Title: Last Thing You'll Do
Author: Calliope-plantain
Rating: M
Pairing:Regina/Emma
Disclaimer: I do not own Once. All characters in this story sadly do not belong to me; they're simply being borrowed for a little while, and then will be returned. This story was not written for profit and no copyright infringements are intended.
Storyline: Regina could say her life was perfect… and then it got turned upside down.
Author's Note:This story is largely based on a dream I had.
Beta: Scarlet-Marauder awesomely encouraged me to write this, and then was my beta. So any mistakes she's missed are her fault ;)
"The next heart you crush will be mine" – 45-Spacer.
The second the dishwasher door was closed Regina found she was pressed against it with Emma's mouth seizing her throat. She couldn't help the appreciating moan that broke the silence of the kitchen as the other woman pushed herself against Regina's back once again. Dinner had been a quiet affair though the dark hungry eyes which had watched her every movement had spoken volumes.
Emma's hand cupped the brunette's breast. Almost enticingly slow. A thumb grazed across her nipple, almost undetectable through her dress and bra. Jutting her upper half forward to gain more pressure became even more desirable when she heard Emma's gasp of pleasure as her ass grounding into her. Seizing on Emma's moment of lack of concentration Regina turned, pulling the other woman flush against her.
Both women gave a silent gasp as their bodies melded perfectly. Regina's heels gave her a small lift, meaning she had to duck slightly to take Emma's lips. She felt the blonde shudder against her, delighting in the feeling. She could taste the beer Emma had just drained. She could hear their lips smacking together, and feel their hearts race in their chests. She could feel herself falling, and knew the woman holding her would always catch her.
Emma hands were back on her. One driven so deep into her hair it was almost painful the other pinning her to the counter front by the hip. Feeling Emma's tongue slide against her own was like Heaven on Earth and made her head spin. Despite the passion and forcefulness of their kisses or the nips given to their respected partners' lips neither fought for dominance. Though Regina could feel Emma's fast approaching surge of control and it weakened her knees.
Regina's groan vibrated through her chest as Emma's hand danced across her skin. She felt the blonde's smug smirk. A slightly harder nip was given to Emma's bottom lip causing her to yelp slightly. The brunette grinned back into the kiss, gently massaging the damaged skin beneath her tongue. She felt Emma's knee move by the shift to her dress but the pressure she most needed to her core never came. Her knees however buckled at the feel of Emma's hand travelling passed her waist to lift the hem of her dress up.
Emma's hold on the older woman plus the tightness of the dress stopped the garment from moving further than a matter of inches. The brunette still groaned at the feeling of her lover's warm hands on those inches of thigh she'd revealed.
Regina couldn't help but chuckle however at the frustrated grunt from her lover as the black dress she'd been ogling at all night was now stopping her from getting what she wanted. What they wanted. "Bed?" Regina suggested breathlessly. In her daze all the saviour could do was nod. Another heated kiss was given before the blonde grabbed her hand and pulled her away from the countertop on shaking legs. The hand gripping her own was almost painful, though it was long forgotten when Emma turned to her as they reached the bottom of the staircase.
Whether it was knowledge that they wouldn't be caught by Henry or just the buzz of having Emma finally near her in longer than she could remember; Regina didn't know, but she didn't need to find out as the blonde was crushed into the adjacent wall. Emma let out a small wince of pain at the movement but by the way she seized Regina's offering lips the damaged wasn't lasting.
Their joint hands rested beside Emma's head, while the Sherriff's remaining hand wove its way into Regina's hair pulling her almost painfully into their kiss. It was all tongue and teeth, and the older woman didn't care. She could feel her heart beating at an erratic rate, or was that Emma's? A low groan sounded from within Emma's chest causing Regina to grin and push once again into the other woman. The receiving moan only spurring her on.
Regina's free hand had pinned Emma's hip to the wall, which by the way it had started twitching was clearly for the best. The only sounds which broke the silence of the house were their breathing and wet noises of lips meeting over and over again. The brunette's senses were being bombarded by Emma's touch, smell and taste. She was intoxicating.
The hand gripping Emma's hip moved ever so slowly up the blonde's side to palm the robe covered breast. Emma's head shot back with an audible gasp. Regina grinned into the offering neck as she felt the blonde's nipple pebble beneath her touch. Emma wasn't wearing a bra. "God", Emma moaned as Regina latched herself onto her throat. The hand entangled into Regina's hair pushed and pulled firmer, directing her in the sexiest way possible. The former queen could feel Emma's pulse dart beneath her tongue. Regina knew she was marking Emma; and she didn't care. She was hers. Forever.
Kicking Emma's feet apart allowed Regina to push herself even further into the robed woman. The blonde's hips had started their slow rock, trying to gain any contact. "Thought…you…said bed" sounded the shuddering woman, still holding Regina's head in place.
The brunette raised her head to the sheriff's ear, gently tracing the shell with her tongue feeling Emma shudder once again beneath her. "It's not my fault you're so irresistible", she breathed into ear she was now all but devouring.
"Regina. Please" Emma whispered. Pulling away to look at younger woman Regina felt her arousal peek even higher at the sight of her darkened hooded eyes and swollen lips. It had been too long since they had been together. Just as the brunette leant in for another kiss Emma spoke again, "Please take me to bed". She saw the plea in the other woman's eyes and felt her heart soar and libido rise. Emma's panting breath danced across her face; all she could do was agree.
Pulling away she felt Emma sag slightly against her. Clearly her legs weren't functioning at their full capacity. She heard the blonde's embarrassed laugh. "I've got you" Regina reassured seeing Emma's eyes sparkle ever so slightly. "Come on" Regina whispered pulling Emma along with her up the stairs.
The ascent was slow, mainly because Emma had missed the first two steps and just caught the third. By the time they reached the top however the blonde's legs were working just fine. Something Regina became aware of as she felt Emma pull her back. The former mayor turned just in time to see a mess of darkened blonde hair, and feel the body collide with her own before Emma's lips were upon her again. This time however she could feel Emma was guiding her towards their bedroom.
The door swung open, crashing off the wall behind it. As she drunk in the lips being offered to her Regina found she didn't care. It certainly wasn't the first damage which had been inflicted upon the house during their time together, and she was pretty sure it wouldn't be the last. To be on the safe side she'd make Emma clean the scuff marks in the morning.
The door was left open; it wasn't like someone was going to walk in on them in their empty house. It seemed to take them two strides of the room before Emma pushed Regina back onto their bed. Anything other time the brunette would have laughed at the small bounce she did on landing but all thoughts of doing so were erased when Emma crawled on top of her; the short robe bunching around her hips. Regina could feel Emma's heat through her dress and what she assumed was the other woman's underwear.
Emma licked up the base of Regina throat before latched herself to her pulse point. Regina knew Emma was about to be frustrated once again with her dress; it was zipped on the back. She was not about to have another of her dresses ruined by the Sheriff's impatience. Though she was surprised when all it took was a little pressure to roll the blonde onto her back. Usually Emma fought for dominance. Regina's skin was released with a small pop.
Emma's darkened eyes glittered with disappointment when Regina moved from on top of her; until she saw her lover's hands drift behind her back. Emma has once confessed she thought it was extremely hot watching Regina remove her own back zipped dresses; and so she would give her a show.
Their eyes met and she could see Emma's devilish grin take form. Regina took her time lowering the small zip, moving so the dress would slide off her body with almost excruciating slowness. Regina's skin tingled as it was exposed to the air and Emma's hungry stare. The tingle turned to a shiver as she felt the blonde's gaze drift down her body taking in her matching bra and underwear. With a hooked finger one heel was removed before the other the brunette's gaze never leaving her lover's. Lastly removed were her pantyhose which she had barely stepped out of before Emma seized her around the waist.
It surprised her when she once again landed on top of Emma. It was almost in Emma's nature to top the older woman, and Regina found it hot as hell to be dominated by blonde. She however was not going to waste the opportunity she'd been given. After all it was Emma's night.
Shifting so she could straddle Emma's hips, her hands moved to the cord which was hiding the other woman's body from her. Regina watched as the blonde's tightened nipples seem to pucker further with the temperature change. The brunette lowered her head tracing a slight line with her tongue from Emma's naval finishing in the valley between her breasts. The taste of Emma's skin was something Regina had missed. The taste it took during their love making, a taste which was simply Emma. Beneath her tongue she could feel Emma's fast drumming heartbeat.
Regina allowed the warmth and softness of Emma's skin push into her own, shifting her lower half just an inch lower to let her leg shift between the blonde's thigh felling for the first time how wet her lover had become. The movement caused both women to moan. Emma's quickened breathing was causing her breasts to rise and fall; something which Regina seized upon. Her eyes never leaving Emma's, Regina licked the raised bud with the flat of her tongue watching the blonde's mouth open in a silent gasp.
One of Emma's legs which were still hanging off the edge of bed rose slightly to gain more pressure from Regina's knee. Regina grinned into the now heaving breast, before taking the nipple completely into her mouth. She grinned further when she saw Emma's eyes slam closed. She alternated between licking sucking and biting at the small peddled fleshed, enjoying the enchanting noises coming from the women beneath her. Every time Regina's tongue circled the taut nub followed by a flick, she pushed ever so gently into Emma's heated core. The blonde's hips were grinding into her, while her lover's hands buried themselves into the sheets beneath them. Emma really was giving up control.
Emma let out a disappointed groan when Regina removed her mouth and knee from her. Regina watched with a smirk as the younger woman's eyes opened with a hazy slightly unfocused glare. With a small tilt of her head Regina hooked her thumbs around the waist band of Emma's underwear, hearing the half-naked woman's hitched breath.
The garment was slid from the slim waist; thankfully Emma had enough function left to be able to lift herself to allow it. Down her slender legs before joining Regina's puddle of discarded clothing. "Scoot" was Regina's only reply. It seemed to take a moment for Emma to register the command before moving backwards up the bed. It took seconds for Regina to rip her bra and underwear off and once the blonde was no longer upon her discarded robe Regina pulled that too onto the graveyard of previously removed items of clothing.
It was unusual these days for Regina to feel like a queen. No one ever treat her as such anymore; but the way Emma looks at her whether it is over the morning cereal or like right now in her completely naked state; she felt worshipped.
Emma's glance was almost animalist as she watched Regina crawl her way towards her. Regina's hands grazed Emma's legs delighting in their quiver. Nipping at Emma's hip with her teeth, she heard the other's small yelp. A soothing swirl of her tongue caused it turn into a groan. The assaulted hip jutted trying to gain Regina's attention which was not given but the heat from Emma's mount was almost irresistible. Instead she continued once again with a firm flat tongue up Emma's abdomen; licking all traces of salt from the blonde's skin as she slid one leg across Emma's thigh, delighting in the surge of pleasure at the contact. The writhing woman beneath her attempted to move so the wandering tongue would at least graze her tightened nipple; Regina allowed it. Before moving higher.
As she hovered over the blonde's face, Emma wasted no time plunging her tongue into the brunette's waiting mouth. Ever the dominator. "Impatient" was Regina's faux reprimand. The brunette's hand lowered brushing the small nest of hair between her thighs and felt the hips rise even further off the bed. The feel of Emma molten need was instantly noticeable. Without entering the younger woman, Regina's fingers were practically coated.
"Screw slow" Emma demanded with a growled which sent a jolt right to Regina's core.
"That's exactly what I am doing", was Regina's simple reply.
She grinned into her lover's lips at the annoyed moan erupting from them; it was clear that was not what she'd meant. "No…I mean…" Emma's desperate tone sounded.
"I know" was Regina's reassuring reply. Emma's mouth opened in a gasp which never met the brunette's ears as she plunges two fingers into Emma's molten centre. When no resistance was met she added a third upon her next thrust. She heard Emma cry that time; and for once in a very long time she could watch her lover come undone. The woman's cry did not need to be shushed or quietened by Regina's mouth; because they were completely alone. Regina could bask in awe at everything that was Emma Swan.
Regina stilled her hand momentarily to allow Emma to get used to the new intrusion. When the blonde nodded slightly Regina took it as her cue. Regina moved to rest upon her forearm next to Emma's head bringing her inches away from the woman below her. Both women gasped as their body melded together. Regina felt a jolt of desire shot from her aching nipples to her clit.
Regina's fingers began a slow but steady rhythm, which Emma's frantic hip immediately tried to increase. Regina watched as Emma's face creased in pure ecstasy, it was truly breath taking. It had been too long since she'd seen Emma like this is. Since they'd been like this. Regina sped up her movement feeling a slight burn in her wrist. The moans, groans and gasps from the younger woman were tantalising and shot straight to Regina's centre. It seemed sensing the brunette's need Emma's arm trailed down her spine making her skin tingle. The former queen gasped when Emma grabbed her backside pulling her lower half flush against Emma's thigh and Regina's own hand which was knuckle deep in Emma warm folds.
Her own hips were being directed by the movements of the woman beneath her; both to bring Regina pleasure but also Emma as Regina realised her knee was pushing her fingers in deeper. "Sneaky" Regina reprimanded only receiving a grin return.
Taking their sensuous dance into her hands Regina ground her hips harder and faster seeing Emma gawk at the change of pace. Fingers curled as they pumped in and out of the blonde's slick depths. Emma's walls contracted, trying to drag Regina's invading digits in further. God she'd missed this. Emma's laboured breath danced across her face; she could literally taste her lover's breath. Regina could feel her own desire sliding against the flesh beneath her, as her hips bucked bringing them closer to the edge. While Emma's build up would be slow and time consuming, Regina would be fast and dirty against the blonde's toned thigh. Not that she minded.
Emma tried to lift her head to capture brunette's panting lips; which Regina dodged with a slight almost evil chuckle. Emma's whimper when she could not reach Regina's lips in any other context would have been adorable. "What do you need dear?" Regina asked, her voice even to her own ears sounding as if it was dripping with desire
"I need … I…" Emma gasped sounding as if she was about to cry in frustration.
"Tell me", Regina commanded. Looking down at the woman she loved … the woman she craved, she saw Emma's chest heave with the exertion of just to draw oxygen into her body. A dark blush had taken form across her skin which glimmered with sweat in the light of the lamp beside their bed.
Another groan seemed to rip itself forth form the blonde's chest. "Fu…argh" Emma choked as her hips bucked irritably causing Regina's sex to grind even harder into the blonde's flesh. It was a dance Regina knew well, and wouldn't give the frustrated blonde the release she was seeking until she gave her the demand.
"You. Need…you. Please", Emma begged.
It wasn't the answer she had hoped for, or thought she'd get; but the look in her lover's eyes was that of undiluted love, need and desperation and it was for her… and her alone. She declined her head the inches between them taking Emma's mouth forcefully; with one last firm flick across Emma's clit.
Despite the want to claim Regina's lip, Emma's mouth opened in a silent cry before seizing them again. Their hips ground and bucked neither setting the pace their bodies found themselves in. Emma's fingers grasping at Regina's back; fingernails digging in almost painfully hard. Regina felt as if she going to explode and based on the tight muscles pulsating round her pounding fingers Emma would soon be coming undone. Moisture seemed to cling to every inch of them. Their kisses uncoordinated were wet and messy.
"I love you" Regina whispered into their broken kisses and felt the moment when Emma drove straight over the edge with one last thrust. The blonde's head shot back with sob of ecstasy. Regina took her opportunity to claim her previous mark on Emma's neck darkening it further. Regina felt herself shudder as the flame, and the jolts of electricity at her core ran through her whole body, consuming her. Her hips were working in fast sharp movements, making sure to milk every inch of Emma's orgasm. The blonde cried out once again, wrapping the former Mayor even closer to her effectively stopping Regina's fingers.
Catching her breath she could still feel the aftershocks in Emma's muscles and couldn't help her lazy grin into the blonde's flesh. It took her a moment to realise Emma was crying. Moving above the younger woman she saw tears falling down Emma's cheeks. "Hey" Regina said softly making to move from inside her lover.
"Don't" Emma pleaded her hand lazily catching Regina's forearm.
The brunette nodded moving her free hand to brush Emma's escaped hair away from her face. "Okay" Regina reassured, feeling the hand gripping her arm relax. "I've got you" the brunette said repeating her words from downstairs.
Regina watched as Emma swallowed slightly, further tears falling from the bright green eyes. "I've missed you" the blonde stated her voice quivering slightly. The former queen smiled gently feeling her heart flutter.
"Me too" Regina whispered back. There was so much in the sparkling eyes looking at her. So much she couldn't name and so much she could. She hated seeing the slight bags beneath them, evidence of Emma's evenings on parole. Evidence of the evenings she hadn't been lying beside her. Evidence of their time away from each other. No it wasn't about sex. It was intimacy. It was about sharing the little things; things which were just theirs which no one else could intrude upon. Things that because Emma hadn't been around, they'd missed out on.
Regina removed her hand from Emma's hair to rest it upon her cheek. The younger woman turned her face into the hand, before placing a gentle kiss on the palm. The brunette's thumb ran across the nearest side of the fair woman's face, brushing away the fallen tears. Noting they had seemed to have stopped though Emma's breathing still slightly laboured. "Emma?" Regina asked so close she could see the tears clinging to her eyelashes.
"I'm okay. Good tears" the Sheriff said offering a watery smile.
"Good" Regina replied a small chuckle, as she felt Emma move slightly. Assuming Emma was ready for her to remove her fingers, she slowly withdrew them feeling Emma quiver slightly. "Otherwise I'd need some serious ego stroking" she said with a grin.
She saw Emma recognise the double innuendo with a smirk. "I'm pretty sure that could be arranged" Emma boasted moving the thigh Regina was straddling. Regina trembled against the shifting flesh and saw Emma's devilish grin. "My turn" the sheriff breathed; and before Regina could even consider Emma's words she'd been flipped onto her back. Her already sensitive sex twitched at the movement.
A shuddered breath moved across her heated skin as her lover's hand ghosted aimless down her torso. Her shared orgasm hadn't been enough and Emma's teasing way was going to kill her.
Emma's mouth travelled the same path as her dancing fingertips. Starting at the hollow of the brunette throat her tongue and lips caressed every inch of Regina she could. Stopping briefly at the older woman's breasts, Emma gently blew down upon a chest. "Ergh" sounded from Regina's lips as she arched her back, pushed her breasts higher, hoping her lover would take pity on her. She heard Emma's chuckle just as she seized her breast. Regina's hand shot to the back of Emma's head holding her in place. The other woman's tongue swirled around Regina's nipple before taking the whole nub into her mouth with a hard suck, which would probably bruise the soft flesh. As the shot of pleasure surge through her body Regina allowed her eyes to drift close though her body was trying to confused her. She could have sworn the blonde was sucking her clit.
Regina let her cry of surprise and desire ring throughout the room as Emma's fingers penetrated her in one swift motion. Every suck given to her nipple was complimented by a thrust of the saviour hand. Every flick of tongue or nip at the small bud was given with a brush of her clit. Regina could feel Emma's hair strain against her tight grip. The Sheriff met every buck of the brunette's hips perfectly even has Regina's pace quickened.
Emma's firm touch was exactly what she needed. What she craved. God she was going to explode. She was going to scream herself hoarse. The noises sounding from her lips erupted from her chest as her heart pounded at a dangerous speed. Her heart was going to beat out of her chest.
Emma slammed against Regina's core causing her to cry out once again and lose her grip on the mess of blonde hair to her chest. She heard her own whine as Emma released her breast with a gently kiss before travelling further eyes focused to Regina's face. Each deep breath seemed to burn as Regina pulled oxygen into her body. She felt lightheaded. The liquid heat was building in the pit of her stomach just begging for release.
Regina watched as Emma's head lowered as she positioned herself between the older woman's legs. Regina could feel the fair hair tickling her inner thigh as Emma's breaths teased her heated core. The jut of her hips was automatic, pleading Emma to take pity and gain contact from something. The movement enabled the digits buried within in her to deepen. "God" Regina groaned as felt the other woman's twist as she captured her clit. She was giving everything she was to the young woman and knew she'd protect it. Cherish it.
Her hips rose from the bed as Emma sucked upon the small nub. Her mouth hung open unable to make a sound. Her lover's fingers thrust a bruising pace into her folds; curling ever so slightly. She felt the blonde's other hand being placed firmed against her hip trying to halter her frantic movements as she ground herself into the younger woman. Emma was alternating between using her teeth and tongue upon her clit; drawing intangible whimpers, moans and groans from woman beneath her. Soon Emma's hand was not enough to still Regina's hips which were bucking their own rhythm.
She was hanging over the abyss. She was ready to fall if only Emma would give her the final push. It came from one last hard suck of Emma's mouth and twist of her fingers as they managed to find the spot her body was so eager for Emma to find causing her back to arch, hips slam upwards and eyes clamp shut.
The scream that ripped from Regina's lungs was almost terrifying to her own ears. Once again she was thankful they were alone in the house. Emma rode out Regina's orgasm perfectly, gently returning her back to reality; lapping up her juices. Emma's tongue gave one last small swirl which was too much her Regina's over sensitive sex.
A small trail of kisses was placed ever so careful across Regina's body. Her chest heaved with the effect of breathing, but she felt precious. Desired. Wanted. Emma viewed her as something worth protecting. Regina could feel Emma's breath against her face, and felt Emma's digits leave her sensitive centre causing her to jump.
Regina groaned in disappointment at the loss of Emma's fingers, but the blonde's replacing knee would help her return to normality. Sweat coated both of their skin as Emma placed small butterfly kisses across her face, her coaxing fingers gently playing her tousled hair. Regina was content. It was the first time in quite a while she'd felt so at peace.
It took a few minutes for her breathing to even out, and when she finally opened eyes she saw her emerald lover's shining back at her with a lazy grin just for her. "Hey" the blonde whispered brushing the sweaty tresses away from Regina's eyes.
"Hey" Regina whispered back almost scared to break their intimate bubble. The kiss placed on her lips was so soft and gentle the former queen could feel the tug of emotion on her heart. There was no urgency as there had been in all the other kisses they'd shared tonight, there was no expectation or control. There was love, and it made Regina melt. The grin which took hold of the blonde's face was enough to make her knees weak, her heart skip a beat and catch her breathe. This was her favourite bit of her time with Emma. Their moments. Moments that included no one else but them.
She felt Emma start to roll from on top of her. She was momentarily disappointed at the lack of contact when felt herself being pulled along with the Sheriff. They landed more to Emma's side of the bed with a less than elegant "oomph". Regina landed half on top of the blonde; her attempt to move from squashing the younger woman was halted by Emma's strong hold on her.
"Stay" Emma whispered into her hair before placing a kiss upon the top of her head. Regina hadn't particularly wanted to move but at her lover's request she could hardly refuse. Both women sighed slightly as Regina altered herself more snuggly against the naked body next to her; placing a small kiss against the saviour's chest before nestling her head upon it.
A few moments passed and Regina could feel sleep trying to take away from the moment. She wanted the night to last forever. She started drawing mindless shapes upon the soft flesh touching her own, grinning ever so slightly as she felt the muscles in Emma's abdomen jump. "I love you", Emma whispered; her hot breath tingling Regina's scalp.
Even after over a year and half together Regina still felt elated at Emma's words. She loved her. Emma Swan loved her; the once Evil Queen. It was selfless. The other woman required nothing and asked for just as much in return. "I love you too" Regina replied placing yet another small kiss upon the flesh nearest her lips.
Regina felt her eye flutter once more growing annoyed with her own body's betrayal. "But I think you've killed me" Regina stated finishing in a yawn. "Sorry…I'm so tired" the brunette said; the feeling not helped by the talented fingers dancing softly through her hair.
"I'll take it as a compliment then" Emma said Regina could almost the self-assured tone in her voice and couldn't but grin and roll her eyes. "If you're tired go to sleep" the blonde continued, her fingers now gently stroking the top of Regina's back. Her weak spot.
"It's your night" Regina said though even to her own ears the tone was one of a tired drone. A reassured kiss was placed on the top of her head; though the Sheriff's chin remained resting upon it.
"If you're tired go to sleep" Emma repeated.
"If I wake up I will you pay back…or tomorrow" Regina murmured slightly feeling the tug of sleep on her brain and eyes. Fighting it was pointless, sleep was inevitable. The fingers on her back were moving in all the right ways, and the heart beneath her ear was beating out a soothing tune that Regina felt herself drift off to sleep; tucked securely against the woman she loved.
The infuriating beeping of her alarm woke her the next day. Reaching from under the covers she hit the small object with a little more force than was necessary. The annoying noise stopped it's on slaughter on her ears and brain at immediately. Despite Regina no longer holding the position of Mayor she still woken just as early as she always had; if nothing else to ensure the town's Sheriff got to work on time. It took her brain a moment to register her usual waking routine had not included the other sleeping woman's groaning choruses of "It's too early" and her cold feet touching her on some body part to seek warmth; which happened every morning. Emma was not a morning person, and had on many occasion had tried to sneak half an hour longer in their warm bed by pressing herself into Regina in all the right places. Often it worked.
The brunette shifted. A pain which she had only come to associate with her nights with Emma slide across her body; she couldn't help but grin at the feeling. The best kind of pain. Stretching slightly with a groan as the feeling only increased, she reached towards Emma with the hand that had been nestled beneath her pillow. The grasping hand was met by nothing but cold sheets.
Turning over so quickly she heard her neck crack in protest at the moment, Regina saw the bed was empty, almost as if it had been made around her as she slept. Emma never got up before she did. Blowing gently to rid her face of her mess of sleep induced hair; like a gunshot she came faced with reality. Emma wasn't laid beside her. By the lack of heat from Emma's side of the bed, Regina had been alone for several hours.
