Alright guys! This is the last chapter! Well, there will be an epilogue, but this is it for the chronological story. I hope you all enjoy it and I want to thank all of you so much for joining me on this journey. I love this story and I love these characters so much. I may do a sequel… not certain, but if I do it won't be immediate, because I do have 4 more multi-chapter fics I am working on right now.
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A handful of weeks after they got home, Emma pulled Regina aside while Grayson was sleeping.
"Can we talk?" she asked softly, and when Regina noticed the concern in her eyes, she nodded and sat down on a couch with Emma.
"What is it, darling?"
"Well, you know how I've been seeing Archie?" Regina nodded. "Well, I think I'm ready to tell you what happened, why I got so depressed."
"You don't have to, darling," Regina reassured, taking one of Emma's hands into her own.
"I know, but I need to, for me." Regina urged her on with a soft nod, and Emma began slowly. "At first, I was excited because of you and… and us. I mean, who wouldn't want to have a baby with you? You're beautiful and smart and kind. Powerful and… and just so many things that I can't explain. But… the farther along I got, the bigger I got, and the less I could take care of my own bills and things… the more I was reminded of why I couldn't keep Henry. Everything about it reminded me of having to give him up. And… and I started spiraling."
"Emma—" Regina breathed, unable to say more from the blonde's interruption.
"Let me finish first, please?" Pausing a moment, Emma check Regina's face to make sure she would be able to finish. Speaking again, she said, "I just thought over and over about how I didn't get to raise him, and maybe leaving would be the best choice, because I would have no idea how to raise a child, I never have. I wondered, constantly, if you and Grayson and Henry would be better off without me."
"Never. Emma, we would never be better off without you."
"Well, it's a good thing I couldn't imagine a life without you all. I love you, so much, and I can't imagine going back to being without you… and Henry, he is the most optimistic and intelligent little boy I've ever known. And Grayson, I can't understand how I helped make such an incredible little baby. I just… mentally I wasn't where I should have been and it all took me back to my pregnancy with Henry, when I was so depressed because I was in jail and I knew I'd have to give him up and that he deserved so much better than me, you know?"
"You would have been incredible, Emma. I can't say I'm sad you gave him up because for so long he was my everything, and it is because of him that you were brought into my life and now, Grayson. But you would have been a great mother to him, and you are now, just as you're great with Grayson. I wasn't mother material when I got Henry. I cried because I couldn't figure out how to get him to stop crying. Snow made my baby stop crying before I could, and Granny gave me advice on telling him a story. I didn't know how to take care of a child, but I learned. It doesn't come naturally like some people say, or it didn't for me, maybe that was because I didn't carry him."
"Well, Archie talked me down, he asked if I wanted to leave and when I told him no, but that it might be what's best he sort of walked me through why it wouldn't be, why even he could see that we belong together. And seeing him… it's really helped a lot and it makes me wish that I would have talked to him while I was still pregnant so we could have avoided the whole mess, but I think if that had been the case, things would be different and I like how things are."
"Me too," Regina agreed, smiling at Emma.
"So… I wanted to… um," the blonde stuttered, slipping to a knee in front of Regina and pulling something from her pocket.
"Emma…" Regina breathed.
"Shh. Don't ruin it," Emma interrupted. "I… you're the best person I know, you're the most beautiful woman I have ever met, and that was probably the first thing I noticed about you, the second was how much you love and wanted to protect Henry. We've fought hard and loved hard and I want to do that for the rest of our lives. Regina… will you marry me?"
Tan hands grasped pale cheeks, pulling Emma to her and kissing her lips softly. "Emma, of course I will marry you. I want nothing more."
"Really?"
"Of course. I love you so much, Emma."
"I love you. I never thought I could have this."
"Nor did I, darling."
Months passed as they planned their wedding, both throwing themselves entirely into it, and parenting their boys. They decided to wait until after the wedding and until Grayson was eighteen months to start trying for another baby. Snow enjoyed helping them plan.
When the day came, a year later, a month after Grayson's first birthday and five months after Neal was born, both women were the happiest they had been since they brought Grayson home from the hospital.
Emma walked down the aisle first, escorted by her father. She was wearing a satin floor length dress with a short train and a laced up back. It was strapless, the color was a pale champagne and it fit until around her hips, falling in a straight line below them. Their bouquets matched, made up of simple white roses. When Emma made it down the aisle, David stood with her to the right of the altar.
Regina walked down the aisle, escorted by their rapidly growing son, who was her height if you didn't include the heels she was wearing. Henry's tuxedo matched David's, his vest dark purple. Regina's dress was ivory and mermaid style. The bodice was covered in Swarovski crystals and the skirt was made of tulle. As Henry led her down the aisle, Regina couldn't help but stare at Emma. Her Emma, whom she had fallen so much deeper in love with since their son had been born. Arriving at the end of the aisle, David took Emma's hand and Henry took Regina's, latching them together. The women turned and looked at Archie, who was prepared to marry the women off.
The moment of truth was when it was Emma's turn to say her vows, Regina had worried for months over whether Emma would be able to write any or not. Every time she got emotional, or tried to give a sweet and loving speech, she'd become tongue tied, which Regina found endearing, not that she'd ever admit that.
Clearing her throat lightly, Emma looked into the chocolate eyes that she had seen so much within. "Regina, you saved me. Everyone thinks that I was the one that saved you; they think that because I'm the Savior or whatever. But I was drowning in expectations, to be a good mom, daughter, savior, and you saved me. All I ever wanted my whole life was to feel wanted and loved, and you give me that. I never asked to be the Savior, and even though I will do everything I can to fulfill that destiny… I'm happy that I get to come home to you and Henry and Grayson everyday, the three of you make it worth it. And I'm the luckiest woman in the world."
Regina gave Emma a watery smile, proud of her that she did so well with her vows, but she almost would have liked it better if she'd been clumsy, Regina probably wouldn't have been on the verge of crying if that had been the case. Looking deep into forest green eyes, Regina spoke. "Emma, I never expected to find love again, that was why I adopted Henry, because I wanted a child but wasn't patient to see if I could find love first. And adopting him was the best idea I have ever had. Not only did you give me the best little boy I could have ever asked for, you came back ten years later, tried to destroy me, and then gave me yourself and another beautiful little boy." Emma chuckled at Regina's description of Emma coming into her life, squeezing her hand tightly. "Emma… I can't even begin to describe the ways you've changed me, but you could ask anyone here if you really want to know. I was so miserable, both in the Enchanted Forest and here, at least until I got Henry and even then I wasn't as kind to people as I should have been. The only person in my life that mattered to me was Henry. But now I care, about people, about our family, and I'm happier about life, in general. I can't imagine that having happened without you. And I'll love you forever."
Both women were holding back tears, and Archie did his best to quickly officiate the rest of the ceremony. When he got to the part of kissing your bride, Emma pulled Regina close to her and the women kissed softly, slowly and clung to each other like they never wanted to let go. It wasn't until Henry called out for them to break it up that they moved apart, one arm each still wrapped around their wife. They made their way back up the aisle, looking into all the faces of the people who now supported their relationship, regardless of how much they might not have before.
They hadn't wanted a honeymoon, not right away. Neither woman wanted to leave their sons long enough to go out of town. Instead, Snow and David took Henry and Grayson for the night. When the night was over, and they were in their bedroom alone, Regina pulled Emma down onto the bed with her, pulling the blonde to hover over her as they kissed, wearing nothing but their underwear and bras. Quickly undressing both of them, Emma returned to kissing her wife, running her fingers softly over the dark skin that was as flawless as ever, then lowered her head to press kisses along the flat stomach that she hoped one day would be round with another child of theirs. She let her fingers trail after her mouth, following the kisses she placed along Regina's torso, leading down to her clit, where she pressed a lingering kiss before moving down and swiping her tongue through the inviting wetness.
"Emma," Regina breathed, one of her hands coming down to tangle her fingers in long, blonde hair. "Feels so good, darling, more please?"
Emma nodded against her, her nose rubbing against Regina's clit until the blonde pulled away. Slipping one finger into her core, Emma pumped inside her several times before pulling her finger out and adding a second. She quickened her pace, pumping hard as she licked and nipped gently at Regina's wet lips, spreading her folds with her tongue before sucking them into her mouth.
Moving one hand up the tan body beneath her, Emma found a pert nipple, pinching it lightly and twisting it before letting it go and repeating the action. When she could tell that Regina couldn't take much more, she hovered her mouth over the other woman's clit, licking it softly with the flat of her tongue. She changed to flicking the tip of her tongue rapidly against the swollen clit, loving the feel of her wife writhing against her, underneath her.
"Emma, please," Regina moaned needing more. She brought her free hand down to the nipple Emma wasn't touching and copied the actions Emma was making. The blonde complied, sucking Regina's clit hard into her mouth while she ran her tongue side to side. When Regina tensed, her muscles locking, Emma changed the pace her tongue made to soft and slow, watching as her wife shook against her, ad curled her fingers forward just slightly, rubbing against the sweet spot within her, her pace intending to drag out Regina's orgasm.
Once her body relaxed against the bed, Regina pulled on Emma's arms, dragging her up the length of her own body, wanting her above her, wanting to taste herself on the blonde's pink lips. "Emma, you're amazing," she murmured softly against her wife's mouth.
"You are. God you're incredible. I'm so glad we got married."
"Me too," Regina answered, pushing Emma onto her back and straddling one thigh, rubbing herself against pale skin, making it slick with her wetness.
"Touch me, babe," Emma asked, biting Regina's plump bottom lip. Rolling her hips against her wife's thigh, Regina ran two fingers along Emma's wetness, dipping in slightly to coat them entirely. She brought her wet fingers up to her mouth, licking one side and pushing the other against Emma's mouth, waiting for her wife to lick the other side. Green eyes darkened with lust and a pink tongue slid out, licking her wife's fingers clean of her wetness.
Regina returned her touch to Emma's core, pumping her fingers in quickly as she flicked her thumb over her swollen clit. The blonde grasped tan hips, pulling her to roll against her, Regina's thigh pushed against her hand, shoving her fingers deeper inside Emma's core.
"Come with me, please?" Emma asked. The women moved together, Emma rolling her hips hard against Regina, moving her mouth up to capture thick lips against her own.
After several minutes of moving with each other, hot breaths and soft whimpers, Emma dug her fingertips into Regina's hips, her body shaking as Regina's shook as well, their bodies bucking erratically with each other.
Rolling off the blonde, Regina rested her head on a pale shoulder. "I love you, Emma."
"Me too."
Curling against each other, the women fell asleep, blissful and enjoying their first night married.
Regina's dress inspiration
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Emma's dress inspiration, just imagine it without the lace overlay :)
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