Everything She Wanted
Back to work:
,,Regina? Dear?"
Regina groans into the pillow and tries to block Maleficent's voice out.
,,Go away." She says a bit sharply and pulls the covers over her head.
,,You're gonna be late," Maleficent warns amused and drops a kiss on the nape of Regina's neck.
Oh right. First day working after maternity leave. It wouldn't look very good if the Mayor was late.
Thus, Regina kicks the covers away and stumbles into the showers. After a very quick (and cold) shower she redresses in one of her usual pantsuits. She adds a quick touch of makeup and heads downstairs.
Henry is still fast asleep, and Regina feels slightly jealous. Summer holiday. She's not particularly eager to go back to work. Maybe she needs to adjust or something like that.
When Regina is halfway through her breakfast, Mal shows up with Emerald and Amelia in her arms. The babies squirm to be sat down on, and Maleficent quickly places them in their highchairs at the table.
Maleficent adjusts her bathrobe with the twins has tugged a bit in, and joins Regina at the table.
,,Are you looking forward to go back to work?" the dragon inquires and takes a sip of her morning coffee.
,,Not really," Regina admits and shrugs lightly.
,,Why not?"
,,I guess I've become used to being here with you and the girls all day long," Regina says and smiles at her daughters in their highchairs.
,,We are going to miss having you home every day," Maleficent complains and feeds Amelia a spoonful of the baby food the twins have been introduced to a month before.
,,I'm only gonna be away for a few hours dear. Don't be dramatic," Regina mock scolds.
,,I'm serious. What am I supposed to do now that you're not gonna be here all the time?"
,,Look after our daughters?" Regina suggests innocently and sniggers as Emerald pushes the spoon away from her mouth.
,,Of course but.." Maleficent doesn't finish the sentence. Instead she just looks very longingly at Regina.
,,You're silly," Regina chuckles and empties her cup of tea. She quickly finishes her breakfast and stands up.
,,Alright, pretty girls," she says and bends down to give both Amelia and Emerald a kiss. ,,You two be a good girl for your mother, alright?"
The babies babbles in response.
,,And you don't burn the house down while I'm away, alright?" Regina teases and buries her nose in Mal's golden locks.
,,Yes, Your Majesty," Maleficent chuckles and turns around on the chair. Within seconds she grabs Regina and tugs at her until the former queen is sitting on her lap.
,,Why, good morning," Regina teases sultrily.
,,Don't use that tone with me when you're leaving," Maleficent warns.
,,Oops," Regina says without an ounce of regret.
Maleficent growls and kisses her lovingly.
Regina presses her lips against Maleficent's and they move in perfect harmony for a while until Regina sniggers and rises from her position on Mal's lap.
,,Do me a favor and wake up Henry before eleven," she says and shakes her head. The teenager can sleep the day away if he isn't waked up.
,,I will," Maleficent promises and tries her best to feed their uninterested children. ,,And make sure that Mia and Emerald doesn't put anything in their mouths, alright?"
,,Regina," Maleficent half chuckles and shakes her head. ,,I'm their mother too, remember? I can manage."
,,Yes. Yes, of course you can, I'm sorry."
,,Have a good day at work, alright?"
,,I will."
,,And hurry back to me," Maleficent insist.
,,I will do that too," Regina chuckles and gives the twins one last kiss before she puts on her coat and leaves the mansion.
It's a warm day, and Regina enjoys the walk to the Town Hall. A shame she has to be cooped up in there all day. This would have been the perfect day to go for a nice long stroll with the twins. Hopefully Maleficent will take notice of the beautiful weather and take the girls out for a little stroll.
Regina quickly makes it to the Town Hall and opens the door to her office for the first time in almost a year. She didn't expect it to feel so strange to be back, but it feels like a small lifetime has passed since she was here the last time.
The first thing she notices when she enters the room and shrugs off her coat is the large bouquet of flowers on her desk. Yellow tulips. Very pretty and spring-like. But who from? Regina looks in the bouquet and finds a little card stuck in between the flowers. She quickly reads it. "Welcome back to work" it says. Nothing more than that. Hmm. What a sweet gesture, but who sends her flowers? Strange. Regina bends down and smells them. Mmm. They smell amazing. Sweet scented and with the promise of spring. What a nice surprise.
Before Regina gets the chance to wonder about who send her the flowers, there's a knock on the door.
,,Come in?"
The door opens and Snow and David and Emma with baby Leia swaddled in a baby blanket comes into the office.
,,Problems in Storybrooke already?" Regina jokes and glances at her watch. She's barely been here for five minutes, and the Charmings are already here.
,,Not at all," Snow says and chuckles.
,,We just wanted to make sure you got the flowers," David says gestures towards the yellow tulips.
,,So you're the ones who send me flowers," Regina exclaims and a smile tugs at the corners of her lips.
,,Yeah. Actually, it was all dad's idea," Emma sniggers and shifts baby Leia in her arms.
,,That is not true," David protests and blushes a little. ,,Your mother and I decided to do it together."
,,That was very sweet of you," Regina gushes and smiles blandly at David. ,,Thank you so much."
,,You're welcome," David mutters a little awkward, and Emma chuckles.
Regina sniggers to herself. It's rather funny to tease David once in a while. It's not very often she does anything else than bite and be sarcastic towards him, so it's rather funny to watch him squirm a little when she gives him a taste of just how sweet she can actually be.
,,Is it strange to be back at work?" Emma asks.
,,Yes. It was kind of hard to leave the babies this morning," Regina admits.
,,And Maleficent?" Snow inquires.
,,What about Maleficent?"
,,Was it hard to leave her too?" Snow teases lightheartedly.
,,Oh, yes, absolutely terrible," Regina drawls. ,,I'm not sure I can survive six hours without her."
,,She'll be happy to hear that," Emma chuckles.
,,Yes, I'm sure she will. Can I hold her?" Regina asks and gestures towards baby Leia.
,,Sure," Emma smiles and places the baby girl in Regina's arms.
,,Hi there sweet girl," Regina coos and looks at Leia. ,,Don't you take after your mother."
It's true. Leia is an exact copy of Emma with her golden hair and her blueish-green eyes. Even the way she looks at Regina reminds the brunette of Emma.
Regina talks softly to the baby, and Leia coos and grabs her thumb with her little finger.
,,You better take her again," Regina says and hands Leia back to Emma.
,,Why?" the Savior chuckles and takes Leia in her arms.
,,Because I miss my own children now," Regina sighs. Going back to work wasn't half as easy as she had hoped for. Deep down she wants to storm back home and scoop her babies into her arms. And never let them go again.
,,I get it," Snow says. ,,I couldn't stand being away from Neal at first. But it got better. In time."
Regina's phone beeps, and the former queen grabs it to see what it is. It's a message from Maleficent. There's a picture attached to the message, and Regina smiles warmly at the image. It's of Emerald and Amelia in Maleficent's arms. All three of them is smiling broadly.
,,It looks like they are having a grand time," Snow says and smiles broadly.
,,Mm, they look very cute," Emma observes and rocks Leia in her arms.
,,Yes, all of three of them," Regina says absentmindedly.
,,Are you calling Maleficent cute?" David teases and nudges Regina.
,,Yes. I guess I am," Regina shrugs.
,,Who knew The Mistress of all Evil could be cute?" Snow chuckles.
,,Maybe you three should leave so I could get a chance to work," Regina says mock sternly.
Emma, Snow and David wishes her a good first day at work, and then all three Charmings- and Leia- leaves the office. Married to Killian or not, Regina will always think of Emma as a Charming.
Regina sits down behind her desk and tries to get an overview of things. She can't for the life of her remember what she was working on before her maternity leave begun, so she decides to start with the town budget. She grabs a stack of papers and begins to methodically go through the town budget. Looks like Sarah did a very good job at being the "deputy mayor", maybe Regina should give her a raise?
As she goes through the papers, her thoughts quickly leave the office and flies home to the mansion instead. God, how she misses her little dragons. That picture Mal send her, was both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because it was a great joy to see her children smile and be happy, but a curse because it caused Regina to miss them even more. She hadn't expected going back to work would be this hard. The urge to transport home real quick and see her babydragons is almost unbearable, but Regina grits her teeth together. She has to let Mal handle the babies. She can't keep having these attachment issues. As Maleficent said, she's their mother too, and she's more than capable to watch them while Regina is at work.
It's still hard though. Time seems to pass very, very slowly, and Regina keeps catching herself in glancing at her watch while she pretends to go through the town budget.
It's just because it's the first day you're back, she tells herself. Of course it will get better. Of course it will.
By lunchtime, Sarah kindly fetches a Regina a sandwich from Granny's, and Regina has to scold herself for wanting to call home and check up on things. Maleficent's got it covered. Of course she has.
Regina chews on a piece of sandwich. The town budget looks fine so far, but the dwarves has asked for better tools to use in the mines. Hmm. Regina suppose she could squeeze that out of the budget. Axes might be fine, but stronger tools wouldn't harm anything, so maybe, just maybe she'll grant them that.
Regina eats the rest of the sandwich. Sarah has actually done a very good job at keeping things in order. The papers have been sorted in briefcases, and there isn't a tiny flaw to find in the town budget. Yes, Regina should definitely praise the younger woman before she goes home later.
The brunette tries to push the thought of her little baby dragons at home out of her mind as she continues to work her way through the paper piles.
Finally, finally, when the sun begins to set outside, Regina pushes the stacks of papers away, stands from her chair and puts on her coat. She's most definitely going home right now, and no power in this realm can stop her. She praises Sarah for her good work, and then wishes the younger woman a good evening. Sarah tells her to give her best to Maleficent and the little ones, and Regina of course promises to do that.
It's a beautiful evening, the sun might be disappearing, but it's still warm, and Regina breathes in the air as she walks home towards the mansion. Maybe it'll be warm enough to have a picnic one of these days. Yes. A picnic with Maleficent, the little ones and Henry would be quite nice, she'll remember to mention it to Mal sometimes.
Belle waves to her from across the street, and Regina waves back. It looks like the young brunette is very busy with keeping young Gideon away from the road. Regina sniggers to herself. That is gonna be her and Mal in a few years. Emerald and Amelia are quite lively children, and sometimes it's difficult to keep them out of trouble.
Regina smiles when she reaches the mansion. The lights are on in the living room, and she can hear Maleficent talking softly to their children.
The brunette barely gets the chance to understand what's going on, one minute she's opening the front door, and the next minute she is being pushed up against it and kissed rather passionately by her wife.
Regina flaps her hands rather helplessly but returns the kiss despite feeling a little trapped between Maleficent and the door.
Maleficent on the other hand, seems rather pleased with herself as she finally gives Regina the chance to breathe again.
,,What in the world was that?" Regina half chuckles half scolds.
,,I've missed you," Maleficent says and shrugs.
,,Right. This is not the way we're greeting each other, alright?"
,,It could be," Maleficent smirks.
Regina's rebuttal is lost when Emerald and Amelia begins to squeal when they hear their other mother.
,,Where are my little dragons?" Regina inquires.
Maleficent points towards the living room, and Regina rushes in there to find her daughters lying on their tummies on a blanket. Both of them raises their heads and flaps their hands when Regina kneels down and scoops them into her arms.
,,Mommy missed you," Regina singsongs to them and hugs them tightly.
,,What about me?" Maleficent asks as she joins Regina on the floor. ,,Haven't you missed me?"
,,Of course I have," Regina assures and gives Mal's cheek a light pet with her free hand.
,,Good. You had me worried there for a second," Maleficent quips.
Regina laughs and shakes her head. ,,Where's Henry?"
,,He went over to Violet's a half an hour ago. He mentioned something about staying there tonight- if it was alright with you, of course."
,,I better text him and tell him that it's alright for him to stay there tonight," Regina mutters. She has finally accepted that her seventeen-year-old son is nearly an adult who sometimes spend the night at his girlfriend's house.
,,At least you two won't be interested in boys for a good while," the brunette jokes and drops a kiss on both Emerald and Amelia's forehead.
,,I'll roast the first boy who tries anything," Maleficent vows, and Regina is certain that the dragon isn't joking.
,,Are you tired, hmm, little ones?" Regina asks the twins who eyes looks suspiciously glassy.
,,I think they are," Maleficent nods. ,,But they refused to sleep before you returned home."
,,Let's get you two to bed, my darlings," Regina says. ,,Can you please pick up Amelia?"
,,Of course," Mal says and scoops the baby into her arms. ,,Come here, beautiful girl. It's bedtime."
Putting the twins to bed takes the most of an hour, but when Regina and Maleficent dares to creep out of the nursery, both girls are fast asleep in their cribs.
Regina quickly cooks up a nice meal for dinner (tonight's meal is roast beef and potatoes) and the two sorceresses sits down and enjoys a quiet dinner together where they talk about Regina's and particularly Maleficent's day with the babies. The dragon is positive that the girls will be crawling around everywhere in no time, and Regina snorts with laughter when Mal reveals that Emerald threw up on her. Several times.
After the dinner, the two women retire to the living room, more specifically, the couch, where they curl up. Regina quickly ends up with her feet in Maleficent's lap and the blonde draws lazy patterns on her ankles.
They spend a few, quiet hours- with only one interruption made by Amelia- watching television. Both of them has a fondness for old black and white movies, and tonight they chose "Sabrina" with Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart.
Regina rolls her shoulders and shifts a little on the couch.
,,Tired?" Maleficent asks and gives her ankle a little squeeze.
,,Mm. A little."
,,So am I."
,,Maybe we should go to bed instead," Regina muses more to herself than to her wife.
Maleficent's lips instantly curls into a smirk and her blue eyes sparkles. ,,I definitely second that, my dear."
,,Oh." Regina pushes herself into a sitting position and measures the look on Maleficent's face. The dragon looks positively eager, and Regina could have sworn that she's biting her lip in anticipation.
,,Not quite what I meant," Regina says slowly. ,,But maybe I'm not ready to sleep just yet."
Maleficent quickly forgets all about the movie on the television screen, and jumps to her feet. She more or less hauls Regina up from the couch.
,,Come on then, my dear," she insists in that sultry tone Regina knows all too well.
Regina chuckles warmly and lets Maleficent grab her wrist and pull her towards the bedroom. A nice day is turning into an even better night.
To Be Continued..
