morning and it's exactly one month since Regina kissed the blonde for the first time.
Emma is walking near the harbour alone when she spots the car.
She practically runs there only stopping when she's standing next to the driver's seat.
Regina is sitting there tightly clutching the steering wheel with her leather gloves and doesn't move.
A long minute passes and her eyes look at the sheriff and quickly moves to the passenger's seat next to her.
Emma feels that the wide smile on her face can rip it in two pieces but she doesn't care.
That night when the women are completely exhausted after another huge number of orgasms Emma moves to get out of the bed.
She doesn't want the mayor to be angry at her ever again.
That's when Regina's voice interrupts the silence.
"Just sleep."
Emma looks back at the woman who is facing the opposite wall so she can't tell if she just imagined the words.
"Sheriff?" Regina asks after another minute of silence.
Now Emma's sure she heard the brunette right.
That wide smile is on her face that day once again and she's sure that it will be glued to it if the mayor keeps doing this.
She quickly moves back under the covers and closer to the brunette.
She waits for a second and then the other woman moves slightly and it's the right signal for the blonde.
She presses her front against the mayor's back, finds her hand and then there's this smile again and again!
Because when she intertwines their fingers Regina doesn't fight it.
Instead Emma can feel a little squeeze.
She nuzzles the mayor's hair feeling content and inhales.
The smell of the mayor's shampoo and something that's just Regina, the situation and the snuggling...everything makes Emma feel so dizzy.
She's sure that she's the happiest person in the whole world because falling asleep like this...that's heaven.
What surprises her in the morning that there is something that makes her even happier.
And that's when she wakes up and Regina is just standing up from the bed and putting her dressing gown around her still naked body.
When the brunette notices the blonde is also awake she says:
"Your toothbrush is already in the bathroom. The breakfast will be in fifteen minutes, don't be late."
And just when she's about to leave the room she turns around and walks back to the bed.
She sits next to the confused blonde who is still in shock from what she said.
Regina grabs her chin gently and presses her lips against the sheriff's.
Emma finally gets her morning kiss and much, much more than she ever expected.
End of flashback
Those were the worst two weeks during their...affair although Emma is sure that the word relationship fits much better.
But this heartbreaking suffering was months ago.
It is something totally different between them now.
It's more like Emma's an occasional guest at Mary Margaret's place and rather lives with the mayor if the number of nights she's stayed there so far is any indication.
And there are no more freak outs when Regina used to feel pressure and wanted to cut everything off once in a while.
Instead they seem stable now if several things don't count.
Like when Regina avoids the topic about making it official between them or rather more like telling other people.
Yeah, that's something that Emma still needs to figure out.
Everyone knows she's seeing someone but she can't tell them who although she would love to scream it to the whole world not caring what anyone in Storybrooke would think about it, the Saviour and the Evil Queen together.
Maybe next time she has her tongue deep inside the mayor and feels her climax coming she can stop and ask the mayor for what she wants to hear so desperately.
That she can take her on a date to the restaurant, open the doors for her, take her hand in hers and god, kiss her whenever she wants to.
Because hiding is exhausting.
And this occasional ignoring is exhausting as well because Emma can't even walk to the mayor's office and demand seeing her girlfriend because she's not really her girlfriend, at least not among other people, and the sheriff just can't make the scene.
But Emma knows how the mayor is when she's busy working and not responding even to the fire alarm.
So she's not worried for not talking to the mayor the whole day.
That's why she is actually so excited right now because no work can stop Regina from having a dinner with Henry every Friday.
Or from having dinner with Henry and her, Emma adds in her mind feeling rather self-confident that the mayor definitely wants her to be there, too.
"We're here, mom!" Henry shouts from the doors when they enter the house.
He spends here half of his time now and Regina insists that Henry has the keys and walks into his home without the need to ring.
Emma always eyes Henry's keys to Regina's home with a hint of jealousy.
She imagines them stuck in her own pocket and how nicely it would feel to have them knowing she can come to the mayor's house and her bed as...to her own house and bed.
"Go to your room, Henry, I left small surprise for you on your bed," Regina calls from the kitchen and the boy hurries upstairs as soon as he hears about a surprise.
Emma smiles but then her smile changes to a smirk because now she and the brunette have enough time for a brief kiss before the boy comes back.
She slips into the kitchen but the mayor is facing the stove.
"Hey," Emma says in a sultry voice when her eyes catch the brunette's body in the pencil skirt and the shirt that is always slightly open just to keep Emma wondering what colour of lingerie it hides.
"Miss Swan," Regina replies coldly and doesn't turn around.
Emma frowns but she's not taken back by such welcome.
Regina plays this game with her too often to scare her off.
Flashback
"Miss Swan!" Regina's voice can be heard from the hall and Emma quickly stands up from her chair and closes her phone although her high score in that game is a thriller and she feels a little sad that she will have to get to that level again.
The clicking heels are closer and closer and Emma manages just on time to zip up her pants (her lunch was for two or three people), stuff the leftovers from her basket of chicken nuggets to the bin and wipe off her mouth after such amazing performance of eating so many nuggets.
The mayor probably wouldn't share her excitement.
"Miss Swan," Regina says when she walks into the sheriff's office, "where are the papers you were supposed to read and deliver back to my office by today?"
Emma's brain is still working slowly due to the nugget overload.
"Ehhh," she looks around her office. "I'm pretty sure they must be somewhere here."
She starts going through the shelves but she's not even sure what she's looking for.
Damn it!
If there were only some papers that she could give the brunette and pretend that there must be some sort of mistake and she read wrong papers.
Because she's sure she didn't go through any papers last few days or last week.
"I'm waiting, sheriff," Regina says clearly enjoying the situation.
"Just give me a minute."
"Maybe if your office wasn't such a mess you would be able to know where you have the papers," the mayor says and sits on the edge of Emma's table.
"The office is a mess because I found out it's useless to try and keep it in order. I would go crazy if I had to clean and sort everything every single time you come here, throw the stuff from the table on the floor and begs me to fuck you," the blonde turns at the brunette and smirks.
"If I remember it correctly I usually fuck you and you are the one begging me to let you come already," the mayor smirks back at her.
"Oh, really?" Emma stops searching the drawers and walks to the brunette never backing out of the challenge. "You want me to prove you that I'm right?"
"The papers, sheriff," Regina says and Emma pouts like the child who was just robbed of the favourite toy.
After a while she gives up and when she turns back to the mayor she can see her entertained face expression.
"So?" the brunette asks waiting to hear her triumph.
"I probably left them home where I was reading them," Emma shrugs.
"Don't lie to me, sheriff. What were the papers about?"
"Budget?"
"Try again. All papers don't have to be about the budget," Regina rolls her eyes.
"It was a report covering the investigation of the affair the mayor has with the extremely attractive blonde sheriff," Emma offers with a small smile as she steps closer to the brunette.
"You think you're getting out of this with being cute?" Regina arches one eyebrow.
"Cute and sexy," Emma says and puts her hands on the mayor's hips.
"Oh, so now you're using your body? I expected something more inventive."
The blonde leans closer to the brunette so her lips almost touch the mayor's ear when she whispers.
"I'll let you handcuff me naked in the cell."
She can hear the loud gulp and when she leans back the mayor's pupils are dilated and dark.
Then the brunette stands up and takes something she's been hiding in her hand under the coat.
She throws the papers on the table and turns back to the blonde.
"Read the papers and sign them. Then bring them to my office."
"Okay."
"And be here at 8, sheriff, I don't think I could wait any longer," she says and her voice drops lower than Emma has ever heard.
When it's 8.30 Emma is already naked and her wrists are handcuffed high above her head to the cell.
Regina is only in her lingerie knowing how much it drives the blonde crazy to see her and not to be able to touch her.
She's knuckles deep inside Emma who is panting faster and faster getting closer to the orgasm.
"I was shocked a little," the blonde says out of breath.
"Hm?" Regina mumbles feasting on the blonde's left nipple sucking and biting the flesh.
"When you stormed here today and called me Miss Swan I felt like five months ago."
"Why?" Regina quickly says while her mouth moves to the other nipple and her fingers don't stop pumping out of the other woman.
"Before we started all this," Emma says and smirks down at the brunette, "you always called me that with such disdain when you were reprimanding me."
"I was reprimanding you today," Regina leaves the nipples and kisses the blonde on her mouth.
"Yeah, but it's not the same now," Emma pants and Regina doesn't move away.
Instead their faces stay close and their hot breaths mingle as Regina even quickens the pace.
She curls her fingers and hits that special spot she knows very well.
"Ohh," Emma moans.
"Why isn't it the same?" Regina says but she also has the hard time focusing on the conversation when all she needs right now is to make this the best orgasm the blonde has ever had.
"Be...because...ahh...Regina...ohhhh," Emma moans.
Her walls close tightly around the brunette's fingers as the orgasm hits her and Regina groans satisfied with her work.
She slows down the pace of pumping in and out of the sheriff.
"Because," Emma says coming down from her high still panting heavily, "now I know that you love me."
It is as if the world stops.
Emma realizes what she just said.
They have been secretly together for five months but they haven't told each other those three words.
The blonde nervously looks at the brunette.
Maybe it's time to tell them.
But Regina looks shocked and she's frowning.
"Or you don't," Emma whispers weakly and looks down, "can you open the handcuffs now, please?"
She needs to run away from this.
But the brunette still doesn't move.
Emma can't stand the silence.
"Regina, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that."
Then Emma notices that the frown on the brunette's face is not really a frown.
It's more like a look of revelation and concern.
"You think I love you?" Regina finally asks in small voice.
"Well, I hoped so."
"Do...do you? Do you...me?" the brunette mumbles not daring to ask the whole sentence.
And although Emma feels a little hurt she can't lie to Regina.
So she nods.
After another torturous while her chin is lifted with Regina's free hand and the blonde has to look her in the eyes.
"Really?" the brunette asks as if she's worried that Emma will puff away any moment and all this will be a huge lie or a joke and simply gone.
"Yes."
"Say it," the brunette asks softly.
"I...," Emma needs to breathe deeply. But then she looks at Regina again and she can see the hopeful young girl she used to be once when she believed in her own happy ending.
And that's what makes it easy for Emma to say it.
"I love you," she says firmly but gently at the same time and it's like the burden is lifted from her heart that she can say it out loud after all these months.
Regina lets out a heavy sigh and when Emma looks at her the brunette is smiling still with that expression of the young hopeful girl.
"I love you, too," she says and Emma attacks her lips as soon as the words leave her mouth.
Their kiss is soft as if it's their first.
But then they deepen it and the hunger in them rises again.
Emma feels that she needs to have the brunette right here right now.
She breaks the kiss and her breath is fast once again.
"I need to have you, Regina. Open the handcuffs," she says quickly, "and use both of your hands."
Regina looks down confused and then she realizes that her right hand is still buried deep inside the blonde.
She slowly takes her fingers out of Emma and brings the moisture on them to her lips.
"I will probably hear this story forever, right?" she asks when she starts her feast on the fingers licking every single drop of the blonde woman.
"Saying our 'I love yous' for the first time with your fingers still inside me? Yeah, you will definitely have to hear the story two thousand times at least."
"Dear god," Regina says.
"And I'm not referring to the story," she winks at the blonde and sucks on the last finger.
Emma's hunger for the brunette is way over the limit.
She tries to get out of the handcuffs but it's lost fight.
"You will only hurt yourself," Regina rolls her eyes and looks around the cell.
"I will die if you won't stop being so sexy and let me fuck you," Emma growls and her wrists are getting more and more red as she's yanking them from side to side.
"Can't you just wait a second?" Regina says and then she finally finds the sheriff's jacket and takes the small key out of the pocket. "I'm coming."
Emma arches one eyebrow when the brunette steps closer to her with the key.
"You're coming already? I'm good, I haven't even touched you," she chuckles.
Regina rolls her eyes at her once again and then she finally opens the handcuffs.
"Wishful thinking," she manages to say.
But as soon as Emma's hands are free she throws herself at the brunette.
End of flashback
That's why Emma's not afraid of Regina calling her Miss Swan again.
She does it among people and does it even when only the two of them are together just to tease the blonde.
So instead of backing off Emma steps closer behind the brunette.
"You're playing difficult to get tonight? Don't do that, babe, I missed you too much after the last night," she says and puts her hands on the mayor's hips.
In less than a second Regina turns around and pushes her away with more force than Emma would consider necessary.
But when her eyes meet Regina's she knows that something is really wrong.
"Miss Swan, please remember for the next unfortunate time when you will be tempted to touch me that you aren't allowed to do that ever again," Regina growls.
"What?" Emma asks completely confused.
But Regina doesn't respond and only looks the sheriff in the eyes with such disdain that Emma's never seen.
The long and dreadful silence between them is interrupted when Henry runs into the kitchen with the new fishing rod.
"Mom, you're the best!" he says and Regina's cold look softens when her eyes leave the sheriff and she moves to accept the hug from her son.
And Emma stands there lost and actually hurt because she doesn't know what could go so wrong that she deserves this.
She tries to use every opportunity to drag the brunette somewhere private but Henry is more clingy to his mothers today than any other days.
And the evening continues with him only talking about going fishing with David as soon as possible.
Which actually turns into Henry asking his mothers if he can go fishing next morning.
Thus Emma needs to drive Henry back to his grandparents so he and David can leave the house early in the morning.
After the dinner Regina gives Henry last hug in front of the mansion and he promises that he'll get back to her tomorrow and will stay till Tuesday so he can make it up to her.
Then he turns around and runs to Emma's car.
It's the first time that Emma and Regina are left alone since their previous encounter in the kitchen.
Before Regina has time to shut the front doors Emma says:
"I'll be right back."
"Don't bother," the brunette replies without looking at her.
And Emma walks to her car completely confused.
She needs to get back to the mayor as soon as she drops the boy at his grandparent's place.
Und Schluss...for now. There will be probably chapter 2. Thank you for reading, hopefully, it was worth your time :)