A/N: I don't even know what this prompt means… dedicated to SQbookqueen cause she forgot her bagels at Walmart today.
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It was a big long, full inhale/exhale beast of a yawn that took Regina by surprise. She blinked wearily as she held her hand over her mouth and looked at the clock: 3pm.
She needed a nap.
Studies show that a simple ten minute nap can revive and energize a person for up to two hours. She grumbled, and stretched her arms over her head and side to side. The mountain of paperwork on her desk was tedious at best, and overwhelming when she felt so exhausted. She had long ago exhausted her caffeine reserves from the coffee that Emma had brought her early that morning. She rolled her neck and tried to lean forward on her desk on her folded arms.
It was entirely uncomfortable and there was no way she could nap like this. She tried making the stack of papers into a pillow, but nearly gave her nose a paper cut. Growling in frustration she stood up from her chair and paced back and forth. Maybe she didn't need a nap, but perhaps some physical activity. A little bit of invigorating yoga should serve to wake her up.
Regina crossed the room to the chest in her office and retrieved her yoga mat. She spread it out in the middle of her office and kicked off her heels, while hiking up her tight skirt to the thigh so she could spread her legs comfortable. She started out with a few cat/cow back stretches, and then did a few sun salutations rising up and jumping back down quickly.
Emma walked in just as Regina started her extended downward dog position: ass up, head down. Legs spread.
"Holy yoga, Batman!" Emma exclaimed as her mouth fell open and she stared openly at Regina's butt and exposed thighs.
Peering through the V of her legs, Regina looked upside down at Emma and smirked, hair falling down around her face. "To what do I owe the pleasure of your visit?"
"I came to drop off—what are you doing?" Emma asked as she composed herself enough to realize she should stop staring at the flexible woman in front of her and look away. She opted to stare at the floor. It was much less arousing than Regina's booty.
Lowering herself down and folding into child's pose on her mat, Regina realized the yoga wasn't working. Emma had interrupted her and now she felt slight annoyance on top of her overwhelming exhaustion. Before she could respond she yawned again, and then sighed.
"You tired?" Emma asked in concern, sinking to her knees beside Regina on the mat.
"It's nothing, Emma. I have far too much work to do rather than worry about being a little groggy," Regina maintained as she tried to gracefully unfold from her position and stand up. She wished Emma hadn't just busted in and caught her in a compromising position, but the Sheriff was never one for knocking.
"No, Regina. You need a nap," Emma placed a hand on Regina's arm and kept her from standing up.
"I can't nap… certainly not at work," she shook her hand out of Emma's grasp and frowned dejectedly. "I tried…it's just not comfortable."
Emma chuckled and lifted her eyebrows, "You're in luck, cause I'm the at work nap master."
"Excuse me?" Regina narrowed her tired red rimmed eyes, but didn't have the gumption to really chastise or press Emma for her admission. Truly, she was intrigued and hoped Emma could help her relax and sleep for a blissful uninterrupted ten minutes. It was all she needed to feel like herself again.
"I'll help you…Lay down in a comfortable position," Emma instructed as she hopped up and turned off the lights. She crossed the room behind Regina's desk and closed the curtains, making sure the room was completely dark.
"This is ridiculous, I'm never going to fall asleep," Regina protested even as she turned over onto her stomach on the mat. "What are you going to sing me a lullaby?"
"Honestly, I'm surprised you don't have a cushy temper posturepedic sleep number bed tucked away in a hidden chamber," Emma kneeled by Regina's head. "Come here," she patted her lap.
"Are you serious? You just told me to lay down!" Regina lifted her head and grimaced at Emma, but reluctantly pressed her hands down on the mat and turned over her head was on the other woman's knees.
"Okay, your first problem is that you talk too much. Just relax while I rub your head," Emma looked down at Regina's grumpy expression fondly as she started to rub slow circles over her skull and down her temples.
"Mmmm," Regina sighed in pleasure. "That's really lovely…" she whispered dreamily. She went on massaging her scalp and petting her hair for a few minutes until Regina had almost drifted off.
"I can pretty much nap anywhere. It's one of my many talents," Emma bragged and then yawned loudly. "Mind if I join you…I missed my 2 o'clock today and I'm totally wiped."
She scratched the back of her neck and then guided Regina off of her lap as she mumbled something that sounded affirmative. Emma slid down next her on the yoga mat. "You know we could be sleeping on your little couch over there?"
"Shut up," Regina said as she smacked her lips and situated herself on the mat. The mat was entirely too narrow for both women, but the cold hard marble of the floor was like nap anathema. Emma rolled onto her side sleepily and Regina rolled over to snuggle up to Emma closely so they were both on the cushy yoga mat. Slowly, they both snuggled even closer. It was a gradual process that neither woman really noticed they were doing until Regina's face was cradled against Emma's neck.
They both fell into the best nap they ever experienced.
Regina would never admit that she needed Emma's soothing comfort in order to sleep deeply, but from that day forward Emma had a recurring meeting invite at the Mayor's office for 3 o'clock nap time in her Outlook calendar Monday-Friday.
If she was lucky they'd indulge in a bit of rigorous pre-nap 'yoga' beforehand, which extended into important all day 'at home' meetings on the weekends that involved nudity and orgasms.