Hey everyone! New story, first SwanQueen fic! Sort of AU; Regina is Mayor for Storybrooke.
Hope you like this- and please review to let me know what you think, and whether or not I should continue :)
XO
Chapter 1
Regina lay in bed on her side, looking at the ever so beautiful woman lying on her side next to her; her bare back towards her, that long blonde, wavy hair spread across the pillow. She raised her hand, and trailed it on her wife's side, starting just below her chest, following the line to her ribs, her waist and then her hip. The woman next to her shifted and turned around, "Good morning my love." She hummed.
"Good morning dear." Regina answered and smiled. And just as she lay there looking at her, she would get lost in those green eyes, which she loved so much. Lying there, she thought of the first time they'd met.
Regina Mills had little to no worries in the small-town of Storybrooke. Her office hours regularly went by on finishing reports from earlier meetings. Starting a new day now, she was expecting the same routines as always.
An hour had passed, and it was now 11am. A subtle knock on the door of her office made her raise her head and remove her reading glasses.
"Yes?"
Her secretary, Elise popped her head through the doorway,
"There is someone here to see you Madam Mayor, she says it's urgent." Elise finished.
The mayor simply nodded her head, "Let her in."
Shortly after, the door opened again, and a woman walked in. Regina studied her quickly; she had blonde, long and wavy hair, which reached to about the midst of her back. Regina was almost surprised when she met her eyes; they were bright green, a color that Regina had never seen before. And she was very fit, one could notice. She wore a black pants suit, with a cream colored blouse tucked in her pants. As the looks of it, she was about an inch taller than herself. Regina rose from her seat, as she did so, she shook the woman's hand, a firm shake it was, Regina noted.
"Madam Mayor, nice to meet you, I am Special Agent Emma Swan, with the FBI."
They let go of each others hands, and Regina suggested that they'd sit at the couch in one corner of her office. Once seated, Regina asked, "So, Special Agent Swan what brings you to town?"
The FBI Agent took a moment, as if she needed time to answer correctly. "I am currently working on a murder case that has been going on for years. We have reason to believe that the suspect is located somewhere in or near Storybrooke." She paused for a moment. "The reason I came to you first, Madam Mayor, and not the Sheriff, is simply because this is such a small town, you should know what is going on. And I would rather that you hear i from me, than from some curious citizen that knows everything." Agent Swan finished and smiled.
Regina smiled back at the woman, "Thank you Special Agent Swan, I appreciate your concern." Regina shifted in her seat and continued, "If there is anything you need help with, you will let me know. Have you spoken to Sheriff David Nolan yet?"
"First of all, please call me Emma." she said and gave Regina a crocked, but charming smile. "And yes, I have spoken to Sheriff Nolan, I will meet him at the station shortly."
Regina simply nodded and said, "Thank you again, Emma, for letting me know about the investigation."
"It was my pleasure." Emma answered and gave her a quick smile. The FBI Agent was headed towards the door, when Regina called after her, «Agent Swan, would you let me know how it goes with the case? Over a coffee perhaps?" Regina asked, not knowing what had gotten over her.
"Of course I will, I guess I'll be in town for a while." She answered and went out the door.
Regina stood still, dumbstruck by her own actions. What on earth had possessed her to ask this FBI Agent for a follow up that she really didn't have to know about? She felt strange, she felt as if she was attracted to this woman, Regina had never before found herself in this situation, men had always been her "game". However, with Special Agent Emma Swan, she felt different. She's probably got a boyfriend, Regina thought. Soon she scoffed off her thoughts, and didn't think of it for the rest of the day. Or at least she tried.
The next day Regina sat in her office again, trying to concentrate on her work, that was lying on her desk, staring up at her. However, there was one particular person that she kept thinking of, Emma. Every time it happened, she tried to push the images away, but they kept coming back. The whole morning went by like that.
Around lunch time, Regina figured she could take some time and go for a walk, to clear her head. Just as she threw on her trench coat, her phone rang, noticing the number was blocked, she answered; "This is Regina Mills, how can I help you?"
There was a short chuckle in the other end, before someone answered; "Hi, this is Emma, remember me, the FBI Agent?"
I wish I could forget, Regina thought.
"Oh, hello. How is everything going with the case?" Regina asked.
There was a short pause, "That's why I called. Would it be alright by you if we met somewhere, maybe at the diner? It's easier to talk face to face." Emma finished.
"That sounds good, meet you there in about ten minutes?" Regina said, maybe I answered to fast, she thought.
"Great, see you there." Emma said and hung up.
Regina turned around again to walk to her desk to get her purse. Before she left, she found herself stopping to look at herself in the mirror, to see if she looked alright. She fixed her blue tight-fitted dress, put on some extra lipstick and ran her hand through her hair. When she was done, she shook her head; stop acting so idiotic, be normal.
A couple of minutes later, Regina walked into Granny's Diner, and found Emma already seated at the booth in the back, reading some files. When the door of the diner closed, and the door-bell rang, Emma raised her head and rose, she wore a dress, Regina noted, it was black, also tight-fitted, and it reached to just above her knees. She had topped the look with black boots, and a red leather jacket. "Nice to see you again, Madam Mayor." Emma said formally and sat down. So did Regina, "Nice to see you too, and, it's Regina."
Emma nodded and gave her a smile.
Regina sat there looking at this woman, she was beautiful, and again, she looked deep into Emma's green eyes.
Before Regina could say anything, Ruby approached and put two black coffees on the table. Emma said thank you to Ruby. She then turned to face Regina again, and said, "I hope you don't mind, but I ordered a coffee for you. If you don't like it, just leave it."
Regina was a little surprised, but answered; "Thank you, it's just the way I like it."
Their eyes met again, and Regina felt her heart beating slightly faster.
Emma started talking; "Just so you're aware, this is a quite horrifying case, I'll spare you the details» she finished and smiled.
Regina smiled back and sighed, preparing herself, "Thank you."
The first thing Emma did, was to pull four photo's out of a case file, she put them in front of Regina. "These four women were his first victims." Emma said.
Regina looked at the photo's; all of them were young, blonde, and had blue eyes.
Emma continued; "As you might see, these women are his type: blonde, young and blue eyes." She also registered Regina's raised eye brows. "Yes, these pictures are old, from 1999, that's when he first started." Emma paused as to give Regina some time to ease the information, «The killer started in 1999, killing four women, every three months, 1st of January, the 1st of April, and so on.» Again she paused, taking a breath, «He's been doing this every year for the last fifteen years, which means he killed sixty women.» Emma put emphasis on the word sixty.
Regina felt her face go pale. Emma put her hand over Regina's, «I'm sorry that I'm telling you all this, but considering you'll find out anyway, probably through the news, it's better you know the facts.»
As she swallowed hard, Regina asked; «How is it possible that he's still a free man?»
Emma sighed, still covering Regina's hand, «He's meticulous, he never leaves any evidence, not a single fibre is to be found at the scene. The only reason we know it's the same man, is because of the ritual.» She explained.
Regina was relieved that Emma didn't explain the ritual further. A couple of silent moments went by and Emma's phone rang. As on autopilot she answered it quickly, «Swan.» As she spoke, Regina tried to read her facial expression to figure out the seriousness of the conversation, but to no use; Emma had no facial features to give that away. «Ok, I'll be there in five.» she hung up the phone and looked at Regina, «One of the responding officers from the last murder is at the station, I'm going to talk to him.» she paused, only for a split second, «Want to observe?» she smiled.
«That would be quite interesting.» Regina replied and rose, «I walked here, I just have to get to the office and get my car.»
Emma chuckled, «Don't be silly, I'll drive, you can get your car later.» Regina didn't object and followed her. As they got outside, Regina spotted the black SUV parked right by the street. «Yep, the typical FBI car.» Emma said and chuckled.
As they drove towards the station, Regina asked; «How long have you been working on this case?»
«I was assigned on it two years ago. There is a team working on it, but I was assigned individually to do as much research in the field as possible.» Emma replied as she pulled up at the stations parking lot.
Once they arrived inside, they were greeted by David, «Hey Emma.» he said, but raised an eyebrow when he saw the mayor, «Regina?» Who just nodded. «I invited her, she has to know what's going on.» David didn't reply to that, but started walking down the hallway, «he's in interrogation room 2, waiting for you.»
«Good.» Emma replied as they all got in the interrogation room, on the other side of the mirror. Emma looked at the officer sitting there, «He's a rookie.» she stated.
David was surprised, «Yeah, how'd you know?»
«Look at him, he's nervous, glancing around in the room, occasionally looking up at the cameras, fidgeting his fingers.» Emma said and got into the interrogation room.
Regina watched as she went in. David looked at Regina, «Didn't she tell you her specialty?»
«Do you mean that she is a Special Agent with the FBI?» Regina asked, but didn't move her gaze.
«Yeah, but she specializes in interrogating and profiling.»
Before Regina got to say anything else, Emma started talking to the witness:
«Hi, I'm Special Agent Emma Swan with the FBI. Hunter right?» she asked and reached out her hand. The rookie cop rose and shook her hand.
«Am I in trouble?» he asked nervously as he sat down again.
Emma sat down calmly and gently shook her head, «No Hunter, I just want to ask you a couple of questions regarding the murder you responded to last month. The first of October.»
Hunter shifter uncomfortably in his seat and kept his eyes down.
«You responded to a murder, just a mile from here. She was blond, young.» Emma paused, «Can you tell me about that day?»
Hunter looked up at her, «Everything I know is in the report.» he said, this time with a little more confidence.
Emma was still calm and questioned him further, «Sometimes, our mind blocks some things out, not intentionally, but just because our brain doesn't have the capacity to remember every detail. That is why I'm talking to you, there could be that you saw something of importance that's not in the report.»
Hunter looked at her, puzzled. «Close your eyes Hunter,» he did, «Was it warm or cold that day?»
«What's that got to do with anything?» Hunter asked, eyes still closed.
«Indulge me, the smallest detail might help.» Emma said.
Hunter sighed, «I'm not sure…» he started, but then his face lit up as if he remember something, «I remember it was cold, colder than the day before, because I had to wear an extra jacket.»
Emma smiled, «Good, anything else? Was it dark out?»
«Yeah, it was actually, because it was early in the morning, 7am I think. Me and my partner went inside and found the body.» Hunter said, eyes still closed.
«Alright, you're inside. Tell me, what do you see? Look around you.» Emma encouraged him.
Hunter paused, «I see the girl, tied to a chair in the middle of the room, but other than that, there was nothing out of order, I mean, like she was just put there.» he paused again, and Emma took the opportunity, «Very good, any details, anything that you feel doesn't belong?»
Hunter took some moments to think, «Actually,» he started, «There's something on the wall, behind her, but I can't see it!» he exclaimed and opened his eyes.
On the other side of the mirror, David and Regina were watching, «She's good, that wasn't in the report.» David said.
Regina was impressed by Emma's skills, how she managed to get new information out of that cop after a month. Emma walked in behind them, «You got that?» she asked David, who nodded and said, «I'm on it,» and left then room.
Emma and Regina stood in silence for a moment, «I must say, Agent Swan, I'm impressed.» Regina said and turned to face her. Emma didn't respond, just stood there and looked at Regina, smiling. In that moment, Regina felt as if she'd known Emma all of her life, and she could feel that Emma felt it too.
Emma then took a step closer, still keeping eye contact, and gently took Regina's hand.
Normally she would jerk her hand away, but didn't, she felt as if she was were exactly where she was supposed to be.
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