A/N I'm having Once Upon a Time withdrawals. I apologise if this is terrible. This is just what I, as a poor pathetic SwanQueen shipper wish would happen!
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN ANYTHING.
Despite herself, Regina felt a smile filling her features as Emma gingerly deposited a deeply slumbering Henry on his bed. Regina drew the covers back over her son, and made her way to the door.
"Thank you Miss Swan." She said softly, hoping the younger woman would hear the sincerity in her voice.
"Regina, you just risked your life to save the whole town, including me. I think we're officially on a first name basis." Emma replied, leaning against the door frame and watching Henry's chest rise and fall. "Hell all I did was carry the kid from the car, up the stairs."
"Not a minor feat, I must say dear. He was much easier to carry before he decided that growing up seemed like a good idea." Regina joked, she was joking. With Emma. What was happening to her? She despised Emma. Didn't she? But as she watched the Sherriff roll her eyes and shake her head, she found herself transfixed by the way the light from the hallway made Emma's thick blonde hair shine like gold, and the way she was standing, with her back against the door, made her breast arch out ever so slightly.
"Anyway, it should be me thanking you, Regina. You saved us all." Emma suddenly turned and locked eyes with the brunette.
"I would not have been able to do it without you. You came back for me; it was you who saved me dear."Regina countered, returning the younger woman's eye contact.
"You know, in a weird way, I'm proud of you."
"I'm sorry?" Regina tried not to get annoyed at the Sheriff, waiting for her to have a chance to state her opinion. Maybe she hadn't meant to be condescending.
"You always say you want to redeem yourself, but actions speak louder than words, ya know? You say you want to be good for Henry, and you were. You proved yourself. And I dunno, maybe it's stupid that I'm proud of you. I guess I'm just.. Happy. For Henry." A blush had started to creep into the blonde's pale complexion.
"While I don't act out of a need to please you Miss Swan, I suppose I should thank you for finally believing me."
"Wow, we went what fifteen minutes without snapping at each other. That's gotta be some kind of record. I better head off before this turns into an all in brawl." Emma pushed herself off the door frame and made her way toward the staircase.
Regina watched the blonde retreating and suddenly had a desire to stop her. The new found comfort she had felt with Emma standing so close to her was disappearing with every step the blonde was taking. She had no idea why she didn't want the blonde to leave, but she knew she had to do whatever it took just to be in her presence for a little while longer.
"Emma?" The blonde stopped in her tracks immediately, almost shocked at Regina's use of her first name.
"Yea?" She said her voice full of confusion as she turned to face Regina and folded her arms over her chest uncomfortably.
"What were you going to say to me? Before you left the mine the first time, you started to say something, and then you stopped."
"I wasn't going to say anything." Emma replied with a shrug.
"Oh, OK, my mistake. Have a goodnight Sheriff." Regina kicked herself internally. Why was she such an idiot? Just let her leave, just let her go home, and you can have a bath and read a terribly written romance novel and drink wine until you forget the fact that you ever even asked that question.
"I wasn't going to say anything Regina, I- I wanted to kiss you."
Before Regina even knew what she was doing, she had the younger woman pushed up against the wall of the hallway, her face inches away from the blonde. So close that she could feel Emma's breathe on the heated skin of her cheeks. They stood there staring into each other's eyes for what seemed like forever. All of a sudden Emma closed the distance, pushing her lips onto the older woman's insistently, her tongue seeking entrance into her mouth. Regina's breath almost caught in her throat at how perfect the kiss was, as she brought her hands up to caress the blonde's face. Emma moaned and started pushing Regina to the direction of her bedroom. Regina felt her back hit the cold surface of her door and reached her hand down to turn the handle, never once breaking the heated kiss. She actually groaned at the loss of contact when Emma pulled her face away.
"Regina, I'm sorry, I can't." Emma must have noticed the devastation on Regina's face, because she continued hurriedly.
"No, don't think that, don't think that at all." She brought her hand up to brush away the few strands of hair that had fallen across Regina's eyes and Regina leaned into the contact, craving Emma's warmth and the feel of her skin. "I don't want to do this, because I've wanted to for so long. I've wanted to kiss you for so long Regina and I don't want it be like this. Rushed and hurried. I want for you to give me a chance to treat you like you deserve to be treated."
Tears threatened to fall from Regina's eyes at Emma's words. She didn't know that Emma felt like that, she had thought Emma hated her. In fact, she had thought she hated Emma. But right here, in this moment, she never wanted Emma to leave her. She wanted to be with her all the time.
"Are you ok?" Emma asked, and the tenderness in her voice produced fresh tears. She wasn't accustomed to someone caring about how she felt, or worrying that they may have upset her.
"Yes, I'm ok. Just- I don't want you to leave."
"I don't have to leave; I just want us to slow down. We should talk about this; it doesn't have to be right now. We've both had a big day; I think we need time to process. I'm just saying- let's not jump straight into bed with each other."
"So you're not going to come and make out with me on my big comfy bed?" Regina asked Emma seductively.
Emma smiled brightly at Regina and kissed her on the forehead. "I am definitely going to come and make out with you on your big comfy bed."
A/N I haven't written a Fic in ages. So please read and review. It's probably really terrible and I'd like to know if I should continue with it.