Authors note: Wow, thank you everyone for the comments, favorites, and follows. I was genuinely not excepting that. I wrote this kind of on a whim and initially thought to end it unfinished where it was. Don't worry I'll finish the story, since it's always a bummer when you find a story interesting and it never finishes. Hopefully my story doesn't get too boring. If I does let me know and I'll either wrap it up or try to take it a different direction. This chapters is a little shorter and has some set up, but not much for way of action yet. I'm trying to update once a week.
Once again all mistakes are my own and I own none of these characters except for my own original ones.
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The drive home was quicker than excepted, soon Regina pulled up to the mansion she shared with her husband. The pristine white home sat perfectly maintained. The grass was freshly cut. She parked her black four door car in the driveway next to the old pickup truck David drove. Slightly confused, the mayor looked at the watch on her wrist. It was well past 4 pm. After leaving the school, she drove around aimlessly in an attempt to calm the still raging anger in her body. The red truck should have been gone taking David to his shift at the station, but remained parked in the same spot it had been before she left.
With heels sounding as she walked, Regina made the short distances from car to front porch. Rummaging through her purse she pulled out a set of keys that would allow her into her haven. She unlocked the blot and entered the home. It still smelled of warm cinnamon and vanilla, just as she left it hours ago. The mayor placed her jingling keys back into her purse, placing the entire bag on the table that adored the foyer.
The house was quite, far more quite than the usual noise that accompanied a home lived in by the sheriff. That man lumbered around like a bull in a china shop. His presence could be heard constantly throughout the home they shared.
Regina walked deeper into her home. On the black couch she found a sleeping David. Comfortable snorts left his mouth as his chest rose and fell with each breath. The mayor smiled down at her husband, silently laughing to herself. Glancing again at the clock, she decided to wake him. Better to arrive late to work than not at all.
"David," she quietly whispered, stepping closer to the edge of the couch. He did not wake. "You are incredibly late. Get up." She rasped a little more forcefully. He grunted at her, but did not stir more than that. Determined to wake her husband, she placed her hand on his shoulder to shake him awake. His considerable hand encased her modest wrist. She yelped in surprised as David pulled her down to lay on top of him. With eyes still closed, he wrapped Regina close to his chest, resting his chin on the top of her head. She relaxed into his embrace, turning her face into his neck, listening to the rhythmic beating of his heart. A content sound left her mouth.
David planted a firm kiss on the top of the brunettes head, leaving his lips flesh to her hair.
"I switched shifts with Emma she has plans tonight," David responded to the unasked question opening his eyes a sliver
"So I'll have to sleep alone tonight? I hate when you aren't next to me in bed," she whispered into his neck. Snuggling even closer than before, warming her self in the hard planes of his body. Her plump lips trailed up David's neck to his face. Brown orbs connected with blue orbs, they stared at each other for a few tense moments.
"I'll just have to make it up to you, wouldn't I?" The sheriff smirked at the gentle women in his embrace.
"I think you will dear," she placed a quick and chaste kiss to his lips, "but not right now. I'll bank this one and use it when the time is right."
David laughed, running a hand up the muscles of her back. He began kneading the the tension in Regina's shoulders. She moaned and pressed into him as his large hands pushed into the tight muscle between her shoulder blades. David stopped his movements, his eyes darkened with lust.
"You are really going to have to stop that, if you aren't going to take me up on my offer."
The corner of Regina's lips quirked up into a half smile and a pink hue tinted her checks.
"Sorry," she muttered placing her small hands on his shoulders as she pushed up to a sitting position. Knees dug into the soft surface of the black couch, each one placed on either side of David's waist. His hands lazily roamed up her tights to rest on her waist. She looked down at him.
"What time do you have to go?"
"Not until 9. We still have awhile," he responded, David's fingers drew circles on Regina's hip bone.
"So how'd it go with Mary Margaret today?"
Regina huffed out a breath while wiping chestnut hair out of her face.
"As good as could be expected. She wanted me to thank you for your help the other day." David grunted in response. She pulled red lips into her mouth as she began to worrying her lower lip. Regina knew that she was still angry from her earlier conversation. The driving only managed to lessen her worry in the moment, but now faced with her husband it began to resurface. Her insecurities made her question her relationship. She knew it was silly, but what if David was having an affair when that woman? Tension in her body made the mayor rigid on her perch.
David narrowed his eyes at Regina. What was this sudden change from the flirty wife that Regina was just moments ago? Slowly he rubbed larger circles on her hips to calm whatever was going through her head.
"Hey talk to me. What's going through your head right now." His gentle voice was a balm on Regina's heart. The mayor did not understand how a man so gentle and affectionate could love her with all her rough edges, but he did. Hearing the concern in his voice made her feel guilty for even humoring the thoughts in her head. Regina flushed in embarrassment and looked away, not willing to let David into her place of insecurity.
"No, don't do that." Strong hands lightly enveloped the mayors face. She leaned into his hand closing her eyes and breathing deeply before looking at her husband. She let out a pent up huff.
"I don't know how you deal with me." A laugh escaped her mouth in an attempt to cover up the vulnerability she felt. David knew his wife enough to not push. Right now, it would have to do to have her back from whatever dark place she had entered, but he would sooth all her fears eventually. Whatever those fears may be.
Chuckling good-natured he sat up coming face to face with Regina, placing a quick peck on her lips. "It's a good thing you have the best lasagna in town," he said.
Her head rolled back in laughter, " I do have the best lasagna. Granny has nothing on me."
"I'm telling her said that."
"You wouldn't dare." Regina gasped. A quick smirk danced on David's lips. She squinted at her husband before playfully smacking his shoulder. His head tossed back in laughter, there was the fun loving wife he knew. The moments of meekness quickly forgotten.
"Should we go get dinner, put your claims to the test?" He asked brightly.
"Let's go eat dear," she lifted herself off the couch smoothing down the back on her dress that was now somewhere near her butt instead of thighs. Evenings like this made Regina's heart sing. Happiness was something that filled her life day in and out. The only thing that could make their little family complete would be a child. Months ago, they had started trying to expand their family. Nothing had come of the attempts yet.
David stood next to his wife, beaming down at her love filled face. He interwove his fingers with hers and they walked towards the foyer. David grabbed the keys to his pickup before pulling Regina through the door too quickly for her to grab keys of her own.
"David, my purse and keys are in the house."
"I know, Regina. We're taking my truck."
"There's no way I'm getting into that rusted coffin David." She huffed stopping in her tracks crossing her arms overs her chest with a mischievous glint in her eyes. She knew she would eventually relent, but it was a little dance they liked to do.
"Where's your sense of adventure Regina?"
"Dying dear, is not adventure." She sassed back.
"You aren't getting old on me are you?" He quirked his brow at her. A silent challenge sat in the air.
The mayor stared at the sheriff, she pursued her lips attempting to stop the smile fighting on her lips.
"Oh shut up David and get into the truck." She uncrossed her arms and strutted past David towards the pick up. Shifting her hips a little more than usual, the sheriffs eyes honed in on the movement of hips. She opened her door and winked over her shoulder to the blonde behind her. He grinned and quickly follows his wife to the car. Rounding the front of the car, he pushed his keys into the door and opened. The door screeched loudly in protest, he winced to himself. It sounded like the door would crumble away at any given moment. Regina laughed while looking through at her wincing husband.
"This is a menace to society David." She fluttered her eyes at him wickedly.
"Good thing the sheriff has given me a pass babe. We're close." The response was full of playfulness.
"Miss use of power. I should report him."
"I heard he's sleeping with the mayor." He winked towards her, "there's no use they are Storybrooke's power couple."
Regina rolled her eyes at David and slightly shook her head. The engine roared to life and soon they pulled out of the driveway towards the center of town.
David parked the pick up in front of the small dinner. Both he and Regina climbed out the truck, he walked around the car to stand next to his wife and linked hands with her. He gave a firm squeeze before climbing the stairs to the door. He pushed open the glass door a bell jingled above them indicating their entrance.
"Hello Sheriff and Madam Mayor. Please take a seat anywhere. I'll be with you in a moment." The thin brunette spoke as she rushed around the crowed dinner. David lead Regina towards a booth in the back. He slide into a seat and Regina gracefully entered the one opposite. The worn seat sank under the weight of David.
Regina lifted the menu of Granny's and skimmed the options. The menu never changed. She placed the laminated paper down, deciding on a Cobb salad with dressing on the side. Regina looked up at her husband.
The waitress quickly make her way over to their table.
"What can I get for you two?" She asked pulling a pad of paper out of her short apron.
"I'll have the Cobb salad with dressing on the side please." She responded before looking towards David.
"Cheese burger with fries. Thank you Ruby." He smiled while handing both menus to Ruby. She quickly wrote their orders down, took the menus, and scurried off to help other patrons.
"So I was thinking, we should take a vacation. You've been working hard and it's time we took some time for ourselves." David said whole teaching for Regina's hand. "It'll be fun."
"David I can't take time off. This town would burn down without me."
"Come one Regina one week away will be fine. Promise me you'll think about it. I think it'll a so is something good to get away for a little while." He rubbed the back of her hand with his thumbs. She smiled at her husband and mobbed softly. Quickly their orders were placed in front of them. David released her hand with a squeeze.
The bell above the door rang announcing a new arrival. Regina looked over her shoulder, but saw no one. She looked through the door and she no longer saw the small town of Storybrooke. The quite streets were now a overgrown forest, a family of foxes sat in the middle of the grassy forest floor. Her eyes widened in confused. She blinked her eyes multiple times to make the image disappear. She turned to David, he continued to eat his burger joyfully.
"David do you see that?" She asked in a panicked voice.
"What's wrong?" He was no one full alert.
She looked back at door, but the forest was no longer there. It was their little town all over again. A splitting headache pulsed through her head, she brought a hand to her forehead and looked back at her husband.
"Regina what's wrong?" David asked with more authority than before, going into full sheriff mode.
She attempted to speak while the outer part of her vision began to blacken. The headache intensified, and the darkness grew. The last time she saw before her vision fully darkened was the look of sheer fear across her husbands face.