The most unexpected yet desired outcome.
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First time they share how they feel Yet they are trapped in Neverland, in a cave, and need to hurry out to save Henry but there is so much to say. If the cave only excepts truth and they admit how they feel will they Make it Out.
"It was never suppose to be this way Emma!" The brunette shouted, her words echoing off all of the walls in the cave they stood in. She had been holding it in far far to long and she needed this. Arriving to Neverland she had been waiting for the right time But till now when she tried it hadn't felt right. She let the words slip out knowing she was letting the situation control her. Panic being stuck in a cave and saving her son with someone she wanted beyond all her knowledge of who she was. it just didn't matter anymore She wanted her from the first time she saw her.
"You think I expected to fall for you too Regina." It was absolutely something beyond their control and yet every second they still would never change it. Regina stared at the blonde as her brows scrunched together.
"So all this time..?" Finally felling weights lifting just simply at the blondes openness.
"Yes, I've been so caught up in all our bickering and dangers left and right I never said anything." She sighed as she knew just how many times she got so close to saying what she was now just to hide it. just like Regina emma felt that holding it inside was just to much right now. Knowing saying what was on their mind could bring them even closer.
If it hadn't been for the day they met or their son they would still feel alone. Neither would have been able to do feel whole, love, or be loved. In fact if not for the day they met because of their son no one would be happy. An each day no matter the shit they were knee high in they would always remember.
Henry shuffles out of the car from a long ride home. His adoptive mother flaps closed the front curtains and run outside to hug her son. The tension in Emma's own personal space had never been thicker. She beats the steering wheel and step out of the car to explain for herself. She planed to just drop him off but watching him bolt inside with no regard to his mothers feelings she was mixed between agitated and concern.
Emma attempted to evaluate the woman in front of her. She dressed formal, blazer blouse both buttoned fully. Assuming if anything the woman was probably to strict on the boy. Emma's gaze continued following the lady's slack dress pants which were loose around the bottom and tighter around her shape. Emma wets her lips, nervous as the brunette stood straight and crosses her arms at her. It's difficult to say anything that won't make things worse but she gives it a try.
Not even before Emma's mouth opens she is interrupted. The mothers face grows softer and her arms fall In politer gesture.
"Come in for a moment won't you?" Her tone sends shivers down Emma's back. Her deep brown eyes locked on daring her to enter in to her home. Emma smirks and struts behind her. Entering the house she saw the mother was defiantly a serious power figure.
She was a power figure, but more than anyone that looked at her would know. She was a Queen, and no matter how many times she almost verbally spoke it before realizing here she was only a mayor, she reminded herself that in every distasteful thought of these people. She remembered and she knew better than anyone who she was before the curse. Though she wasn't a Queen here she never let it slip the towns peoples minds that she held the power here.
She created the town, made it to her liking and yet the only satisfaction she received from it was her son whom she loved with all she had. Inviting this woman he labeled his mother into her home was unfortunately not a suitable course of action but truthfully she had waited for this day many many years. She saw the woman's ridiculous concern and knew she had to extinguish that fire before it burned her world down. Politely she would show her nothing to fear and send her on her way.
Never was the Queen kind, nor had anyone enter her home in a very long time. Both action at the same time seemed like a dangerous road but none the less one she would take for her son.
The sooner she's gone the better. She could not allow her to stay.
"As you can see I take great care of Henry he just seems out of sorts lately." Her tongue felt bitter spewing such sweet talk from her mouth. Her heels clicked on the tile floor leading to her her office. Emma was silent until the woman spoke again pointing to a seat. "Would you like some apple cider?" Emma ran her hand through her hair and sighed.
"Actually got anything stronger?" She joked in attempt to easy the tension.
Sure enough taking her seat she was being handed a glass. The woman wore a smile but Emma didn't believe it to be real. She took the drink leaving the woman's fingertips to slip from under her grip. The cup already fogging at the heat from them.
They both gasp in a breath, Emma covers hers by clearing her throat drawing the attention to why they where there. The Queen felt the slick water under the pads of her fingers drip down her arm as the blonde took the cup. The water trickled as to show the path of a spark that shot up her arm at the touch of the other woman's hand. She let go of the glass and grabbed the bottoms of her blazer making sure she was looking right.
After a few moments the two sit across from each other daring to make any judgements first.
I'm severely growing to soft. The Queen rolled her eyes to herself. Just rip her head off for old times sake.'She sneered.
It was after all what felt she wanted to do but knowing the woman knew nothing of why she would she pushed her thoughts away. She intended to keep this world as it was but should the blonde become a problem she would take more drastic measures.
"I don't know how he.. Found me." Emma said truly still shocked. It was a closed adoption wasn't she suppose to not have this kind of issue. Her words weren't just in fear of having a son but being accused of kidnapping or worse if she wasn't careful. She learned she was a mayor and may as well use it to her advantage if she pushed her buttons.
"Look miss?" The woman questioned after little talk.
"Swan." Emma confessed. She assumed the mother already knew her name But still her response just slip out. She hated giving her name out but with no way of getting it but back she smacked her knee with a sigh. She looked back up at the woman who raised a questioning eyebrow at her. "Emma swan."
"Yes well I am grateful you brought my son back home but I assure you I take can care for my son." Her tone no longer to kind, almost like willing her to up and leave with that comfort now. Emma has hardly touched her drink and stood up understanding it was time to go.
"Yeah." Emma drank the last of her glass though it wasn't much in the first place she let the burning subside as she head out the door. "It late I was gonna head out." She stuffed her hands in her leather jacket pockets. Rubbed her lips together as the woman's silence made her more nervous.
It maybe didn't help that she couldn't stop wondering what the hell made her hand tingle at the woman's touch. The only thing she was sure of was that she made her nervous. Regina was her name but her preferred title is Madame mayor. She was beautiful, clearly a strong power figure, and more than the sweet goody goody person she showed Emma. Emma kept forget her train of thought all night wondering what was with the nice act.
Walking to her car she released a deep breath and watched the fog puff from her mouth. She smiled slightly finally placing the hint of apple cinder flavor she tasted from the drink. Got in her car and drove, drove to the point she thought she was about to leave town. She didn't leave nor could she as she found out fate wanted her there. Destiny was taking steps to show her reasons to stay.
The moon light casting down between the two woman as they finally told the truth. Time and time again so close had they been before but now was the inevitable the truth must be told. Trapped in a cave that held its travelers to reveal their strongest secretes. regina had many terrible ones that she had let hold her back but Emma knew them now by every thing everyone and herself admitted she had done yet never hated her for them. The best secret she had now was that she felt for her.
"I always felt like it had one reason after another why I couldn't tell you. My son, I was stubborn afraid to lose him. Then the curse, I was broken thinking it was all I'd ever have to be happy." Regina looked at Emma knowing that had she left town she would just be an empty monster. She was getting softer and softer but Emma took away her rage, her pain, and all judgements when she stayed. The longer she stayed the more she changed including her evil ways.
"I will not be leaving town!" It was of great curiosity why the mayor wanted her gone so badly. Her son was assuring everyone his mother was the Evil Queen in fairytales and the town was cursed. Yet no one believed him, how could they it wasn't possible nothing magical ever happened in real life. Now she was being given the option to leave town or else, why?
"You will do as I demand." Seriously sounding like her former and current position of power. Granted had it been in the other land this would be much easier. The laws would be hers and no one would stand against her. Her rage had been building since the day after the woman arrived. Knowing full well Henry was acting out and seeing her behind her back but it was getting ridiculous. Emma had promised to stay.
"What? As you demand?" Emma couldn't possibly understand this woman's words. They sounded arrogant and big headed. "And here I just thought you was a mayor." She was getting to cocky to prove she couldn't be controlled. She had never been nor was now going to be the time she runs out with her tail between her legs.
Emma didn't do much hiding in her feelings, she always showed interest in Regina. Being kind when she could telling others she just didn't see what the big deal was why everyone hated her. She felt aside from her protective motherly side and stern leader role she wasn't that bad of a person. She just need someone to tell her enough sometimes When she got to mad.
Because Emma was the only person to stand up to her she often had to end pis sigh her off. They were at each other throats all the time seeing who had a louder bark, who would back down first, and who was stronger. Emma enjoyed these moments even if it Regina was in her face yelling like she hated her guts. Which she probably did just for being Henry's birth mother.
Truth was ever since the night with the spark she felt, she picked fights just to have the woman breathing down her neck. So close she could kiss her and sometimes even she push it to attempt to corner her to a wall of some sort. Her fire burned looking into Regina's eyes. She felt every moment she had been pulled toward her yet until now she hadn't shared how deeply or how long she cared.
"Emma! Madame mayor!" Shouted Emma new friend, Henry's teacher. She was wedging herself between the two refusing to deal with the bickering on the street. "Enough." She huff as the two finally broke apart.
Regina stomped off as her sons bus pulled up across the street by her car. The two drove off and she could see Regina's face staring back at her in the side mirror.
Emma took pause as Regina walked away angry this was the best part of their fights. Watching her hips sway under her skirts or dress pants. She could swear since she had met the woman she had let herself loosen up. Have one button less done than the first time and even now she had two less buttoned up on her blouse.
"Mary Margaret you shouldn't have I had it handled." She was looking at her friend like she took away her favorite chew toy. Emma just wanted to watch the mayor come undone.
"Emma she's not one to mess with. You're asking for punishment." They walked to the diner and grabbed some coffee. It was Emma's first day staying with Mary and she was making a scene. Pursing her lips she admitted she needed to back off.
Really she had no idea why the woman bothered her, why she was concerned for Henry, or even if she was anymore. Regina was a perfect parent, stable, protective, and greatly feared no one would mess with her, but Emma dared anyways.
"Yeah she just kinda gets to me."
"Oh she gets under everyone's skin that's how she's always been." Mary Margaret stated missing what Emma truly meant. "Like if she doesn't break them down.." Emma cut her off not wishing to hear that she believed the woman cruel just as everyone in this town did.
"It's not like that." She didn't get how even someone as nice as Mary could think Regina wasn't at least hurting to act like that. That why she herself was rude and harsh often why wouldn't it be possible for a mayor to be. Granted she never went to the extent of being cruel to everyone. "Maybe I should really get to know her and Henry."
Mary Margaret snorted before she realized Emma was serious.
"Oh Hun you can't seriously think she'll let you get to know her." Emma ignored the rest because she was going to do her best.
The walls around them felt less like a prison the more they shared. Emma took a few steps closer. Regina let her one of the few times they stood feet away with no angry words or disagreements. With no where to run and little time to save Henry they had to work something out sooner or later. Being alone and needing to tell a secret to be closer to saving Henry this was all she could do all she wanted to do.
"You have always been my interest. You and Henry but trust me I never thought of you as a monster and by no means empty." They did everything so harshly just to cover up how they felt but Emma held nothing back. "If you were empty you wouldn't have fought so hard to protect him or the town." That's what they did fought to show that they cared. Now there was no need to fight they both knew now.
Even in the mist of arguing, maybe it didn't always lead to the best things, emma always slipped it in their arguments that she felt Regina will do better soon. there was no doubt how much it helped get her better. generally things getting better didn't happen until things get devastatingly worse.
"You are not Storybrooke's new deputy." Regina yelled having cornered her between Graham (the sherif) and herself. Her voice like venom but still Emma began to retort but was cut off by him as he stepped in front of her for defense.
"She is! because she's decided to stay, I need the help, and she has experience." Regina was appalled at how little respect she received.
"You had no need before she came to town." She snapped back.
Was she? No why would she be? Emma craved to understand this woman.
"Suddenly have an interest in the towns new shiny toy?" Regina's eyes turned to her with pain. That wasn't pain on his part but hers.
She was! She is jealous. Emma had wanted to show Regina that she in no way was doing anything with him like she suggested.
What happened between them three was all Emma could think of. Emma learned that Regina and Graham where secretively sleeping together. It was stupid on both parts and would end horrible should Henry ever find out. She was mad for him, mad that Regina couldn't find someone different, mad that despite how secret it was that she knew and hated knowing he was with her.
Regularly she thought about how she ran through the woods after her boss. He was different and acting strange, asking Henry about the curse which then was crazy. Suddenly he was all over Emma and that didn't make Regina happy at all. She had hoped it was because Regina didn't like his hands on her. That Regina would do so instead but it hadn't happened.
She attempted to stop his absurd relationship behavior before he got to ahead of himself. She wasn't one for dating let alone with a man. She pointed out maybe he was to busy that his head was playing tricks an now she knew it wasn't.
He was angry at Regina while confused about his memory. There was so much that Emma couldn't figure out in time. She found him yelling at Regina in the middle of the forest with no idea why. She was standing in a doorway to a crypt and she was furious.
"Of course I'm here this is my fathers grave!" Her choked words defending herself against his accusations. "What are you doing here!" She snapped at him her fist clenched beside her. The risk of him hurting her was to great. Emma jumped in the middle and shouted above their ruckus.
"Stop, both of you, what is wrong with you Graham?!" She pushed him back as he tried get through. She could have slapped him but resisted. Turning to Regina sorry to have disturbed her moment with her father knowing if it was her she'd be mad too. "He won't hurt you. Just let it go I will handle this." That wasn't what Regina seemed to care about because she swiftly moved past her.
"You dare come to me accusing me of such nonsense." Emma didn't waste a second. Her feet took her so close to Regina's face she could smell her apple body spray. Their noses practically touching. "Regina back off! I said I would handle it." Once someone did something there was no going back she couldn't let anything happen.
"I've wasted so many chances trying to protect myself and fighting to stay the evil queen, whom, I never wanted to be, I just wanted people to see me as me and care." Her eyes fell and she took Emma's hand. "I want this one."
It broke Emma's heart because she knew that Regina wasn't the evil queen. Maybe before the curse she was but at this moment she was a broken hearted girl who just wanted to be loved. She wanted to be the one to love her. She was so close to telling her before but she always had so much to focus on. People trying to tell her to not get involved like she could help it. Before the curse broke Emma saw two sides either Henry was right, and this was a sick game of fate or she was not thinking clear.
The idea wasn't frightening that maybe Regina killed Graham because she excepted there was more behind the story. Everyone gave her reasons tons of story's all of how they hater Regina. After so long Emma only cared to know her side now. No matter how awful the things she heard she believed that nobody except herself gave any thought to why Regina did any of it.
It was true, the curse, but for awhile emma wouldn't admit it, she was to afraid. Spending all her time getting to know Mary, constantly at throws with Regina no matter how much it was to cover feeling up, and Graham's death. If it was true it would mean Emma made friends with her long lost mother and felt for an Evil Queen.
Hiding each her longing for those thin red lips with arguing. Letting her get so close breathing the same air and watching her eyes say everything no matter how little or opposite her actions told Emma. Every time Regina got angry she would clench her fists making Emma want to link them with her hands instead, now she was but without the anger.
"I don't think I could let another moment go by without telling you how I've felt for a long time." Emma said finally only breaths away from Regina's lips. The cave grew colder and the moon casting their shadows over the room.
Everything that built up eventually evened out. Until they reach this moment stuck on Neverland fighting together to save Henry. Letting the past year change them so much they didn't need to fight they didn't want to be so hard anymore. Regina wanted to let someone in and Emma was the perfect person always had been from day one.
Regina didn't do it just for Henry to show she could be nice to his birth mother. She did it because Emma was special made her feel better and always defended her even though she thought it was everyone against her. She didn't approve of Emma's different parent techniques sometimes but she excepted that she wasn't the worse person in town. She still greatly hated Snow White and that greatly out numbered the amount she disliked Emma.
The time flew by since Emma came to town and not everything that changed was drastic and did a little good. Emma was a challenge she followed no ones rules and Regina smiled every time ah had the chance to make her mad. She was just like herself and Regina found it endearing each time they wrapped their feeling in their words. Regina knew who Emma was yet still craved her.
"Tell me and I'll tell you.." It wasn't hard to say anymore not after everything Emma had done for Regina. Showed her the better path that no one gave her, Protected her from an angry mob when the curse broke knowing everything she had done in her past, fought next to her, being her comfort, and her savior. Neither of them spoke just pulled themselves closer to the other and let their lips collide.
regina let her bottom lip be taken feeling shivers snake her body. She cupped Emma's cheek slid her fingers through her hair holding her closer until a sweet balm taste covered her lips. every second their skin touched they shared a spark that gave and took energy. Making Regina's knees weak and her brain fuzz.
Emma moaned into Regina's mouth flicking her tongue over the lip in between hers. She waited till she was allowed to deepen the kiss before holding the woman's waist tightly to her. The passion took them from that cave into a bliss where nothing else was urgent. They had craved a taste of the others lips for so long. They wanted to feel the spark they shared every time they touched. It flooded them until the broke for air.
They were still stuck in the cave when they touched their foreheads together for a moment. Regina gasped and mumbled to herself.
"What?" Emma asked looking to her eyes.
"The moon.." Emma didn't get it but looked up it was bright and the sky was clear.
"We need to get out of here, look." Regina's fingers slipped from Emma's pointing at the shadows dancing around the room. "The moon casts a shadow we can't leave till there are no shadows. I thought it was just truth telling." She practically smacked her head with her free palm but Emma stopped her. Pecked her cheek and turn looking at the moon.
"Ok then let's cover it." She grinned knowing she only knew a little magic but believing that together they were strong enough. Regina looked at Emma and chuckled findings her faith in Regina's power very flattering.