More Than She Wanted
-Magic on Mifflin Street:
The daily stroll soon becomes a part of their routine, and Regina has to admit that it's nice to be out in the open instead of being cooped up inside the mansion all the time.
The twins also seem to enjoy the daily outing, and Regina enjoys showing them off to the world.
Maleficent often takes them out on their afternoon stroll, but today Regina offered to do it, and give Mal a chance to stretch her wings for once.
Regina slowly pushes the stroller through the snow on Main Street. It's incredible how winter keeps all of Storybrooke in an iron grip. At some point, it must end.
Regina peaks into the stroller. Both Amelia and Emerald are fast asleep and snuggled into their baby blankets. They have been asleep for a while actually, and Regina knows that she should probably head back home with them, but it feels so good to be out despite the cold weather, so the brunette decides to continue their walk just a little while longer.
They pass Gold's shop, the library, and Granny's Diner. Snow and David's old apartment. The Sheriff's station.
,,Mommy spend some time behind bars in there," Regina jokingly tells her sleeping daughters. Now there's a fun story to tell them later on.
They stroll along, and Regina sees tiny glimpses of things that happened.
,,And I do believe this is here where Emma and I fought a Chernabog once. He wasn't very nice."
Amelia coos in her sleep as to agree with Regina's words.
Regina briefly pauses their walk and brushes snow of the wheels on the stroller. The stroller is getting heavier and heavier to push with all that snow. Will winter never end? At least the babies are warm and comfortable. That's the only thing that matters.
Regina pushes the stroller forward again, and soon they reach a street lamp. But not just any old street lamp. A very special street lamp.
,,This is the street lamp where your stupid mother cornered me and kissed me. And I'll have you know I wasn't too fond of her at that time," Regina confides her daughters.
This time, Emerald gurgles. Almost like she's amused.
,,You think that's funny, do you?" Regina says softly and gives her sleeping daughter's cheek a light pet.
The brunette decides to walk a bit further. Even though it is a cold day, the sun is shining, and the air feels refreshing.
Regina and the babies make it to the end of Main Street, to the edge of the forest, and soon the brunette finds herself standing in front of Maleficent's old home. Regina stops briefly and looks at the giant gate with the engraved dragon. She's suddenly flooded with memories from the time where her and Mal's relationship still was a well-kept secret. It was rather intriguing to sneak around, but Regina prefers it this way. Official and public. Even if the way her family found out was completely crazy.
,,Reminiscing about the past, little sis?"
Regina turns around and sees Zelena coming towards her with Robyn in a stroller. The redhead is grinning at the sight of her little sister standing in front of Maleficent's old place, clearly lost in thoughts.
Regina shrugs and readjusts the blankets around Emerald and Amelia.
Zelena glances towards the giant house behind the dragon gate. ,,You've spend quite a few hours in there, haven't you?"
Regina shrugs again. ,,I guess I have," she says noncommittally.
,,You know, I've never been inside Maleficent's old house," Zelena says.
,,What a pity," Regina says and rubs her glove clad hands together. ,,She had one hell of a fireplace in there."
Zelena smirks. ,,I doubt you guys needed a fireplace to heat things up."
,,Ha ha ha," Regina says humorless and shakes her head. ,,I would appreciate if you didn't say things like that in front of my children."
Zelena sniggers. ,,But I'm not wrong, am I?"
Regina sighs deeply and closes her eyes. ,,If you must know, then her house was bloody cold all the time. It was impossible to think clearly."
,,Lucky you had a dragon to warm you up," Zelena deadpans.
,,For god's sake, cut it out, Zelena!" Regina says exasperated.
,,Where is your dragon by the way?"
The sun gets covered by a shadow, and they hear the unmistakably sound of wings flapping.
Regina leans back and looks up. Maleficent is hovering in the sky just above them.
,,Not very far away, I see," Zelena observes. ,,Is she following you?"
The dragon roars softly.
,,I'll take that as a yes then," Zelena chuckles.
,,It would seem so," Regina nods. ,,Which is silly because I am perfectly capable of walking alone." She says the last part a bit louder, and the dragon tilts her gigantic head at her.
Amelia and Emerald stirs a bit in their sleep, and Regina glances at her watch. Almost feeding time.
,,We better head back home," she says and tucks the babies in once more.
,,Of course. See you later, little dragons," Zelena says and give both babies a light pet on the cheek.
,,Bye," Regina says and spins the stroller around.
It doesn't take long before Regina reaches the mansion, but Maleficent somehow beat her anyway.
,,Where are my baby dragons?" the sorceress says when she greets Regina in the hall.
,,Right here," Regina says and rolls her eyes as she gestures towards the stroller. ,,And fast asleep too I see," Mal observes as she helps Regina out of her coat.
,,Yes. I thought perhaps they were hungry again, but apparently not," Regina shrugs.
,,Here, let me put them down for their nap," Mal says as she scoops both babies into her arms. Emerald and Amelia coos at the sight of their other mother.
,,Thank you. Goodnight, sweet girls," Regina purrs and gives her daughters foreheads a soft kiss.
Maleficent carries the babies upstairs, and Regina smiles when she hears her wife babbling nonsense to their daughters.
Regina goes into the living room and plops down on the couch. Being the mother of two infants is a fulltime job, and it can be hard work sometimes. Not that she would trade it for anything. Being a mother is the best thing in the world, but it can be a bit stressful sometimes.
Regina pulls her gloves off and wiggles out of her shoes. She leans back against the couch and closes her eyes. She can hear Mal move about in the nursery. Maybe she's singing the babies off to sleep or something like that.
Regina's phone buzzes and Regina's dark eyes snaps open. It's Henry asking if he can spend the night at Violet. Regina reluctantly taps in a "yes". She's still not completely contend with her son staying over at his girlfriend's. But Henry is seventeen years old. She can't very well stop time.
Regina has just tipped her head back and closed her eyes again when she hears footsteps approaching.
Maleficent sits down next to her and takes her hand. Regina turns her hand over so Mal can rub her palm instead.
,,Tired?" Maleficent asks tenderly and draws patterns on Regina's palm.
,,Maybe a little." Regina says and rolls her shoulders. ,,Last night was kind of rough."
,,Mm," Mal says and begins rubbing her shoulders instead. ,,We had a little rebel on our hands."
,,I told you Amelia was taking after you," Regina teases and then: ,,Sometimes I forget how things were before we had the girls."
,,I haven't forgotten," Maleficent says, and now her voice is husky and her touches a bit teasing, ,,Want me to help you remember?"
,,Please do," Regina says and grins.
Maleficent instantly leans in and finds her neck with her lips.
Regina shudders a bit at the touch. They've been so busy with the babies that they've haven't been able to show affection for each other. There simply haven't been time for it.
Maleficent peppers her neck with featherlight kisses, she swirls her tongue over the soft flesh, and finds the sensitive spot just below Regina's jaw.
Regina shudders again and a quiet moan spills from her lips. So much for not being in the mood so shortly after the birth.
Maleficent hums against her skin, which causes Regina to shudder once more.
,,God, that feels amazing," the brunette breathes out.
,,Glad to hear that, my darling." Maleficent says huskily and finds Regina's lips with her own.
Regina groans into the kiss and wrings her arms around her wife's neck. Yes, she has most definitely missed this.
And it's quite obvious that Maleficent has missed this too. The dragon promptly pulls Regina closer and places her hands firmly on the brunette's lower back. She nips lightly at her bottom lip and then ghosts her tongue over her lip.
Regina willingly opens her mouth and tangles her fingers into golden locks. She's already so far gone that she wouldn't be opposed to doing this right here on the couch.
But then she spots something that throws her completely off, and she promptly pushes Maleficent away.
,,What is it?" Maleficent asks huskily and a tiny bit disappointed.
,,Look," Regina says and points towards the top of the stairs.
,,What the hell..?" Maleficent barks out when she sees the same thing as Regina does.
Tiny, yet prominent golden and silver sparks of magic floats down the stairs and into the living room. And it's quite obvious that they come from the nursery.
Both Regina and Maleficent jumps up from the couch and nearly knocks each other to the ground in the attempt of reaching the nursery first.
Regina wins that fight and she more or less flies upstairs and into the nursery. The twins are still peacefully asleep, but it's obvious that their subconscience somehow are awake. Tiny golden and silver sparks fly out from their nearly touching fingers.
Before Regina gets the chance to comprehend that, Mal stumbles rather gracelessly into the room and flies over to the cribs.
The dragon opens her mouth as to speak, but Regina puts a finger on her lip to keep her quiet.
Maleficent stares completely in awe at their sleeping babies. Her blue eyes sparkle when she finally turns to Regina and says:
,,I think our daughters are communicating in their sleep."
,,I do believe you're right, my dear," Regina nods.
,,This is interesting," Maleficent whispers. ,,It's like their magic is connected. I've never seen anything like it before."
,,Neither have I. That's the earliest sign of magic I have ever witnessed."
,,Well, with you and I as their mothers, I'd say it was pretty unavoidably." Maleficent says and grins widely.
,,So, they have inherited both our magic and your ability to turn into a dragon," Regina sums up and tries to wrap her head around it.
,,They are some very gifted children," Mal says and wraps an arm around Regina.
,,You can say that again," Regina laughs and gives her wife's waist a little squeeze.
,,How extraordinary," Maleficent whispers and stares at Emerald and Amelia. Completely in awe.
,,Yes," Regina agrees with her wife.
After a while, the two sorceresses sneak out of the nursery and leaves the twins to dream in peace, but neither Regina nor Maleficent can stop craning their neck to look back at the golden and silver sparks coming from the nursery.
To Be Continued..