I know I said initially there would be an epilogue after this chapter but I don't think I can get much more out of this story without it becoming repetitive. So this is the final chapter. Thank you for reading!
Emma was surprised at just how much joy she could get by watching someone sleep. She knew it was a little creepy but she just couldn't stop herself from doing it. A sleeping Regina was soon becoming one of her favourite things. Actually anything involving Regina was now her favourite thing. She was amazed at how quickly she'd opened herself up to the brunette. She thought they had built a tentative friendship over the past few months but maybe she'd been kidding herself for a long time.
She had always found Regina attractive, so much so that she'd woken up more than a few times a desperate ache between her legs after the other woman had invaded her dreams. She had simply accepted that there was a physical attraction between them and somehow convinced herself that was as far as it went. As she watched the woman sleep she almost laughed at how dense she had been. Of course it was more than physical, every fibre of her being ached for the woman lying beside her and probably had done for much longer than she realised.
She was terrified of telling her parents about her and Regina's relationship but she knew Regina would be even more so, so she tried to put on a confident act. She knew her mother at least suspected she had some sort of feelings for Regina but did she realise just how deep they could go. Would she be willing to accept how far they actually went? She knew that there was no going back with her relationship with Regina. The promises had been made and desire was too strong to fight, even if she wanted to which she really did not. She loved Regina Mills whole heartedly and there was no going back. Regina was stuck with her now. The realisation brought a smile to her lips.
"What are you smiling at?" Regina murmured sleepily, eyes still half closed as she looked up at the smiling blonde.
"The most beautiful woman on the planet" Emma replied cheerily before placing a kiss on the brunette's lips.
"You are so ridiculously corny, you know that right?" Regina asked before making an effort to move closer to the blonde and kissing her back "but I love you anyway" she added with a smile.
"You love it!" Emma said covering the brunettes face with soft kisses.
Regina laughed and wriggled as the blonde attacked her with kisses. "From you dear I do"
A still sleepy Regina scooted herself further into Emma's embrace before yawning against the blonde's chest "We should get up" she said unconvincingly while nestling in against the blonde.
"We should" Emma replied sadly, placing a kiss on the brunette's forehead.
After reluctantly getting out of bed Regina had taken charge in organising their morning strategically, all three family members had been in charge of showering and dressing themselves and packing their last few items. Regina had then checked all their hand luggage was acceptable before they drove down to Disney springs to drop of their luggage and check in for their flight. They did this with no trouble whatsoever excited to make the most of the last day of their holiday.
Once their luggage was handed over the family browsed the Disney shops for one final time before they headed to Goofy's Candy Company for a snack. Emma chose a brownie covered in milk chocolate, dipped in Reece's pieces and drizzled with white chocolate. Henry chose exactly the same but on a huge marshmallow. Regina choose an apple, dipped in white chocolate dipped in crushed Oreo drizzled with milk chocolate.
Emma and henry had started to eat their treat before they even left the shop while Regina had put hers away for later.
The family had one final stroll around the area while Emma and Henry scoffed down their food. Emma had reluctantly offered Regina a bite of her brownie that Regina had accepted with smirk, taking a decent size bite, she moaned as she chewed the chocolatey cake. To tease the blonde she had tried for a second bite but at the grumpy look on Emma's face she thought it best not to torment her.
Henry had happily offered Regina a taste of his treat which Regina had taken a small bite of before offering him a polite "Thank you" Emma scowled at her, annoyed that she had taken a huge bite of hers.
Henry walked ahead and sat on a bench watching the boats while Emma and Regina stood further back.
"Are you not going to offer me another bite Emma?" Regina asked in a seductive tone while running her hand down Emma's arm slowly and purring into her ear "The cake was really nice, I wish I could have just one more bite" Regina offered Emma a suggestive smirk while licking her lips in anticipation.
"Why don't you eat your own snack?" Emma said trying desperately to hide the effect Regina was having on her. She was unable to hide the husk in her voice that let Regina know her teasing was having her desired result on the blonde.
"I don't want to eat mine, I want to eat yours" Regina's body was touching Emma's now as she spoke softly into the other woman's ear.
"Well so do I!" Emma responded desperate to sound confident but instead the statement came out pathetically weak and whiney.
"You know it's important to share Emma" Regina continued to run her finger tips up and down Emma's arm.
"I did share you had a bite, a big one!"
"But now I want another one, are you going to deny me that?"
"I hate you" Emma replied meekly brining the brownie to the brunette's lips.
"You love me" Regina said with a confident smirk before capturing the blondes lips in a deep and promising kiss, the brownie soon forgotten.
After a few seconds recovering from the kiss Emma asked "I thought you wanted another bite?" confusion evident on her flushed face.
"I do" Regina said with a smirk "But not of that"
Emma just looked at the brunette with an open mouth. "You are such a tease" she stated with a mock annoyed voice
"I'm not teasing dear, I fully intent to deliver. As lovely as this vacation has been when we get home where we will have our magic back"
"Ok…" Emma asked confused by what the brunette was hinting at.
"So tonight not only do I get to sleep with you in our own bed. I get to fuck you senseless until you scream my name" Regina purred into the blonde's ear, making sure no one else could hear their conversation.
"But what about…" Emma didn't get to finish before Regina cut in "I will silence the room. Then we can be as loud as we like."
Emma didn't get chance to respond as Regina look her hand and pulled her along to join Henry on the bench. Once both snack's where devoured the family made their way over to the Magic Kingdom for their last morning at Disney World. On arrival at the park Emma and Henry ambushed the brunette woman.
"Regina Mills, you know we love you right?" Emma said with a big hopeful smile.
"I do" she replied sceptically, eyeing the mother and son suspiciously.
"And you're like the best Mom in the whole world" Henry added with an equally hopeful smile.
"Hey!" Emma said playfully smacking Henry arm.
"Ok, joint best Mom" he said with a big smile.
"Can you get to the point" Regina asked felling unsettled by the weird behaviour.
"Well you know that Henry and I had an operation going to get you to agree to this holiday"
"I do"
"Well it was operation Ears... And since it's the last day, we thought maybe…" Emma eyed Henry up knowing Regina had a harder time saying no to his adorable face.
"We want you to wear some ears today. Please" The boy asked still wearing the goofy smile that melted Regina's heart.
Regina opened her mouth to say no but two sets of adorable puppy dog eyes looked at her hopefully. She had a hard enough time saying no to one of them let alone two.
"Please" Emma said optimistically taking Regina's hand in her own and locking their fingers together.
"You both make it impossible to say no" the brunettes eye brow rose in annoyance.
"We'll remember that" Emma said before taking the Minnie ears out of her bag. Pushing Regina's hair behind her ears, gave her a peck on the cheek and then placing them onto the brunettes head carefully.
"You look adorable!" Emma said with a gigantic smile plastered across her face, obviously happy with her success.
"Don't you dare start with that or these will be going straight into the nearest trash can" Regina warned with a stern face; however the Minnie mouse ears she wore made her threat invalid.
Emma brought her hand to her lips did a fake zip motion across her mouth.
Regina had insisted that both Henry and Emma wear their own ears so she was less of a spectacle. Emma wore ears matching her own while Henry wore Mickey Mouse ears as the family enjoyed their final morning in the Magic Kingdom.
They rode Dumbo for a final time. Emma sat in the elephant in front of Henry and Regina making sure to snap a few pictures of the mother and son in their matching ears.
They got a few professional pictures taken as a family by their favourite rides and with a few of their favourite characters. Regina even got a picture with the Beast to mock Rumple and the family had a joint shot with Mickey and Minnie Mouse in fantasy land.
The family rode the Buzz Lightyear ride a final time and Henry was victorious. Emma was sure that Regina had intentionally thrown the game but she was disappointed that she'd still lost.
The family gathered in Main Street to watch the parade a final time before they needed to leave to get their flight home. Emma and Regina were wrapped in one another's arms as they danced along to the music much to Henry's disgust. Regina couldn't believe the difference two weeks could make.
The family had said their final goodbyes to the park as they made their way to the exit with matching tear filled eyes, all three reluctant to leave their new found happy place.
Regina wrapped her arms around Emma and Henry and placed a kiss to each of their heads. "Thank you for the most amazing vacation! As sad as we all are to leave, we have so many amazing memories that we've made here and I think we could maybe we could come back next year"
"Really" They both said with equal enthusiasm.
"Really" she said happily.
When she had agreed to this vacation she had done so reluctantly. When she had realised it would be happening she had hoped it would be bearable. She never realised that saying yes to this trip would be a huge turning point her, for all of them. When she agreed, she was sad, she was lonely and she wasn't happy. Now she was the happiest she'd ever been. She was loved, truly loved and treasured for who she was. Emma accepted her for who she was and asked for nothing from her in return which Regina had never had before; even Robin had confessed he wanted a mother for his son. But with Emma she genuinely felt that the blonde wanted was for her to be happy, for them to be happy together.
Three hours later the trio were mid-flight on their way back to Storybrooke. Emma had secretly upgraded the seats on arrival to the airport to first glass which meant they all had much more room. However she still found herself sat so close to Regina that their sides touched snuggly as she wrapped her arm around Regina's shoulder. Henry sat in front of his mothers', two seats to himself. He sprawled out happily watching a film with his earphones in while eating his complimentary pretzels and drinking his free coca cola.
"How are you finding the flight?" Emma asked stroking the brunettes arm carelessly.
"I'm barely registering that I'm even on an airplane" the brunettes said leaning further into the blondes touch.
"And why's that?" Emma whispered into the brunette's ear, enjoying the shiver that ran through the other woman's body.
"Because all I can think about is what I plan on doing to you when we get home" Regina whispered back, meeting Emma's eyes with her own,
"Oh yes, and what's that" the blonde challenged.
"I couldn't possibly tell you with our son sat in front of us, however I'll be sure to show you later"
"I can't wait" Emma said capturing the brunettes lips in a kiss, biting her lip playfully a she broke away.
"Me either and I promise you it will be worth the wait"
"I have no doubt it will be"
Regina had clung to Emma desperately during landing and Emma held onto her equally as needy. Both women knew it wasn't because of the fear of flying but more to do with the fear of what would happen once they stepped off of the airplane.
As they exited the airport Henry picked up immediately on the nervous energy radiating between both of this mothers, during the taxi ride home all three member of the Swan Mills family sat silently. Henry had tried to make conversion early on in the journey but it had only seemed to make his mother' more tense so he went for silence.
When the taxi pulled up the three people jumped out, Emma payed the driver before they all made their way into the mansion. Emma dropped her suitcase next to the stairs not exactly sure of what the plan was going to be now they were home.
Part of her wanted to run, to just go home and hide and not face what was to come next but that only lasted a fraction of a second before she remembered exactly why she was here. It felt different being home. She felt nervousness like at the beginning of the vacation, a nervousness she didn't like. All she wanted to do was wrap her arms around the other woman tell her how much she was loved and kiss her senseless. But she knew they needed to face her parents before that could happen.
Henry had gone off upstairs to unpack and freshen up after his flight. It was 7pm by the time they arrived home and Regina wanted to tell Emma that they should wait until tomorrow to speak to her parents, playing the it's too late card.
"Soooo" Emma said nervously, nervously swapping her weight from one foot from the other.
"Soooo" Regina replied feeling equally nervous. The women stood a couple of feet apart both afraid to close the gap between them.
After a few minutes of silence and shy looks Emma was the one to step forward bringing her hands to Regina's waist nervously, before looking up at the brunette with a small awkward smile.
Regina returned the smile and all of her fear fell away as she brought her lips down to meet the blonde's. In an instant the woman felt a jolt of energy running through their bodies.
Emma felt a tingling through her body and from the dazed look on Regina's face she could see that Regina felt it too.
"Wow what was that?" Emma asked breathlessly.
"I don't know exactly but I'm pretty sure it's our magic"
"Will it always do that?"
"I don't know, it may do but it could also be because we've been without magic for a while. It could just need tuning"
"I liked it" Emma confessed sheepishly.
"Me too, it felt like you were kissing me… everywhere" Regina confessed with a blush.
"Maybe later I will be" the blonde said suggestively.
"Maybe, but first we need to see your parents" the brunette stated fearfully.
"Way to kill the mood, but your right" Emma said lacing her fingers with Regina's
"I'm always right"
"So you say" the blonde smirked placing a kiss on the brunettes lips.
"How do you want to do this? Do you want to invite them over? Or should we go there?"
"Which would you be most comfortable with?" Emma asked, wanting to make this as painless for Regina as possible.
"I don't think this could ever be comfortable, but I think we should go there it will be easier for them with the baby"
Emma had rang her parents and said she needed to come over to see them, they had been worried but she had reassured them everything was ok.
When they arrived at the Charming's loft they had been greeted with smiley faces and hugs for Emma and Henry, Snow had offered Regina an awkward hug while charming offered her a pat on the shoulder as a friendly hello.
"So how was it? I'm so excited to see pictures" Snow said excitedly, still hugging Henry.
"It was amazing Grams, I brought some photos to show you" Henry started getting them out of his backpack, when a wide eyed Regina interrupted.
"First we'd like to speak to you, if that ok?" She addressed the Charming's nervously.
"Is everything alright?" David asked concern showing in his voice and features.
"Yes everything's fine" Emma reassured with a smile, taking Regina's hand in her own. Knowing she needed to get this out as soon as possible before she was too scared and lost her nerve.
Both Charming and Snow didn't miss Emma taking Regina's hand in her own or the look of fear on Regina's face in her doing so. A small smile graced the pixie haired woman's face while Charming raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"Regina and I, well you see, while we were away, I well, we well…" Emma tried but her words came out jumbled and unclear.
"I love her" Regina said quietly, but loud enough for everyone to hear. She ducked her head in fear not sure of the reaction she was going to get.
Emma squeezed Regina's hand a few times to show her approval before speaking up "and I love her" she tried to make herself sound as confident as possible.
Snow and Charming stood open mouthed before them. Snow had figured out a while ago that Emma harboured some feelings for the brunette but she didn't really expect Regina to return the feelings and she never expected to be 'love'. "When did this happen?" Snow managed not really sure what else to say.
"I know that you suspected I have feelings for Regina and although I tried to deny it, both to you and myself I realised that it was true. I've had feelings for Regina for a long time, maybe even since the first day I met her" Emma confessed with a huge smile.
"And you?" Charming directed his question to a terrified looking Regina.
"I too think that my feelings for Emma have been there for a long time, I just couldn't admit it to myself and especially not to Emma"
"So why now?" He probed further.
"Spending time with Emma made me realise just how much I cared for her and that I was attracted to her" Regina said with a reddening face "But being together as a family. It was everything I've ever wanted. I love her. I truly do. I know this must seem sudden but I really do love her"
"Do you feel the same?" He asked Emma, a perfect poker face on display so no one knew what he was thinking.
"I do" Emma said with a smile still plastered on her face.
"Snow I'm sorry" Regina said as she saw the still open mouth of the other brunette woman.
"Sorry?" she asked confusion evident across her face.
"I'm sorry if Emma and I being together upsets you. I never meant for this to happen. I never meant to take her away from you again."
"You want to take her away from us?" Snow asked a look of horror across her face.
"NO" Regina shouted "Sorry it came out wrong, I don't want to take her away but I was afraid you'd see it that way."
"But it's not, that way?" Snow asked.
"No I swear to you, that's not my intentions" Regina stated desperately. Her voice cracking as tears built in her eyes.
Snow stepped forward and pulled the shaking brunette into her arms hugging her tightly. Emma let go of Regina's hand so that the woman could return her mother's hug, which she did desperately.
"Regina you don't need to apologise for loving Emma. All I've ever wanted is for Emma to be happy and loved and if that's with you then I'm happy that you both get your happy ending" Snow said to Regina while rubbing her back soothingly.
"But I did horrible things, to you, to everyone" Regina cried against the pixie haired woman.
"So did I, it's the past Regina. I have always loved you even when I hated you I've always wanted you to be happy and your happiness comes with my daughters happiness then I'm happy with that" Snow pulled back so she could look the other woman in her sad tearful eyes.
"Thank you" Regina said looking at the other brunette woman in the eyes as she sobbed freely. Regina clung to Snow for a few moments silently while Emma laid her hand on her girlfriend's shoulder, tears falling from her own eyes.
After a few more tears and the 'what are your intentions with my daughter' talk from Charming. The family had spent the evening filling in the Charming couple in on their holiday adventures. Henry had excitedly shown his photographs to his grandparents. Regina had flushed when henry had shown them the photo of her and Emma kissing with 'fake' Anna and Elsa, Which had led to the rest of the family laughing at her red face and Emma placing a peck on her cheek which only seemed to make her face redden further.
After an hour of sharing stories the family said their goodbyes as Emma, Regina and Henry made their way home. Henry had immediately said his goodnights and headed off to bed. Emma stood nervously again at the bottom of the stairs.
Sensing the blonde's nerves the brunette took the blonde by the hand and led her to her bedroom.
Emma was overwhelmed as she stood at the food of Regina's huge bed. Regina's room was beautiful and very grand, it was very Regina.
"Are you ok?" Regina asked tentatively sensing the uncertainty from the blonde.
"I'm fine… just a little nervous" Emma confessed self-consciously.
"Why?" Regina asked tenderly.
"I don't know this just feel different, it feels more real"
"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Regina asked nervously.
"It's the best thing" Emma said pulling Regina towards her and kissing her passionately. The tingling feeling that they felt earlier returned with their kisses but that didn't stop them as the women slowly undressed one another, covering the newly exposed skin with kisses as they went. Wordlessly the women met on Regina's bed both completely naked. Regina's hand rose and whoosh engulfed the room. Emma knew instantly that the silencing spell had been activated.
"I'm so happy you did that!" Emma moaning into the brunette's ear as her body covered the woman below her straddling her thighs.
Regina opened her legs to let the blonde in closer and was rewarded with the blondes centre colliding with her own. Both women moaned in delight at the feeling of the others wetness as they collided. Emma kissed Regina desperately before sitting back pushing her wetness further against Regina's own. After looking at the brunette for permission she began to move against the woman underneath her.
Regina could not conceal her moans and was relieved she didn't have too at the sight of Emma straddling her and rubbing against her perfectly. Emma soon rocked against Regina in a perfect rhythm that Regina was returning from below her, her hands now holding onto Emma's thighs in an attempt to keep her there.
"Can you come like this?" Emma moaned at the brunette as she increased her pace and her movements becoming erratic.
"Yes, fuck I'm close, please don't stop" Regina replied between moans as she increased her movements from below, while watching the blonde moving above her.
The women pushed against each other eagerly until both women came against one another, the wetness increasing between them as their bodies shook against one another.
Emma lay next to Regina panting against the other woman who she lay close to. "That was amazing" She said breathlessly into the blonde's ear.
"You are so fucking incredible" Regina said kissing the other woman hungrily as she straddled the breathless blonde.
"You're ready to go again already?" Emma asked with a laugh still trying to return her breathing to normal. Her breathing never got back to normal because the brunette was between her legs placing kisses against her inner thigh before she had time to process what was happening.
"You're so wet for" Regina said millimetres away from the blondes soaking centre.
"I think you'll find that some of that wetness came from you"
Regina simply shrugged before smirking at the blonde seductively and brining the tip of her tongue into contact with the blonde's swollen clit. She teased the other woman by slowly letting the tip of her tongue explore the blonde wetness, but never giving her the contact she needed. After she was sure the other woman couldn't take it anymore, she thrust her tongue into the blonde's entrance a few times before licking her way up to the throbbing bundle of nerves and circling twice before sucking into her mouth.
"Fuck, please Regina" Emma placed her hands on the brunettes head attempting to push her closer. "I need you please." The blonde begged desperate for release.
Regina couldn't possibly deny the blonde any longer as she lapped at the blonde's clit hungrily. Feeling her blonde push back against her face with need, Emma cried out in pleasure as the brunette gave her what she needed.
""Thank god for your silencing spell" Emma moaned loudly.
"I think what you really mean to say is, thank you Regina" Regina murmured from between her legs.
"Thank you Regina, now fuck me" Emma demanded desperately.
"As you wish" the brunette replied before thrusting two fingers into the blonde tight opening. She thrust steadily for a few minutes until she knew Emma wouldn't be lasting much longer, then scissoring her fingers inside the blonde before curling them against Emma's g-spot. She returned her mouth to Emma's clit and resumed her lapping until she felt the blonde tighten around her fingers as she screamed her name loudly as she came hard against the other woman's mouth and fingers.
The women spent until the early hours bringing each other to orgasm repeatedly until their bodies failed to function, a pleasant ache between their legs as they lay together clinging to each other's naked spent bodies.
Regina was just about to give in to sleep when she heard Emma call her name.
"Hey Regina?" the blonde asked enthusiastically.
"Yes" Regina responded half asleep but making the effort to look up from her resting point on the blondes chest.
"Operation Ears was a real success wasn't it?"
"I think that's a definite yes dear"
Emma sighed happily "I love you Regina Mills"
"and I love you Emma Swan, now let me sleep" Regina replied resting her head on Emma's shoulder as she closed her eyes and fell asleep instantly.
Emma lay awake, holding the brunettes tightly against her. She kissed the bed head before placing a delicate kiss to the clammy head. "I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you" she whispered with a huge smile on her face.
Thank you for your lovely comments and feedback throughout and I hope it wasn't too bad for my first fan fiction I also hope the ending didn't disappoint.
I've really enjoyed writing this story and I'm excited to start my next one which couldn't be more different. My next story I plan to start at the end of the month. It will be AU and focus around Emma's search for her baby who was kidnapped from the hospital at birth. It will be slow burn and I imagine much longer than this. The next story will be a lot darker and slow burn so I may do some one shots for this story when all the angst is too much. I do like my fluff!