More Than She Wanted

-What dreams can lead to:

Regina jerks awake with a gasp. Her breathing is erratic, and the dream still lingers in her mind. And what a dream that had been. Intense, to say the least.

Her dreams have been quite vivid since she got pregnant, and tonight is no exception. It's strange really, Regina have never been the type of person who has erotic dreams every other night, but that's something that has changed recently. Regina slowly loosens her death grip on the sheet and tries to calm herself down. She glances at the alarm clock. It's 3:00 in the morning. Perfect. Will she even be able to go back to sleep again? Her body is sweaty, and her heart is still beating in a too fast pace. Wonderful. Being pregnant really does something to her hormones, and she isn't even that far along. Only 11 weeks. Maybe she should go downstairs and make herself a cup of tea? Or maybe she should just take an ice-cold shower instead. No, the babies would probably not appreciate that, she muses to herself.

What had that dream even been about? Well, Maleficent obviously. God forbid she should dream of being with somebody else.

But what, exactly had she and Mal been doing in the dream? The memory is a bit blurry now, but Regina is sure it had been something else than the usual. Well, not that their sex life was boring, but there had definitely been something new in the dream. And judging by the way she had been clutching the sheets when she woke up, it had been something good.

Regina's dark eyes widens when she remembers. Handcuffs. There had been a pair of handcuffs involved in the dream. And she had been the one wearing them. No wonder her hands were above her head when she woke up. Handcuffs. That's definitely a new one. Why the hell is she suddenly dreaming about handcuffs, and about being handcuffed? Regina always thought she was the dominant one, but apparently, she's a secret submissive.

The thought about being dominated has never appealed to her before. This pregnancy is definitely screwing her hormones up.

Regina groans softly and wraps the covers around her. It's too late to get out of bed after all. Maybe she'll just try to go back to sleep.

The thought of sleep is forgotten when she turns around to lie on her other side. Maleficent is very much awake, and the dragon is watching her with a little, mischievous smile on her lips.

Regina fears that she has been awake for quite some time. Dammit. It's not the first time Maleficent catches her having a lewd dream, and something tells Regina that it won't be the last time either.

,,Hello," Maleficent says softly, but that wicked little smile is still lurking.

,,Hey," Regina mumbles sleepily.

,,Were you having another dream?"

,,Maybe. Did I wake you?"

,,Yes."

,,I'm sorry," Regina says ruefully.

,,I can think of worse ways to be woken up."

,,Very funny."

,,What was your dream about, my darling? I'm ever so curious," Maleficent chuckles and raises on her elbows to look at Regina.

,,How much did you hear?" Regina inquires. She's still debating whether she should be embarrassed or not.

,,Oh, just some specular moaning and my name a few times."

,,Ah. Was I being loud?" Regina already knows the answer to that.

,,Yes," Maleficent says truthfully and flashes another grin at Regina.

,,Too loud?"

,,There's no such thing."

,,I'm not sure Henry would agree with you," Regina points out and rubs her forehead.

,,He can't blame you for having dreams."

Regina doesn't comment on it, instead she tries to relax once more and chase the remains of the dreams away. But it still lingers, and Maleficent isn't very helpful:

,,What was your dream about?"

,,Why is that so important?"

,,Because I'm interested in knowing what caused you to moan so deliciously loud."

,,It was just about you and me," Regina says vaguely.

,,What were we doing?"

,,Having a tea party."

,,What?!"

Regina scoffs. ,,What do you think we were doing? Sometimes you are too dense for your own good."

,,So snarky," Maleficent comments with a slight smirk. ,,Were we doing something specific?"

,,Not really."

,,You're lying," Maleficent chuckles.

,,No I'm not."

,,Yes you are. Why won't you tell me?" Maleficent pouts. ,,I'm your wife."

,,I'm well aware over your status, my dear."

,,So tell me," Maleficent demands, and Regina realizes that the dragon isn't gonna let this go.

,,Do you remember you teased me about having a secret drawer full of handcuffs and whips and chains?"

,,Yes?" Maleficent frowns, but then her blue eyes widens and her eyebrows raises towards her hairline. ,,Oh. Oh!"

,,Yes, oh." Regina says plainly.

Maleficent doesn't laugh at her. She just looks up and down Regina's body. Then she smirks and licks her lips. ,,Whips?"

,,More like handcuffs," Regina confesses blithely.

,,Really?" Maleficent looks more than interested now. In fact, she's ogling Regina. Again.

,,Pregnancy is messing with my head."

,,I'm not sure I would call that messing."

,,No?"

,,Which one of us was wearing them?" Mal asks interested.

,,I was."

,,Were you now?"

,,Mmhmm."

,,Well, that could definitely be arranged, my dear."

Regina chuckles. ,,Why don't you hold that thought until I'm not pregnant anymore?"

,,Really?" Maleficent asks, and Regina can see the excitement in her eyes. ,,I thought you weren't interested in that sort of thing."

,,Maybe I am after all," Regina confesses with a shrug.

,,This is turning into a very interesting night."

Regina chuckles. ,,Well, I'm sorry to cut the interesting night short, but I'm tired."

Maleficent groans in mock frustration. ,,Talking about handcuffs and then going to sleep isn't very nice of you."

,,I know," Regina sniggers.

Maleficent sighs deeply and wraps an arm around her. Two seconds later both of them are fast asleep.

The following evening finds Regina seated in a booth at Granny's. She's brought some of her paperwork with her.

Maleficent was being awfully secretive earlier, and said she had "something" to do. God knows what that means. She's probably out causing trouble somewhere.

Granny's is as usually crowded with people. Henry is somewhere in the crowd, Regina spotted him earlier when he shared what looked like a brownie with Violet. Emma and Killian is here too, they are talking quietly in a nearby booth. It looks like an intimate conversation.

Regina also spotted Leroy and the rest of the dwarves earlier, but Leroy was too scared to approach her. Still fearing for his life, then.

The door to Granny's open, and Snow and David enters with Neal in tow. The toddler quickly sees Regina and wobbles across the floor. When he reaches her, he tugs eagerly at the hem of her skirt and stretches his chubby arms up towards him.

Regina chuckles and pushes the paperwork aside. She extends her arms out towards Neal and lifts him up.

,,Regina! You shouldn't be lifting him, in your condition!" Snow rebukes when she reaches the table.

,,Nonsense," Regina says and brushes her words aside. ,,My condition is fine. Isn't that right, little man?" she chuckles and adjusts Neal on her lap. The toddler blabber something she can't quite understand and rests his head on her chest.

,,Are you sure he isn't sitting on something important?" David questions as he and his wife sits down at the table.

,,Of course not," Regina assures and chuckles at Neal who's currently playing with her hair. ,,Wanna help me with the paperwork? Afraid it's not gonna be very entertaining."

Neal gurgles at her and gives her hair a little tug.

,,Neal, don't pull Regina's hair! That's not nice," Snow scolds the toddler.

,,It's alright," Regina says and turns her attention back to the paperwork.

They chat quietly for a moment, and after a few well-chosen remarks from Snow, Neal stops the task of pulling Regina's hair, and proceeds to look interested as she goes through the paperwork.

Then Emma appears at the table. ,,Hi mom, dad. Hey Neal, do you want a cookie?"

,,Emma, you shouldn't be filling him with sweets," David says and shakes his head.

,,Oh come on, if your big sister shouldn't spoil you, who should?" Emma chuckles and lifts the toddler from Regina's lap. ,,Let's find you a cookie, huh, little guy?"

Neal munches happily on his cookie, and Emma soon joins Regina, David and Snow at the table.

Regina continues to work, she's actually doing an impressive job at multitasking, both working and talking to her friends. Emma seems very excited about something, but Regina can't quite find out why. Well, Emma will probably tell her in her own time.

,,Is it possible to drag Lily away from Mulan anytime soon?" the Savior inquires.

,,Probably not," Regina sniggers. ,,Why?"

,,I figured that she and I should catch up soon. It's been too long."

,,Oh. You should call her then."

,,I am going to call her, I just thought you might know about what she's doing. You are her stepmother after all."

David chuckles quietly.

,,Why am I always somebody's stepmother?" Regina says and shakes her head in mock sadness.

,,I bet Lily finds it very funny."

,,Oh she does. I've had my fair share of teasing from her," Regina huffs.

,,Teasing?" Snow asks and lifts an eyebrow.

,,She takes every opportunity to refer to me as her stepmother." Regina sighs.

Snow giggles. ,,I'm sure she means it in the nicest way possible."

Regina hums in affirmative and continues to work through the pile of papers. Or she tries to. Suddenly, there's a swirl of magic, and the papers disappears in a cloud of green smoke.

Regina doesn't have to look up to know that Maleficent is standing right behind her. ,,That was rude."

,,Perhaps," Maleficent drawls. ,,But you work too much."

,,No I don't," Regina denies.

Maleficent just chuckles quietly and gives Regina a quick peck on the cheek.

,,What have you been up to?" David questions and frowns at the sneaky expression on Maleficent's face.

Maleficent just shrugs in a "not telling" manner.

Emma downs the rest of her coffee. ,,We," gestures to Killian and Henry, ,,should probably get going. Henry said something about wanting to watch "Star Wars". Again."

,,Can I take you somewhere?" Maleficent asks and runs her foot lightly over Regina's ankle under the table.

It's a fairly normal question really, but there's still a hint of something in Mal's voice that perks Regina's interest.

,,Can't you see I'm working?" she drawls.

,,Well, you're not anymore," Mal rebuts. ,,And I've just decided that we're going home right now."

Snow chuckles.

Regina ignores her. ,,Have you now?"

,,I have," Maleficent says firmly and stands up. Then, she extends her hand out towards Regina. ,,Coming?"

Regina willingly takes her wife's hand. She can sense that Mal is up to something, and Regina is most eager to find out what.

,,I guess we're going home," Regina says over her shoulder. ,,Bye."

,,Bye," Snow says, and Regina hears Emma mutter something about "lovesick fools" as Maleficent more or less drags her out of the diner.

The two sorceresses quickly arrive at the mansion, and once the door is closed behind them, Regina turns to her wife and asks:

,,What's with all the haste, Mal?"

,,I have a surprise for you," Maleficent smirks.

,,Alright," Regina says a little tentatively. Surprises and Maleficent doesn't sound like a very good combination.

,,There's absolutely no reason to look so alarmed, sweetheart. I didn't burn anything down."

,,Then what is it?"

,,Why don't you go upstairs and find out?"

Maleficent isn't giving anything away, so Regina gives her one last confused look before she spins around and heads upstairs.

By upstairs, Regina assumes that Mal means the bedroom, so the brunette pushes the door open and looks around in the bedroom.

The "surprise" is not exactly hard to find, but Regina still gapes and blinks a couple of times just to make sure she isn't imagining things.

There's a pair of handcuffs lying on the bedspread. A pair of ordinary, silvery handcuffs.

Regina just stares. And stares. And then feels a warmth sizzling down her spine.

Maleficent shows up in the door and sniggers a little at the stunned expression on Regina's face.

,,Do you like the surprise my dear?"

,,Did you steal those at the Sheriff's Station?"

,,Yes," Mal says brazenly. ,,Do you like them or not?"

Regina is still debating whether she likes them or not. It's one thing to dream about it, but to actually do it, that's something entirely different. And Regina has never tried that sort of thing before. She always wants to be in control of the situation, and she can't very well be that if she's wearing handcuffs. But then again, she trusts Maleficent completely. She would never do anything Regina don't agree to.

,,I do," Regina finally says. ,,I like them."

Maleficent creeps closer and threads her fingers through Regina's hair. ,,Do you want to try this?"

The offer is very tempting, and Regina wants nothing more than to just say "Yes!" but there's just one little thing, or two little things.

,,I'm pregnant," she reminds her wife.

,,I'm well aware, my darling," Maleficent says and caresses Regina's growing belly tenderly.

,,Do you think it's wise then?"

Maleficent sighs deeply. ,,Do you honestly think I would do anything to put you or our children in harm's way?"

,,Of course not," Regina says firmly. And she means it.

Maleficent gives her jaw a tender kiss. ,,If it feels uncomfortable for you, then we'll just stop."

,,Sounds reasonable to me," Regina says and bites her lip.

For a good while they just kiss heatedly to find the right mood (hell, Regina is already in a mood) and they slowly move towards the bed, until Regina ends up on her back on the bed with Maleficent on top of her.

Maleficent takes her wrists and guides them up towards the headboard. A clicking sound tells Regina that she very much has been cuffed to her own bed.

,,Is that alright? It doesn't hurt, does it?"

,,No it's fine," Regina assures. ,,But you do realize that I'm still dressed, right?"

Maleficent promptly flicks her wrist and makes Regina's shoes, shirt and skirt disappear. ,,Not for much longer, little one."

Regina chuckles hoarsely as Maleficent runs her finger over her collarbone.

,,What?"

,,Remind me to always tell you about my dreams."

To Be Continued..