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David watched Regina across the table from his seat at their large corner booth, laughing and catching up with Kathryn. The two of them had been quite close back in their college days, spending a lot of summer days together when Regina would come home with him for break. Of course, Regina got along with everyone here. His mother used to tease him that Regina fit in with James and Graham, his own brother and best friend, better than he did. Everyone loved Regina and judging from their reaction when she entered the pub, they still did.
He could tell she'd been hesitant and he felt a little guilty for pushing her into this, knowing why she was reluctant. He couldn't blame her. This town held so many memories for them and he was married to another person, after all. But after a few hours everyone had imbibed enough to loosen up and the conversations full of jokes and memories began to flow. It was almost like no time had passed and he couldn't help but be enthralled by watching his ex-wife talk and laugh so freely. It has been so long since he'd been able to witness her happiness.
"We were not! Kathryn!" Regina's mouth dropped and her face flushed bright red, pulling David from his thoughts of her and back to the conversation at hand.
"Oh god, don't even try to lie to me now!" Kathryn laughed and nudged Graham, "Back me up here, you were there, too!"
"Where?" Graham turned from his conversation with James at the bar, smirking and raising an eyebrow once he saw Regina's death glare, "Ohhh I know what you're talking about," He let out a laugh and glanced towards David as if he were hesitant to bring it up.
"That spring break when David and Regina got us kicked out of our hotel!" Kathryn smirked and received a playful slap on the arm from the brunette.
"That wasn't our fault!" Regina's mouth dropped, looking at David for backup. Her face was flushed slightly from the alcohol but it only became a deeper red from her embarrassment and David found it adorable.
"We'd had a lot to drink, you guys..." David began to defend them when her eyes narrowed impatiently at him, breaking down into laughter at the memory.
"Oh, we talkin' about the great hotel incident of Fort Lauderdale?" James smirked as he approached the booth with a tray of shots, setting them down in the middle of the table.
"I'll never forget," Kathryn shook her head quickly, trying to contain her laughter, "Getting back to the hotel and seeing the two of you sitting in shame with the security guard. Regina's dress was torn and David was missing a shoe."
"That's what you get for leaving the party early to go screw," Graham smirked before letting out a loud laugh as he recalled it, "Didn't the hotel room you somehow got into belong to an old couple, too?"
"I bet the old bastards had a heart attack when they came into their room to find you two going at it," James laughed and sat down beside his brother, nudging his arm and making him smirk and shake his head.
"I still say it was the hotels mistake, they gave us the wrong room-cards," Regina shrugged with as much dignity as she could muster, reaching for one of the shots.
"Yeah it couldn't be the fact that you two were stupid drunk and too excited to diddle each other that you went in the wrong room," Graham smirked.
"I hate you," Regina threw him a flare before erupting into laughter herself, shaking her head feistily, "Take a shot, you assholes."
"Yes mam!" James grinned and handed one to David, making him groan, "Don't be a wimp, brother."
"Does everybody have one?" Kathryn asked over the jukebox and looked around at them all as she raised her glass, "Three, two, one, CHEERS!"
"You gonna tell me how the hell you ended up on a weekend trip with my brother?" James raised an eyebrow and smiled down at Regina as they slow danced to the jukebox. It was a familiar song from the '80s, not one of her favorites, but it was perfect for the winding down of the pub and a nostalgic end to the night.
"I told you-for Henry," She smiled but it gave away her drunkenness as she tilted her head back to look up at him.
"Not that I'm complaining but exes don't typically vacation together- not even for the kid," James replied with a skeptic gaze at her, waiting for her to give him the truth as he held her waist a little tighter at her leaning on him. "And that Mary Margaret is a bore. Where is she?"
"At home," Regina half snorted at the mention of her, her eyes rolling before she could stop them, "She's uh, got it in her head that David and I are still too involved and she tried to show me up at Henry's birthday party-it was a mess. Anyways David asked if I wanted to go in her place and, well.." she smiled weakly at James, the vulnerability in her eyes telling him all he needed to know about what led to her decision of saying yes.
"Have you two ever truly cut ties?" He asked knowingly as they swayed, seeing his twin across the room in the booth watching them.
"We've tried..." Regina smiled weakly when she answered before leaning the side of her head against James' chest, "It's just so hard."
"I know sis," James frowned as he rubbed his hand over her back, "I'm afraid you two will always have to deal with that connection."
"When did you become so wise?" Regina lifted her head up to smirk at him despite her watery eyes, "The old Jamie would've just handed me another shot and tried to get me to marry you instead."
He let out a loud laugh, grabbing her hands playfully as the song came to an end, "Yeah well the new Jamie knows I'd never want to share your affection and that will most likely be impossible as long as that dork is around," He nodded towards David pretending not to be watching them before they both laughed. "Come on lets make him take another shot."
"Takeeee onnnn meeeee- take on me! Takeeee meeeeee onnnn!" Jamie sang at the top of his lungs to the radio, sitting in the front seat with the Uber driver as he pulled up in front of Robert and Ruth's home, "We're here! you two stop making out," He turned to them in the backseat with a grin.
"Yeah right," Regina laughed despite the fact she'd ended up snuggled into the crook of David's arm. Between the pub and the company and the music, it was becoming easier to let herself relax and forget that anything had changed.
"My lady," Jamie grinned after getting out of the front of the car and opening Regina's door, "May I escort you in?"
"Oh come on Jamie," David laughed and rolled his eyes, "You're transparent."
"I'm charming," He smirked as Regina took his hand, helping her out of the car, "Don't be jealous brother."
"That's absurd, I'm not jealous of you because you're hitting on my ex-wife," David fronted as he came around the vehicle, his hand subtly coming to rest on Regina's lower back, "This isn't some competition, Jamie."
"Oh right...well if it isn't then you won't mind me beating you to the door to open it for her," Jamie took a few steps walking backwards as he baited his brother with a grin, "You know since I'm in better shape and more athletic, I'd probably beat you even if you tried to race me."
David glanced at Regina seeing her smirk before looking back at Jamie, "If by more athletic you mean running your mouth constantly then maybe," He quipped, throwing his jacket at Jamie to distract him before darting up the sidewalk.
"Cheater!" Jamie guffawed before taking off after him, making Regina laugh out loud as she followed. David wasn't the overly jealous or competitive type, but his brother always had a way of goading him, especially when it came to her. Something about it made her feel good deep down that it still got to David.
"Shhhhh! You two are going to wake up your mother and then we'll all be in trouble!" Regina whispered loudly, smacking the back of their heads when she reached the front door. "Keys?"
"Here," James laughed after he and David detangled from roughhousing, pulling the house key out of his pocket and handing it to her with one hand as the other rubbed the back of his head.
"You always were a wimp," David smirked at him as Regina unlocked the front door.
"You always were a bad sport," James retorted.
"Oh my god you two," Regina stifled her own drunken giggles when she nudged David into the house to stop then from the beginnings of another slap fest.
"Hey Reg wanna bunk with me?" Jamie asked playfully as he took off his jacket, stumbling a little uncoordinatedly.
"In your dreams," David laughed, pushing him down onto the couch, "Go to sleep before you wake up my kid."
"Come on Reg we don't have to hide our love anymore," Jamie proclaimed dramatically, reaching up from the couch as Regina laughed at him.
"Come on don't laugh you only encourage him," David smirked as he came back in the foyer, "Looks like I'll have to share the guest room with you now that my obnoxious brother has my bed on the couch."
"Oh," Regina looked up at David in realization, "Yeah that's...that's no problem, I just forgot Henry took your childhood room," She nodded, feeling a flutter in her stomach at the thought of sharing an actual bed with him for a whole night. "No funny business."
"I'll be a perfect gentleman," David raised his hands innocently before following her when she turned and went for the hallway behind the staircase that led back to the guest room.
"And you have to get up in the morning before anyone knows you crashed in here. We can't let Henry be confused," She added adamantly as she kicked off her heels once they got into the guest room.
David removed his jacket before pulling his sweater over his head, stripping down to his boxers when Regina looked up again, "Did you really not bring pajamas?" She huffed.
"Worried you can't control yourself?" David smirked as he stepped over to the bed and crawled in on his side. Regina threw him a glare before going into her bathroom, emerging in a silky nightslip that barely reached her mid thigh.
"Stay on your side," Regina snipped at him as she got into the bed, fluffing up her pillows before coming to rest on her side, facing his direction. It was dark now and felt safer and less vulnerable than it did when they could see one another.
"I had a good time tonight," David stated after a few moments of silence and she could tell from the sound of his voice that he was laying facing her as well.
"Me too...seeing Kathryn and Graham and your brother was quite a blast from the past," Regina replied, all defenses down. She missed conversations like this with him. Simple, honest, no sarcasm or banter. That safe time of the night when no one was around and they could just be themselves with each other.
"We're going to feel like hell when this whiskey wears off," David sighed, though the smile he wore came through in his tone.
"Not as bad as Jamie will feel," Regina smirked at the thought, "He's grown up but he hasn't changed."
"Not at all," David laughed, biting his lip, "He still thinks you're the greatest, though. They all do. That much was clear."
"You trying to say you don't, Nolan?" She replied playfully, stretching her legs out and making contact with his as she did so.
He was silent for a moment, his heart and his mind battling each other on which one got to speak up. The alcohol enabled him to speak a little more freely than he normally would when he finally responded, "It's not that...it's just seeing the way my parents and brother and friends see and respond to you it...reminded me of how special you really are. I guess we kind of lost sight of those things in each other during everything we went through. It's good to be reminded."
Regina was quiet for a few moments, surprised at his honesty but flattered at the same time. David was just as stubborn as she was and an unsolicited admission like that one was few and far between, "So you were jealous of Jamie flirting with me tonight?" She joked when she finally responded.
"You two did get pretty close when you were slow dancing," David admitted to his jealousy in his own joking way, making Regina laugh softly, "What were you two even talking about?"
"Oh, just how different things are now...and how different we all are," She sighed, "He's still the same old Jamie."
"Why do you say that? was he hitting on you then as well?" David teased.
"No, I was joking with him about that but he said he'd never want to share my affections with another man," Regina admitted, wanting to know what David's reaction would be, "And that that seemed impossible."
"We messed up didn't we?" David whispered after a few moments, knowing what she'd implied. They still had feelings for each other no matter how they tried to deny it to his family or their friends or his new wife.
"Think that may be an understatement," Regina replied with a halfhearted laugh, biting down on her bottom lip as she stared back at him in the darkness, her eyes adjusting so she could begin to see the outline of his face.
"I miss you," David admitted, bringing his hand up slowly to run over her jaw gently cupping the side of her face, brushing his thumb over the hair above her ear.
"You're drunk," Regina murmured despite her eyes closing at the gentle contact of his hand. It has been so long since he'd touched her so intimately. They'd had sex, sure, but this was different and reminiscent of when they were together. It used to be just the two of them against the world and she'd almost forgotten how those little moments burned through her with their warmness.
"A little bit, but so are you," David smiled and felt her face break into a smile, her cheekbone popping up against his palm giving her expression away. "And that doesn't mean I'm not telling the truth."
"Hmm," Regina hummed in response, reaching out to trace her finger over his chest slowly, "This is a bad idea," She whispered, sensing both of their resolves lessening with the contact.
"Bad ideas are what we're best at," He replied before his hand slid down to cup the back of her neck, pulling her towards him in the bed and pressing his lips to hers. She moaned instantly at the contact and tilted her head to give him better access to her mouth as he rolled on top of her, his strong torso settling between her legs.
"You make a good point," Regina replied, legs slipping up over his sides pushing her hips up to him as their kiss grew hungrier. Her hands ran up his back, feeling the warm muscles moving under her touch, twitching when she scratched her nails lightly. His stubble scratched her chin and mouth as their kiss grew deeper and more desperate, making her curl her hips up further against his waist, searching for friction.
"Mmm," David let out a deep groan when she found it, bracing his arms on each side of her as he rocked into her core, pressing his erection against her. Nothing but her thin lacy underwear and his boxers kept them apart, prompting him to grind harder. Their lips broke contact when she moaned and dug her nails into his lower back, pulling him more firmly against where she ached for friction.
"Not yet," He murmured when she slipped her fingers into the band of his boxers, pushing her dress up in return. He could make out her face in the darkness now, seeing her heavy lidded eyes and chest heaving with deep breaths as she lifted up to help him remove her slip of a nightgown. He growled a little as her body came into view, leaning in while she was propped up on her elbows to kiss her mouth once again.
"God," Regina muttered and let her head fall back when his mouth moved down to her jaw, trailing wet kisses to her neck and collarbone. She lifted her head again to watch him, keeping herself propped up on her elbows as his mouth found her left breast, sucking and kissing the flesh until his lips found her nipple. She sucked in a sharp breath as he teased her, fingernails digging into the sheets on each side of her, admiring the strength in his arms and shoulders that were pinned over her body as he held himself up.
She half moaned, half whispered when his mouth let go of her nipple with a pop and applied the same treatment to the other breast before trailing his lips down over her abdomen. Her breath hitched and her stomach muscles twitched when he bit down playfully on her hip bone, her reaction eliciting a chuckle out of him.
"So perfect," He mumbled against her skin, feeling her goosebumps under his lips. Her body was always responsive to him and it made him feel good to know what she liked and how to please her.
"Stop teasing," She whimpered in a pleading tone he'd only heard her use during sex, running her hand into his hair as her back arched when peppered her lower abdomen with kisses. Her clit was throbbing for attention and she had to refrain from simply pushing his mouth where she wanted him to go, rather gripping his hair and giving him a nudge.
"Patience never was your thing," David smirked pressing a kiss to her inner thigh as he glanced up at her. She was still propped on her elbows, hair mussed and completely naked aside from her panties. He kept eye contact with her as he wrapped one arm around her right thigh, his free hand coming up to slowly slip under her panties and pull them to the side. He groaned when he felt how wet they were, lowering his mouth to her immediately.
"David!" She gasped, torso falling back onto the bed when he began to stroke his tongue over her methodically with a rhythm he'd perfected over years of pleasuring her. Soon both of her hands were in his hair and she was babbling incoherent moans and words of encouragement, pushing herself up firmly against his mouth. She moaned loudly when his tongue slipped inside of her for a few moments, rocking her hips against his face as she lifted a hand above her head to push against the headboard, giving her more leverage to move her bottom half.
"That's it," David groaned into her, flattening his tongue against her clit allowing her to move faster and harder. He used his own hands to press her thighs apart, knowing she liked the feeling of being spread open. Her sharp cry signaled him and he simply pressed his tongue harder as she thrashed and writhed through her orgasm, her hips jerking and arousal spreading over his face.
"Fuck," He growled at how hard he was as he began to craw up over her, both of their breaths heavy from the first round. She was panting and messy by this point, beyond ready for him. He always loved the brief moments in between pleasuring her when she was fully aroused and unapologetically so. It turned him on like nothing else.
"Come here," She gasped, her voice raspy and her tone needy as she guided him up by her hands in his hair. He wasted no time as he crawled back up over her and entered her in one swift motion, causing her to cry out again as he filled her to the hilt and gripped her right thigh.
"You feel so good," David groaned, starting to thrust his hips into hers, slowly at first but building in momentum. She was slick and hot, thighs clamped against his ribcage, back arching to move with him. He locked gazes with her as he began to slam himself inside of her, his hand coming above her to grip the headboard as his breath came more ragged.
"Yes-don't stop-oh-god-like that," She babbled, gasping and moaning as their movements became desperate and rough. Her nails dug down his back as she clamped her legs higher up his torso, allowing him to take her deeper, "Oh-I'm gonna-" She began before her walls clenched him almost violently and her entire body shuddered and tensed.
He bit down on his bottom lip to suppress the loud groan that wanted to come out of him, continuing to plow into her as she writhed and bucked under him, "God Regina," He cursed when he felt the gush of her climax, finishing inside of her quickly and nearly collapsing on her in the same moment.
"Oh...," Regina crossed the back of her arm over her face as she tried to catch her breath. Her heart beat throughout her entire body and her skin was slick with sweat. She couldn't remember the last time they'd been as connected and passionate and she didn't quite know what to do with it.
"Yeah," David let his head fall into the crook of her neck as he laid on top of her for a moment, keeping one hand in the mattress to hold a bit of his weight up. His heart was thumping and his head was swimming but despite that he felt so clearly what he wanted, "I love you, Regina."