So this is it for this story folks. The series isn't done however. I plan on there being one more multichapter story to finish out the series as well as a one shot of their wedding. So stick around for that in the coming months. Thank you all for reading. It's been great and I've loved the responses I've gotten from this story. Thank you guys! As always read, enjoy and review if you want.
Regina had her pinned against the wall in a second, before the smoke even cleared from around them, kissing every inch of exposed skin she could get. Emma couldn't catch her breath, sensations shot through her in a rapid fire fashion. Regina was setting her ablaze in a matter of seconds, but she made burning a pleasure.
She licked a trail up to Emma's ear. "I love you, Emma Swan. So much, that I think it should hurt, too."
Emma grabbed Regina's hips and pushed her forward. Regina's knees hit the back of the bed and they both fell together on the fluffy surface. They kissed each other, hands roaming anywhere and everywhere. It felt different this time, just slightly. Emma couldn't put a finger on it. But then Regina was biting down on her neck and God it felt so damn good she couldn't bring herself to keep thinking about it. Whatever was different, it was a good different and that's what mattered.
She gripped Regina's hair and pulled her back up for a kiss. Regina moaned into her mouth and Emma swore something inside her just snapped because the next second she had Regina's shirt ripped open and she was kissing down the woman's perfect chest. Regina didn't even reprimand her for ruining one of her shirts she was so far gone at this point. Emma didn't blame her, she needed the woman below her more than she needed to breathe in the moment.
Emma had Regina's bra off in record time, managing to get it off with one hand while Regina was still squirming against the mattress. She tugged off her own shirt and bra and leaned down to kiss Regina again. The fire inside her quenched just a little bit now that she was skin to skin with the woman she loved. Regina's hands roamed up and down her back, tracing the muscles and bones below her skin. Emma sighed into their kiss and relaxed just a little more.
The kiss turned languid and unhurried, all exploring tongues and slowly moving lips. Emma could finally breathe again but her body temperature was nowhere near normal. The heat between her thighs was distracting, but the woman under her was worth her undivided attention. Emma sat up just a little and slipped a hand between them to tweak Regina's nipples a few times but she almost immediately missed the skin contact and pressed herself back down. She needed to be as close as possible to the other woman right now.
Instead she positioned herself so her nipples rubbed against Regina's every time she moved a certain way. It was the best of both worlds. Regina still made the breathy sounds that Emma loved when she was playing with her breasts and Emma didn't have to lose the skin contact.
But them Regina was pushing at her pants sending a clear message even though they hadn't been able to detach their mouths for a long while. Emma obeyed sitting up quickly and shucking her pants, pulling off Regina's in the next second thankful that the woman didn't favor skinny jeans so she could easily pull them off with just a little help from Regina. She went ahead and grabbed Regina's underwear as well. She really didn't want to have to get up again and take off another piece of clothing. This time she wanted Regina in her arms forever.
Regina welcomed her back on top of her with open arms. Both of them let out a sigh as their whole bodies melded together without anything between them. Her thigh slotted perfectly between Regina's legs and Emma moaned feeling just how hot and wet Regina was already. She pressed her leg a little harder into Regina's center and relished the moan the other woman let out.
"God, Emma," Regina cried.
Emma just smiled and started to kiss Regina's neck, going straight for the places that drove the other woman completely mad. Regina started whimpering and moving her hips, painting a stripe of arousal up Emma's thigh. Regina pushed her own thigh against Emma and suddenly Emma was moaning instead of smiling. God, that had felt wonderful.
Regina's eyes fluttered open at the sound of Emma's moan. She smiled distantly, still thrusting against Emma's thigh. She pressed her thigh harder into Emma and Emma couldn't help but rock her hips as well. She felt the fire inside her spark so much higher. She needed to be close to Regina. She needed to come. She needed both of those at the same time.
They quickly found a rhythm thrusting against each other, moaning long and loud, kissing whenever they could catch their breath enough, leaning their foreheads against the other when they couldn't. But it wasn't enough. Emma needed to be closer to Regina. How, well, that was an issue. They were already wrapped up in each other so tightly she wasn't sure where she ended and Regina began. God, that was a beautiful feeling.
Then she was slipping off of Regina's thigh and slipping one leg under Regina's. Regina looked up at her, little scowl on her face because she had been very close to a very, very good orgasm. But then Emma was pressing her center into Regina's and both of them were lost once more in arcs of pleasure and arousal coating the both of them. And Emma was finally satisfied that she was close enough to the other woman. They thrust their hips in time driving each other higher and higher. The wet noises they made were so totally obscene and Emma wondered why the hell they didn't do this more often because God damn was it hot and oh God they were totally going to come at the same time, Emma was going to make sure of it because she had needed to be so close to Regina and this would just be the icing on top of the damn cake, them coming together pressed up against each other, blurring the line between two and one.
Regina was starting to tremble under her and God they were both so close. Then Regina's hands were at her back, gliding down the sweat soaked skin. Her fingers started to play with the skin of her lower back and Emma knew it was only going to be a few seconds until she came. She lowered her head to whisper into Regina's ear.
"Come with me, my Queen."
And suddenly Regina's fingers dug into her lower back and she was coming and Regina was screaming under her and they were both shaking and Emma's hips were twitching sending so many arcs of extra pleasure through her as she rode out her orgasm. She collapsed onto Regina when the last wave finally washed over her, chest heaving. Regina was in much the same state, huge smile on her flushed face. She kissed Emma's temple gently and collapsed back into the pillow behind her.
They laid like that for a while until suddenly Emma was on her back staring up at a wickedly smiling Regina.
"Well, that was nice for a first time as an engaged couple, dear, but what do you say we try to make it even better."
Emma just swallowed and nodded mutely, wondering what the hell Regina had in store for her. But as long as the woman stayed in her arms she didn't fucking care. Regina just leaned forward and kissed her hard.
"Good."
When Emma finally started to drift off much later that night it finally clicked. She knew what had been different this time. Nothing, not the tiniest little thing had been held back between them. They were each other's now and they had finally, fully accepted it and all it meant. A smile graced Emma's face as unconsciousness overtook her.
Early afternoon light finally woke her hours later. She groaned quietly and snuggled more into the warm arms holding her. Regina's muscles flexed around her as a deep moaning sigh escaped her mouth. The arms drew her closer a minute later. A lazy, content smile crossed Emma's face as she felt all of Regina's warm body pressed up against hers.
"Morning," came a sleep roughed voice from behind her.
Emma turned over so she was facing Regina, keeping their bodies firmly glued together. "Morning."
Regina's brown eyes drifted closed once again and she nestled farther into her pillow.
Emma laughed and kissed Regina on the forehead. "So finally I wore you out enough to not want to be out of bed at the crack of dawn."
"Before noon is hardly the crack of dawn, Emma." Her sleepy voice couldn't quite pull off the sarcasm.
Emma let her eyes drift closed as well, wrapping her arms around Regina's back and pulling her impossibly closer. If never leaving the bed again were an option she would gladly take it. She was way too comfortable in Regina's arms to ever want to move again.
A yawn wracked her body. She could definitely fall asleep again. She was still tired enough for sure, they had stayed up until the first blush of dawn had graced the sky, but she fought against the tide of sleep. She wanted to savor this moment for as long as possible. There wouldn't be another post-proposal morning ever again. She wanted to enjoy this just as much as she had the actual proposal.
Regina's breathing even out again after a few minutes. Emma opened her eyes again and surveyed the older woman's sleeping face. She always looked years younger when she slept, wrinkles smoothing out, muscles relaxing. Regina looked almost the same as Daniel remembered her from all those years ago when she slept. She curled one of her arms up and around to brush a piece of hair from Regina's face. Unconsciously Regina leaned into her hand. Emma smiled softly. She loved this woman in her arms so much.
Emma felt the metal on Regina's left ring finger digging into her back lightly. It was a pleasant sort of pain. If she knew Regina she'd have her own ring soon enough to match. She wondered what Regina would pick for her. Something more on the practical side, certainly, but that still left a lot open. She was excited to see.
It was really real. Regina had said yes. They really were going to get married.
"Finally," Daniel said.
And for once Emma couldn't disagree with him. Their soul had been chasing Regina across two different lifetimes, across two different worlds. It had taken over forty years, but finally they were going to be together. It seemed that everyone got their happy ending after all.
She sat like that, caressing Regina's skin lightly with reverent fingers, for a long while. Regina finally started to stir again, breathing growing shallower and more erratic. Emma was there watching when her eyes fluttered open revealing brown eyes with amber streaks.
"Morning again beautiful," Emma said quietly.
Regina yawned and stretched. "Morning." This time Regina sounded much more awake. She disentangled her arms from Emma and sat up on her elbow.
"Our son?"
"At his grandparents until I text him that it's safe."
Regina nodded. "Forethought, you've actually managed to have some, Miss Swan."
Emma rolled her eyes. "I've been planning this for three months, Regina. Of course I thought of everything."
Regina looked down at the ring on her finger. The blue and purple of the stones seemed much richer on her finger than it ever did in the case. Regina traced the outlining diamonds.
"I suppose you have."
Before Emma could respond her stomach growled lightly. She groaned loudly. "No, I'm not leaving this bed and neither are you. It can totally wait."
Regina smiled fondly at her. "You'll get cranky if you aren't fed soon."
"I can't be cranky when I'm in bed with you." Emma's eyes twinkled, sweeping down Regina's form, barely covered with a sheet.
Regina cocked an eyebrow. "Be that as it may, after last night I find myself quite famished as well."
Emma picked up on the double meaning immediately. "So how do you propose we get food if we aren't leaving the bed?"
"Call Ruby. Tell her to have our normal order ready and set it on the counter. I'll take care of everything from there." Emma's phone appeared in Regina's hand a second later.
Emma grabbed her phone and shot off a text to Ruby. There was no way that she was calling her. Emma would never get off the phone again if she called her. Ruby would want literally every detail and with a still very naked and very hungry Regina in her bed she wasn't exactly up for playing twenty questions.
Ruby sent her a quick reply saying she'd text them when their food was done and a big SO?! All in caps. She just sent back later and hoped that would tide Ruby over for now.
"So how exactly does this plan not involve us moving?" Emma asked again, setting down her phone in-between them.
"For someone who possesses magic, Emma, you really never think about the many applications it can be used for." Regina shot her an amused glance.
A light bulb clicked on. Right. "Oh."
Regina snorted. "It's better than delivery if I do say so myself."
Emma's face scrunched. "It sort of is delivery if you think about it. Well, without the underpaid teenager at the door. Magic delivery."
"Yes, the missing teenager is why it's better. I don't need an overly hormonal idiot gawking at the both of us."
Emma had to agree. Between them the phone buzzed. Emma glanced down and saw the word READY. She looked up again and nodded at Regina.
"You can poof us our food now, your majesty."
Regina waved her hand and Granny's appeared at the end of the bed. The smell of a burger hit her and her stomach growled again. Regina sat up fully, sheet pooling around her waist, leaving her top completely bare. Emma had to stop herself from forgoing the food and satisfying a different kind of hunger. That would come soon enough she hoped.
The older woman reached for their food, handing Emma what was definitely her bag and sitting back with her salad.
"Get any crumbs on the bed Miss Swan and you get to change and wash the sheets."
"Whatever you say, Regina," Emma said, digging in quickly.
They ate in silence for a couple of minutes. Regina glanced down at her ring again, using her thumb to spin it around her finger. She chewed slowly, as if thinking.
"So, you've been planning the proposal for three months. You never were going to buy a new car, were you?" She asked at last.
"Nope," Emma said around a few French fries. "Everything else was true, but I couldn't exactly have you knowing that I was proposing. I kinda wanted it to be a surprise."
Regina stopped spinning the ring and looked over at Emma. "Oh, believe me, it was. A pleasant one at that. I'm just thinking of the irony that you told me you were saving for a car and then that death trap actually dies after you spent all your money on a ring for me."
"It's not dead, yet!" Emma exclaimed. "That bug has been running longer than your Mercedes. It's got some fight left in it. Besides I still have some money from my last paycheck from Bubba's. I can fix her up good as new."
Regina looked to the heavens and sighed. "Of course you want to fix it."
"Duh." Emma stuffed another bite of burger in her mouth.
Regina pursed her lips again. "Bubba knew you were proposing to me, didn't he?"
"Yeah, why?" Emma looked over at Regina, confused.
"Some of the things he said to me make sense if cast in that light."
"Oh. Still not going to tell me what he said?"
"No, but I think everything he said is something that you already know."
"Cryptic, Regina, you're really good at being cryptic."
Regina smiled. "Of course. You don't walk away from training with Rumple without learning a thing or two."
Emma snorted. "Comforting." She swallowed her last bite of burger and picked up a few fries. "So, now you know literally everything about the last three months. It was all for last night."
Regina set her mostly empty salad dish beside her and turned to Emma. "I know that now. And no one has ever done so much for me and you don't have any idea how much that means to me. But three weeks ago? Can you blame me for thinking what I did? I mean you did work at a gay bar."
"Wait, what? Bubba's isn't a gay bar." Emma shook her head.
Regina started to laugh, doubling over with tears streaming down her face. Emma sat there watching with a pout on her face. She didn't think it was that funny.
"You're telling me, all that time you worked there, you didn't realize it?" Regina asked when she had calmed down enough to speak.
"No?"
"Oh, Emma, you're hopefully unobservant when you're dead set on a goal." Regina wiped her eyes, still smiling widely.
"Well, my goal was marrying you, do you blame me?" A blush colored her cheeks.
"Not at all, but I do have to wonder how you missed Melinda hitting on you. Bubba's was quite toned down in most aspects, mostly just like a normal bar, but almost everyone there was gay."
Emma paused for a second. "Well…I guess that would make sense. Bubba is gay after all." She shrugged.
"Yes, exactly. But you didn't even realize that until he introduced you to his husband."
"Gay men aren't my thing Regina. I don't need to know if a man is gay. I really only care if a woman is gay. And now I don't even care about that. I have you."
Regina kissed the tip of her nose and cupped the side of her face. "You do. And it's nice to know that you're so dead set on me that you totally missed a woman hitting on you every night for three months."
"You're the only one for me."
"And you, Emma, are the only one I need."
Emma closed the small distance between them and kissed Regina hard. Maybe she was a little unobservant when she was focused on Regina. It didn't matter. She loved her. She'd probably laugh about this later, but for now she kissed away her lingering embarrassment, drowning in Regina's mouth. Regina returned in kind, kissing Emma with all she had.
They fell back into bed once again, lips sealed together, take out containers falling from the bed haphazardly. It was the first day of the rest of their lives. And Emma thought it was starting off on a brilliant note. She couldn't wait to see what lay ahead.
Wedding one shot is done now, it's called Falling Head Over Heels. Happy reading :)