Thanks for the love you all! Here's the next one, a little longer this time because Nanowrimo was ending and I needed a shit ton of words to win. So this one is a bit of a transition chapter to the next segment of this fic so there's a lot going on. Enjoy!

As always, thanks to my beta Temara, for going through the crazy of this chapter and turning it around asap.

Chapter 21

Robin was lying in bed the next morning, it was early. Regina was still asleep next to him, slightly curled into him. He stared up at the ceiling thinking of the other night and the conversation he had had with his old Mistress.

Robin had walked Mal back to her apartment and was currently standing in her doorway with her saying goodbye. She could tell something was on his mind and tilted her head slightly to study him for a moment.

"What's on your mind, Robin?" she asked.

He shook his head slightly and smiled, "Nothing."

"Are you sure? You seem conflicted. You know you can always talk to me, right? Just because you're not my sub anymore doesn't mean I don't care."

"Do you do this for all your subs?"

"Just the ones I'm truly fond of," she winked and opened her door wider, "Do you want to talk about something?"

He hesitated for a moment, he really should head back but she would be the one to give him the best advice on this particular subject so he nodded, following her inside.

"Have a seat," she said as she disappeared off to what he assumed was her bedroom to drop off whatever she was carrying.

He sat down on her couch and looked around, "You have a nice place."

"Thank you, it's no brownstone, but I like this area and it's convenient."

"I hear that."

"So, what's bothering you?" she sat down next to him turning towards him to give her full attention.

"It's not really bothering, persay, it's just… Regina misses the Fortress," he started, not noticing the emotion that crossed Mal's face for all of a second before she put her poker face back on, "she asked to bring aspects of it back, but…"

"But?" she asked, "Do you not want to?"

"It's not that I don't want to, Mistress, I just I don't know what will be pushing it too far. I'd rather not have a repeat of what led us to leaving in the first place."

"Ah," she said understanding where he was coming from, "I'm assuming you two have been...intimate?"

"Well yes, it's all been vanilla but it's nice."

She nodded, knowing full well how nice it was to be with Regina, "Start slow, nothing crazy. No trying to push her limits. Let her take this as slow or fast as she's comfortable; the whole point is to make sure she's comfortable, okay?" Robin nodded at that, "Give it time, sweetie, you'll know when to go further and when not to. Trust your gut. Keep the communication lines open and remember there's nothing wrong with vanilla."

"I know." He looked into her eyes, "How did you know when you were pushing too much?"

"It's a lot of guess work. There are times I go over the limit too but that's where the safeword comes in. If she says it, you stop whatever you're doing, understood?"

"Yes, mistress," he answered. He paused for a second contemplating something.

"What?"

"I just, I know the two of you ended on not the greatest terms and she had a lot of feelings involved. I completely get it, I had feelings for you too…kinda hard not to," he mumbled the last part, "But, I can't help to think that maybe you did reciprocate some of those feelings." She raised a brow at that, he quickly added, "For Regina, not me."

"Robin, I didn't…"

"Mistress, come on," he interrupted her.

She narrowed her eyes a little, "You know that kind of interruption would have landed you over my knee."

"Yes, I know," he smirked. "I'll happily pull my pants down if you give me an honest reply."

She bit her full lip slightly, "There will be no need for that." She sighed, "Fine, yes there were some feelings involved. When you do what I do, as much as you try to not get any attachments, sometimes they happen. Of course not with everyone, but some people… Regina, You." she gave him a pointed look, "You know you're quite a catch, Robin, I wouldn't hold yourself so low."

"Me? Really?"

"Yes."

He smiled at her, "So what would it take to convince you to come over for dinner? Possibly offer some tips on how to keep a BDSM relationship going part time anyway."

"Part-time?"

"Yeah, we wouldn't want to do this all the time, just in bed."

"I get that," she nodded, "About dinner, I'll think about it." She furrowed her brows slightly, "Does she know you're asking me to have dinner with you?"

"No, not yet anyway."

"Maybe you should ask her first, Robin. As happy as she might have been to see me after a ton of alcohol, I don't think the reception will be the same sober."

"Highly doubt that but, yeah, I'll ask her." He checked his watch, "I should get going, thanks for the talk."

"Anytime." She walked him to the door but before she could open it, the door opened on it's own with her friends walking in.

"Darling, you didn't mention you were having company," Vic said eyeing Robin.

"Should we leave?" Ursula added giving Mal a look.

"Oh no, I was just leaving," Robin said leaning over and kissing Mal's cheek quickly, "Thanks again, Mistress."

She smiled at him as he walked away. And turned to her friends.

He closed his eyes trying to get a little more sleep before he had to start his day.

.:.

Mal was sitting in the conference room scowling at her friends who wouldn't shut up about what they had witnessed the other night. "He just needed to talk okay, nothing else happened."

"He invited you to dinner," Ursula commented.

"With your hot brunette, darling," Vic added.

"They're together, it's not uncommon for couples to host dinner parties together," Mal reasoned.

"You're still hot for her, and possibly for him." Vic argued.

"No, I'm not."

"Yes, you are, darling. Deny it all you want."

Mal groaned and glared at her friends, "Can we get back to work please?"

"Are you going to go?" Ursula asked, causing Mal to narrow her eyes, "Pam, I'm only asking because I'm concerned."

"I don't know."

"Do you want to?"

"Maybe."

"Go for it, darling," Vic piped in. "Threesomes are awesome," she winked at them. "Speaking of, it's been a while…."

"It has, but I'm keeping it on the down low. Stefan has been a prissy little fuck boy lately about all of this and it's 'influence' on Lily." She rolled her eyes.

Ursula frowned, "What do you mean?"

"Who knows what's gotten his panties in a twist this time but he's back to his pointless threats about the custody arrangement." She shook her head.

Vic reached out to rub her arm, "He can't do anything, darling, and if he tries I know a lot of lawyers who will easily get you full custody."

Mal smiled at her, "Thank you, but I don't want to be the reason my daughter doesn't have a relationship with her father."

"Yeah but it wouldn't hurt to talk to a lawyer," Ursula reasoned, "You don't want her to not have a relationship with you either, right?"

"Obviously, I'll deal with it. Don't worry."

"Alright." They moved over to finally starting work for the day before their first clients started to roll in.

.:.

Robin had managed to get back to sleep for a bit, but stirred when he heard Regina moan. He rubbed a hand over his face and looked down to see that she was still asleep. She murmured something he couldn't make out but when she said Robin, that he got. He debated waking her up but maybe she was having a good dream. No, no he knew she was because she was now wrapping her arms tighter around him and nearly humping his thigh. He bit the inside of his cheek to keep from making any noise and startling her.

Regina was certainly having a good dream, one that felt way too real…

She was blindfolded and straddling Robin's lap as he thrusted into her at just the right angle. He was holding onto her hips to keep her steady as pumped into her. She had her arms on his shoulder and her head thrust back as she moaned. Another pair of hands snaked around her body to squeeze and knead her breasts. Followed by a pair of lips attaching to the sensitive part of her neck that made her squirm with pleasure.

"God," Regina moaned at the sensations going through her body.

She felt someone bit her earlobe lightly before blowing on it. "Get on all fours."

"Yes, mistress," Regina whispered as Robin helped her get into position and moved behind her.

Mal stopped to kiss Robin deeply before pulling back. "Fuck her harder," she ordered before moving around and capturing Regina's lips for a deep kiss, reaching down to pinch her nipples making her cry out. "You do like it rough, don't you," she purred pulling away long enough to slap her ass.

Regina suddenly woke up and blinked against the sun beaming in. She rubbed her eyes trying to focus, and when she did, she looked over at Robin who was watching her.

"Morning, beautiful," he smiled.

Regina's dream suddenly popped back into her head causing her to blush. She ducked her head and mumbled 'morning', lying back down on the pillow. "How long have you been up?"

"Long enough," he continued smiling. "Sleep alright?"

She nodded, "I should go shower."

"Will that be a hot shower or cold?" he smirked slightly. "I could help."

She narrowed her eyes at him, "What did I do?"

"You mean besides the moaning and grinding against my leg?"

"Oh god," she covered her face mortified.

He laughed slightly pulling her into his arms, "Are you going to tell me about this dream or do I have to ask?"

"You're never finding out."

"Oh, come on."

She shook her head, "Nope. I've got to go get ready for class."

"A little hint? I was obviously in it."

"Robin, no. I'm not discussing a sex dream with you."

He gave her a look, "Was someone else in it?"

She froze slightly, "What did you hear?"

"Okay fine, don't tell me, but if you want a threesome you just have to ask." Regina's eyes went wide. "But speaking of a certain blonde, I kinda ran into her last night."

"You did?" she furrowed her brows.

"Yeah, on my way to the subway. She was alone so I walked her back. I was thinking maybe we could invite her over to dinner some night? I know you miss her."

"Robin, I don't …"

"There's hardly any point in denying it, milady." He raised a brow.

She sighed, "Fine, I miss her. But I don't think that a dinner is such a good idea."

"Why not?"

"I just don't."

Robin sat up slightly and ran a finger over Regina's cheek, "I know there's some unresolved feelings there," he cut off her attempt at a protest by shaking his head, "It's fine, I get it. But you are the one who brought up doing things from the Fortress again, which I'm totally fine with, but I could use the tips that would have come from the rest of those sessions. I don't want to hurt you, Regina, or bring up any ... traumatic memories." He leaned over and pecked her lips, "It might not be a bad idea to have her come over for dinner, we can all talk. She is way more experienced and talking about whatever happened might help."

"I'll think about it."

"That's all I ask."

"Come on, let's go shower." she mumbled slipping out of the bed.

.:.

Later that day Regina went back to her dorm room to find Emma and Ruby there watching something in the living room.

"Hey," she said, slipping into her room to drop her things on her bed, taking off her shoes before going back into the living room and sitting down next to Emma.

"Hey yourself, where'd you sneak off to in the middle of the night?" Ruby asked passing the popcorn.

"Wouldn't you like to know," Regina answered back taking a handful of the popcorn from the bowl.

"Late night booty call? Staying with this one is rubbing off on you, Gina," Emma teased.

"Yes well, it wasn't supposed to be that late but instead of coming back at a normal hour, he decided to go over to see Mistress Mal," she muttered.

"Wait," Emma said reaching for the remote and pausing the movie, "Come again?"

Regina blew a stray lock of hair out of her face and turned towards her friends, "Robin ran into her on his way to the subway, and being the man that he is, offered her to walk her home."

"Huh, interesting," Ruby commented.

"Does he have feelings for her?" Emma asked.

Regina shrugged, "Probably, it's hard not to."

"And how does that make you feel?"

Regina bit her lip, "Okay, this doesn't leave this room. Before I even knew they had met last night, I had a dream of the three of us."

"Doing…" Ruby started with a look of confusion on her face until realization struck, "You mean a sex dream of a threesome? Damn, I am rubbing off on you."

"Shut up. But then he said something about inviting her over for dinner. And that's crazy right? That wouldn't end well."

"When you say dinner, you mean doing it, right?" Ruby said turning more towards her.

"No!" Regina groaned, looking at Emma, "Can you give me your opinion because this gutter head isn't helping."

"Honestly, Gina, dinner might not be a bad idea. You can resolve all this tension you have." Emma started, "I was sober on your birthday and saw the way you leapt into her arms. I know you got your heart broken, kid, but this might help you move on. Or you know she might realize she was being an idiot."

"What she said," Ruby concurred.

"Hmm," Regina leaned back against the couch thinking, "maybe."

"So, you good?" Ruby asked watching Regina nod, "Good. Guess who has a date with the Fortress?" She grinned watching her friends grimace.

"Lord, Ruby, this is why you came to college didn't you? For sex?" Regina exclaimed.

"Yes. Obviously. And I got to meet you guys, which was an added plus."

"Awe, Ruby has a heart," Emma teased pushing the button to start up the movie again.

.:.

The next day, Regina found Robin sitting in the lawn against a tree reading a book. She considered walking away and not interrupting him knowing how much she hated being interrupted when she's reading. Luckily for her she didn't have to make a decision. He looked up and smiled at her. She walked over to him as he made room for her.

She sat down between his legs and leaned back against him as he adjusted himself and held up his book to continue reading the last bit of the chapter he was on. She waited until he was done to lean up and kiss his cheek.

He wrapped his arms around her waist and smiled at her. "This is a nice surprise."

"I didn't want to bother you while you were reading."

"You're never a bother."

She smile leaning her head against his shoulder. "So I thought about it," she deliberately watched him, "Having dinner with… her." She clarified and watched the realization come across his face. "Maybe it will be a good thing. I clearly have some unresolved feelings that need to be addressed head on, so let's do it."

"Alright," he nodded, "I'll call her."

"Okay."

"You know if you wanted to do more, I wouldn't mind."

"There was a time I would have thought you were absolutely insane but in the last several months I've done things I never would have imaged, so who knows." she replied back.

Robin chuckled, "Maybe we'll just have to seduce her then," he winked at her and leaned in to give her a proper kiss. "But until then, do you want to go to the Rabbit Hole tomorrow night? My pal John and a couple others are performing there."

"Performing?"

"They have a band."

Regina looked at him impressed, "Yeah, I'll tell my friends too. That sounds fun."

"Great."

"Will you also be performing?" she asked getting an idea that this wasn't just him being supportive.

"Maybe…"

"You're in a band?!" she looked at him with shock.

"I haven't shown you all my tricks yet, milady."

"You never fail to surprise me, Locksley." she laughed leaning back against him and enjoying the warmth of the sun on her skin.