More Than She Wanted
Lights Out:
,,Are you sure you're up for this?" Mal asks and gives Regina a concerned look.
The brunette sighs deeply. ,,Maleficent, I've been stuck in our bed for a week, of course I'm up for it."
Maleficent still looks uncertain, and Regina sighs irritated. Of course she's up for a simple walk and then breakfast at Granny's. It's not exactly a marathon. Which she has tried to explain to her over-worried wife.
Regina turns her back on Maleficent and gets dressed in a pair of black pants and a black, knee long sweater. Her prominent, eight months pregnant with twins baby bump is pushing against the sweater, and Regina sighs. She's grateful that she's allowed to get out of bed, but moving around isn't exactly easy anymore.
,,This is getting out of hand," she groans.
,,What is?" Maleficent questions and raises an eyebrow.
,,This," Regina says and gestures towards her bulging stomach. ,,I am huge."
Maleficent sniggers and places a hand on Regina's stomach. ,,Just one more month, my darling."
Regina scoffs. ,,I am gonna be huge for longer than a month, Maleficent. My waistline is not gonna come back just like that."
,,Then I'll take care of our children while you focus on your waistline," Maleficent quips, and Regina sends her a stern look.
,,It's not funny," Regina mutters. ,,I mean, look at me. I don't feel particular attractive right now."
Maleficent sneers. ,,Don't ever say that again!"
Regina rolls her eyes. ,,Do you seriously mean that you're attracted to this?" she gestures towards her massive belly.
,,Yes. Very much." Maleficent says quickly.
Regina simply scoffs and puts on her coat.
Maleficent watches her, and now there's a new type of concern in her blue eyes.
,,It's not like you to be so insecure, my beauty."
Regina sighs. ,,I know. I don't know what's the matter with me these days. Maybe I'm just tired of being stuck in bed."
,,Then let's go out and see something else," Mal says gently and puts on her own coat. ,,Maybe that'll lift your spirit."
,,Maybe," Regina says.
The two sorceresses leaves the mansion, and Regina quickly decides that she prefers to walk instead of driving to Granny's. Her ankles may be swollen, but she has really missed being outside.
The weather is still very cold, the frost makes their breath come out on little, white clouds, and there's snow in the air.
Maleficent shudders a little, and Regina sniggers.
,,I thought a dragon couldn't get cold?"
Maleficent chuckles. ,,Only when it's a million minus degrees."
,,Oh. Well it is rather cold today, isn't it?"
Maleficent nods in agreement and glances up towards the sky. ,,It's beginning to snow."
She's right. Furry, white snowflakes falls from the sky, and the two women hurries along to get inside as fast as possible.
Maleficent sniggers. ,,You look mighty fine with snowflakes in your hair, my darling."
,,Why thank you," Regina says and rolls her eyes. Her dark hair is filled with white snowflakes, and she's sure she doesn't look "mighty fine", in fact she suspects she looks like a snowman. A very chubby snowman.
They finally reach Granny's. Maleficent opens the door, and Regina is quite grateful to be inside. Her ankles are a bit dissatisfied at the moment. It should be nice to sit down once again.
Regina and Mal walks toward a booth, and David, who has fetched his own hot drink, spins around in that moment and nearly collides with Regina's stomach.
,,Excuse me," the prince says and takes a step backwards. ,,I didn't see you and your stomach, Regina."
,,David!" Snow says admonishingly from a nearby booth.
But Regina simply laughs. She's well aware that her stomach is ridiculously large. ,,It's alright," she assures the prince.
David smiles. ,,It's nice to see you outside again," he says and gives her shoulder a light pat before he returns to the booth where Snow is waiting.
Regina and Mal settles at a table (Regina needs help to sit down), and Mal promptly fetches them both breakfast. And hot chocolate for Regina.
Regina quickly eats her way through a portion of pancakes with syrup and scrambled eggs. She takes a sip of her cocoa.
,,I appreciate your ability to fetch me food," she jokes.
Maleficent's eyebrows raises. ,,Is that the only ability you appreciate?" she asks quietly and sends Regina a very mischievous look.
,,Behave," Regina chuckles.
,,Is it?" Maleficent demands.
,,Of course not." Regina assures and takes another gulp of her cocoa.
,,Good." Maleficent says and nonchalantly adds: ,,I appreciate your ability to unclasp a bra without fumbling."
Regina chokes a little on her cocoa. ,,Maleficent!"
,,What?" the dragon chuckles. ,,I thought we were finding things we liked about each other."
,,You are impossible," Regina sighs and turns her attention back to her cocoa.
Maleficent sniggers quietly and gives Regina's hand a little squeeze. Then she turns attention back to her own breakfast. Clearly Regina isn't the only one who is hungry this morning. The dragon practically shoves the food down her throat, and once she's done she gazes out of the window and up towards the sky.
Regina quickly understands what Mal is thinking about, it's been a while since she got the chance to stretch her wings.
,,It's alright," Regina says.
,,What is?" Maleficent asks and her brows knits together in confusion.
,,Go on. Get out there, go stretch your wings."
Maleficent stares at her. ,,How did you evnen…?"
,,Because I'm your wife, dear. I know what's on your mind," Regina chuckles.
Maleficent looks uncertain. ,,Is it very selfish of me to want to go for a flight and leave you here?"
,,Of course not. I'll be fine."
,,I wish you could come with me," Maleficent sighs yearningly.
Regina laughs. ,,Yeah, I don't think any type of flying would be wise right now, Mal. But that shouldn't keep you on the ground. Go on."
,,Only if you're sure.."
,,I am. I'll be fine." Regina assures, and Maleficent, who still looks a bit uncertain rises from her chair.
,,Don't have those babies without me, alright?" the dragon says sternly, clearly torn between wanting to stay with Regina and wanting to go for a flight.
,,I won't," Regina assures. ,,It's not until next month, silly."
Maleficent nods a little, but still seems troubled about leaving Regina behind.
,,For god's sake get out of here before I make you," Regina says firmly and tries to shoo her wife out of the door.
,,Fine. But I can assure you I won't be gone for long."
,,Whatever. Just go."
Maleficent surrenders and leans a little over the table.
Regina quickly gets what her wife wants, and quickly leans in to receive a very tender kiss. And one that last a bit too long given that they are in a public place, but what the hell. Regina is certainly not gonna complain about that.
,,I love you," Maleficent says and flashes Regina a smile.
,,I know," Regina grins cheekily.
Maleficent rolls her eyes and kisses Regina again. This time on the forehead.
Then the dragon leaves Granny's diner, and Regina watches as her wife gets surrounded by green magic. The next minute, the familiar dragon is where Mal was a few seconds ago. The dragon lifts her head and looks at Regina with her green, luminescent eyes. Regina promptly waves her off, and the dragon stretches her ginormous wings out and leaps towards the sky, nearly knocking a by-passing Killian to the ground.
Regina sniggers quietly to herself.
Killian enters the diner and brushes off a couple of snowflakes. ,,I do believe your wife is on the loose, Madam Mayor."
,,She is not on the loose," Regina says calmly and sips her cocoa. ,,She just happens to have wings at the moment."
Snow White chuckles as she leaves her and Charming's booth and sits down next to Regina instead.
,,You're out of bed," the pixie haired woman observes with a smile.
,,Well caught, dear," Regina says. Not that she's snippy or anything, one of the babies just decided to kick her rather hard.
,,How are you feeling?" Snow asks.
,,Whale-sized and out of breath," Regina quips.
,,You don't look whale-sized, Regina. You look wonderful," Snow gushes.
,,That's very kind of you dear, but I don't think that's the case," Regina mutters and takes a gulp of her cocoa.
Snow's eyes lights up. ,,Are you drinking cocoa?"
,,Yes. You Charming's are rubbing off on me," Regina says and shakes her head.
Snow laughs at that.
Regina finishes her cocoa, and decides to head back home. The doctor did tell her to take it easy, and the weather is rather cold, so there's really no reason to stay outside.
She puts on her coat and curses silently because she finds it troublesome to button it, then she wishes Snow and David a good day and leaves the diner.
Once outside she finds Zelena with baby Robyn in her stroller. Zelena is pointing towards the sky while she says something to Robyn, and Regina quickly finds out why her sister is pointing towards the sky. The giant dragon is hovering in the air, just above Granny's diner.
Regina leans her head back and looks toward the dragon. Her dragon.
,,Oh," Zelena grins when she spots Regina. ,,I figured you would be close by."
Regina doesn't get the chance to answer her sister before the dragon lands in front of them.
Zelena takes a step backwards for Robyn's sake, but Regina doesn't move at all.
,,I thought you were going for a flight," she says and grins a little when the dragon gives her hair a sniff.
,,That tickles," she mock complains.
The dragon makes a sound that could almost have been a snigger, and gives Regina's bulging stomach a gentle caress with her big snout.
Regina chuckles softly at that and puts her hand on Mal's scaly head. The dragon leans into the touch with half closed eyes.
,,I do believe your aunt is flirting with a dragon," Zelena tells Robyn, and Regina scowls at her.
,,I am not flirting with anyone," she tells her sternly.
Mal gives her hand a little push as to say, "you're lying".
Zelena sniggers triumphantly.
,,And now I'm going home," Regina says snippily.
The dragon gives her bulging stomach one last affectionate sniff, and then she folds her enormous wings out and leaps towards the sky again.
,,Have a good flight," Regina mutters and leans her head back to look as her dragon becomes smaller and smaller on the sky.
The brunette wishes her sister a good day and then heads back home to the mansion.
Regina takes off her coat and shoes and groans silently out of pure relieve. Her feet are completely destroyed. Maybe she should put them in water for a while. Yes, that's exactly what she'll do.
She quickly finds a large bowl, fills it with nice, hot water, and gives the water just a touch of lavender smell. Regina carries the bowl into the living room and sits down on the couch (with some difficulty) she eagerly sticks her feet into the water, and sighs contented. Ahh. Perfect. Absolutely perfect. All she needs now is a good book.
Regina abandons any thought of reading one of the "sensible" baby books Snow White kindly gave her, and instead she summons Charles Dicken's "Great Expectations" from her bedroom. A very good book indeed, and Regina is completely content with soaking her feet and just reading quietly.
She's a hundredth of pages or so into the book when she realizes that she wants to take a shower. She might have taken one this morning, but her body feels achy all over, so maybe a proper soak in the bathtub would be a good idea?
Regina wipes her feet in a newly-summoned towel and leaves the book abandoned on the coffee table.
She waddles up the stairs and into the bedroom where she quickly strips out of the sweater, pants and bra. Maleficent would be quite proud. She didn't fumble once when she opened it. She drops her panties to the floor and waves her hand, making the pile of clothes disappear into the hamper basket on their own. Then she grabs a bathrobe on her way out and enters the bathroom. Another wave of her hand, and the bathtub fills up with hot water.
Regina leaves the bathrobe on a hanger and climbs into the bathtub. Now this is heaven, she thinks to herself as she leans back against the tub. Hot water, lavender smell. All she needs is a glass of champagne. Oh wait, she can't have that right now, she reminds herself. The champagne has to wait for a good a while, but once she's done breastfeeding, then she'll definitely have a glass of champagne.
A low, threating rumbling is heard from outside, and Regina frowns. Thunder. In the middle of the winter. She sits up in the tub and looks out of the window. The first lightning is zigzagging across the sky, and the wind is howling in the trees once more. Looks like they are in for a bit of a storm.
Regina briefly wonders whether she should attempt to get a hold of Mal and warn her about the bad weather. No, she decides. Maleficent is used to bad weather. She can manage a little wind and a bit of thunder.
Well, actually it's more than just a bit of thunder. The sky is illuminated by lightening after lightening, and Regina can barely hear her own thoughts because of the rumbling sound.
Regina remembers her early childhood where the rumbling sound scared her half to death, and the lightning zigzagging across the sky caused her to cry out in fear. Of course, Cora wasn't much of a comforter. She simply told Regina to "pull herself together and act like a brave girl", but her father- her sweet Daddy, on the other hand, had always pulled her into his arm and held her there until the storm was over, while he whispered in her ear not to be afraid. The storm would soon be over.
That's exactly what Regina will do if her children will fear thunder. She will be better than her own mother ever was.
Suddenly, the lights flash in the bathroom, and then it goes completely dark. Oh. A blackout, Regina muses to herself. The hallway is completely dark as well, so apparently the power is gone in the whole house. She cranes her neck and looks out of the window. Pitch black. There must be a blackout in all of Storybrooke. Damn weather. Oh well, there isn't much she can do about it. This isn't a magical induced blackout, so all she and the rest of the citizens can do is to wait it out.
Regina leans back in the tub and waves her hand. A couple of candles appear, and she lights them with another wave of her hand. There. At least she can see what she's doing now. The brunette closes her eyes and cracks her neck. Then she grabs her sponge and rubs her shoulders, forearms and hands with it. Regina leans forward slightly in the tub and rubs the sponge across her lower back. That feels nice. Maybe even a little too nice, she muses as she shudders against the touch. Damn hormones making her oversensitive to touch again. Why must pregnancy be so difficult? Regina quickly let's go of the sponge. No reason to work herself up.
She waits until the water is going lukewarm, then the brunette reluctantly stands from the tub. She grabs the floor-length, grey silk bathrobe from the hanger and ties it loosely around her body. Her stomach is sticking out in spite of how loose the material is around her, and her breasts nearly spills out of the robe. Regina sighs and wraps the bathrobe a little tighter around her. She's a mess, she thinks to herself as she runs a comb through her dark hair. Will she ever be able to fit into her regular clothes again?
She doesn't answer the question. Refuses to think about how her body is gonna look for a long time after the birth, instead she trots into the bedroom where she summons the candles from the bathroom. But it isn't enough, so Regina waves her hand once more and summons a few more candles from the living room. That's better. Now the bedroom is nicely lit up, and Regina lies down on the bed. She doesn't even bother to get dressed. She doesn't bother to dry off with a towel either. To hell with wet bedding, she'll dry of in her own time.
Regina summons her book from downstairs and rolls onto her side, well, as much as she can roll when she's eight months pregnant, and begins to read once again. This is quite cozy. The dimmed bedroom. The candles. The thunder rumbling outside. If this weather continues, she's definitely gonna make herself another cup of hot chocolate. Calories be damned.
Regina is deeply engaged with the book, and enjoy reading about Pip's quarrels about the beautiful Estelle. Outside the wind is still howling and a lightning flashes across the sky now and then.
Regina is halfway through the book when she hears the front door opening and closing. Footsteps approaching. Somebody searching through the living room, and then..
,,Regina?"
Regina chuckles. Maleficent is home, and she sounds somewhat alarmed.
,,In the bedroom," the brunette calls back.
More footsteps, and in a quicker pace. Is the dragon running? Yes, yes she is, Regina finds out when Mal swings the bedroom door open and stumbles rather gracelessly inside.
,,Why hello there," Regina sniggers and quirks an eyebrow at her wife.
,,You're alright…" the dragon observes and exhales sharply.
,,Yes. Why wouldn't I be?" Regina scoffs.
,,The blackout. I was worried that you might have fallen or something."
,,Mal, I've lived in this house for thirty something years. I know it like my own pocket, I don't fall just because it's dark."
,,You could have tripped," Maleficent rebuts. ,,You can't even see your feet."
,,That is a fair point, my darling. But I am absolutely fine, alright?"
,,Thank heavens," Maleficent breathes and shrugs her coat off.
,,You were worried about me?" Regina inquires and smirks.
,,You, eight months pregnant and all alone in a pitch black house, yes, of course I was worried."
,,You're very sweet. But I'm fine as you can see."
,,I see that," Mal says, and now it's her turn to smirk as she takes a closer look at the lit candles and Regina half lying on the bed with wet hair.
,,What?" Regina asks.
,,You look very… alluring, my darling."
Regina scoffs. ,,I don't feel very alluring right now. I feel huge."
,,How's your back doing?" Mal asks and her brows knits together in concern.
,,Not that good," Regina says. ,,I thought a bath could do the trick, but apparently not."
,,How about I gave you a back massage then?" Maleficent offers with a smile dancing on her lips.
Regina doesn't need to consider that offer for long. ,,I would like that very much."
Maleficent promptly comes over to the bed and sits down next to Regina. She plays with the strings on Regina's dressing gown. ,,Mind if I remove this? It will probably easier then."
,,Be my guest." Regina says and carefully rolls onto her side.
Maleficent opens the bathrobe, and Regina can feel how the dragon stiffens with surprise when she slides the material off the brunette's shoulders.
,,I was not expecting that." Mal says and her voice is a bit thicker than it was before.
,,Expecting what?" Regina teases.
,,Your state of.. nudity."
,,Well, I've just showered, dear. What did you expect?"
Maleficent runs her finger up and down Regina's spine, which is nice but..
,,That doesn't feel like a back massage to me," Regina calmly points out and smirks a little.
,,Right. My apologies." Maleficent promptly begins to rub Regina's back in nice circles, but the brunette notices that her wife's breathing is somewhat irregular.
,,You really do find me attractive," Regina muses, more to herself than Maleficent. She doesn't find herself one bit attractive these days, and feels a bit strange to know that just the sight of her can turn Maleficent on.
Maleficent sighs deeply as she rubs Regina's back. ,,Regina, sweetheart. You are, and will always be fucking desirable, alright? Don't ever doubt that."
,,Little hard not to when you're whale sized and your ankles are swollen. And when you.."
Maleficent promptly silence her with a kiss.
Regina returns the kiss somewhat surprised by the sudden change of mood. This isn't exactly a modest kiss, and Regina feels slightly breathless when Mal finally lets her come up for air.
,,What was that?" Regina giggles.
,,That was me putting a stop to all your nonsense. Now be quiet while I give you that damn back massage."
,,Damn back massage?"
Maleficent groans. ,,In case you haven't noticed, there might be other things I want to do right now."
,,Yeah, I don't think my back would appreciate that."
To Be Continued..