The Locksleys

I have a thing for fluffy pregnancy fics, what I can say? So I decided to write one. One-Shot. This might turn into a series of one-shots, I haven't decided yet. #OutlawQueen

Regina's eyes fluttered open. It was 5 am and dawn was just about to break. She was in her 7th month of pregnancy and was usually uncomfortable. All she wanted to do now was take a hot bath and relax.

She was lying on her side facing her window. She could feel her husband's hand on the swell of her stomach. She looked at him over her shoulder. He was sound asleep, protectively shielding her. She loved him for that.

She smiled at the thought of when she first told him she was expecting. His blue eyes lit up, he smiled wide then bit his bottom lip, all before he pulled her close and kissed her until her lips went numb.

He had been very protective of her, always, but especially during these last few months. He didn't want her lifting anything, driving her car, or going up and down the stairs without his help. He was quite an irritant after awhile, but Regina didn't have the heart to tell him he was being too much because he did it out of love. She liked be loved. She loved him so much that she couldn't hurt his feelings.

She wanted her hot bath desperately this morning. She knew if she got into the tub without his help, he would throw a fit. He was sleeping so soundly, and she didn't want to wake him. Honestly, she could get in the tub, take her bath by herself, and be out before he woke up. It was only 5. He didn't usually wake until 7. She could do it.

She slowly sat up in bed, and oh so carefully, lifted his hand off of her belly and placed in on her warm pillow where her head had just been. She eased her way out of bed, and watched him carefully to make sure he didn't stir, then tip toed to the master bathroom.

She made it! She looked back to make sure he was still asleep as she quietly shut the bathroom door.

She turned on the bathtub facet and filled it with hot water. She threw in her favorite bubble bath and bath salts, then put her towel and bathrobe where she could reach them easily when she was done. She quickly shed her clothes, and turned off the faucet.

Just before Regina stepped into a tub, she felt a small kick in her belly. She giggled to herself because it felt like bubbles.

"How are you? My little princess," Regina whispered to her stomach and placed a protective hand over it, "I can't wait to meet you. Neither can your father and brothers. But especially me, because then I will have a girl to even out all this testosterone."

Regina carefully stepped into the tub and sank beneath the bubbles. She closed her eyes and a smile came to her face. The hot water was so nice, her swollen feet needed it the most.

Reached to the side of the bathtub where a storage container was. It was close enough to the tub that she could reach it without getting out. She opened it and pulled out a bath pillow. While she was situating the pillow, she accidentally knocked over the bottle of bubble bath that she had just used, and it made a large thud on the floor.

"Shit!" Regina whispered a curse at herself, "Please don't wake up." she clamped her eyes shut.

"Regina?" She heard Robin say from their bedroom, "Darling?"

Regina lied back in the tub and shook her head. Almost, she thought, almost.

"Darling?" Robin called out as he entered the bathroom. His eyes only half open because he had just woken up.

Regina looked up at him like she was a child who just got caught stealing cookies from the cookie jar.

"What are you doing in there without my help? You could have slipped and fell!" He scolded.

"But I didn't," She shot him a pleading smile.

"That's not the point!" He crossed his arms, so unbelievably angry that she would climb into a bathtub without his help, 7 months pregnant and all.

"But my feet hurt," She eyed him innocently and stuck out her bottom lip.

He couldn't help but chuckle when she gave him the 'innocent' face. He wondered, silently, if their daughter would give him the same face.

"Look," he sighed and sat at the edge of the tub, "I know I've been a little nuts since the start of your pregnancy. It's only because I am nuts about you. I love you, and I love our baby, and Roland, and Henry."

Regina had tears in her eyes at his words.

"My family means everything to me, and I will do anything I can to protect you from anything that I feel can be the slightest bit dangerous." He told her very honestly and sincerely.

"I love you, Sweetheart," Regina said, "If anything, I'm resilient. I have a feeling our little girl will be too. I know our boys are," Regina lifted her head up and waited for him to move down and kiss her lips.

Regina lied in the bath and he sat on the side and two of them discussed baby names until Regina was ready to get out. She let him help her up, and dry her off, then she put on her bathrobe. He scoped her up and carried her to their bed. It was now 6 am the children wouldn't be up for another hour.

He offered her a foot massage, but she declined because she wanted him to hold her instead. He lied back, covered his lower abdomen with a pillow to support her belly, and arranged himself so she could lay her head on his chest comfortably.

"I like Sofia the best," Robin said, "It's soft and feminine. We have two growing boys that enjoy playing rough, I expect out daughter to be more delicate."

"Sofia," Regina nodded into his chest, " Sofia Lily-Rose Locksley. Do you like that?"

"It's beautiful."

It was beautiful, Regina thought, just like their family.

Auther's Note:

I picked the name Sofia, for Princess Sofia the First. She is a Disney Princess after all. I thought it would be cute to write her in.

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