It's game night, Emma suggests playing Never Have I Ever, and, well...
"THIS IS BULLSHIT!" Regina yelled as she tipped her head back and swallowed the remnants of the beer in the glass sitting on the table beside her. "You're cheating!"
"I am not!" Robin exclaimed, pressing a hand to his chest in mock astonishment. "It's not my fault your aim is crap."
"My aim is not crap." Regina glared at him and slammed her empty cup on her kitchen table, which had been dragged from the dining room into the living room for the small party Regina was currently hosting. "Care for me to prove it?"
"I'd say you're a little too drunk for fireballs right now," Emma said, taking the ping-pong ball from Regina's clenched fist and aiming her next shot. She tossed it lightly, arcing it perfectly so it dropped into one of the cups in front of Hook and Robin. She jumped and whooped her victory, and Regina rolled her eyes as Hook lifted his cup and took a swig of his beer. Snow and David laughed quietly as they watched Emma gloat her minor success to her pirate.
"This game is awful," Regina stated before turning to grab another beer from the kitchen. "Let's play something that doesn't require hand-eye coordination."
"Why do they even call it beer pong? What makes it pong?" Hook mumbled to Robin, who shrugged and took a sip from his very full beer.
"Never Have I Ever!" Emma yelled suddenly, met by a chorus of confused huhs. "It's a game you losers."
"What kind of game?" Snow asked, standing to meet Regina in the kitchen and refilling her and David's drinks.
"It's like a question and answer game, in a way," Emma explained, "Everyone takes turns saying something they've never done. If you have done it, you take a drink."
"It sounds like I'm going to be wasted tonight," Regina groaned as she came back and plopped herself on the couch rather gracelessly.
"It's fun, I promise." Emma took Hook's hand in hers and dragged him to the couch next to Regina, followed by Robin, who took a seat on her other side and wrapped his arm around her shoulders. David and Snow pulled the other couch to sit across from the rest of their family and looked expectantly at their daughter.
"Okay, I'll start," Emma sat up straight and chewed her lip as she thought. "Never have I ever… shot an arrow. So everyone who has, take a drink." She moved her eyes between her mother and Robin, who both lifted their glasses to their mouths, along with David. Emma's eyebrows lifted as Regina took a long pull from the beer in her hand.
"What?" Regina questioned, cocking a brow at the blonde, "I can't shoot an arrow once in a while? I'm dating Robin Hood."
"Well I didn't know you had," Emma defended, shrugging casually, "No big deal."
"Robin tried teaching me once," Regina explained, nodding her head to the man beside her.
"Her aim really is crap." Robin nodded and smiled smugly as Regina jammed her elbow into his ribs.
"Okay, okay," Emma raised a hand cautiously, "so we go clockwise, Killian is next." She turned her gaze to her boyfriend, who pinched his brow. "What have you never done?"
"Uh… never have I ever… worn a dress." He shrugged and watched as Emma, Snow, and Regina took their drinks.
David was next, and shifted in his seat next to Snow. "Never have I ever… used magic." His eyes twinkled as he looked at the woman across from him, and Regina groaned while Emma laughed quietly.
"These are cheap shots!" Regina whined, her head feeling rather floaty as her glass slowly emptied. "I'm being targeted!"
"Hey, I tried giving you a free pass," Emma reminded, "It's not my fault you took up archery."
"In more than one way," Hook muttered, met by his own jab to the ribs.
"Okay, no targeting Regina," Snow insisted, "she's drunk enough. Never have I ever… kissed a girl." She smirked as all the men lifted their glasses, and Regina groaned again before taking her own drink.
"What?!" Emma and Snow exclaimed in unison, receiving a nonchalant shrug from Regina. Robin turned and stared at her, focusing on her eyes that swam with intoxication.
"Mal and I go way back," Regina slurred, "You get bored just talking."
"Oh good lord…" Emma pinched the bridge of her nose and waved a hand at Robin, urging him wordlessly to continue.
"Uh, never have I ever… had sex with Maleficent."
Snow choked as Regina's jaw dropped. She turned to her boyfriend, who grinned playfully at her and ran his hand along her thigh once.
"I'm curious," He stated plainly, his eyes shining as he smiled at her. Regina narrowed her eyes and ground her teeth before sighing and taking a small drink. Snow's jaw hung open and David and Hook burst into laughter, which was quickly hushed by Regina's burning glare. Robin's smile had only slightly faltered by Regina's confession; he seemed afraid to upset her further, but he was enjoying her reactions.
"Okay, it's my turn," Regina straightened her spin and lifted her chin. "Never have I ever had my own child."
"Ah shit," Emma gulped her beer while Snow, David, and Robin took a small sip. Regina glanced over at Hook, and held out her glass for a small cheers.
"If we're taking cheap shots," Emma said, "Never have I ever cast the dark curse."
"Hey!" Hook protested, clearly offended, as Emma shrugged and smiled to herself. Regina rolled her eyes as she took a mouthful of beer, emptying her glass as Snow, David, and Hook groaned and drank from theirs. Emma leaned into Regina's shoulder and held her cup out to Robin, who smiled devilishly and clinked his glass with hers.
Regina hopped off the couch, wobbling slightly on her feet, and padded to the kitchen to quickly refill her cup. She could just make out David's "Never have I ever been born a royal" as she reached into the fridge.
"Fuck you, Charming!" She yelled from the kitchen, cracking a bottle of wine and taking a swig straight from the bottle before filling her glass. She'd had enough beer, though she was sure she'd regret mixing her alcohol in the morning.
"You're vulgar when you're drunk!" David yelled back, making everyone laugh.
"I'm always vulgar, asshat," Regina snapped. She glided back into the living room and lowered herself back onto her seat, curling into Robin's side as Snow took her turn.
"Never have I ever… I don't know, kidnapped someone, I guess."
Regina grimaced as she lifted her glass.
"For God sakes Regina!"
"Oh shut it!" Regina snapped. "I wouldn't have done it if you turned yourself in!"
"So it's my fault you kidnapped someone?" Snow asked incredulously.
"Yes!" Regina pursed her lips as Snow dropped her face into her palms.
"This game is getting wild," Hook whispered to Emma.
"It always does." A smug smile spread across Emma's face as she leaned into Hook's shoulder, resting her head in the crook of his neck for a moment. "Alright! Robin please go!"
"Uh…" Robin hesitated, his eyes bouncing between Regina's irritated scowl and Snow's bewildered defeat, before shrugging and saying, "Never have I ever faked an orgasm."
All the women dropped their jaws while the men choked and laughed, and Regina turned to Robin, who was lifting a brow in her direction and failing at repressing his smirk.
"Why can't you ask me these things in other situations? When I'm not half gone and in front of my family?"
Robin simply shrugged and replied, "I'd imagine your answer would be quite different."
Regina groaned and swirled her drink, but held her cup firmly in her grip. She noticed Robin's eyes drop to her drink and bounce back up to her face, and she raised her eyebrows and pursed her lips. "I don't fake it," Regina said plainly, and her boyfriend wrapped his arm around her shoulders, grinning from ear to ear. It didn't escape Regina's notice as Snow darted her eyes around the room and took a quick sip of her drink. Regina threw her hand out, pointing at the younger woman, and erupted in laughter, met by a disgusted groan from Emma at her side.
"What?!" Charming turned to her, and Snow raised her shoulders and smiled meekly at him.
"No! Please!" Emma raised her hands and waved frantically at her parents. "No details!"
"Agreed," Regina added, clearing her throat and continuing, "Never have I ever died."
"Awe come on, Regina!" Hook sloshed his cup and a splash of beer spilled on Regina's carpet.
"Hey! No sloppy drunks!" Regina waved her hand and cleaned the spill in a puff of purple smoke.
Hook tipped his cup back and swallowed heavily before leaning towards Regina and slurring, "Never have I ever had sex against a tree!"
Robin and Regina leaned back in unison, scrunching their brow. "It's not even your turn!"
Hook paused and moved his jaw from side to side before scrunching his own face. "It still counts! Drink!"
"How the hell do you know we've had sex against a tree?!" Regina half shouted, her features screwed up in a way that couldn't hide that she was caught. Her face fell as she turned to Robin, seeing that he was wearing a rather guilty expression, and she whapped him on the chest, hard.
"Ow!" Robin rubbed his chest and frowned at Hook. "Thanks, mate. Good keeper of secrets, you are."
"She started it!" Hook pointed at Regina, who rolled her eyes and took another gulp of wine.
"Never have I ever had sex in public!" Regina countered, and Emma's eyes widened at her friend as her cheeks turned beet red. She exchanged glances with Hook, who offered her a sheepish shrug and a muttered sorry, love.
"You told him?!" She shouted, and Regina smiled smugly behind the blonde.
"I didn't!" Hook insisted, doing nothing to quell the battle of rage and embarrassment rolling through Emma. He rubbed his hand through his hair, tugging at the back nervously. "Regina… might have… seen us."
"Emma!" Snow scolded across the room, and Emma shrunk into the couch, burying her face in her palms.
"When does this game end?" Robin whispered in Regina's ear as he ran his hand up and down her arm. She gave him no response, only leaned into him and sipped her wine as she watched the Charmings mortification grow as they looked at their daughter.
"Never have I ever jumped off a cliff!" Emma shouted, and the buzzing amongst the group seemed to freeze. Emma huffed, exasperated, and leaned forward, resting her elbows on her knees. "There. No one's done it. The game is over."
"Does a balcony count?" Regina asked, and all eyes flew to her. Everyone's breath was held, and Robin pushed away from Regina gently, reached to tug on her arm and pull her to focus on him.
"What?" He breathed, his brows raising softly, a new sadness taking over his drunken joy.
"Well I... I fell. Or jumped. Kind of both I guess. The railing in my chambers was loose and…" She trailed off, lifting her hand to draw an arc in the air, symbolizing her plummet to the ground. "Tinkerbell saved me. It was the night she showed me Robin." She smiled softly at him, and the knot building in her chest loosened as she found some comfort in his soft eyes. "When she gave me a second chance at true love."
The room fell silent, only the sound of soft breath floating between the three couples, and an array of emotions flashed over Robin's face. Confusion, pain, fear, love, pride. Regina soaked in every feeling she saw, felt it in her own heart, and leaned in to press her forehead into the crook of his neck, revelling in the warmth she found in him, both in his touch and in his heart.
"Well," Hook broke the silence, a little louder than his sober self might have intended, "never have I ever been saved by a fairy."
"Fuck off, Hook."