Emma has to leave for the last away game of the season and I needed more SQ fluffiness.

The week had passed in calm happiness with a touch of slow burning anxiety in the background for the court case that was starting after the weekend. The only time they spoke of the case was when Fred or David passed on some news about it, all three of them were doing their best to put it at the back of their minds and enjoy things as they were.

The only time Regina and Emma had been apart was when the blonde had to attend her training sessions each day for a few hours. During the time that the athlete was at training, Regina and Kathryn would relax in the spa or sunbathe in the garden when the sun was out and Regina would always prepare lunch for them all when the blonde returned. Both of the ex-escorts were used to having their time planned out for them when they were under Gold's command and although they all had a set pattern that they followed each day, their pattern was now their choice.

Things had moved to another level since Emma's declaration of love that was easily reciprocated. The doubts Regina had had about Emma's feelings for her had vanished, the uncertainty no longer there. The blondes actions had always proved her affection and care for the brunette but her words had solidified it. Without the nagging doubts, Regina was able to stop questioning every little thing and just enjoy being with Emma as things progressed between them. They shared a bed every night, but besides from the kissing and cuddling, things had gone no further.

Emma had no complaints about that, as much as she missed fucking Regina, she knew it would never be like that again, but what they had and what they were going to have was so much better than anything either of them had ever experienced before. She had long got over the embarrassment of waking up with a boner, they would both simply ignore it as if it wasn't there, even when their kissing would turn a bit heated and she would feel the warmth radiating from the apex of Regina's thighs she never pushed anything. If her dick didn't settle on its own, when she went for a shower she would take things into her own hands, literally.

Today was one of those morning. She was slowly awoken by the gently caress of plump lips claiming her collarbones as their own, the slight weight of her girlfriend half on top of her, as she woke up so did her cock as it slowly hardened in her boxers.

"Mmm… good morning, my Queen." Emma had taken to calling her by that moniker since she had first said it the previous weekend. It had made Regina blush a little to begin with but now it just made her smile and Emma was all in for anything that made the brunette smile.

The soft, exquisite lips take a momentary break from sending tingles over the blondes skin as she raises her head to greet the blonde. "Good morning, darling." She always became a touch more clingy and affectionate when the blonde had to leave for an away game.

There were only two more games before the end of the season and if the Storybrooke Slayers won this last away game they would be going into next weeks home game as league champions.

"I'm so glad this is the last away game of the season, I hate leaving for the night and not sleeping next to you, especially with the court case so close. I want to be here for you." She would be leaving later in the day with the rest of her team as they flew to Texas for their game against the Houston Flames the next day.

"I don't like it either but you'll be back tomorrow." She really didn't like it but there was nothing she could do except be close to Emma now. She trails light kisses up the blondes neck and along her jawline as strong hands caress her sides and around to her back.

The blondes dick hardens further as incessant lips reach her own, and the full weight of the brunette is pressing against her, her dick trapped between their bodies. The tanned hips that she's now gripping on to give a little jerk, pressing down against her now fully hardened member as their make out session deepens.

Only when she feels Emma press up into her does Regina snap out of it. It was easy to get carried away with the blonde because she felt safe enough that her guard was never up, but she knew she had to be sensible and not rush things. "Sorry," she breathlessly apologises with a tinge of panic in her voice to the overexcited blonde beneath her. She always felt a little bad when she got the blonde worked up and then had to stop because she wasn't ready to take things further.

"Don't apologise. It's okay." The blonde replies before she reaches up to gently kiss her lips and then pulls away with a smile. "Don't let little Emma fool you," she says with a smirk, "I don't expect things to go any further."

"Thank you, Emma." The brunette gives her one last lingering kiss before rolling off her. "I'll go make us some breakfast. Oh… and little Emma isn't so little." She says with a wink, her trust in the blonde had brought out more and more of her playfulness as the days passed.

They had a quiet understanding when Regina would go and make breakfast, it gave Emma a chance to either take a cold shower or a more enjoyable one.

As the blonde stepped under the warm spray, her dick still at full mast, she knew what kind of shower this was going to be. She lets the water run over her body for a minute before she takes herself in her hand and begins stroking, long and slow. S he wasn't sure if it was the lack of sex or just because Regina was so incredibly beautiful, but she found that she was able to make herself cum a lot quicker than she was used to. Placing one hand against the shower wall as her back bent and her head lowered she ran her palm over her sticky tip so she could use the liquid to make her hand glide with ease around her throbbing shaft. "Mmm… yes, baby." She mumbles as her cock twitches to the thought of Regina's lips against her neck and her divine body laying on top of her, the mirror image of her delightful wake up call.

She no longer thought about the many times she and Regina had fucked when she was trying to get herself off, instead she would think of their gentle intimacy or how she wanted to make love to the brunette slowly.

As her balls began to tighten and her tip leaked more heavily, she imagined the gorgeous brunette naked from the waist down and spread out in front of her on their bed. She could envision Regina wearing her soccer jersey, nothing looked so good on her in Emma's opinion, the hem pushed up above firm breasts as she rubbed her tip through slick folds, no latex between them as the brunette whimpered below her. She squeezed her cock as she imagined slowly pushing it inside of the wet tightness of her girlfriend.

She knew in reality that when they did make love they would have to use protection because when Regina was freed from Gold she stopped taking the contraceptive pill that he had all his girls on. He couldn't have his merchandise not making money for him for five days of the month so he made sure they were all on it. Regina was so happy to finally be off it, just because it was now her decision to make. She remembered that she would get quite painful periods when she was younger but she didn't care, it was her choice and it was one she was happy to make. Emma had even had her private physician come to her house when both Regina and Kathryn had decided they wanted a full check-up. Thankfully they were both in good health and were told it could be several weeks until their periods returned, and several months until their cycle would fall into place. They were both still waiting for their first period to make an appearance.

"Oh my god, Regina." The words come out louder than before as her fingers try to grip on to the slick tiles of the shower wall, her other hand steadily pumping in rhythm as her hips begin to move in unison with it. A hard squeeze just below the almost purple head had her biting her lip and scrunching her eyes tightly as her chest inflates and deflates more quickly, her breathing becoming more rapid.

She can see herself slowly and gently pumping inside of her girlfriend as the brunette wraps her toned, olive legs around her own pumping hips, pulling her in closer until their bodies are pressed together, moving in tandem as they chase their release.

Her hand has unconsciously sped up, her bliss so close even though it's only been a few minutes since she first wrapped her hand around her needy dick. The image that sends her over the edge is that of Regina cumming around her dick as she had many times, but this time there was nothing between them, just wet flesh surrounding her pulsing dick.

"Fuuuuuck…" She grunts as she shoots stream after stream of cum against the wall, her hand not stopping until her balls were empty and she started to soften in blissful satisfaction.

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"Something smells good." She acknowledges as she walks into the kitchen after her shower. She makes a beeline for the brunette who is at the stove with her back to her. Wrapping her arms around the thin waist of her girlfriend she rests her chin on her shoulder so she can kiss her cheek.

"It's eggs benedict." I used to love it when I was younger so I thought I'd give it a go, I hope that's okay?"

"Absolutely. I usually just have it with a ready-made sauce in a pouch," she says as she eyes the Hollandaise sauce that the brunette had obviously made from scratch, "so this will be a real treat. Thank you, baby."

"Don't thank me until you've tried it." The brunette jokingly replies as she turns her head to press her lips to the blondes. Since she had been at Emma's and had started cooking and baking again she was mostly successful with only a few failures, but Emma had never complained about anything. In fact, everything the brunette had served her was eaten with gusto and praised to high heaven. Emma may have been a bit biased though, no one had cooked for her just because they wanted to, from the goodness of their heart, that alone made the food that Regina gave her taste like the best she had ever eaten.

"I stand by my premature thanks. I know it will be delicious." With a final kiss to a slightly crimson cheek from the compliment, she unwraps her arms from around her girlfriends waist and starts setting the table for their breakfast. "Is Kathryn up yet?"

"Yes, she's in the garden. Will you go and let her know that breakfast is ready," she asks as she concentrates on layering the ingredients in the correct order on the English muffins.

"Sure." She replies with a smile.

Emma moans in delight at her first bite of egg and ham topped muffin, the home made sauce was what really made it though. "Oh wow. I am never eating the ready-made stuff again."

"It really is delicious, Regina." Kathryn chimes in.

Regina blushes as she always does when she's given a compliment. She was still getting used to hearing nice things being said about herself and her abilities. "Thank you." She simply replies.

"Emma, seen as the weather is pretty good and it's forecast to get better over the weekend, do you think we get use the outdoor pool?" The other blonde hopefully asks, certain that the athlete would never deny either of them any request.

"That would be nice." Regina smiles brightly at the thought, she uses the indoor pool most days but to swim under the open sky would be even better.

"Of course, I will start on it after breakfast and it should be ready before I leave."

"Start on it? Don't you just have to pull the cover off of it?" Regina asks in confusion.

"Not quite, although that is the first step," the blonde teases with a cocky smile and a wink, "it needs to be cleaned first. It involved filters and pumps and chemicals. It takes a bit of time but I'm sure I can get it done before I leave."

Regina knew the blonde liked to relax by using her home gym before she had to leave for the away games, Emma had told her that the physically exertion would help to clear her mind and get her into the right headspace. "You don't have to do that, Emma, we know you like to use the gym before you go away. We can wait until you get back." She tried to give Kathryn the message to leave Emma enjoy her spare few hours in peace before she was to go.

"It's fine. I have already showered anyway, I would just have to shower again if I went to the gym." She used that as an excuse as she had been planning to use the gym before she left, it was bad enough that she had to leave Regina for the night but with the court case only a few days away she felt even worse about going so she needed to flood her system with the endorphins that a good work out always released, but she would feel a lot worse if she took something away from Regina that had just caused the brunette to smile so widely.

Once they had all finished their breakfast Kathryn offered to clear the dishes, she had felt a little guilty when she realised how much work was involved with setting up the pool, particularly because Emma wouldn't be able to use the gym before leaving.

After it was all set up it was time for Emma to leave for the airport. "I'll text you when I get there and I'll call you before you before your appointment with Archie." Emma promises the brunette as they stand by the front door, fingers entwined. The blonde had made sure to get them both a mobile phone weeks ago. They both only had six numbers in their contact list; Emma, Archie, August, David, Fred, and each other's but that was besides the point, she wanted them to have the devices so they didn't feel like their lives were confined within the walls of their home. Even though they still hadn't left the mansion, it gave them a connection to the outside world.

Regina had been having at least a couple of sessions with Archie per week since she had started seeing him but things had been going so well for her since she and Emma had revealed their feelings for each other that she hadn't seen him since the session that very evening. Seen as the court case was starting on Monday and Emma was going to be away that night she thought a quick session might be a good idea.

"Okay, my love. Be safe and I'll speak to you later." She holds around the taller woman and buries her head into her neck, inhaling the scent that was so Emma, the scent that would comfort her when she wore her girlfriends clothes to bed that night.

"Have fun in the pool and I'll be back before you know it." The blonde promises before cupping the brunettes face and sweetly kissing her. "I love you, Regina."

Regina sadly watches from the doorway of the mansion as her girlfriend walks down the steps to her car in the driveway. It was only one night but she was going to miss her dearly.

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"Can you believe it? This time tomorrow we could be the Champions!" Ruby excitedly exclaims as she bounces in the plush leather seat next to Emma on the private jet.

"I know, right! That would be so amazing." The only good thing about going away was that she had the opportunity to make Regina proud and return to her as a winner.

The four hour flight went painfully slow because there was no way for her to contact the brunette until they reached the ground again. Luckily, Ruby was as good natured and chatty as usual and that helped the journey go by marginally quicker than it otherwise would have. Ruby was the person she was closest to on the team, even though she got along well with all the women.

As soon as the jets wheels touched the tarmac, Emma put her phone on to text the brunette.

The two friends had spent the rest of their afternoon swimming and sunbathing as they made the most of the warm weather. Regina would check her phone for the time as it approached the time that Emma would be landing, eagerly awaiting her promised text.

Emma: "Hey, beautiful. We've just landed, after the team meeting I'll call you. Hope you are enjoying the pool. Missing you already."

Regina: "I'm missing you too. We have had a lovely afternoon in the pool, thank you for setting it up before you left. I can't wait to talk to you."

"Who has you smiling like the cat that got the cream?" Ruby nosily asks the blonde who has a dopey grin on her face as she reads the text from her girlfriend. The question has her quickly shoving her phone into the side pocket of her jeans.

She wanted to say it was no one, but for some reason that felt disrespectful to her. Regina would be none the wiser if the blonde referred to her as no one, but Regina had had that all her life, everyone had made her feel like she was nothing and Emma wasn't about to do that, whether Regina knew about it or not. "Someone very special." She replied to the smirking brunette. "And that's all you're getting so drop it." She adds in warning.

Ruby holds up her hands in surrender. "Good for you, Swan." It was obvious how guarded the blonde always was so it was nice to see her with such an open, genuine smile when she was looking at her phone.

When they got to the hotel they were given the key cards to their shared rooms, Emma and Ruby always shared and this time was no different as they made their way to their room. After unpacking they made their way to the restaurant that was closed to all other guests for the evening. After their dinner, which paled in comparison to the food Regina made in Emma's opinion, they all had to go to the conference room for their team meeting as the manager went over the game plan for the match the following day.

It was hard for the blonde to concentrate because she just wanted it to be over so she could call Regina before the brunette had her appointment with Archie. When it did finally end Emma was out of the door and trying to find a quiet corner of the hotel so she could make the call in peace. She ended up at the far end of the corridor on the same floor as her room was, there was a large window that looked out on the darkening city that was slowly being eaten up by the night.

After the fifth ring with no answer Emma started to get a little concerned, but on the sixth ring she heard her girlfriends voice. "Emma." The smile on the brunettes face could be heard over the phone.

"Hey, sweetheart. Is everything okay? I thought you weren't going to answer."

"Sorry, I was just doing some baking and I had to wash my hands. I've been looking forward to talking to you so there was no way I wouldn't answer."

"Ooh, what are you baking?"

"Apple and cinnamon scones."

"My favourite. Will there be some left for me tomorrow?"

"That depends. My scones are for winners so you had better not lose the game if you want them."

"Harsh." Emma chuckles. "If winning the league wasn't incentive enough this certainly is."

Regina returns her chuckle. "How are you feeling about the game tomorrow?"

"Good. We stand a decent chance of winning. Now that I know my favourite apple and cinnamon scones are at stake anyway."

Emma makes herself comfortable as she sits on the windowsill, taking in the cities skyline as she chats to her girlfriend until Regina tells her that Archie has finished with Kathryn and it was her turn.

"Okay, baby. I hope you have a good session and I'll see you tomorrow."

"I'm sure I will. Don't forget, I'll be watching the game so don't disappoint me," she teases, "I love you, Emma."

"I love you too, my Queen."

They both have a small laugh at the nickname and reluctantly hang up. After hopping down from the windowsill Emma turns to see Ruby standing a few feet away, obviously having heard at least the tail end of the conversation.

"I'm not going to say a word." Ruby promises when she sees the frown on Emma's face. She knew that in their line of work and being in the public eye meant that they didn't get to keep secrets very often and she wasn't going to blow it for Emma, if the blonde was in a relationship that she didn't want to tell anyone about then she would happily keep that secret.

"What are you doing here anyway? Our room is down there." The blonde points in the direction behind the brunette.

"Calm down. I Just wanted to grab some ice for my knee, you know it's being giving me a bit of trouble recently." She says as she points to the ice machine in the corner.

"I thought it was sorted? Are you going to be okay to play?" The blonde needed to go back to her girlfriend as a winner.

"Of course I will. It's just a precaution." She answers the blonde who gives her a small nod before walking past her and down the corridor to their room.

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"Hello, Regina. It's good to see you again. You're looking well." The therapist immediately notices the smile on the brunettes face. He had thought with the trial being only a few days away and the fact they hadn't had a session in almost a week, that Regina would be a ball of nerves and worry, but she seemed almost serene as she entered Emma's home office and took a seat on the corner couch.

"I am very well. I took a piece of your advice after out last session and it has turned out very good for me."

"What advice was that?" He asks with a tilt of his head.

"You said I should trust my instincts and go for what I wanted. That's what I did. Well, I tried to but Emma kind of beat me to it. She said she wanted to be my girlfriend at that she loved me but she had been trying not to pressurise me." The brunette hastily gushed in her excitement.

"That's fantastic, Regina. I'm glad you both got if off your chests. It can be quite a burden to be in close proximity to someone you love without letting them know."

"It was. It feels so good to be able to say it so freely now. And to hear it returned… that's just magical."

"I'm glad you have something so special to you, you deserve it." He can't help but smile at Regina who can't keep her toothy smile at bay. "Was that the reason you wanted this appointment, to let me know about the progress you and Emma have made?" He guessed that the trial must be on her mind but he wasn't going to outright ask her that and ruin her good mood, it was her decision about what she wanted to talk about.

"Yes. Well, not just that. I thought it would be a good idea to check in with you, you know, because of the court case on Monday." She starts fidgeting at the mention of the trial and tries to straighten out the invisible creases in her charcoal dress.

"How are you feeling about it?" He asks even though he can already see the answer in the drastic change of her body language.

"I'm a bit nervous but the agents have kept in touch with us throughout the week. They told us that none of the women that Gold was using as escorts will have to appear in court but that all our testimonies with be used as evidence, so that's good. They also think that over the weekend, as the trial gets closer, some of the people that worked for Gold will panic at the prospect of a prison sentence and turn on him. They think that because Gold is also in custody, his goons won't be as scared to turn on him and become state witnesses."

"It seems like good news all around but I understand your hesitancy to get too far ahead of yourself until the trial is over. At the very least you now have a new life and someone that loves you and that is plenty to be grateful for."

"It sure is. I know it's a cliché but I feel like I could face anything with Emma by my side. It's not because she's my strength but it's like she's helped me unearth my own strength that has lay hidden for years, does that make sense?"

"It make perfect sense, Regina. When we find people that accept us for who we are and expect nothing in return, it can make a person strong in ways they never knew."

After that Regina brought up the subject of her mother. Most of the women that had been rescued from Gold's had now been reunited with their loved ones. Kathryn had even been offered to be put in touch with her father but her shame for running away and then shame of her life turning out the way it has, had stopped her from doing it, for now at least.

David had spoken to Regina about what they could do about her mother. Technically Cora hadn't broken any laws when she 'sold' her daughter to Gold because Regina was an adult in the eyes of the law, so it could easily be dismissed because Regina was old enough to make her own decisions. David had promised Regina he would dig up whatever he could on the woman if that was what Regina wanted. She had refused, she wanted nothing to do with her mother, she just wanted to forget the awful woman ever existed. He had left it open and had reassured her that if she ever changed her mind he would always help her.

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"How was you session with Archie?" Kathryn asks her friend as the brunette slips into the bed they would share for the one night whilst Emma was away.

"It was good. We just went over a few things really, we didn't cover any new ground. How was your session?"

"Pretty much the same, we spoke a little bit about the case and what I wanted to do when it was all over."

"And what do you want to do when it's all over?" The brunette queried, they had never spoken about their future in all the time they had known each other because neither of them had ever envisaged a future outside of Gold's prison.

"I think I'd like to take some art classes and just find myself, see where I belong in the world. How about you?"

"When it's all over I'm just going to celebrate and after that… I have no idea."

They lie next to each other in the darkness in quiet contemplation until the blonde can't hold in her thoughts any longer. "You are going to end up married with loads of children and probably in a job where you have lots of control, like a Mayor or something." The blonde laughs at her own prediction.

"I am not controlling," she argues back.

"I see how you don't deny being married and having children," the blonde teases her friend.

"I… I think I would like that," she answers soberly, "I want to have it all with Emma."

"I know you do. Now shut up and try to get some sleep and don't start humping me in the night when you start to miss Emma." Kathryn says as she turns on her side, facing away from her friend.

Regina wanted to correct her friend and tell her that she was already missing her, she started missing her the moment she let the mansion, instead she retorts simply with, "asshole."

It takes her a while to fall asleep with everything that is running through her mind but when she does it's to thoughts of Emma and the names they could give their children.

When Regina wakes up as the early morning sunlight sneaks through the window. She can't help but give a small sigh when she realises it isn't Emma she's waking up to and they she won't see her girlfriend until later that evening.

"Good morning to you too." Kathryn sarcastically greets, after hearing the brunette sigh, as she scrolls through something on her phone. "Do you have Pinterest on your phone? It's bloody good," she declares.

"I'm not sure." She nonchalantly replies as she reaches over for her own phone. She smiles when she notices the text from her girlfriend.

"Good morning, sweetheart. How did you sleep? I never sleep as well as when I'm not with you. Don't forget to keep me some of those scones for when I come back as a champion later. Love you."

"I'm glad to see you are feeling confident today. Don't worry, they will be here for you triumphant return. I slept well but not as good as I will when I'm back in your arms tonight. I can't wait to watch the game. Love you too."

She knows there isn't much of a chance that she will get another text until after the game because Emma would more than likely have a press conference, then a training game followed by a team briefing all before the match. So she gets up and gets on with her day until she can watch her girlfriend on the TV along with millions of other people across the country.