Here's a new prompt, this one was taken from otpdisaster in Tumblr: Person A watching with a heavy heart and forced smile as Person B reconnects/reminisces with their ex. Eventually, they get up and leave, curious if B will notice. By the time Person B does notice, A has made it all the way home in tears.
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Disclaimer in the first prompt
On with the show.
They were supposed to have a fun night at The Rabbit Hole, to have a drink, to talk about everything and anything and maybe make out, not necessarily in that order, but now Emma was sitting but the counter playing with her glass while she saw her girlfriend reconnect with her ex.
It's not that she didn't trust Regina… well, maybe she did but it was not on a personal level. The correct emotion would be that she was scared. Scared of Regina leaving her, scared of not being good enough, scared that she wasn't worth the risk.
Regina wasn't paying her any attention at all, in fact she was almost completely sure that if she were to leave the bar, Regina wouldn't notice it but there was that little voice in her head that told her to have hope. To hope that she was important enough for Regina that she would notice.
In that moment, Emma made a mental excuse that she didn't want to be in the bar anymore, but in reality she was just going to prove her theory. She just hoped that one of her greatest fears wouldn't come true.
She gulped down what was left of her drink, grab her coat and exited the bar, not before casting a glance towards where Regina was talking to Maleficent.
She remembered the day after Mary Margaret and she came back from the Enchanted Forest and she had invited Regina to the celebration at Granny's; she remembered seeing the hurt in Regina's face of not having anyone there for her; she remembered how even when she was talking animatedly with Archie she noticed the moment the brunette had gotten up from the booth and made her way towards the exits; she remembered the surprised look when Regina turned around when someone was calling her name.
She made her way out of the bar and was trying really hard not to get her hopes up; when she was almost on the street, she dared to look back, only to see a closed door and no brunette around.
She let the tears she had been blinking away to fall down, because there was just in front of her eyes, how she was never worth it. Because who was she kidding? Even if she had found her parents, she was an orphan for 28 years of her life, she was messed up, she had so many issues that it didn't surprise her that another person wouldn't notice her absence.
She had found in Regina a home, but something had happened along the way that made Regina realize that for her, Emma didn't mean home.
The blonde made her way towards the mansion, the house that had become her home in the last couple of months, as quickly as possible, with tears running freely down her cheeks. She would just grab her stuff and get out of Regina's life. Regina deserved the best, and if the brunette didn't think Emma was the one, she would not step in between Regina's happiness.
She arrived at the mansion, made her way towards thei- Regina's bedroom, and started to gather her things when she stumbled upon a picture of the two of them. It was a photo that Henry had taken after she had moved in with Regina and Henry; they looked so happy. It had been good while it lasted.
Seeing the picture, she just broke, she couldn't hold it any longer. She clutched the photograph to her chest, the reminder of something too good for her.
She plumped into the bed, promising herself only a minute or two to recover herself, but she was exhausted and she didn't notice when she fell asleep, with the picture tucked safely between her hand and her chest.
Regina was chatting quite nicely with Maleficent, when Maleficent frowned at something Regina couldn't see.
"What?" Regina asked confused.
"Wasn't Emma here with you?" Maleficent replied.
Regina looked around and her gaze settle on the stool where her girlfriend had been sitting, she frowned even more in confusion. Where had the blonde gone? But Maleficent was practically sure what had happened.
"Regina, you need to go find her." Maleficent told her.
With that, everything clicked. Regina's eyes widened at the realization that she had left her girlfriend alone and neglected. Oh gods, what had she done?
"Yeah, I'm sorry Mal. Talk to you later." Regina said as she got up, not waiting for an answer as she approached the bartender.
"Hey, have you seen Emma?" Regina asked, the perks of being that Emma was sheriff and the savior were that everyone knew her, no need to go into a description.
"Not in while, she left the bar like two hours ago." The bartender answered.
She practically run to her house. Emma had invited her to the bar, to spend time with her, but instead she had talked with Mal throughout the night and completely forgot Emma was there. And now, she was running with the hope that Emma would still be there, because she knew the blonde, she knew about the abandonment issues and how she was feeling right now: not worth it. Why hadn't she realized earlier that the blonde wasn't at the bar?
Stupid, stupid, stupid. Regina thought for herself.
She got inside the mansion and started looking for the blonde. Seeing that the lights were off downstairs, she went upstairs to their bedroom and when she entered, her heart almost broke at the sight. There was a bag, half filled up with clothes that the blonde had just thrown in there.
She felt the tears in her eyes but she made no attempt to wipe them off. There she was, curled up asleep in the bed the woman that had stolen her heart and that now, she was going to lose.
If it was possible, her heart broke even more when she saw the dried up tears and the photo that was peaking from Emma's hand. She would recognize that picture anywhere; it was the day the mansion finally felt like home, the day the blonde had moved in.
"Emma? Emma?" Regina moved the blonde a little, so she would wake up. Her voice almost cracking.
Slowly, Emma opened her eyes before widening when she noticed she had fallen asleep.
"Regina?" Emma asked as she quickly got up. "Sorry, I must have fallen asleep. Let me just grab my clothes and I'll see myself out. Or do you think I could stay in the guestroom for the night? Is late and I'm tired but I would understand completely if you wanted me to move out immediately." Emma rambled the same time that she was already gathering her things and shoving them inside the bag.
"Move out? Emma what are you talking about?" Regina asked, panic making its way through her. This couldn't be happening.
"It's okay Regina. I completely understand." Emma said through tears in her eyes and her voice breaking, because it was definitely not okay. "I- I understand if I'm not enough anymore." Emma replied as she put her last piece of clothe inside the bag, reached for it and started walking to the door.
Regina couldn't get pass the lump in her throat now that she understood what was happening. Emma would leave and all because of her, even though the blonde thought it was her fault.
Emma took this silence as a way of Regina telling her that she was right but she didn't want to hurt the blonde woman more. She paused at the framework to look one more time at the love of her life but apparently she wasn't hers.
"I'm sorry I couldn't be enough for you. I really hope you'll be happy, even if it isn't with me. Just remember, I-" Emma says before mustering up the courage to say for the first time three words. "I love you." Emma mutters as one tear makes her way down her cheek. She turns around and starts to walk but then Regina calls her.
"No! Emma please wait! I love you too." Regina says as she reaches for the blonde. "I'm so sorry I didn't notice when you left the bar, I'm so sorry that I kept talking to Mal as if you weren't there, I'm so so sorry Emma. Please don't leave me." Regina replied, her voice cracking, tears falling down. "You're more than just enough, you'll always be more than enough, please don't leave."
"Are-are you sure Regina? Because I would completely understand if…" Emma was interrupted when Regina's lips clashed against her own.
"This is the one thing I'm sure. I love you with all my heart."
"I love you too." Emma says before kissing the brunette again.
Maybe she really had found a home.
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