Overload
Regina reappeared in the middle of town fighting to maintain control as the power threatened to overcome her, no longer in the same vicinity as Taka the magic had refocused itself solely on her, it was channelling into her relentlessly and she was terrified of what would happen when she could no longer contain it all.
Red wind swirled around her like a tornado raising her hair as the power continued to build within her. Beyond the storm that surrounded her she began to see people appearing, residents stared at the light show in awe, Emma and Gold appeared out of thin air matching looks of horror on their faces and she continued to fight from the centre of the storm.
She fought as hard as she could, harder than she thought possible but it was fast overwhelming her, consuming her and she knew with certainty that when it exploded from her which it surely would soon it would destroy Storybrooke and everybody that she loved with it.
Regina watched helplessly as Emma walked towards her throwing the full force of her magic in her direction in an attempt to disperse the storm that surrounded the brunette, the effort while appreciated proved futile when the blonde's magic was repelled forcefully back at her throwing her a short distance away where she landed in a crumpled heap and didn't get back up again.
Gold step forward into the space that Emma had occupied only seconds before a determined look on his face that told Regina that he was intent on ending this once and for all, her eyes widened in fear as she watched his mouth form the words "sorry dearie" before he began to cast a spell that she knew was meant kill her.
Even though she understood why it had to be this way and even welcomed death if it meant the ones that she loved could live a great sadness still filled her heart and tears rolled down her cheeks as she locked eyes with Gold waiting for his spell to hit her, as he spoke the final words she was sure that she saw a hint of regret behind his eyes.
"Nooooooooo!" a voice pierced through the air just as the curse meant to end Regina forever left the Imp and someone threw themselves in front of Regina blocking her view of Gold, a second horrified "No" escaped from between the brunette's lips as Golds spell hit the woman who had stepped in between them square in the chest, Regina watched horrified as the woman seemed to glow as she turned to face the brunette.
Somehow, miraculously still alive Brianne pushed towards Regina until she was in the centre of the storm inches from her,
"You have to fight this" she said tears spilling from her eyes
"I can't, I'm just not strong enough" Regina replied now barely holding on "you have to go" she pleaded
"No" Brianne replied fiercely, shaking her head "I won't go, you are strong enough Regina, Robin saw it and I can see it too, now I just need you to believe it" the younger woman said stepping towards the brunette, "whatever happens I'm here to the end, I'm not leaving you, I'll never leave you" she whispered pulling her into her embrace and finally claiming the brunette's lips with her own.
Regina's heart swelled with love as she accepted Brianne's lips with her own, the kiss was passionate, desperate and so full of love, they became utterly and completely lost in one another, the whole world seemed to melt away and neither noticed the ring of rainbow light that had expanded out from them or their feet leaving the ground as they rose into the air.
Lips still locked the Mayor began to feel power being drawn from her into Brianne, she was completely powerless to stop it as she deepened the kiss,
"I love you Regina" Brianne whispered into the brunette's mouth as their kiss came to an end,
Regina parted her lips to respond but the women were pulled apart before any words could leave them,
For a moment they just stared at each other in shock as they hovered above the town several metres apart, then both of their heads were thrown back so that they were looking skyward and a light seemed to be pulled from within each of their chests as though an invisible sombody was pulling a brightly glowing golden string from each of them, the strings of light, headed steadily towards one another until they joined in the centre of the gap in between them becoming one and shot high into the sky.
Regina wasn't sure how long it lasted but she felt as Taka's unwanted magic was drained from her and the blonde, when it was almost gone the light connecting her to Brianne disappeared, the wind instantly died leaving her and the blonde hovering in the now silent night sky above Storybrooke, their eyes met across the distance then suddenly the lights seem to go out in Brianne's she crumpled inwards and began to fall.
Regina reacted without conscious thought, reaching out with her magic to stop the blonde's fall, drawing her towards her and taking her in her arms before lowering them both gently to the ground tears falling thick and fast,
"not again" she quietly pleaded stroking the blonde's hair as she gazed into her pale face desperately looking for any sign of life "please be okay" she begged "I love you to" she confessed leaning forward to place a kiss on Brianne's grey lips.
A second beam of bright rainbow light immediately exploded from them in all directions and the blonde slowly opened her eyes looking up into the brunette's beautiful brown ones "hello' she smiled pulling Regina into a passionate, forceful, kiss which lasted until the sound of a voice clearing reminded them with a jolt that they had company.
Blushing deeply they pulled apart and gingerly got up from the ground brushing themselves off,
"What happened?" Gold asked looking at Brianne in amazement "you should be dead"
"I have no idea, but that power of Taka's that tried to overwhelm me is almost all gone" Regina informed him
"Almost all gone?" Emma asked raising an eyebrow "what does that mean? Are we safe now?
"I think so" the brunette replied "but maybe you should keep Henry with you for a little longer just to be on the safe side" she said glancing at Brianne as she pulled out her phone "I'll call Zelena and tell her it's safe to come back now"
She hit call on her sister's name catching the blonde's eye again as she spoke, Regina felt certain that she was safe now but if Brianne was experiencing an after buzz anything like the one that she was then she was sure that there would be sparks flying when they got home later, but first they had to deal with Taka.
Once Henry and Robyn were safe in Golds shop with Belle and various protection spells surrounding them, Regina, Emma, Zelena, Gold and Brianne headed back to the vault together where they found a seething and very surprised looking Taka securely locked in the third chamber where Gold and Emma had left him,
"My magic!" he exclaimed "there's barely any trace of it left, how what have you done with it?"
"hopefully gotten rid of it for good" Regina replied "Now I believe that a nice long stay in Storybrooke's mental facility would be a very fitting punishment for you" she smiled thinking of the sparse room that he had held Simba's poor mother Sarabi in whilst he had tried to force her into becoming his wife "and I think that a hessian sack will serve well enough for a blanket" she concluded waving a hand and watching his face horrified disappear into a cloud of purple smoke.
"Now then" she continued taking Brianne by the hand "I think it's time that we went home" she smiled as the blonde nodded eagerly in agreement.
Xoxoxoxxoxoxox
Entering the mansion, the two women suddenly felt a little awkward,
"Do you want coffee?" Regina asked nervously turning her back on Brianne longing for something to do with her trembling hands,
"That would be lovely" the blonde replied feeling equally unsure of herself.
The Brunette began to set up the coffee pot, her skin humming as magic continued to course through her and her hands shook uncontrollably as she tried and failed to put the filter in place three times, leaning forwards so that her hair fell in front of her face hiding her from view, Regina tried to take some deep steadying breaths, as she inhaled for the fifth time a soft warm hand closed over hers, letting the filter drop onto the kitchen unit, Regina leaned back relaxing into Brianne, enjoying the warmth that enveloped her, closed her eyes and slowly exhaled, the two stood like that in silence for a few minutes, the blonde holding the brunette waiting for her to stop shaking before she turned her around in her arms claiming her lips with her own.
Regina instantly melted into the kiss, her whole-body tingling, every inch of her longing to be touched as she moved her lips against Brianne, eagerly accepting the blondes probing tongue, she had no idea how long the kiss lasted but when they finally pulled apart both were breathless and flushed but it wasn't enough not even close, both needed so much more.
Pulling Brianne back towards her Regina found the blondes lips again, then moving she traced gentle kisses along her jawbone, and up to her ear lobe, "I love you" she whispered into her ear, eliciting a small moan from Brianne, the sound stirred something low in Regina's abdomen, "I love you to, God I love you so much" the blonde replied sounding choked, Regina pulled back to look into her eyes, cupping her face and wiping the tears that ran down Brianne's cheeks away with her thumbs, before taking hold of her hands.
Gazing into each other eyes the two attempted to regain their composure until they were unable to hold back any longer and their lips crashed into each other again, this time they moved with purpose Brianne slipped a hand up the back of Regina's shirt, it was like all of Regina's nerves were on fire, the second the blondes hand made contact with her skin, lightening, bolts seemed too shoot through her entire body, never before had she experienced anything so intense and she wanted more,
Pulling Brianne close she began to pull at her shirt until she had it up over her head and it lay forgotten in a heap on the floor the two were slowly making their way towards to lounge, Regina gently pushed the blonde down onto the sofa and straddled her looking down at her pink flushed face, the anticipation of what was to come shining in her eyes, for a second her breath was taken away by the beauty of the woman laying beneath her, then pulling her own shirt over her head she discarded it before leaning in to claim another kiss.
Warmth spread through her body as her bare stomach pressed against the warm skin of the woman beneath her, she felt as Brianne found the clasp of her bra and undid it, pulling back she let it fall off and tossed it to one side, Brianne sat up to meet her and soon her bra was laying on the floor next to Regina's and the two women were pulled into a tight embrace bare breasts pressing against each other, tongues dancing with each other as excitement coursed through their bodies neither knew how long they could last as they both felt the evidence of their own arousal dampening their underwear.
Purple smoke cleared as Brianne pushed Regina back on the sofa, she fell back into the pillows on her bed where she had just transported them, Brianne began to trace kisses down the brunette's body starting with her neck eliciting tiny moans from Regina when her lips hit certain spot, the blonde's lips started at her neck and moved down over her breasts, past her navel finally stopping at her waist, looking back up she searched Regina's face for permission, trembling with anticipation Regina met those beautiful blue questioning eyes and nodded once.
That was all that Brianne needed she slowly undid the zip on the side of Regina's suit pants and lowered them along with the mayors saturated underwear, once they were low enough Regina kicked them to one side leaving her completely exposed to the blonde who bent forward gently kissing the quivering brunettes inner thighs whispering "I love you" before gently kissing her swollen bud, Regina groaned, back arching of its own accord and the smell of her fresh arousal filled Brianne's nostrils, as she gently licked and sucked the sensitive ball of nerves, the brunette began to buck her hips, a haze of desire clouding her mind, never had she felt so alive and on fire as she did tonight, she knew that she wasn't going to last much longer but she also wasn't quite ready yet, "wait' she whispered, while she still had the strength.
Brianne stopped immediately meeting the brunette's eyes concerned
"it's ok" Regina smiled "It's just, I want us to do this together" she explained
Immediately understanding Brianne nodded and moved back up to claim Regina's lips, the brunette made quick work of pushing the blonde's trousers and underwear down as the kiss deepened and when she was finally free of them Regina reached between her lovers legs letting out a low moan as she felt how wet she was, Brianne mirrored the brunettes movements, and without taking their eyes away from each other, the two slowly, and gently made love to one another, they each watched as the others face became more and more flushed, they both saw as the others pupils dilated, they felt as the others hips bucked faster and faster of their own accord and then they each saw the moment of powerful release as the other came undone, tears of overwhelming love and happiness flowing freely from both of their eyes, as together they got lost in the most intense, beautiful ecstasy that either of them had ever experienced, riding out the waves of their orgasms and chasing new ones for hours before finally succumbing to their exhaustion and falling to sleep in each other arms amidst many kisses and whispered I love yous.
xoxoxxoxoxoxxo
Brianne woke to the smell of bacon wafting through the house the following morning, her stomach grumbled loudly, and she reluctantly dragged herself out from the warm confines of Regina's bed, stretching she stood up, pulled the brunettes discarded dressing gown on and padded down the hallway to take a quick shower and get dressed, she smiled to herself remembering all of Regina's sweet caresses the night before, as she let the water cascade over her body, her stupid grin remaining firmly in place until she sat down at her dresser to brush her hair and caught sight of the picture of Roland that Regina had gifted her tucked into the corner of her mirror, pulling it free she felt a little sad as she gazed at the boy's face, the only missing part of my life now she sighed replacing the picture on the mirror and getting up to leave the room, mind still whirring in thought.
In the kitchen Regina was happily humming as she flipped the bacon in the pan damp hair from her morning shower pushed back away from her face, she smiled as arms crept around her middle and a chin rested on her shoulder
"morning beautiful" Brianne whispered in her ear
"morning sweetheart" the brunette replied turning in the blonde's arms and planting a gentle kiss on her lips before turning back to tend to the bacon.
"I was wondering" Brianne pondered as she watched Regina cook "do you think you would be able to open the portal again now that we've stopped Taka?"
"I'm not sure, but I would think so" the brunette replied laying the bacon on bread and handing the blonde a sandwich "why do you ask, not thinking of going back now are you?" she teased
"what, no of course not" the blonde replied giving the brunette a little squeeze horrified at the thought of leaving her now "no, I was just thinking about Roland" she explained "I mean, I'd love to meet him" she pulled away casting her eyes down "If that's even possible"
"of course it is" Regina turned to face Brianne, reaching to lift her face "I'll try to contact little John through the mirrors, and talk to Roland after breakfast, we speak regularly you know, and he keeps saying he'd like to visit, I'm sure he'd love to meet you, now eat your sandwich before your bacon gets cold" she smiled taking a bite from her own.
The two ate in comfortable silence before clearing away the breakfast things and then true to her word Regina led Brianne into the office where she stood in front of a floor length mirror and started to make a connection with Little John.
The blonde waited just out of view with baited breathe while the brunette caught first John then Roland up on some of the recent developments, then coaxed forward by Regina she tentatively took the brunettes hand and stepped into view facing the little boy for the first time, a painful lump formed in her throat, and tears pricked in the corners of her eyes as she looked at him, her heart swelling with love,
"hey there" she whispered letting go of Regina's hand, dropping to her knees so that she was eye level with the curly haired boy and pressing her palm against the cold glass
"Hey auntie Bri" the boy replied ecstatically, smiling broadly, "My daddy told me stories about you"
"he did" she choked in reply
"Yep" the boy smiled and nodded "I didn't know they were true though" he continued a look of awe on his face.
Brianne laughed and Regina backed out of the room leaving the pair to bond.
oxoxoxoxox
Brianne was still thanking Regina profusely when they were curled up together watching tv later that night, this evening they had foregone their usual position on opposite ends of the sofa with their feet intertwined in favour of Regina snuggling up in the blonde's arms,
"you really don't have to keep thanking me" the brunette smiled up at her "It was my pleasure and Roland absolutely loves you already, just like I do"
"you're so beautiful" Regina "you've no idea how many times I've sat here and wanted to hold you like this' Brianne whispered leaning down to place a light kiss on the brunette's lips, "I love you so much"
Regina settled comfortably, completely content in the blondes embrace "I love you too" she sighed happily.
So we here we are at the end, with just the epilogue to go, I must admit I'm incredibly nervous about this chapter as it's my first attempt at writing smut, and I hope it was okay, I was aiming for sweet and beautiful rather than cringeworthy so I hope that I've achieved that.