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Chapter 6

Black Lace

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Lucy balled up the tape she had pulled up off of one of the boxes they had brought over from the apartment. It had been well over a month since their talk at Emma's bar and G'ma had kept her word about the storage unit and making room at home for stuff she wanted to display. She had wanted to go slow about it, doing a little packing and unpacking at a time and this was the last box to unpack here. Emma even helped them box up stuff and move it. While the act of packing up her parent's belongings had been tough Emma's presence was a bright spot she always looked forward to having around now and whenever they tackled this chore. Regina and Emma were officially dating and Lucy liked that her G'ma seemed to be relaxing the more Emma came around.

It almost felt like before, but not quite. G'ma still kept on her about certain stuff, but there were a lot more easy talks and affection between them than there had been. Lucy pushed the flaps down on the box and reached in for one of the framed pictures there. It was the one taken the summer before last at the bike parade in Maine. She had ridden in the side car with G'ma while her Dad and Mom shared a Harley. Huge smiles on all their faces and her fingers trailed over the glass for a moment before setting the picture on the coffee table. Then she felt a pair of hands on her shoulders, pulling her close.

"I like that one too."

A small smile came and went as Lucy rested her hands over Regina's and looked up. "Can we go this summer? I want to ride like we used to and maybe Emma could come." At the quiet of an answer she pushed for what she wanted. "It would be fun."

"I'll think about it Luce."

"Please G'ma?"

Just then Emma called to her. "Hey kid, come help me a second."

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Regina watched as Lucy slipped out of her arms and went to help take out the empty boxes. Emma held the door for her granddaughter and once Lucy was out of ear shot and down the hall the blonde gave her a soft knowing look.

"Is she asking about the parade again?"

"Mmhhm." She look at the framed photo and it was Regina's turn to have arms wrapped around her. Emma pulled her in close and she rested her chin on a shoulder and simply took in the sense of safety these arms had come to mean in the time they had been dating. Emma was an anchor she did not know she needed. Always there and ready to help with a smile and a joke. She loved how easy their relationship was; as if it had always been.

"You gave her a different answer than you usually do." Emma's tone was patient and wondering.

The parade had been an annual tradition that she and Henry had done since he was a kid growing up in Storybrooke. Eventually that tradition grew to include Jacinda and Lucy. Once a year as a family they took a road trip and partook in the parade. But since her son's disappearance last summer before they were to all go ride in the parade they had not gone since. The next one was still a few months out and Lucy talked of it as if was so natural to do so. Like it was no big deal, but Storybrooke, Maine where she raised Henry with her parents was a big deal. "I don't know if I'll be ready to go back by then. The idea of doing it without Henry and Jacinda… I'm just not ready." Regina rubbed the tattoo on her wrist as Emma drew that very wrist up to pink lips to press a kiss on. "But maybe I will be after a while." It was too soon to tell, but with Emma the idea didn't seem so hard to consider. And it was important to Lucy.

"Have you talked to her about why this idea is hard for you?"

"A little bit, the first few times she asked." Regina bit her lip and released it with a sigh as she turned around in those arms. "I'm worried about her Emma. She's losing a little more hope they will ever come home as each day goes on and while the logical side of me knows that is a part of the grief cycle, it doesn't feel right." Emma cupped her face and she found comfort in green eyes holding her own.

"This parade is really important to her and to you, maybe there is a compromise we just haven't considered yet."

"Maybe, but I need to put this to bed for now and think about it later." Asking for what she needed, Regina tried for a smile. One Emma gave right back in return, full of understanding.

"Rubes should be here soon to get Lucy for her sleep over. Did you still want to go out tonight?"

Regina wrapped her arms around Emma's neck. "I was actually thinking we could stay in. Maybe watch some TV or shoot some pool in the basement. No one is down there much on the weekends."

"I feel a bet coming on." Green eyes shined in challenge.

A red grin bloomed in full. "One I will be winning by the way." They had been going back and forth with bets since the line dancing one. Emma was competitive and the bets often left them both in smiles and laughs.

"You have never seen me play."

"I've seen you try to shoot darts and miss from five feet away Emma."

"I was buzzed and my aim was off that night."

"Mmhhm. And I never lose at pool." Regina let out a low chuckle as Emma picked her up by the waist and sat her on the stool by the kitchen bar. A hand came up to cup her cheek and she leaned into it.

"Then what will you want as a prize for winning the bet?"

"Giving in so easily?"

"Depends on the prize you want."

Regina leaned in and gave part of her answer to Emma's first question by taking pink lips over with hers. When their lips met tingles washed over her entire body. She kissed Emma playfully, nipping and gently sucking on a full bottom lip before drawing back as she heard the door of the apartment open again. There was snickering then and she looked over Emma's shoulder to Lucy and Ruby giving each other a knowing look.

Ruby gave them a wolfish grin. "Alright Luce, I think this is our cue to get our own little party started."

Lucy's nose scrunched. Then those brows knit. "Wait… They are having a party?"

And Regina gave Emma one more kiss on the lips before slipping off the stool and going to give Lucy a hug. She picked up the pink backpack with Hyacinth's head poking out of it. "It's a figure of speech sweetie. Do you have your toothbrush and pajamas?"

"Emma does." Ruby mouthed and Regina gave her a warning look before hitting that shoulder playfully.

To Ruby. "Enough you." Then kissing Lucy's head. "I'll see you in the morning. Be good for Aunt Ruby."

"She's always good, but I don't think you can say the same for Emma." With one more brow wiggle Ruby laughed and took up Lucy's hand. "Have fun you two!"

Regina watched them go. She and Emma had indeed been taking things slow, but tonight she knew she would feel Emma's skin on her skin. They had been waiting for a night when they would have some sure time to themselves. Emma had been the perfect example of a gentlewoman since their first real date at the bar. The very thought of Emma naked in her arms made her bring her thighs together where she longed for Emma's fingers to be. She cleared her throat and turned back to her girlfriend who also had a wolfish grin.

"I want to up our bet."

"Do you Miss Swan." Not a question and Emma shivered deliciously. She knew exactly the effect she had on the blonde when using that name. "And how do you want to up it exactly?" Regina beckoned with a finger as she led the way out the door into the hall. As she locked up, Emma came to stand right behind her, pressing lips into her neck right behind her ear. A gentle trail of kisses along her jaw followed. A warm tingle rose on her skin under each one.

"For every ball either one of gets in a hole," a pause to gently nip the side of Regina's bottom lip, "we get to ask one question the other has to answer."

Regina gave a coy look over her shoulder at her girlfriend. "Then you better make sure you are warmed up to answer all of my questions."

"I'm already warmed up."

And Emma kissed her anyway. Deeply they tasted of each other and Regina felt her bottom lip swelling up under Emma's gentle sucking. Too soon they parted, but the promise of a game and the sweet after had her patiently taking a hand and leading the way down the hallway to the elevator. A few minutes later they were setting up to play in the rec room. A quick rock-paper-scissors between them decided who got to break. She watched as Emma took her time lining up the pool stick to the white ball. A cracking sound filled the room and both her brows went up at more than the fine ass in snug jeans bending over the table. Two balls sunk right away.

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Emma beamed at Regina. "Solids. That's two questions for me. Now who needs a warm up?" She pretended to blow smoke from the tip of the pool stick as amber eyes looked on at her, clearly surprised and amused. And then she realized why. "Shit, no! That question doesn't count!"

"I'm not so sure I agree with you."

"But-but…" But Emma had perfected the bottom lip quiver as a kid right along with the puppy dog eyes she gave her girlfriend now. She got a fond eye roll in return and a nod. She grinned back. Apparently that shit still worked wonders even as an adult. Emma shifted from foot to foot as Regina began to circle the table towards her. "Okay, here's my real question; when I asked you out that first time what was the first thing that came to your mind?"

Regina laughed and those same hands came up to tug on the collar of her shirt. Emma's butt was against the pool table now and Regina was giving her that same fiery look. "Initially I was shocked by how commanding you were." Red lips leaned in a whisper away. "And then I realized how much that idea amused me." Then Regina was backing away and going to the head of the table to line up a shot.

Emma licked her lips. "You liked that?"

"Usually I like to be the one to be the top in general and in the bedroom, but with you, I can see myself going either way. I trust you. And that counts as your second question by the way. Nine and twelve. Both corner pocket." Straightening up as both balls banged together and went right where Regina told them to and it was Regina's turn to blow on the tip of the pool stick. Dark eyes glittered and she decided to run with their current theme. "My turn. Handcuffs or blindfolds?"

"Both." And Regina's brows went way up. Emma stuck her hands in her pockets, chin up with a cocky smile as her cheeks warmed. "You asked."

A red smile. "Duly noted."

Emma studied the pool table thinking about her next shot. "You get one more question before it is my turn." And Regina seemed to be considering this one more carefully.

"Thinking back to when we first met and you jumped in to defend Lucy outside the bar, what made you stand up to me? I was less than nice to you at the time."

"That's easy." Emma said and rounded the table. "The kid meant well given the situation and at the time you two seemed like you needed a little help getting on the same page."

Regina was quiet in thought after that answer and Emma took her time shooting. She missed the shot she had been going for entirely for the distracting way Regina was leaning against the pool table playing with a thin old chain over her cleavage. Afterwards, Regina easily sunk another ball. Right after that Emma got another one. They went back and forth with their questions and Emma lost by a long shot. She didn't mind in the least and as they cleaned up from their game Regina was still laughing from her most recent answer. Pulling Regina to her by the belt loop she came up from behind and wrapped her arms around that waist as she playfully nipped an ear. "You kicked my ass. Someday soon I want a rematch and since I am taking my epic loss in stride I have a bonus question to ask of the winner."

Regina pushed that sweet ass back into her hips. "You get one. Make it a good one Miss Swan."

She turned Regina around then, resting her hands on the swell of hips. "What kind of panties are you wearing tonight?" And Regina took her hand as amber eyes asked permission for something. Emma felt a rush of heat flooding her sex and she hoped the look on her face was enough of a yes because her mouth wouldn't work when Regina took one fingertip to her lips to kiss. Then the tip well into her mouth to suck. Emma thought her knees would buckle when Regina then took her hand and brought it right down and into a pair of black jeans. Emma's fingers found a home on the wet lace right over Regina's opening. "Fuck me."

"I certainly hope so."

And Emma's lips crashed into red ones as she took Regina's hand and mimicked the same motion. Skilled fingers moved down to cup her mound over her red boy shorts. Too soon their lips broke as Regina's other hand wrapped around her waist, pulling her in even closer as red lips found her ear.

A hot whisper. "You're soaked." Followed by a regal chuckle.

Emma groaned at the tease behind the husk in those words and then and there lifted Regina up. A beautiful moan came in her ear as she wrapped both hands under Regina's thighs as those legs wrapped around her hips. Leaving the basement rec room, the elevator would not work fast enough to take them back to the apartment. She took the keys out of Regina's back pocket and managed to get them inside and close the door with her foot all the while Regina kissed and gently sucked her neck. Then she had Regina up against the wall as she kissed a collar bone up to a wanting mouth.

"Emma."

Red lips wrapping around her name like that in her ear; Emma was suddenly all cunt. She moved them into the bedroom and set Regina down on the end of the bed. Stripping her jacket and jeans off until she was just in her panties and white tank she put her knee on the bed as she crawled up and over Regina lying against white sheets. Fully clothed the woman was a vision and soon to be naked Emma could only swallow that idea down for now. She wanted to unveil Regina. Remove one layer at a time. A dark sea of hair glowed against the light blue duvet like a siren rising from the water. And Regina said two words that electrified her skin; each one a glowing spark that shot down her spine and into her pussy.

"Touch me."

Emma moved up Regina's t-shirt and kissed a feather light trail down her abdomen to a waist band. Looking up, she held amber eyes in hers. They were growing darker by the moment and with a sultry smile Emma undid the button on black jeans and pulled them down and off toned legs. The lace she had fantasized about was indeed black as she had thought it would be with the faintest hint of purple silk piping along the waistband joining together in a tiny bow over Regina's sex; delicate, feminine and a present just for her to unwrap. She ran her fingers gently over the bow and felt Regina's hips want to lift up into her hand but they were still, almost patient of her need to simply take in the moment. Her fingers continued stroking and her lips parted as goose flesh began blooming on Regina's skin from her touch. That sensation, that she was the cause of their rising, sent a heady rush right to her pussy.

Emma leaned down and ran her hands lightly over Regina's legs and back up her hips to the hem of a shirt. Regina sat up to help. Up and off she took that t-shirt off to reveal a matching bra hugging full breasts just as possessively as those lacy panties hugged a ready sex. Slower and more gently Emma kissed down between a valley of lace. Down a sternum rising and falling with quick breaths to match her own and down between Regina's legs to rest over that bow. She kissed there and Regina shivered. "You are stunning." And she let out a little moan that hummed against a clit through lace in just the right way for Regina thighs to cradle her shoulders. Emma slipped her fingers inside wet lace and when her fingers met Regina's silky folds it was her turn to shiver. "You're so wet for me right now."

"It's all I've been thinking about lately. The feel of your skin on my skin. You inside me."

That idea almost sent Emma over the edge as she circled a slick opening with one finger savoring the warmth waiting to suck her in. Regina's hips lifted again, but only just, clearly trying to be patient. Emma began to move her finger a little faster adding some pressure as Regina's lips parted in a moan. She added two fingers and a bit more pressure around Regina's opening and rubbed her thumb along rising clit. "You like that?"

"Fuck yes."

Emma grinned clearly proud of herself and slowed her thumb just a little in tease. That earned her a hand at the back of her neck tangling in her hair and pulling her mouth down to a hungry kiss. The command of the action sent her thumb moving faster as Regina's other hand slipped up her tank top to cup her breast. A thumb gently brushed over her nipple and she felt it peak under that caress. Regina chuckled against her lips as she continued to play with her nipples. So blissfully lost in that mouth was she that Emma completely missed the way legs were wrapping around her hips and turning them over, like a wave rolling over sand so seamlessly. Now Regina was on top and straddling her. Already they were both sweating and the shine on bronze skin gave Regina an ethereal glow in the twilight peeking in through the window at them.

"I need you inside me Emma."

Emma didn't have to be told twice. From this position she had more leverage to work with and she slipped her fingers into Regina for the first time. Regina was deliciously tight and pulled her fingers right in. She watched in rapture as red lips parted in a perfect O at her penetration and closed around a soft moan. As her nipples continued to be played with she played in Regina, curling her fingers in and making a beckoning movement with them right against a spongy wall. Regina's hips rocked against her motion as they found an easy rhythm. And she realized as this incredibly beautiful strong woman fucked herself on her fingers, how absolutely in love she was with Regina. Everything about her was captivating. From the way she breathed to the way she said Emma's name with just the right amount of husk at the seams. And the heart that beat between those breasts was what Emma loved the most. Genuine, kind, strong, and big in way Emma had come to be in wonder of. Vulnerable too in rare soft moments between them. She was captured by those lips again and kissed so deeply she nearly lost her breath. Regina had captivated her in a way no other woman had been able to. Emma was in awe over it and it must have showed on her face for the lusty smile she was under. And Regina moved to cup her cheeks and kiss her much more gently. Then that smile shifted to something much softer, much more intimate as her hair was tucked behind her ear and a thumb traced her bottom lip as Regina sat back on her hips, slowing their rhythm, but still rocking. Emma was learning this was the smile that was only for her when those amber eyes became unveiled in her gaze.

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Regina looked down at Emma, eyes drawn to the adorably needy way teeth were sucking on a bottom lip, just as she had been sucking on it a moment ago. She gave each erect nipple under her fingers a gentle tweak and that had Emma's teeth letting go in a throaty moan. That sound sent a wet heat rushing to her sex as her walls clenched around Emma's fingers. Emma responded by circling her clit rhythmically as she suddenly thrust her hips forward to get more friction. Taking those pert breasts into both hands Regina gave a squeeze. A third finger slipped inside her and played with her wetness. She let her head fall back, giving into the pleasure building in her walls. Then her head rolled forward as her need rose. "I want your tank off. I need to feel you naked against me."

Emma wasted no time sitting up and stripping off that tank that had ridden up. Braless already Regina's lips parted as she took in every naked curve. "You are so beautiful Emma." And the back of her bra came undone for her and Emma slid the straps down her shoulders. It was tossed aside. She lay Emma back and went down between strong thighs as she kissed a trail from navel to clit over red boy shorts. The smell of Emma's arousal through wet cotton was making her heady.

"Please." Emma gasped.

Hips lifted up inviting her attention. With her teeth Regina tugged once at the waistband and then stripped the fabric down and tossed them aside with her own panties. They eloped with Emma's in a pile on the floor as Regina began teasing with a fingertip flicking over a swelling clit. Fingers combed through her hair drawing her mouth closer. "Patience Miss Swan."

"Re—gina. You know what that does to me."

A knowing chuckle. "Open for me." Thighs spread wide and Regina brought her mouth to Emma's clit to suck. Thighs clenched around her shoulders as she licked a quick rhythm in warm folds. Emma tasted of sweet musk; like sun warmed bourbon. Her tongue flicked a clit and Emma bucked under her as a back arched on the bed between little moans for more. Around and over and in she pushed into Emma's pussy. As her tongue fucked the woman she adored Regina basked in sensations consuming her. The feel of Emma in her mouth, the heat of sticky juices on her chin; that taste and sound of her wet licks and Emma's mewing all sent her emotions into overdrive. The need to be one with this woman her soul felt akin to mesh with the very fabric of who and what they were. She had dreamed about this moment and in this moment she lost herself inside of Emma. Regina came up between those quaking thighs a few minutes later as Emma's hands found her waist to steady. Lips slick with Emma's wetness she licked them clean savoring the taste.

"I want to taste you now." That tone was begging. Green eyes near black with need and lust.

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Emma got her wish as Regina sat up and shifted up so she was hovering over her face. Those amber eyes were wide blown, but soft at the edges just for her. She grabbed onto Regina's hips and brought her lips up. The moan that escaped Regina's mouth only made her mouth open to take more of Regina's sweet taste inside her.

"God Em-ma. Just like that."

Emma grinned in wet folds and hummed her commitment. That only made Regina press down gently into her face and Emma felt she wanted to much more than she was. For as commanding as Regina could be in personality, this other side of vulnerable Regina was allowing her to see only made her hungry for more. But she also wanted more of the other side she sensed Regina was holding back for their first time. To make sure she, Emma, was ready. They had talked about it before and the glimpse she had gotten when they had been playing pool had made her wet all on it's own. Ready to see that wild card, she thought she knew just how to draw that side of Regina out to play.

Emma blew teasingly on Regina's opening earning a sexy raise of a dark brow over head and then pulled her right back in to suck a red clit. Hard. And that made Regina begin to shake. Emma kept up the pressure, bringing the tip of her tongue to press up against a rich nerve in a pulsing fashion. That teasing action had Regina pulling back and turning her over onto her stomach. A swift playful swat on the ass got Emma's attention in the best way possible. Warm and tingly against her skin. She wiggled her butt as Regina rubbed there massaging and she thrust her pelvis up off the bed and into Regina's as she was drawn up and back to nearly sit on a lap. The tingling in her ass only further emphasized the one in her pussy.

"Was that alright?"

"More than. I want you to do it again." And Emma lifted up on her knees and shot a teasing look over her shoulder that was rewarded with another crisp swat to her other cheek. She was pulled back down onto Regina's lap and her hair was pushed over her shoulder where Regina bit her gently, scrapping teeth and licking over that very spot. More tingles, this time all over her skin. A kiss rested on the back of her neck and Emma was in a kind of heaven she didn't know could exist. Then those lips moved up.

"You couldn't stay my good girl for long could you?" Breath hot in the shell of an ear.

That affection made her shiver in a way she had not been expecting. Coming from anyone else Emma knew it would have put her off. But from Regina, it felt good. It felt like home. And again she was in awe of the woman who could make her feel this way with two words. Hell, even with a look. A kiss lingered on her cheek almost as if asking if she was okay with the affection as Regina's hands rubbed slow circles on her hips and Emma remembered she had been asked a question. "Me? Never." Then more of a whisper. "And I like it when you call me that."

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And Regina smiled brilliantly. She rewarded that admission by bringing one arm around a slim waist to play with a nipple and the other down from behind and up to insert two fingers into Emma's pussy. Hot, tight, and pulsing. She massaged as walls caved in around her, not letting go as she began to pump in a steady rhythm. Emma's hand came around and down to find her sex, mirroring the action. Regina felt her nipples harden almost painfully with how turned on she was against the curve of a back as they moved together. Skin slick banging and slapping as they each began to crest.

"Regina please. I'm gunna come!" Emma's head fell back against her shoulder as she slipped a third finger inside. Those wet walls pumped as her fingers pumped.

She nipped an ear, moving her hand faster and faster. "That's my good girl. Come for me Emma." Regina's orgasm rose just as Emma's began to spill out and she felt a gush of hot liquid on her wrist when her fingertips pressed into just the right spot. A long throaty moan vibrated against her ear sending her over the edge and more liquid as she bent her head forward against Emma as her peak came. Regina saw white as flecks of light exploded behind her eyes. Thrusting against each other they rode the pleasure as wave after wave engulfed them both. Regina was high on Emma and when those green hooded eyes met her own over a shoulder she kissed that sweaty brow, tasting the warm salt of their lovemaking on Emma's skin. It was a taste she never wanted absent from her lips.

Slowly they came to rock against each other, soaking in sweat and juices of the other. A cool numbness began to overtake them as their skin rose in goose flesh; their afterglow. Regina eased her hand out from inside Emma and moved to lay them both back on the damp blanket. They lay there with their limbs entwined looking into each other's eyes as if the existing world really was just the two of them. And then it slipped out between the rise and fall of their breath. "I love you." Regina was not sure what she was expecting after the words left her mouth. They had been resting there in wait for a while now and Regina became still and very aware of every single one of them leaving her lips, but she couldn't stop them. Didn't want to stop the way they sounded so right saying to the heart lying next to hers. And her heart lay exposed and wide open in the pause between them. Was it too soon or too much too fast or too—

"I love you too, Regina." Emma murmured sleepily as hips pressed forward to be closer and she curled into a chest; her darling little spoon.

She kissed Emma's cheek and felt smile lines bloom under her lips as a mirror of them kissed the palm of her hand before Emma took it to hold. Regina let her eyes close as she nuzzled into blonde hair. For Regina it really was the most magical of nights her heart had been waiting for. And for a rare moment with Emma in her arms the busy world and all its worries fell away for their souls to kiss goodnight in dreams to come.

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