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Regina moaned deeply, letting her head fall back at their languid rhythm. His hands held her hips in a firm grip, the early hour of the morning and few hours of sleep they'd had making their pace slower. She felt David's stubbled chin grazing her neck as her arms laid loosely over his shoulders, their chests grazing with each upward movement of her body.
A couple of weeks had passed since they'd decided to see each other privately and while most of their time spent together had involved their family, they'd been able to sneak to one another's homes and spend a few nights alone. Emma had kept Neal for David last night to give him a break, pleasantly surprising Regina when he text to say he'd be over once Henry was in bed.
She had to admit it was fun sneaking around and stealing kisses. It made her feel young and alive again. Almost giddy. Almost. Regina Mills would never be giddy for Charming of all people...would she? She pushed the thought to the back of her mind when his tongue dipped into the hollow behind her ear, moaning out when his lips sucked down on her earlobe.
"Hmm," She heard him muse against her neck as he kissed his way down, his hands moving down to her bottom to move her harder. His arms easily pumped her up and down on him as she straddled his lap on the middle of her bed, legs folded by his ribs. The angle she was sitting in made her take him deeply, reminding her just how perfectly they fit together as she took his entire length. It was a full, pleasant feeling but not overbearing like lovers she'd had before.
"What's so funny Charming?" She smirked lazily when she lifted her head back up and they were face to face, her hands finding his hair as he nipped the top of her breast before running his tongue down between them making her nipples harden more in anticipation.
"I just like that noise you make when I kiss you there," He smirked, his lips never leaving her skin as he flashed his blue eyes at her. She grinned back at him, letting out a gasp when his mouth found a peak. His grip tightened on her bottom as he sucked down, pumping her more firmly as her hands moved from his hair to his shoulders and back.
"Funny, that's what you said when your head was between my thighs earlier," She replied in a husky tone, brushing her lips over his ear and grinning at the guttural sound that escaped his throat at her words, "Which is it, hm?" She hissed, running one hand down his back and digging her nails into his skin to give herself better leverage to move on him as her other hand gripped the back of his neck.
"Both," David's mouth moved back up her neck and jaw, lifting his head eventually to look her in the eye as their movements became more frantic. His lips fell into a cocky grin at her breath becoming shaky, the look on his face making her move harder. Damn it, he was handsome. She felt his scuplted back muscles working under her hand as she gripped it, emitting breathless moans as they worked together to increase the pace.
"Right there, mmmm, don't stop," She whimpered, grasping lower on his back and harder on his neck as she pulled herself up before pushing back down on him in rhythm. "David!" She choked out when her orgasm took her by surprise, her hand on his neck running up to grip his hair as the other scratched across the expanse of his broad shoulders, chest thrusting forward towards his face when her back arched violently.
"Fuck, Regina," He growled, biting down on his lip to keep from being too loud as she pulled him over the edge. He spilled inside of her, holding her hips down on him while she rocked and jerked through the sensations. Pressing his face in her neck, he inhaled her perfume that he'd become addicted to lately as his arms wrapped around her waist, holding her to him. Her chest heaved against him as she caught her breath, hand playing lazily in his hair as her head fell to the side to press a kiss to his cheek.
"You should really get going before Henry is up," She whispered, smiling a little as she made no attempt to move, "Or better yet Swan sees you drive past from my end of the neighborhood," She grinned when he lifted his face and pouted a little.
"You're really kicking me out right now?" He mocked a hurtful expression, his arms still tightly wrapped around her narrow waist. She couldn't help but grin at how cute he looked before rolling her eyes, "I let you sleep over, consider yourself lucky Nolan."
"Keep it up and you're going to spoil me," He smirked, pressing a kiss to her shoulder, "Think you can get out of lunch with Emma and meet me somewhere today?"
"No, I can't blow off Emma," She laughed, perking an eyebrow as she rested her elbows on his shoulders and her hands played with the back of his hair, "God knows she'd just hunt me down thinking I was with Robin." She wouldn't feel right blowing off Emma anyways, but she'd never admit that to David.
"Is that it or do you look forward to your lunches with her?" David matched her raised eyebrow teasingly, his mouth dropping open when he read through her expression, "You do! Just admit it. You're a softie, Regina Mills." He smiled up at her genuinely then, giving her a squeeze around the waist, the look in his eyes making her stomach flutter. She'd only seen one other man look at her in that way, and she'd been 17.
"I am not," She laughed, hitting his shoulder before pulling herself out of his embrace and crawling off of the bed, "Go on now, out with you," She smiled, bending down to grab his jeans and shirt before throwing them both at him. She didn't want to be off with him, but she needed to be alone to think about the way he was starting to look at her. A way that excited and terrified her at the same time. A way a stable boy once had.
"Boxers?" David grinned, catching his clothes as he moved to sit on the edge of the bed, watching her as she rolled her eyes and searched the sheets before she found them, "Here, Charming," She smirked handing them to him, still blissfully naked and aware how much he loved it. "I'm going to go shower and get ready for work now, Mayoral duties call," She added playfully, leaning down to kiss him once.
"Mom-" A loud knock on her door made them both jump, "-I'm out of toothpaste, can I borrow yours?" She heard her son ask in a sleepy voice. Thank god she'd had the good sense to lock the door last night.
Her eyes widened at David who was looking equally startled, "Closet, go!" She whispered pulling him up quickly as he scrambled to get all of his clothes. "Just a minute, Henry!" She called out in the most natural tone she could manage as she pushed David into her walk in closet and shut the door tightly.
She turned to go for the door before realizing she was still naked, turning to open the closet again, "Miss me?" David whispered as he stood there, an impish grin on his face as he held his wadded up clothes over his crotch.
"Shutup!" She hissed wideyed, grabbing her robe and throwing it on, hastily doing the ties on it as she went to the bathroom to grab her toothpaste.
"Here honey," She smiled brightly when she opened her bedroom door just enough to stick her head out and hand it to him, "I was just about to shower," She offered an excuse for the nearly closed door before he even asked. He nodded, frowning sleepily to her relief and padding back down the hall to his bathroom without question. Thank god he wasn't a morning a person, too.
She let out a breath of relief as she closed and locked her door again, going back to the walk in to open it up. David was dressed, looking up at her mischievously as he crossed his arms, "Why didn't you just poof me out of here, Madam Mayor? Still too frazzled from the mind blowing things I did to you moments ago?" He grinned.
Her mouth dropped at the nerve of him to find almost being caught by Henry funny. Half of her irritated that she had indeed been too frazzled to think of simply transporting him with her magic, "I'll poof you somewhere alright-" She started chiding him with a poke to his shoulder before he pulled her to him and shut her up with a kiss.
"I'll text you later," He smirked when he pulled back, leaning against the frame of the closet, "Go on, get rid of me," He shrugged casually, "I know you want to," He laughed as he waited.
She gave him a wicked grin, taking him in for a moment before flicking her wrist and transporting him and his truck back to his own place. Smug bastard. Smug, adorable, irresistible bastard.
"So I think Hook is gonna pop the question at Christmas," Emma raised an eyebrow as she shoved a fry in her mouth, looking at the brunette on the barstool beside her at Granny's.
"Really?" Regina raised an eyebrow, taking a bite of her salad as she thought about it for a moment, "And you're scared shitless, aren't you Swan?" She glanced at her knowingly. They were too much alike for her to not see the anxiety in Emma.
"I mean I love him and all but," Emma let out an exasperated breath, relieved that Regina knew how she felt and that she didn't even have to explain why, "I don't know. I've never been good at commitments. Hell, you know how many places I lived and the kind of life I had before I came here. I don't stick with anything. How am I gonna make a marriage work?"
"You love him?" Regina watched Emma purse her lips and nod in an 'of course I I do' way before she continued, "And you wanna be with him and nobody else?" She watched the blonde mull it over before nodding again, "Then you can make it work. It's only a piece of paper Emma, don't let it make you jump ship...no pun intended," She added with a grin.
"Bitch," Emma laughed, shaking her head as she reached for the salt to put on her fries, catching Regina's disapproving look at the unhealthy gesture, "Right I get you and all but...most people say getting married changes a relationship completely...adds complications you didn't have before. Was it like that for you?" She asked, noticing the brunette stiffen.
"I..." Regina paused, not quite knowing how to approach the subject, "I don't know, Leopold and I didn't have a relationship before we were married," She poked at her salad in an attempt to still seemed interested in food, even though her stomach had turned at the mention of her previous marriage.
"What?" Emma frowned, earning a brief glance from Regina who now had a somewhat haunted look on her face, "You didn't know each other?"
"Uhm, no. Not really," Regina offered up, "I don't think I should be talking about this with you, Emma. He was your grandfather and it isn't appropriate."
The Savior watched the Mayor focus on her salad, pushing it around without ever taking a bite, "But I thought you met after you saved my mom on that runaway horse."
"The day he proposed? Yes," She nodded once, avoiding her gaze, "We married shortly after."
Emma nodded grimly, knowing Daniel's murder was in between that time but deciding it was best not to mention it. "You were a teenager? Why would he want to marry a teenager?" She frowned a little more in disgust, more of a statement than a question, "Was he at least good to you?"
"Emma," Regina glanced at her in warning with a guarded expression that barely hid the pain in her eyes, "Let's just say I wouldn't know anything about a normal marriage, so I can't give you advice as to whether it changes things or not. But I do think you should stop second guessing yourself. You've grown in leaps and bounds since you came here. You've been a dependable mother to Henry, have a job, and you're sticking around. Don't sell yourself short and ruin things with Guyliner over your own insecurities."
Emma nodded, swallowing the lump in her throat at Regina's words of approval. It made her feel proud that the woman had recognized the changes she'd made and how she'd grown. "How can you be so sure? After the people I've lost, it just...you know...it freaks me out."
Regina raised a brow at the blonde's horrible articulation, though she understood exactly what she meant. It was a scary thing to fall in love again after loss, or worse, realize you're already in love and have another person to fear losing. For people like she and Emma who seemed to grow up losing everything that became dear, running was a hard instinct to ignore. "You can't be sure Emma, but not taking chances given leaves you just as lonely and unhappy. Don't let your head get in the way of your heart."
Emma nodded once, "Thanks for telling me when I'm being stupid. I like that you've found nicer ways to put it." She shrugged jokingly to lighten the mood.
"You caught that? Sugarcoating was never my forte," Regina chuckled, pulling her wallet out of her bag when Granny came over with the check.
"Don't you ever get tired of those cheese fries, girl?" The older lady teased over her glasses at Emma, slapping the check down on the counter between them, "Last night and today for lunch?" She added, making Regina blanch and turn her head slightly towards her purse.
"Great now you're gonna start scolding me on my eating habits, too?!" Emma started with her mouth agape before frowning at Granny, "Wait I didn't have fries last night Granny, Killian cooked spaghetti."
"You didn't?" Granny frowned, leaning her elbows on the edge of the bar tiredly, "Could've sworn your dad was in here last night getting a double order. Figured he was getting your dinner, too."
"Or maybe you're just getting senile, Wolf," Regina piped in with an edge to her voice that the older lady caught, looking back at her with wheels turning behind glasses. She's forgotten about the fact that David had brought them takeout they devoured near midnight when they needed the energy, Regina making David swear he'd never admit to witnessing her eat an entire serving of cheese fries.
"Perhaps," The wolf shrugged, taking the cash from Emma as the blonde stood.
"Whatever, I gotta run my breaks almost over," The sheriff laughed, thankfully not reading anything into Regina and Granny's typical snark.
"Have a good day, girl," Granny waved her off as Regina nodded goodbye, shifting irritated eyes at the wolf once she heard the door bells jingle and knew Swan had left.
"Let's see here, you just had a salad and water?" Granny prodded, pretending to be finding Reginas bill before handing it to her, "Making up for some extra calories last night?" She smirked when she earned a glare from Regina.
"I don't know what you're talking about, Wolf," She snapped, glancing down at the check before handing her the appropriate change.
"Course you don't, girl," Granny murmured, an amused smile appearing more in her eyes than her mouth as she tried to keep her lips from curling, "I thought I noticed a pep in that boy's step."
"Still clueless as to what you're referring to," Regina sighed, feeling her face turn red and betray her as she stood and grabbed her coat.
"Who would've thought," Granny continued in wonderment as she processed it, "It'll cause quite a stir, girl."
"Not as much as a stir as me burning this place down if you don't keep your trap shut," Regina clipped in warning as she shrugged her coat on, glancing around to make sure no one was eavesdropping.
Granny only chuckled at her threat, shaking her head slightly, "Oh you don't have to worry about me, Madam Mayor. If there's any two people in this town that deserve a little happiness more, I wouldn't know who it'd be," The old woman said to Regina's surprise, a twinkle in her eye she hadn't seen the wolf have before. "So no need to huff and puff and blow my diner down, girl. I'm the only big bad wolf around these parts, anyways." She quipped, chuckling again at Regina's expression before turning and sauntering back into the kitchen. Damn those cheese fries.