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6: That Magic Moment

Thanksgiving had come and gone and Christmas was on the way. Thanksgiving had been a wonderful, family filled affair, hosted at the now Swan-Mills house, even though Regina and Emma had not exchanged marks or gotten married. It was just seen as their house now and signs of that was everywhere in the place. Rumple had shown up for the gathering, Belle practically yanking him around. But, at one point, he smiled and he made sure to eat his fill. He might come around yet.

The cold had set in and snow had fallen several times. It was one day when Regina convinced Emma to come Christmas shopping with her that she knew what was coming. Emma met her in the shopping district and smelled like heaven on Earth. When they greeted each other with a kiss, it took all of Regina's self-control to keep from licking Emma's lips, collecting her taste and aroma.

From the way Emma could not stop touching Regina, she suspected she smelled just as delicious to Emma. They tried to make it through the shopping, but found it impossible, ultimately distracted by each other. So, Regina went about making preparations for what was next, including having Henry stay with his grandparents. It was all right on time. It seemed like it took Emma by surprise, though.

"Regina, I'm hot. Why am I so hot?" Emma groaned into her pillow as she woke in the middle of the night.

Regina licked her lips, quite happy with Emma being awake, as she had been equally as hot for over an hour now. It did not help that Emma worked up a sweat in her sleep and it enhanced her smell, which stuck to the roof of Regina's mouth. "Rut."

"Rut?" Emma echoed the word like she had no clue what it was. It would probably take her brain a moment to catch on. She opened her eyes and turned to stare at Regina. "Heat?"

"You mean you don't smell that?" Regina could hardly believe that. Emma's scent was so powerful, she felt like Emma became infused with her soul on every inhale.

Emma buried her nose in Regina's neck. "You smell so good." She pulled Regina to her and kissed her neck. "Fuck, you're hot. Are you okay?"

Regina was surprised by Emma's ability to notice her body temperature had spiked, but then again, she could tell Emma's body was overheated as well. Emma moved over Regina and caressed her cheek with one hand, like she was checking on Regina. Regina smiled and brought her hands to Emma's sides, enjoying the feel of her partner, even with the tank top in the way.

"Kiss me, please," Regina requested. She needed to feel Emma against her.

"You never have to ask," Emma replied and leaned down, pressing her lips to Regina's.

Regina sighed into the kiss and heard Emma moan like she ate something scrumptious. Regina pulled Emma down to her, wanting to feel the full weight of her alpha pressed against her. Emma gave into her desire and their bodies met. Regina expected to feel a fervent need to tear them both out of their clothing, but again, she felt content with Emma's presence and secure with Emma's weight. It was like the perfect moment, like Emma's presence would sustain her throughout the rest of her life.

They kissed leisurely for long minutes, lips and tongue moving together as their hands caressed each other as they had all the time in the world. She was not sure which one of them started removing their clothes, but they slowly peeled each other out of their tops. Well, Regina was only in her usual slip, so she was nude once that was gone. Emma got out of her boxer-briefs so quickly, the sound of the fabric ripping echoed through the bedroom. Neither of them cared.

"Can I?" Emma asked.

Regina looked her dead in the eye. "You never have to ask." Emma had her eternal consent. She trusted this woman with everything — her life, her heart, her soul, and her child. Emma had all of her and she knew Emma would do her best to care for all of her.

Emma did not reply, like she usually would, ask questions, do a double-check any of that. Regina was glad, as she needed Emma like she needed air at the moment. Emma leaned down, renewed their kiss, and Regina wrapped her arms around Emma's neck, trying to pull her closer. They could never be as close as Regina wanted at the moment, especially when Emma had to reach between them and line herself up.

When Emma pushed inside, glided in really from how obscenely wet Regina was, Regina broke their kiss, throwing her head to the side to moan. Emma joined her, moaning until Regina was full and every part of her body sang praises to the woman on top of her. She dug her nails into Emma's back, anchoring Emma to her, not that she needed to.

"Fuck, you always feel so fucking good," Emma said, hips pumping already.

"That's you, my love. Take me now," Regina ordered.

Emma nodded, as if she was not already fucking Regina at pretty good pace. Emma moved faster, now hammering into Regina, like she wanted to pound her through the mattress. Regina would not have complained if she did. The sound of their skin slapping together echoed through the room and the sound turned Regina on enough to make her even wetter. Emma groaned and shifted, changing the angle to go even deeper and faster.

"Gonna make a beautiful baby," Emma whispered in her ear.

The thought made Regina arch her back, pressing herself against Emma's warm skin. "Yes, let's have a baby." She would have a million babies with Emma. They would all be cute and perfect and Emma would love them with all of her heart.

Emma moved to kiss Regina for all she was worth, as if she had not expected Regina to agree. Regina clung to Emma and kissed her back. Maybe this would be the time they would have another baby. Maybe Regina could get pregnant. Maybe their love could beat the magic. It would be a fairy tale ending. The ending Emma deserved.

"Oh, fuck!" Regina clutched Emma more as she hit the perfect spot inside of her. "Yes, Emma, right there!"

Emma grunted and moved with even more energy, lips falling to Regina's neck. "You smell so good." She inhaled deeply. "Spread wider," she requested. "Spread wider and I'll fuck you just right, put a pup right inside of you."

That sounded like heaven on Earth, so Regina did as asked. Pleasure shot through her as it felt like Emma went deeper somehow. She felt Emma everywhere, even at the roots of her hair, ecstasy did not even cover it. Emma was part of her.

Emma's mouth remained at her neck, kissing, nuzzling. The simple graze of her teeth at Regina's pulse point proved to be too much. Regina cried out as her orgasm rained down on her with unexpected fervor. It was storm of pleasure in her body. There would be claw marks in Emma's back at the end of this, but that had to be expected.

Emma did not stop, did not change pace, pounding into Regina with everything she had. Even as Regina tried to shift to ride out her pleasure, Emma took hold of her thigh, making sure to keep her open. Regina's body bounced with each move from Emma and her first orgasm bled into a second that was powerful enough to make her lose focus for longer than she liked. It was like all she could do was feel, like she was out of her body, experiencing nothing but rapture around her. She was not sure how long she was like that, but it could have been all eternity and she would not have minded.

Regina regained enough of her senses to feel Emma's knot nudging at her. Her breathing increased well past the point of panting, sheer anticipation driving her wild. Emma would come inside her, knot her, and they would hopefully have babies. Gods, she wanted babies. She wanted Emma's babies.

"Take my knot," Emma growled in her ear.

"I want your knot. I want your pups," Regina replied in a breath.

Emma groaned and shoved, her knot joining the rest of her. Regina was certain her eyes rolled up in the back of her head as soon as Emma was fully inside. She lost track of everything, drifting in the space of Emma, the joy of Emma. When she finally came down from her high, she realized she was on top of Emma. Emma must have rolled them over. Sighing, Regina settled on Emma's chest as Emma stroked her back.

"You did so good taking my knot," Emma whispered, kissing the top of Regina's head.

"I want your babies." Regina sighed again as she felt Emma still spurting inside of her.

Emma hummed. "Pups. Gonna give you pups." One hand wandered next to Regina's breast and played with her nipple, as she often did when they were naked and she needed to occupy her hands.

"Family." That was what Emma gave her, would give her. Family.

"Yes, family. Beautiful family."

"Do you ever imagine what kind of pups we'd have?" Regina asked as Emma flicked her nipple. Waves of pleasure wafted through her.

"I've pictured another little boy, like Henry. He'd probably run around a lot. We'd play in the backyard."

Regina nodded against Emma's chest. "It would be nice to see." She would delight in the images. Maybe have dreams of it as she felt her body getting more and more tired.

"What about you?"

"I always wanted a big family. Here a big family is different than in the Old World. After I met you and carried Henry, I actually pictured having more of your babies. I imagined us having at least three."

Emma's hips jumped. "Three? You want three babies with me?"

"At least. Do you think you could do that? Give me three babies?"

"You know I will do everything in my power. Fuck."

Regina was sure Emma managed another gush of semen into her. Maybe that was the shot to give them another baby. Maybe. Regina was not surprised she drifted off to sleep, feeling sated for the moment since Emma was inside of her, knot and all. Images of blond babies danced through her mind. Maybe one day.

-8-8-8-8-

Emma fell asleep when she noticed Regina was out and even though she was still inside of Regina, hard as ever, she would never do anything without Regina being conscious. She awoke in the same position, but sparks flying through her. Regina was stirring and moving above her. For a moment, Emma thought Regina did not realize they were still joined, but from the way Regina pushed down on her, Regina knew.

"Fuck, babe," Emma said, hands going to Regina's hips immediately.

"Yes, please," Regina muttered into her chest, picking up speed.

Emma groaned as her hands slid to Regina's thighs. "Feels so good." Regina felt so good.

Regina did not say anything, pushing herself up to kiss Emma. Emma was more than happy to kiss back, loving the sensation of Regina's lips and tongue with her own. With each move of her lips, each flicker of her tongue, Emma gripped Regina's thighs harder and bounced her with more force. It was like Regina was swallowing her from both ends and she would gladly be devoured. She whined as Regina pulled away, depriving her of that marvelous mouth.

Emma would have felt utter desolation if only Regina had not sat up, bent her back, and took Emma even deeper. Emma howled the first time Regina came down on her at the new angle, consuming her. Emma had to let go of a long breath as her hands found Regina's waist without any commands from her brain. Her hands did well as far as she was concerned. Regina's skin somehow felt softer than usual and tingled every inch of Emma's hands on her.

"Shit," Emma hissed as her fingertips brushed against Regina's breasts. She cupped one bouncing breast and then tugged on a hard nipple.

"More," Regina said and it sounded like an order.

Inside of her, Emma could hear her inner alpha growl at being commanded about by her omega, but she ignored it. What the hell did her stupid inner alpha know? Regina wanted more, more of her. She did not care how Regina asked for it, demanded it, screamed for it. She would give Regina everything she desired and more. That was the kind of alpha she was.

Emma palmed Regina's tempting breasts and somehow got harder as she felt nipples against her rough palms. She planted her feet firm on the mattress to give herself the leverage to drive into Regina with the same force Regina rode her with. Regina put her hands on Emma's thighs for even more leverage and Emma was suddenly jealous of Regina's horses. Well, she's riding me now and only me and has been for months.

Emma could feel her release on the edge of her nerves and thought it was much too soon, but she felt Regina gripping and fluttering around her, making little noises she only made when she came let Emma know she could follow. Emma got a good grip on Regina and pumped her hips off of the bed like a madwoman until a roar ripped its way from her throat as she came with a jolt, pouring into Regina's willing form. Her knot swell up quickly and she did not slow down to have it join the rest of her dick.

"Gimme, gimme, gimme," Regina begged above her.

Emma was not sure if the plea was for her knot or for pups, but both sounded real nice. "I will," she promised as she finally managed to get her knot it.

Regina cried out and fell back against Emma's legs. Even though Emma wanted nothing more than to melt into the bed until she could fuck Regina again, she kept her legs up for Regina to stay reclined on her. They both panted and Emma could feel Regina twitch with each squirt from her.

"Oh, my god, we synced, didn't we?" Emma just realized. It felt freaking amazing in ways she would never be able to describe. Hell, she could barely comprehend it. This was more than the pleasure of sex. She felt content and satisfied with life. She felt like Regina was wrapped around her, around every inch of her, every cell, and it made her feel like everything would be all right.

"We've had sex twice before the sun has come up. I think it's safe to say we synced," Regina replied, thumb stroking Emma's thigh. She then leaned forward, enough to caress Emma's heaving breasts.

Emma felt daring enough to give Regina a light smack to the part of her ass she could reach, which was more thigh than ass. "You keep being sarcastic and I might figure out how to pull out."

Regina rolled her eyes and then rolled Emma's nipple, earning a moan as ecstasy flared through her. A smirk lit up Regina's eyes. "Good luck with that. I think it's fair to say to satisfy both of us as soon as you can, you will fuck me again and like it."

Well, that was not a lie. "We're a lot more coherent than I expected for a sync." This was very much not like her rut. Yes, she definitely wanted to and would fuck Regina until she was raw, but that was not much different from her usual mindset. Yes, she felt a need to stay buried inside of Regina and fill her, so they could have pups, but she was still aware of her surroundings. The world had not melted away.

"Agreed. I feared we'd be well beyond feral." Regina flicked Emma's nipple again.

Emma nodded. "Not to say I don't want to flip you over and fuck you into the mattress, though." Regina playing with her nipples only added to that. She was certain her nipples were way more sensitive than Regina's or possibly she was more fascinated with the gems, as playing Regina's or having her own touched never failed to turn her on more than she already was.

"Oh, no, it must be Tuesday." Regina's tone was beyond dry.

"Wow, I might need water from that one." It was a little weird to make a joke right now. Emma did not expect having the brain power to do so.

Regina hummed. "We should eat and drink something. I might be able to remember my name and hold a conversation with you, but I have no desire to get off of your cock right now." She might not have meant to be that honest as a blush flew up her face and down to her collarbones.

"Good since my knot is there and all." It was nice to know Regina wanted to stay on her since she wanted to stay in Regina. To make a show of her words, she wiggled her hips and they both moaned. She let out a long breath. "Okay, that was a bad idea."

Regina smirked. "For you maybe." She rocked her hips and closed her eyes.

"What are you doing?" Emma had a feeling she could both loathe and love it.

Regina stated the obvious. "Fucking your knot."

Emma gulped as Regina moved as much as she could and did exactly what she said. "Holy fucking shit…" Emma had never felt anything like this and she might never stop coming. Hot bolts of pleasure invaded her, centering in her knot, making it throb and pulse, as if it wanted to get bigger. Could it get bigger?

"Oh, Emma…" Regina moaned and sat up, enough to properly ride Emma.

"Fuck, Regina, are you really…?"

Regina braced herself with her hands on Emma's abdomen and then moved as much as she could with an inflated knot lodged inside of her. Emma was not sure, but it felt like her heart exploded in her chest. Maybe she died early and this was Heaven and Hell rolled up into one. Either way, she clutched Regina around the waist, not sure if she wanted to stop her or help her move more.

"Fuck, Regina, that feels so fucking good," Emma groaned, throwing her head back against the pillow. It was like her nerves were overloaded with the greatest sensation ever.

"Give me everything you have, Emma. I want it all. We can make a beautiful baby," Regina said, hips moving faster, even with the limited range of motion.

"I will fucking give you everything as long as you don't fucking stop," Emma vowed, feeling like her muscles wanted to claw out of her body, but in a good way. She did not understand this and did not have the brain power to contemplate it too hard. How could this even end? She was already climaxing inside of Regina, which was why her knot was there. How did fucking her knot end?

That question was answered only seconds later. Apparently, her dick went from squirts to gushing like a geyser. She blew all at once and her knot felt like it was impossibly large. Regina yelped, more in pain than pleasure, and stopped moving. The sound made Emma's eyes shoot right to Regina's face.

"You okay?" Emma asked.

"I can't move. Your knot is so big, I can't move," Regina replied, voice low with possible astonishment.

Emma snickered. "How's that for underdeveloped?"

Regina's eyes were wide as she tried to change her position. She winced and halted all movement. "Doctor Aye clearly doesn't know what he's talking about. Emma, you just came in me hard enough for me to feel it everywhere and I can't move on your knot. I don't think I've ever experienced this before."

"Maybe it's the sync."

"Maybe."

"And maybe we just made a baby." Emma vaguely remembered having babies on the brain during her rut, but she felt more conscious of it now and still could not stop saying "baby" or "pup" every three seconds. It was weird, but not really.

"Perhaps." Regina did not sound convinced and before they could get into that, Emma's stomach rumbled.

"Sorry."

"Don't be. It's almost time to get up anyway and you've done more than your part in working up an appetite."

Emma scoffed. "I love that you think either of us is getting the hell out of this bed for anything beyond fucking up against the wall." As soon as the words left her mouth, she marked that down as something they would definitely do today.

"I have no intentions of getting up. As I said, I have no desire to get off of you and I can't get off of you now. I put overnight oatmeal in the fridge for us. I just need to be able to make a little hand gesture for the spell to transport the tumblers here." Regina took a deep breath. "We might have to wait for your knot to go down."

Emma should not feel proud, but she did. Her knot was so big Regina could not move and she had shot such a load into Regina that she felt it splash inside of her lover. Confidence settled right in her spine. It felt like a real possibility that she would get Regina pregnant this time around.

"Can I touch you?" Emma asked. She wanted to run her hands up and down Regina's glowing skin, but did not want to risk hurting Regina since she could hardly move.

Regina nodded and Emma's hand went right to her abdomen. Regina's eyes fluttered shut and she purred as Emma caressed her. Emma felt like she might turn to liquid knowing she was the one getting those sounds out of Regina. Who else anywhere, in any realm had made Regina feel this good?

"I'm happy you let me touch you like this," Emma said, reveling in the feel of Regina against her fingertips. Silk had nothing on Regina's skin.

"If not you, then who?" Regina replied.

"I don't get it sometimes. Why do you love me so much?"

Regina sat up a little and squinted as she eyed Emma. "Why do I love you so much?"

"Yeah. I mean, I get why you slept with me in the beginning. You were sad and thought my awkwardness was charming. I get why you had my pup. You wanted a pup, but why do you love me? There are times when I don't even love me." Those times were fewer as time went on, but Emma still did not understand. What was there about her that drew Regina in?

Regina sighed. "The moments where you don't love you, I love you even harder. Let me ask the same question of you as I guarantee our answers are very similar. So, you tell me, why do you love me?"

Emma searched her mind for the most important answer, but there was so much. "I don't think we have the time for it. I mean, there's like a million little things."

"I feel the same. Tell me a big thing."

"Well, of course you gave me a beautiful baby."

Regina smiled and there were some tears pricking her eyes. "And I feel like you gave me that beautiful baby."

"You accept me for who I am. You know I'm not some sparking hero. I'm just a person who tries to do the right thing, but I'm a person, who can be selfish, clumsy, and I don't have all the answers." One of the things that drove Emma crazy about Storybrooke was how some of the people idolized her. She did not want to be worshipped. More often than not, she actually wanted to be left alone.

Regina's eyes were so soft, like two pools of liquid chocolate. "And you might see where I'm going with this, beloved. You accept me for who I am. You don't see me as the Evil Queen, a reformed villain, or even a hero as some around here seem to. You see I'm just a person who now tries to do the right thing. I'm a person who struggles sometimes with doing the right thing, who doesn't understand what the right thing is sometimes, but I can be forgiving and loving if given a chance."

Tears escaped Emma's eyes. Maybe she was more of a white knight than she wanted to admit, at least for Regina. She wanted to protect Regina from all of the world's evils because underneath all the wear and tear, battered and bruised, was probably the biggest heart ever. She would like to say three people wrecked that heart, but it was so much more. A world watched on, playing the audience, to the ruin of a beautiful heart and then participated in cutting it as it tried to heal. She wanted to help it heal.

"I love you so much," Emma said.

Regina smiled, even as tears slid down her cheeks. "I know. I love you, too, even the idiot alpha part of you that's thinking about how much you wanted to protect me from life."

A smile tugged at Emma's lips. "Am I that obvious?"

"Yes, but I also think the same thing, in a different way. I just want to tear through everyone whoever hurt you."

Emma laughed. "I'd appreciate it." In a weird way, she knew it would make her love Regina even more. Before she could say that, her stomach growled again. "Oh, man. Sorry."

"It's fine. I still can't quite move to do the spell to get our breakfast." Regina's face fell and Emma's heart sank, disliking the expression very much. She lightly ran her fingers up and down Regina's thigh, making sure not to jostle her, trying her best to lift Regina's spirits.

Regina relaxed enough after a couple of minutes to move her fingers for her spell. The overnight oatmeal appeared on the nightstand. Emma had never had overnight oats before living with Regina, but learned Regina could make pretty much anything taste good. She figured out what Emma liked best without Emma ever having to actually say.

"The bananas and almonds always surprise me," Emma said.

"Would you like to share?" Regina asked.

"What's mine is yours."

Emma slowly moved her hand closest to the nightstand to get the first cup. She managed to grab it, but did not need to hold it. Regina took charge, moving enough to take the breakfast from her hand. She took the first spoonful and made a sound expressing how delicious the food was. Regina was lucky Emma's knot was still inflated or she would have gotten hard and fucked Regina right there with her holding their breakfast.

"Open," Regina said and put the next spoonful to Emma's lips.

Emma did not even think as she opened her mouth and ate. On some level, she should have thought this was weird, but it did not feel that way. It felt familiar.

"You fed me during my rut," Emma recalled. It should feel infantile, but she liked it. It made her feel special for some reason.

"You couldn't have eaten if I didn't," Regina replied before taking the next spoonful for herself.

"It didn't bother you?"

Regina arched an eyebrow. "Should it?"

Emma glanced away, uncertainty crawling through her. "Well, it's kinda childish, right?"

"It's always a delight to treat you. The annoying thing was you trying to have your way with me while I was trying to keep you alive." Regina put another mouthful to Emma's lips, making sure there was a good amount of banana and almond on the spoon.

Emma took it in, the food and the words. Her heart expanded in her chest. Regina wanted to treat her. No one ever wanted to treat her, but Regina did. Regina always made sure she was taken care of. She wanted to do the same.

"So, we're out of bananas and almonds, I'm still hungry, and we're still tied," Emma pointed out.

"I am aware. I'm here, too. That one was yours. We still have my overnight oats," Regina replied.

"It's not the chia with raspberries, is it?" Emma made a face.

"I planned to split it with you, so no, it's not the chia with raspberries, even though that is delicious and no one told you to try to be sneaky and eat my stuff when I wasn't looking."

"I was still hungry and you had food. Can you blame me? In fact, isn't it more your fault for leaving food around unattended while I was hungry?" It was not unheard of for Emma to eat Regina's food when she was not looking.

Regina glared at her enough to get her to grab the other mug. This one had peaches in it and Emma ate quickly as she felt her knot going down. Her energy was back up and so was her cock by the time they were done.

-8-8-8-8-

Syncing was as smooth as Doctor Aye and Doctor Alexander promised and it surprised Regina. Nothing ever went so smoothly for her, or Emma for that matter. For the moment, she would revel in it, especially as they switched positions. Regina got on her knees, as it was supposed to be the position omegas most readily conceived in. Emma had been promising her a baby all damn day. She needed to put some work into it as well if they were going to make that happen.

"Emma," Regina moaned for what was probably the millionth time and the sun had not even set yet.

Emma entered Regina and growled. "Fuck, babe."

Regina's body sang the praises to Emma as she felt her everywhere once more. She pressed back against Emma, taking her as deep as she had been since this whole thing started. Emma took charge of her hips, trying control of the situation. Regina did not mind conceding the control, which she blamed on the omega hormones.

"Harder," Regina ordered. Okay, maybe she could not cede all of the control. While elation burned every nerve, she knew Emma had it in her to light a fire that could not be matched, could not be doused. She reached behind her, grabbing some bit of Emma.

Emma predictably slapped Regina's ass in warning. The smack added fuel to the fire, but only briefly. Regina did not have to make a second entreat, though. To say Emma jackhammered into her would have been an understatement. The fire under her skin erupted, flared throughout her body and she could not keep herself up right. She fell into the pillow, but pushed her ass into the air. Emma adjusted and shoved into Regina to the point where Regina felt like her head was going to explode. She scratched at the bed, pulling at the sheets.

"Fuck, love, fuck." Regina panted and pressed back as much as she could. She felt like she might come out of her skin and it would be amazing if she did. Everything about this felt amazing.

"It's good?" Emma asked, as if she did not know. She gave Regina's ass another slap. "You feel so good around my dick. Your hot fucking pussy just hugging my dick."

Regina groaned, feeling the words tingle across her skin. She usually did not get off on dirty talk. She did the dirty talk and Emma got off on it. Now, she understood why. I'm so gone and I want to be even more so.

"You like that, huh? You like knowing how good you feel around my cock? Choking my cock?" Emma asked.

Regina let loose a sob and pushed back against Emma more, trying to take her deeper. Emma leaned down, panting in Regina's ear as she kept plunging in and out of Regina at an inspired pace. She licked the shell of Regina's ear and the feel of her tongue zapped Regina of whatever had her holding herself up. She ended up face down on the mattress. That did not stop Emma.

Emma planted her hands on the sides of Regina's shoulders and drove into Regina, who simply moaned into the pillow. Nothing felt as perfect as Emma moving inside of her. And then there was a graze of Emma's teeth along her shoulder and she had to amend that thought. Nothing felt as perfect as Emma moving inside of her and her teeth teasing along Regina's neck and shoulder, like Emma was contemplating marking her.

In the back of her mind, Regina knew they discussed holding off on marking and mating, but at the moment she did not care. She would let Emma sink her teeth into her neck or shoulder and display the mark for the world to see. She belonged to Emma. She was Emma's omega. She was Emma Swan's mate.

Somehow, the idea of being mated to Emma Swan was even more powerful than the feel of Emma fucking her. Emma was inside of her in so many different ways. Her body erupted again. She lost count of how many times she had climaxed with Emma's name on her lips, but one more could not hurt. As she drowned in a haze of pleasure, ramped up as Emma continued to move, she sighed and waited for the moment it would get infinitely better.

Feeling the press of Emma's knot had never felt so good until today. Yes, it was always an anticipated, expected gift during their coupling, but today, each time she felt it, it was like Christmas morning. She keened and cooed when Emma drove her knot inside and she moved on it, wanting a repeat of early, always now.

"Fuck," Emma hissed as she tipped over onto her side, pulling Regina with her.

"You like that, hmmm?" Regina pressed back into Emma.

"Goddamn!" Emma groaned, like all coherent thought had left her mind. Regina snickered to herself and wiggled more.

Emma panted in her ear and she threw her leg over Emma's hip for more force. Emma groaned and moaned and pressed a palm to Regina's stomach, needing to brace herself against something maybe. Regina whimpered as she felt the knot expanding, ballooning inside of her. She did not stop, though, needing to feel Emma explode inside of her again. Much to her surprise, the hand on her stomach eased down to her clit, rubbing gentle circles to help her relax.

Regina felt like her insides melted, pooling around her core. She pushed against Emma more and then got another treat of desired liquid. Emma gushed to the point she could feel it splash inside of her. Emma cried out, but her fingers did not stop on Regina's clit. Regina was not sure when they both stopped moving, but eventually they were still and their heavy breathing was the only sound echoing through the room.

"You hungry yet?" Emma asked, her voice right in Regina's ear. The question was followed by light kisses just behind Regina's ear.

"You want lunch?" Regina guessed. While she was hungry, Emma was always the hungrier between them. They had been entwined with each other for several hours since managing breakfast.

"Well, we do have about twenty minutes like this." They discovered when Emma exploded all at once, even though her knot was bigger, it went down faster, giving them more time to spend making love. Of course, it also gave them the opportunity to work up a hunger quicker.

"I made sandwiches, cold pasta, and salads, like I did for your rut."

"I know. I peeked in the cooler when you brought it up. What are we having first? Are there bologna sandwiches?"

"Yes, but I won't be eating that. If you want a bologna sandwich, that's on your own."

Emma sighed. "Fine. What highbrow sandwich do you have? A cucumber sandwich?"

"Must you mock everything? I said nothing about your sandwich meat made of cow hooves and New York pigeons, yet here you go making fun of my upbringing."

Emma whimpered. "Sorry."

Regina reached around and caressed Emma's hip. "Don't be sorry. Be considerate."

"I know. I know. Sometimes, I'm just playing with you. You know that, right?"

"I do, but it's a little off-putting for you to make fun of my upbringing. I would never do that to you." Regina knew it was a defense mechanism that Emma had, but Emma had no reason to be defensive around her.

"That's true." Emma sighed and kissed the back of Regina's neck. "I do that when I'm uncomfortable sometimes. I think about how you were a princess or whatever and I'm me. Why the hell would royalty want me? I mean, I know by birth I'm a princess. The ugly duckling turned swan or whatever, but I bet that swan still feels like a duck. Did that make sense?"

Regina hated that she understood what Emma meant. "You can feel like a duck all you want, but it's not fair of you to judge me for not being a duck, especially when I didn't choose my lifestyle any more than you chose yours. You know why I don't use your lifestyle against you, beyond the fact that I feel responsible?" She did not mean to say that last bit, as it was too true for the air, but now it was out there.

"You know I'd still live through all of it if it got me this."

Regina shook her head. "I'd never cast the Curse if I knew you'd live through that. Yes, I'd not cast the Curse, even if it cost me us and it cost me Henry." Seeing Emma sitting in a pool of her own blood so many months ago, willing to mutilate herself because an alpha had made Emma feel so bad about who she was, changed Regina more than it changed Emma more than likely. If she could go back in time, she would never cast the Curse and let Emma grow up as spoiled as humanly possible.

"You'd give up Henry for me?"

"Emma, the day you tried to cut off your penis, you might not think about it, but you almost killed yourself. You didn't have an escape plan. You didn't know someone would show up. You were content to sit there in your own blood and die. I know that kind of pain all too well."

Emma inhaled sharply, wiggling her knot enough for it to make Regina wince. "You… you've tried to kill yourself?"

Regina licked her lips and swallowed down tears. She could not cry every time they stopped making love and had a talk. "Three times, even though I don't think the third time was real while Tink insists I was trying to kill myself. The first time, I was only ten. I threw myself off of my horse while jumping some rocks. I successfully broke my arm, but didn't escape my mother. I wanted very much to not be with her anymore. I know that pain. People often think if you grow up wealthy or royalty, you don't have any problems, but my mother hurt me so much, I wanted to escape any way I could."

"I'm sorry."

"Don't be sorry. Just know that upbringing doesn't make you more or less worthy. We grew up on opposite ends, but were hurt just the same. This is why I make things that come from your childhood that brought you happiness or that you like, even if the noble in me will scream about how common and lowbrow the food is."

"You never say it to my face."

"No, because that has to do with your upbringing. I will say I worry over your health because, again, what honestly is in bologna?" Regina did not want to think about it, but whenever she made bologna sandwiches, she imagined it was all unused parts of any domesticated animal and whatever unfortunate rat was near the processing machine.

"I love how much you want to take care of my health."

"Does that mean you don't want the sandwich?" Regina hoped she would never have to make another bologna sandwich in her life.

Emma scoffed. "You're kidding, right? You made that sandwich with love and I'm starving. I want bologna, but I also want whatever you're having."

"You just want me to feed you."

Emma snickered. "Who wouldn't want that?"

"Then, maybe you shouldn't knot me while you're behind me again."

Emma scoffed at the very idea. As an alpha, Emma probably instinctively liked positions where she was behind Regina, as she could go deeper and supposedly there were better chances for pregnancy. Personally, Regina liked any position she could see Emma's face. She felt like she could see Emma's love for her in her eyes. She was not sure if it was an omega instinct or just her as she felt connected to Emma when they could lock eyes.

"When your knot goes down, we're switching," Regina said as she made a sandwich appear. She passed it back to Emma and then made her own pasta salad appear. She enjoyed a few bites before Emma shifted, moving her knot and pulling a soft groan from Regina as unexpected pleasure shot through her. "Excuse you, I'm trying to eat."

"Gimme some pasta."

"You have an entire sandwich." There was no way Emma ate that whole thing already.

"Yeah, but I want some pasta, too."

Regina growled, but moved, ever so slowly, to give Emma some pasta. She could hear the smile in Emma's humming as she ate the pasta and then went back to her sandwich. The sandwich was gone before Regina even had three forkfuls of her salad. They split the salad from then on and finished before Emma's knot went down.

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Emma counted many firsts with Regina, but being forced to stay hydrated while keeping Regina balanced as they sat up and fucked like bunnies was not a first she expected. Thanks to living with Regina, she knew the importance of staying hydrated, as Regina never missed a moment to lecture someone about something in the house. So, she did not mind the bottle of water to her lips, but she spilled a lot of it as she and Regina moved together. She also made sure to press her palm against Regina's back to help keep her upright.

Eventually, Emma stopped caring about being hydrated and grabbed the bottle from Regina. Before Regina could object, she kissed Regina and set the bottle down on the nightstand. Regina returned the kiss and put her hands on Emma's shoulders, bracing herself to move with more intent.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck," Emma hissed as Regina's nails dug into her back as Regina bounced up and down on her. "Fuck, fuck, fuck…" She could not think of any other words. Surely, that covered it, though, right?

Regina did not say anything about the broken kiss, just moved her lips to Emma's neck. Feeling Regina's lips, tongue, and teeth against her pulse made Emma's blood boil. She gripped Regina around the waist and tried to increased Regina's movement as she managed to move even faster. Regina obliged and Emma felt like she would lose her mind in a blaze of ecstasy. Her hand drifted to Regina's ass and she squeezed, making Regina moan. And Regina returned the favor, nipping on Emma's earlobe and making her moan.

All too soon, they both climaxed. Emma fell to the mattress at a diagonal, taking Regina with her. Regina sighed as she rested her head on Emma's chest, listening to Emma's wild heartbeat. Emma carefully reached for the water again, gulping down as much as she could. She then put the bottle to Regina's lips. Regina drank the rest of the water while dragging her fingertips up and down Emma's sides, making her purr. She dropped the bottle on the floor and mirrored Regina's actions.

Emma felt a little dimple against Regina's skin. She was quite familiar with it. The remains of stretch marks.

"Wanna compare battle scars?" Emma asked with a little laugh. Doctor Alexander thought they would do that, but it was unnecessary. They knew about each mark on the other's body.

"Why? Do you have a new one I don't know about?" Regina countered, fingers questing around her torso and sending sparks through her. "You couldn't have gotten injured in the past few days and it slipped by me."

Emma wiggled a bit, earning a whine from Regina. Emma was about to say something, but then it seemed like Regina wanted to teach her a lesson and moved on her knot again. Fuck! That felt so good. She honestly did not know how her brain could even process such pleasure. She exhaled through loudly through her mouth as she tried to keep her wits about her. It was impossible. She felt like her brain exploded with her knot.

"Should we drink more water?" Emma wondered aloud. She was not sure why she said that, but she chalked it up to having almost no brain power now. Maybe it was because she could see part of the puddle of water she caused from dropping the water bottle.

"I don't think I can conjure more right now."

Emma smiled a little. "You sound sleepy."

"We've been at this for twenty hours. I think I'm entitled."

"No, don't go to sleep. Soon as my knot goes down, I wanna fuck you on the headboard."

Regina grunted. "I think we both know you don't have the strength to pick me up right now. It's almost midnight and we have been at it for twenty hours." Emma wanted to prove Regina wrong, but Regina fell asleep and she followed.

When they woke up, Emma remembered the headboard, but did not have the will to pull out of Regina long enough to pick her up at that moment. Instead, they made slow love in the position they woke up, on their sides. Pasta salad and lemonade served as breakfast. It was delicious, but had nothing on being inside of Regina.

"Does pasta count as a breakfast food?" Emma mused before Regina shoved a forkful of food in her mouth.

"If it's the first thing you eat, yes. I'm sure there's some culture on Earth somewhere that eats pasta for breakfast. Besides, there are eggs in this, so it's almost breakfast," Regina replied.

"You've thought of everything."

"I'll thank you not to take that sarcastic tone while inside of me and expecting me to feed you." Regina ate the next forkful herself, even though it was Emma's turn.

Emma smiled and kissed the end of Regina's nose. "That's not fair. You take a sarcastic tone with me all the time."

"You deserve it."

"If I say I do, will you feed me?" Emma requested and she felt the fork at her lips as soon as she was done talking. She did not realize there were so many different ways to make pasta salad, but she noticed no one was the same as the other so far.

"How are you holding up? I noticed I'm not on the headboard."

"You will be soon enough. I just gotta get my strength up and body ready to move. You know how I am when I wake up, even though this is the best way to wake up." Emma smiled and sighed contently. "I want to wake up next to you for the rest of my life."

Regina smiled back. "I never thought I'd feel that way about someone after Daniel's death, but here we are. Do you have a first love, Emma?"

"Not really. I tend to think of Neal as a my first love, but sometimes I think Lily might have been. I'm not really sure how my sexuality works at this point, but either way it didn't work out. Even when I dreamed a little with Neal of having a life with him, I always thought it wouldn't work. Nothing ever worked for me. I think Lily took that from me, the idea that I could find someone and relate to them and be connected to them on a deep level. I tried again with Neal, but not the same way I tried with Lily. I hide things from him, like being an alpha. I didn't fully trust him."

"And you fully trust me?"

"With everything that's in me. Every single thing."

"Then, believe me when I tell you, you're not a horrible alpha, like you seem to believe just because you are an alpha. You are a wonderful, amazing person, who happens to be an alpha. Like there are terrible people, who also happen to be alphas. There are wonderful people of all statuses and there are terrible people of all statuses. We both prove that stereotypes and titles sometime mean nothing. People are people."

Emma sniffled. "I'm about to cry, not very macho alpha of me." She had come to the conclusion that alphas came in all types herself, after thinking about them when she watched Robbie a while ago. "I'm kinda okay with it."

"You are an amazing person. You helped heal my very damaged heart. You're an amazing person." Regina then fed her more food, as if to keep her from replying.

Emma accepted the pasta and chewed on the words as well. She did some alpha things, she knew, and it was nice to know Regina did not hold it against her. She would still do her best to keep any stupid alpha impulses at bay. Yes, there were some positive alpha traits, but she was still certain the bad outweighed the good.

"I'll show you amazing." Emma's knot had finally gone down and they finished breakfast. She stood, lifted Regina, and put her on the headboard. "We're gonna do it against the wall after this." She leaned down, kissing Regina before she could respond.

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Regina felt like she could get used to them being synced. Two days of love-making was not a bad deal, especially if they would eat and drink during that time. That alone made it better than going into heat or rut. The little conversations they had in between made her feel closer to Emma. Now, if only they could have made it to the shower, it would have been perfect. But, they could get a shower as soon as Emma got up.

"Think we made a pup?" Emma asked in a groggy tone. She ran her fingers up and down Regina's spine. Regina was on top of her.

"It's possible, but we shouldn't get our hopes up," Regina replied.

"I know. I wonder how this works with a pup. I mean, we were really coherent this time compared to heats and ruts, but I still wasn't about to leave this bed for anything."

Regina could agree with that. "I was curious about that as well and read up on it. Our sync would pause for at least two years if I became pregnant. I remember when I had Henry, I breastfed, so I didn't want to take my potion for a while. My heat never came back, though. Apparently, a heat would stop for at least two years as well."

"Will my rut stop?"

"Only if we're mated. You have to remember as an alpha, you're biological drive is to spread your seed."

Emma groaned loudly. "Can you not?"

"Is it that I called you an alpha or said 'spread you seed'?" Regina knew which one it was.

Emma groaned again. "Please, stop! Can we just go get our son and call it a day?"

"I would much rather take a shower, get something to eat, and clean up a little before we dare drag Henry back into the house," Regina said. She could only imagine how the upstairs had to smell thanks to their sync.

"Funny, I just want to sleep for a day after we get him. I never thought that having sex for two days could be so exhausting. I didn't notice it during my rut, but I'm tired."

"Oh, you couldn't keep up?" Regina smirked.

"If you packed some donuts in with our food, I'm sure I could." Emma yawned. "Can we go back to sleep? I need a couple more hours."

"We're not tied together, so you can sleep, but I could love for you to join me in the shower."

"I could do that in a few hours if we went back to sleep."

Regina chuckled. "That's how I know things are back to normal. Do you remember saying you wanted to fuck me against the wall when I wanted to go to sleep?" Emma had promised that all yesterday, but never got around to it.

"That still sounds like a good idea, but I'm a little sore and really tired. I'm gonna do that when I wake up and also fuck you in the shower as an added bonus."

Regina had mercy on Emma and let her go back to sleep. She tucked her head under Emma's chin and let Emma's breathing relax her. This sync was wonderful, even if it was exhausting. She felt more connected to Emma than ever before and not just because she spent two days with Emma inside of her.

"This was nice, Regina. Do you think it'll be better when we mate?" Emma asked in a low voice.

"I've seen in my research that it should be. The mating mark will release new hormones between us and connect us even more. We can ask our doctors more about it."

Emma yawned. "I can't wait. I love you."

"I love you, too." Regina was not sure Emma heard as she could tell from Emma's even breathing that she was asleep. She could not wait for them to mate as well. Maybe they would have another baby or maybe they would not, but mating was something they could definitely do. They would have to talk about when they would do that, but they could save that for later on. Right now, they had come further together than they ever had with others. Well, of course we have. We're a family together.

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The End.

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