Disclaimer: I do not own any character or any other derivative of ABC's Once Upon a Time. I have taken some creative liberties with the storyline so I hope that's okay with you guys. Basically everything is the same, Emma isn't new to town and there was no curse but magic simply exists and is known throughout the world; people have grown up with it and it's seen as pretty normal it's not really a central theme, I've kind of just put it there discretely. Also, just a heads up, this piece does put Robin in a terrible light, it doesn't represent what I really think of the character it's just for the storyline. Hope you enjoy
Henry's New Teacher
The beginning of the school year always brought with it the same menial challenges but somehow every year it was as though they had not been tackled 12 months before. Storybrooke was, for once, bustling with some kind of a buzz that cold morning; children were all getting ready for their first days of school and with them rose the mayor of the small town.
On this day, for what felt like the hundredth in recent months, she wished that the sun might retreat back under the horizon and begged it to leave her alone for just a little longer. Normally rising no later than 6:30am, Regina had recently allowed herself sleep-ins and had opted to work from home rather than complete what had become arduous tasks like getting ready and going outside. These symptoms did not exist without cause, and it was this very reason that had kept Regina in bed for days, lonely for weeks and miserable for months.
None of this was lost on her son, Henry. He was perhaps the most observant person she had ever encountered and so when he, of his own accord, started the conversation with her about what had happened she was nothing but honest with him.
"Mom… I just want you to know that I am trying to understand what you're going through and I know I'm just a kid but I'd like to be supportive if you need it."
The Mayor was stunned by her son's words. Never had she expected to become so lucky as to have a son as mature and smart and brilliant as Henry.
"Oh Henry, thank you. Thank you so much, that means the absolute world to me. I know that I've been distant and nothing like myself but I promise you I'm working on it. I'm sorry about what happened with Robin, I know you were very fond of him."
"Not anymore." Regina was shocked, Henry had taken such a liking to her former partner, the two had basically become inseparable in the first 6 months of them dating, let alone how they bonded in the last 6 years.
"He broke your heart Mom and for that I can't see him how I used to."
"Henry…" Regina had no words for her son in that moment. All she could do was walk towards him and accept his embrace. She would never let herself truly realise the fear that she had harboured when Robin had left; the fear that Henry might have chosen to go with him. She loved her son but she had always felt as though as hard as she tried she always came up short in some way.
As the time drew closer and closer to the start of school for Henry, Regina convinced herself to get out of bed. 6 months ago, on this day, Robin Hood, the man she had convinced herself was the love of her life walked out of her home for the very last time. She thanked her luck every day that Henry was not there to see; that nobody was there to see it. Never had she wanted to appear that broken and small to anyone in her life.
It wasn't late but the sun had sunk low into the sky and the street lamps of Storybrooke were beginning to glow. Regina sat at her dining table with a glass of red wine in her hand, still dressed in her grey dress from the long day at work. Her black stockings were itching to be taken off and her feet were beginning to become uncomfortable in the black stilettos. But despite how awkward she was feeling, Regina knew that it would soon pass. As she heard Robin's car pull into the driveway she once again thanked her luck that Henry had a sleepover that night and downed the remainder of the red liquid in the tall, oversized wine glass. She stood, looking ever the regal woman that ran the town and slowly took steps towards the front door.
Had it been any other night and had it been any other lover they would have walked through the door and simply stared up at Regina as though she was the sun and would not have been able to think anything other than 'what a woman.' But, alas, it would not come to be for Regina and Robin.
The man entered and closed the door behind him, turning to see the Mayor standing before him, an empty wine glass dangling from her right hand, brushing against her dress. He put his bag down and removed his coat, placing it on the hooks beside the door.
"You have 1 minute to explain yourself."
"Regina, don't be ridiculous."
"Excuse me."
Robin looked up at the woman before him and although she had on a façade built of steel, he knew her well enough to see fear in her eyes.
"I do not feel like having this conversation, or confrontation or whatever you seem to have planned."
"Don't you dare mock me. Now explain yourself or get out of my home."
"Regina…"
"Now."
Frustration broke out on Robin's face and only for a moment did he think that he might be able to defend his actions. That thought was short-lived and instead he decided to let his annoyance rear its ugly head.
"So I fucked her! What the hell does it matter as long as I come home to you after?!"
"You're a real sonofabitch, you know that."
"And you're a real frigid bitch, I don't even know how you got like this. Nothing about you has escaped from the monster that you always were and somehow even now when I look at you she is all I see. I would be glad to be rid of the both of you now that I've had my way."
After having all day to run through everything that she had wanted to say, everything she decided needed to happen between the two of them, Regina had not prepared herself for how callous Robin would allow himself to become. For 6 years they had been happy, he had been happy. He was the best man that she had ever known and then it was as though he became discontent and things changed in less than a moment.
The night before, Regina had been to Grannies to pick up some dinner for herself; Robin had needed to stay back at work and so he had called her to apologise, wished her a good night and told her that he would be home late but that he couldn't wait until he was asleep beside her. And considering the moments inside Grannie's Regina had come to consider herself an idiot for believing him.
The room fell into silence upon Regina's arrival. Just as Regina walked in her phone began to ring and then ceased when Granny put the phone down. Normally the diner would have been in an uproar on a Friday night and perhaps then Regina would not have heard the distinct grunts of her lover in the back. She stopped in her tracks and looked at the old woman tending the diner who looked back at her with nothing but sorrow and regret.
The Mayor remained her cool and calm self and removed her coat, hung it on the hanger beside her and walked towards the rear of the establishment. Once she had ascertained that Robin was inside Room 3 she reached for the handle. The door was locked.
Just as Regina was about to embarrass herself and return to ask Granny for the key, Ruby turned up beside her, whispered 'I got you' and gently moved Regina out of the way. In a moment the door was off of its hinges after Ruby had attacked it with her whole body. She managed not to fall into the room and smiled a small smile to herself when she thought how cool that must have looked.
The noise from inside the room stopped and was replaced with a scream from the woman within. Regina heard Robin shout 'what the fuck' just before she stepped inside and revealed herself to the "couple".
"Regina…" It was Kathryn who spoke her name first. But when Regina looked at her the woman was silenced. She shuffled back towards the headboard; never had she seen such a look on Regina's face.
Deciding that the situation was not worth her time, let alone her words, the Mayor turned out of the room and walked back into the diner. Everyone turned back to their meals, trying to make it seem as though they weren't keeping all of their attention on the happenings within the small room.
Without a word Regina walked to the counter where her meal was waiting in front of Granny and when she picked it up she gave a small nod to the woman. Regina was grateful for the fact that the older woman had tried to tell her the truth. Regina was just too early.
Before Regina knew it, her reminiscence was over and her hand was raised, the wine glass clutched tightly within it, and then she let it go. The glass flew towards Robin and he moved out of the way just in time; it made contact with the door behind him and shattered onto the floor.
"Get the fuck out of my house."
The man didn't move to leave immediately, instead he looked shocked and for a moment took pause. He had grown so confident in the fact that Regina had grown to need him deeply in the years that they had been together that never did he think she would really do this, no matter his transgressions. And so he had taken advantage, not knowing her enough to realise how deeply she felt everything and how much it had taken for her to let herself fall in love with him. No, Robin had never truly known Regina; she would never have let him, nor anyone.
But Regina knew, better than Robin or Henry or anyone, that the depth that Robin knew her to was nothing compared to how she had truly wished to allow her lover to know her. Over the years Regina had allowed herself to fall into some kind of love with Robin, mostly because she adored how good he was to her son; but now it was time for her to let it go. She had let go of the belief that she might ever find some kind of 'true love' and now she was about to lose hope in love altogether.
With an elegant flick of her wrist Robin was pinned to the door. She took languid steps towards him that exuded with her power and brought her face close to his before she spoke.
"Get the fuck out and never come back. Fuck you."
The door opened behind him and she shoved him backwards with all of her physical strength, causing him to stumble backwards with surprise and fall down her porch steps. She turned into her home, flicked her wrist behind her and the door slammed shut. That was the last time she would ever see Robin; the next day he left town, taking Kathryn with him.
Later Regina had found out that as soon as Robin stepped onto Mifflin Street he was met by all of the men that were inside Granny's earlier. They "escorted" him to Kathryn's front door and left him with some bruised ribs and a face that not even Regina would love. But during Robin's decided punishment, Regina was on the floor of her kitchen with sobs wracking her body. She was alone once again and every pain she had ever felt was rushing back towards her.
That night Regina made it into bed after crawling from the kitchen and began to think about how she would tell Henry.
Today Regina lifted herself out of bed and walked over to the window that overlooked the whole town. She looked out and saw all of the mothers and fathers with their children, hand in hand, some sitting on shoulders. Regina saw love all around her and she would be damned if she let Robin continue to take things away from her. She found a small piece of the woman that she had been before everything had gone wrong and she took a deep breath in. Venturing out into the house she found Henry in the kitchen, making breakfast for the two of them, almost ready for school. He gave her a smile that seemed to say 'I'm glad you could make it today'. She made herself some coffee and enjoyed a breakfast with Henry. Happiness may have been returning to her and she was welcoming it in.
Emma Swan had always been a fan of the commonly dreaded first day of school. She had been teaching since she got her degree and every day she loved it. Of course there were challenges and she had had nights where she vowed that she would never teach again, but she had always found her way back to it, and it to her.
Once all of her things were in her backpack and she had her car full of books and all sorts of knickknacks destined to make her classroom her second home, she left her apartment in her yellow VW bug and was at school in no time.
Emma managed to unload her car and carry everything to her classroom in one trip. She dumped everything onto the table in the middle of the room and looked at the clock. She had one hour before the first meeting of the year and two hours before the children were upon her. For Emma Swan, that was plenty of time to start to whip her classroom into shape.
In 55 minutes Emma had hung up most of the posters that she had brought in with her, the class rules were everywhere and above all else, the room was covered in art work, inspiration for the students and color was everywhere. Every time Emma had the opportunity to improve things for her students, make them excited about school or find a new way to make them want to learn, she always went above and beyond.
In the same amount of time, Regina Mills had managed to make sure Henry had everything he needed, got herself ready for work in a figure hugging grey dress, black stockings and black stilettos. They were out the door and in the car before 8:30 with plenty of time to get Henry to school before the 9am start. Regina decided that they should go to Granny's for a quick hot cocoa and coffee. As usual, Henry was always excited to go to Granny's and loved even more the fact that he would be having cocoa. But mostly Henry was glad to be able to spend some time with his mom. In recent weeks she had seemed to all but disappear in front of him and he had no idea how to get her back. He had been worried but he also trusted that she was strong enough to bring herself out of the darkness and back into the light.
With morning meetings completed and all of the preparation that could be done in less than an hour, the first bell of the year rang to signal that it was time for children to find their classrooms and for parents to once again watch them as they wander off and revel in the speed at which their children have grown.
But Regina was no such parent. She always walked Henry to his class and had a small chat with the teacher just to make sure that her son would be in good hands and to introduce herself formally, making sure to add just enough warning into her voice when she uttered the words 'Mayor of Storybrooke'. Henry usually complained the whole way to class when Regina insisted on this tradition.
Emma was standing by the door of her classroom waiting for the children to arrive and file in. When just about every chair had a kid in it she went to turn from the door but something made her pause. Just as her eyes were moving up from the faces of the last children coming, a woman walking towards her classroom came into full view. She had on a grey dress and killer heels that seemed to send Emma's mind into some kind of overdrive. As the woman neared, Emma made a move to stand halfway in and halfway out of the class to signal that she was definitely open to a conversation and hoping beyond hope that the small boy in front of her was going to walk into her classroom.
Regina saw her immediately. She was a petite blonde woman but Regina noticed toned arms and legs through a baseball tee and jeans that were way too tight but the Mayor was definitely not complaining. And the brunette found herself desperate for this woman to be Henry's new teacher.
Henry smiled towards Emma as he made his way into the room without a word. Regina remained outside the class with her eyes locked on the magnificent woman in front of her. Regina had had her fair share of attraction to various women but never had she acted on it and never had anyone completely floored her as the blonde woman who had just turned her head from the children inside to face Regina.
Although all of her instincts were screaming at her to remain professional and to not do anything that may jeopardise her job at Storybrooke Elementary, Emma turned towards Regina and took a step towards her so that she could close the door behind them. The brunette spoke first.
"You're Henry's new teacher?"
"Hi." Emma's voice came out small and vulnerable, Regina could see nothing but sweetness in her eyes.
The blonde reached out her hand and the Mayor took it gently, their fingers coming to stroke each other softly rather than gripping for a shake. They held hands for a second too long before they both remembered themselves and let go.
"I'm Emma, Emma Swan."
"Regina."
When Emma finally remembered where she was and the fact that she had a room full of 25 children that were unsupervised and waiting for her, she quickly began to try and wrap the situation up, as much as it disappointed her to do so.
"It's very nice to meet you Regina, but I'm so sorry I have a room full of kids and I really should be heading in."
"Oh yes…um, sorry to keep you."
Emma took this opportunity to take a risk and see where she might find herself.
"Not a problem, my door is always open." At this her eyes fluttered up to Regina's and the normally vibrant green was replaced by something much deeper and darker, a desperate wanting; a pleasure that was directed straight at the Mayor. "Hopefully I'll see you soon."
"Yes… See you soon, Miss Swan."
As Emma turned to open the door and walk into her classroom she allowed her hips to sway a little more than usual for the brunette outside her door who she hoped would be watching.
Regina stared at the perfect ass of Emma Swan as she retreated into her classroom and forced herself to turn around and find her way out of the school. Her walk had the slightest lightness and confidence to it, something that had been lost for months. She walked outside and looked up at the sky as the sun began to break through a cloud and wondered at her luck. She had not felt like this in the longest time and now she would begin to prepare herself to allow it to take her on a journey, regardless of the final destination.
Emma had an entire lesson planned for the day but with the distraction of Regina she found that everything she thought she had memorised had left her head. With her experience behind her, Emma threw together a traditional first day for the kids with introductory games and some tests of knowledge; the image of Regina at her door never far from her mind and the hope that she would soon return a constant repetition in her head.
The working day for the Mayor of Storybrooke was always long, but today Regina swore that she could feel time dragging along her skin making her itch with a need that she hadn't felt in some time. Instead of closing herself off to the feeling, Regina flicked her wrist to close the double doors to her office and allowed herself to feel safe enough to experience everything in her own solitude.
The brunette closed her eyes and allowed her thoughts to run wild in her mind. For a moment she felt a light dizziness and her head lolled backwards of its own accord. Once her thoughts slowed down slightly, Regina was able to see what they were all trying to lead her to. Behind her eyelids it looked as though the figure of Emma Swan moving towards her surrounded by black but with the light of her thoughts swimming around her.
Had anyone been inside the room with the Mayor they would have been able to see the look of pure bliss that was suddenly on her face and just how relaxed she had become. Feeling contented and safe in the confines of her office with the apparent presence of Henry's new teacher, Regina began to sink ever deeper into her reverie.
The blonde woman was beginning to consume her; she was appearing at all sides, slowly whittling away at the hardness that Regina had built around herself. Then Regina felt a light touch on her lips, the touch moved down her neck, agonisingly slowly between her breasts as though the lightest touch from Emma was bringing about the greatest amount of feeling within the Mayor. Regina felt her tensions floating off of her skin and moaned aloud as she sunk deeper into her office chair.
Fingers had begun to dance lightly along her thighs, up towards the hem of her dress. Teasingly, the hem was played with for a moment before brave and nimble hands made their way underneath and began to push the dress up towards Regina's hips. She lifted her ass off of the chair so that the dress was not to be in the way of anything further.