A/N: Pretend there's a pre-existing SwanQueen relationship please, just because! NSFW but it's sad sex, sorry.
Also, I'm writing a short AU for this summer's SwanQueen Week - it's called "Prompting Change" so please check it out if you're interested. The eight prompts will each form a chapter in a short story.
"But to get rid of the darkness you still have to put it in someone," Regina said, her voice low, "and sacrifice them. Who?"
Emma took a deep shuddering breath before answering. She could feel her heart pounding beneath her ribcage, knowing what she was about to say was going to destroy Regina.
"Me."
The tears spilled from her dark green orbs as she looked into the face of the woman she loved. Regina's eyes sparkled too and she rushed forward at once, gripping Emma's hands tightly in her own.
"No, Emma. Please, there has to be another way," she pleaded, looking up into the distraught but determined face of her girlfriend.
"There isn't," Emma said, her hands coming to cup Regina's jaw, the pads of her thumbs wiping away the tears spilling from her eyes. "If there was I would do it in a heartbeat, Regina. You know that. This is the only way to save everyone I love from the Dark Ones."
Regina shook her head, refusing to believe what was being said to her.
"But you'll … die," she choked. "Emma I can't let you do this. I won't let you do it!"
"You have to," Emma said. "You promised, Regina, remember? You promised you'd do whatever it takes to keep our family safe. Think of Henry. Think of everyone we love."
"But I love you too," Regina said, her arms sliding around Emma's neck as she stepped closer. "I can't lose you, Emma. I can't do it. I'm … I'm not strong enough."
"Yes you are," Emma said firmly. "You are so strong, Regina. You're the only one strong enough to do what needs to be done. That's why I gave you the dagger in Camelot and that's why I'm asking you to help me now. Please, I can't do this without you."
"And I can't live without you."
Emma pulled Regina into a tight hug, their bodies wracked with sobs as they held one another. Their hands fisted in clothes, trying to get impossibly close to the other. It would never be enough. Ever since they got together, neither woman could get enough of the other. And now their time together was going to be cut short.
"You're going to have to," Emma mumbled against Regina's neck. "You have to be strong, Regina. For Henry. For yourself."
"I can't lose someone else I love, Emma. I can't do it."
Emma pulled back and stepped out of Regina's arms. She wiped her face and bit her trembling lip.
"But if you don't do this, everyone we love will die. It's a sacrifice, Regina. And one we both know I must make."
Regina shook her head slowly, denying what Emma was saying even though she knew it to be the truth. She ran to Emma again, pulling the blonde tight against her body and smashing their mouths together. The kiss was salty and desperate but neither woman cared. Emma kissed her back, her fingers threading through Regina's long hair as she deepened the kiss, her tongue pushing past Regina's lips to taste the brunette for one of the last times.
It was Regina who began to undress Emma, removing the black, scaly leather jacket she so loathed and discarding it blindly to one side. The leather pants she was more amenable to although she still hated why Emma wore them. They were peeled down Emma's legs and her boots toed off. Kneeling on the floor, Regina placed kisses across Emma's smooth abdomen, pausing to run her tongue over one of the stretch marks Henry had left on her skin. Emma shuddered in delight but she needed more and knew they didn't have much time. She pulled Regina to her feet and started ripping the brunette's own clothes away.
Minutes later they were both naked, their mouths still fused together as Regina found herself being walked back until she collided with the cool stone wall of her vault. Emma pinned her there with her hips, their bare bodies pressed hotly together as the kiss continued. Regina looped one of her legs over Emma's waist and the blonde gripped her thigh, anchoring her more firmly. Regina whimpered at the cool air rushing over her exposed sex.
"I love you," Emma breathed as she pulled away, tears still streaming down her face.
"I love you too," Regina said, her own eyes reddened and bloodshot. "Please, Emma. Let us find another way."
Emma ignored the brunette's pleas and instead sank to her knees. Regina's fingers buried themselves in her white blonde hair, pulling the knotted style loose so it cascaded down Emma's back. She wished it was its original colour again. The white still scared her a little. But all thoughts of Emma's appearance as the Dark One evaporated from her mind as she felt Emma's mouth seal itself hotly around her clit. She cried out, her hips bucking off the wall into the contact. Emma's hands came up to steady her body, fingernails digging lightly into her flesh. Regina tried to obey but her nerve endings felt like they were on fire. Every swipe of Emma's tongue, every lave of her folds, every suck of her clit sent her body into overdrive. She moaned in delight as two of Emma's fingers swiftly entered her. Since becoming the Dark One, their sex life had been more … controlled. At least by Emma. She didn't like Regina touching her and often refused any contact. But she touched Regina. With more confidence, more passion, and more adventurous fingers and mouth than ever before.
Regina shuddered as she felt Emma's slick fingers moved to her ass. That was another new aspect of their sexual relationship which had appeared since Emma took in the darkness. Regina wasn't complaining, although she had pouted when Emma refused to allow her to return the favour. She widened her stance however as she felt Emma's fingers circle her back entrance before pushing gently inside. She moaned in delight as she felt her body open for the blonde, her clit twitching in Emma's mouth as she rocked forwards. Emma glanced upwards, her eyes locking with Regina's at once and both their hearts breaking just a little bit more as they realised this would be one of their last moments together. Regina caressed Emma's cheeks, wiping away the tears which still trickled down until Emma's eyes fluttered closed and she focused once more on bringing the brunette to orgasm.
It didn't take long. Emma kept two fingers buried deep inside Regina's tight right of muscles, wiggling them lightly back and forth. She released Regina's hips at last and thrust two fingers from her other hand suddenly into her neglected core. Regina screamed, her body overwhelmed with the sensations of being so utterly, wonderfully filled. Emma sucked harder on her clit, feeling Regina's body tighten around her intrusions and knowing the brunette was about to tumble over the edge into orgasmic bliss.
Emma's name reverberated off the walls as Regina came, followed by a heart-wrenching sob as Regina's knees buckled and she landed in Emma's arms. The blonde held her close, their lips meeting and their tears mingling as they grieved for the impending loss of their relationship. Emma didn't even protest when Regina pushed her backwards onto the floor, straddling her body. Their mouths never parted and Emma allowed the brunette to dominate for once, ignoring the urges of the darkness inside her to regain the upper hand. The voices in her head were silenced at once when Regina's fingers grazed over her clit. She stroked several times, rubbing tight circles over the hard bundle of nerves before dipping lower and coating her fingers in Emma's essence.
When she entered Emma's channel for what was to be the final time, Regina broke down completely, her face buried in Emma's neck and her body wracked with sobs. Arms pulled her closer, trapping her hand between their bodies but neither woman cared. Regina cried and cried, Emma's own sobs joining the noise as they lay there. Regina was still crying as her fingers began to move, pumping slowly at first but soon speeding up. Emma had liked sex a little rougher since becoming the Dark One. Three fingers slid easily through her wetness, the tips curling to run over her ridged walls every time she pulled out. Emma's hips began to rock in time, her body trembling as she felt her orgasm begin to crest. A forth finger sent her over the edge, shuddering and quaking beneath Regina who watched through tear-filled eyes as her girlfriend came beautiful undone.
When Emma at last lay still, Regina collapsed back onto her, crying harder than ever. Emma hugged her tightly, her eyes sore now from her sadness.
It took a long time for the two women to eventually stand up. They dressed in silence, neither one knowing quite what to say. It was Emma who spoke first.
"There's no other way, Regina. We have to do this."
"I know," Regina said, her voice trembling.
Emma held out her hand and the brunette took it at once, lacing their fingers together. Emma pulled her in for a sweet kiss. Regina forced herself not to cry again.
"Come on," Emma said. "Let's go and save Storybrooke."
A/N: who's looking forward to the underworld one-shots?
