Poison & Wine

Chapter 32

Emma couldn't stop laughing, not even when she knew she probably should stop. Her girlfriend looked extremely uncomfortable and awkward, but the brunette wasn't looking away from the objects inside the box. The sheriff's laughter started to die down with time and eventually she got it under control. Her beaming smirk was still in place when she went to say, "Baby-"

Regina cut her off before she could finish. "You said you weren't into weird sexually." She said sharply.

The blonde's well-meaning manner sobered up and she straightened her posture. "I don't- I'm not." She assured her.

Regina scoffed and lifted up the strap-on that was on top. "Explain this then."

"Baby-"

"Or this?" The older woman help up a vibrator. "Or this." She flashed the dildo at her girlfriend. "Or there's this." She picked up an object that she didn't even know the function of. "I mean, what the hell is this?"

"Strapless strap on." Emma clarified.

Brown eyes rolled in disbelief as she dropped it back into the box and pulled out a pair of furry handcuffs and a riding crop. "You're a sexual deviant with all these things."

Emma scoffed. "I'm not some sexual deviant, Regina. I wasn't tying anyone up and beating her ass red. I was just open about trying new things."

"And did you like any of these things that you tried with your countless whores?" The mayor asked with a raised eyebrow.

The blonde cleared her dry throat nervously as she weighed her options. "I mean-"

Regina gasped. "You did!" She looked back at the box before she rubbed her face. "I can't believe this."

"I don't understand why you're so upset." The savior admitted. "It's just a box of sex toys. If it freaks you out this much I won't bring them. I'll throw them away."

"That doesn't make me feel any better! Saying you won't bring them with you implies that you planned to!" The older woman argued.

Emma groaned. "Oh please! I forgot about them!" She exclaimed. "I didn't have some master plan to seduce you into the life of fake dicks and kinky foreplay. I'm sorry okay? We'll toss them in the trash on our way out."

"It's not about the box itself, Emma!" Regina informed her. "It's about the fact that you lied to me?"

"I lied to you?" The blonde scoffed. "Really? I don't tell you about a two-year-old box of sex toys and you're acting like I have a wife and a couple kids I haven't told you about! It's a stupid pointless box! Let's leave it here and move the fuck on! I don't want to fight about something this ridiculous."

Regina crossed her arms as her girlfriend took off to the car with another box. She stewed in her anger while she waited for the younger woman to get back. She was pissed at Emma, but more so she felt insecure about sex all over again. She had read online about sex toys and lesbian. Not all of them use such devices, and she thought her girlfriend didn't, but apparently that wasn't the case.

Her plan was to yell at the savior when she returned but when she saw her all that came out of her mouth was, "Do you miss it?" She asked quietly.

Green eyes rolled. "Jesus Regina, no. I don't miss it." When she didn't get a snarky reply she sighed deeply and sat in her black lounge chair. "All right. Want to walk me through what's going on in there?" She did a motion indicating that she was talking about the older woman's head.

"You told me that you weren't into anything weird-"

"I'm not!" Emma promised, rubbing her face in frustration. "Baby, weird in sex is like having an armpit fetish or some latex obsession. What I've done is barely past vanilla sex. It's like… the vanilla and chocolate swirl. Still very much vanilla but with a little bit of something different every couple of licks." She explained.

Regina pressed her hand to her forehead as she closed her eyes. "Please don't put it like that." She stressed. "You said you wanted to know what was going on in my head. Let me explain it to you."

Emma waved for her to proceed. "All right."

The brunette cleared her throat. "During our game of twenty questions you told me that you weren't into anything strange in bed. You say all that stuff in that box isn't weird and maybe to most people it isn't, but you have to think about where I come from. We didn't have those kinds of devices in the Enchanted Forest. I don't know the first thing about any of that in there expect for your horse crop and I only know the proper use of it."

"Can I talk now?" The sheriff asked and when she received a nod she spoke. "Baby, I'm not asking you to get on board with any of this. Okay? I-"

Regina cut her off. "But you like it." She pointed out.

The younger woman shrugged. "I wouldn't like to do it every time I have sex though! And I don't need any of it. I don't need anything but you. I'm sorry if you feel like I lied to you, but I swear to you that I don't want, need, nor miss any of that stuff."

Both of them were quiet for a moment. Regina was letting the information sink in and Emma was giving her space to process. She had no idea her girlfriend would be so sensitive to sex toys. She figured at some point in their relationship they would introduce them, but given recent events she didn't see them ever branching out with toys.

"Okay." The mayor said softly. She cleared her throat. "Let's finish getting your stuff and be on our way."

Emma apprehensively kissed her true love's cheek sweetly before she grabbed a heavy box that was labeled 'coin collection'. "I love you." She assured the older woman.

When she left for the car again, Regina turned back to the box of sex toys. She saw a box on the ground that read 'books'. Her thoughts were going wild. She was honestly scared of the box of sex toys, but her interest was spiked with a few items in there. She grabbed the three items of interest from the brown box and shoved them in the book box, just in case she wanted to try them. Emma wouldn't unpack until Sunday and until then her stuff would be stored in Regina's garage so she could easily grab them from the book box and stash them in her closet. She's read up on them and if or when she decided to try them out, they'd be there. She'd also have to look into how to properly use them if she did decide that was something she wanted because there was no way she was going to allow something inside of her that previously inside God knows who.

"I can get that one." Emma offered when she saw the label on the box.

Regina shook her head and quickly put a death grip on the box. "No!" She exclaimed. "I can manage."

The outburst was suspicious, but since the blonde was already treading on thin ice she decided to let it slide. "All right. Put it in the trunk though. Okay? I know it's heavy but I don't want it to fall off the trailer." She told the woman. "I've got some pretty sweet books in there."

Regina was nervous. She nodded her head empathically. "I will put them in the trunk." She assured and lifted the insanely heavy box, praying that she could make it to the car without dropping it.

The ride back home was still slightly tense. Emma was a little scared to say anything in fear of setting her girlfriend off. She nearly lost the courage to hold the brunette's hand, but she kept it together long enough to bite the bullet.

Regina didn't pull away either, but she barely acknowledged the action. The ride was silent expect for the soft music in the background and the growling of the puppies in the backseat. The couple got back to Storybrooke around 6:30 in the evening. Emma backed the car trailer in the mayor's garage and closed the door.

"Thanks for letting me store it here." Emma said, feeling uncomfortable. She hated feeling like that around her true love.

The former queen grabbed her insecure girlfriend's face. "Honey, why are you acting so strange?"

Emma cleared her throat. "I'm- you're mad at me." She reminded her.

Regina stroked her lover's cheeks with her thumbs. "I'm not mad at you." She argued. "I was upset with you earlier, but I'm not anymore."

"So we're good?" The blonde asked.

Instead of answering with words, the mayor put her lips to better use and kissed the savior tenderly. When they pulled away she said, "I'm supposed to be the insecure one in this relationship. If we switch roles who knows what type of war the world will go into!"

The sheriff chuckled softly and gripped the older woman's hips, bringing her close. "You're right. I'm sorry. I just don't want you to feel like I think something is missing from our relationship because I don't, baby." She stressed. "You, you're the one for me, Regina. You don't have to feel insecure either because you're it for me."

Regina nodded, wiping her smudged lipstick from the younger woman's lips. "I love you very much, Emma Swan." She smiled softly. "I may have overreacted to that… box. I simply don't like being reminded that you had this active sex life before me that was apparently filled with a wide variety of exploration."

"You had a one too." The savior pointed out. She wasn't trying to start an argument, but they obviously needed to talk the issue out.

The older woman scoffed. "I slept with two men. You slept with ten women. It's a tad daunting to think about being compared to all of them."

Blonde eyebrows furrowed. "You think I do that?" She asked.

"Don't you?" Regina asked.

"Do you compare me to Graham?" She wasn't about to bring up her girlfriend's other sex partner because that would just disgust them both, but the former sheriff was fair game.

Regina rolled her eyes. "That's different. He was a man. You're a woman. Besides, you can give me multiple orgasms so it's not like it's even a contest." She waved it off.

Emma smirked widely. "Damn right I can." She stated proudly.

"Focus, dear." The brunette instructed with a playful eye roll. "But that's my point, right there. You can be confident in your abilities to make love to me because you know that you're the best lover I've ever had and the only one worth noting."

"Same goes for you!" The savior stressed.

Regina scoffed. "Please. I'm not one of your idiot parents, Miss Swan. Don't treat me like them."

"I'm not." The younger woman promised. When her true love didn't look convinced she went on. "Look what I did with those other girls, that doesn't hold a candle to what you and I do when we're together that way. We make love, baby." She explained. "We connect in a way that I never have with anyone else. And if you think for even a second that my past whores," she grinned widely when she said it, knowing her girlfriend would appreciate the term, "even come close to you then maybe you are like one of my idiot parents."

The mayor raised an eyebrow in suspicion. "I'm really the best you've ever been with?"

The blonde nodded, smirking. "Oh yeah. It's no contest. You rock my world, your majesty." She winked. "We're so good together that we don't need toys. Now if you want to pull out one of your sexy Evil Queen outfits for some roleplaying action I'd be all over it but we can put a pen in that until later."

Regina rolled her eyes with a smile. It seemed the younger woman was obsessed with seeing her in her former queen clothes. She licked her lips. "Perhaps for a special occasion I can change into one of my past dresses."

Green eyes glinted with joy and wonder as pupils dilated at the thought. "If you do, make sure it showcases this jaw dropping cleavage of yours." To show the mayor exactly what she was talking about, she coped a feel in the middle of the woman's yard.

The brunette gasped quietly in surprise. She swatted away the greedy hands and pointed a finger in her face. "I already grounded our son. Don't make me ground you as well, dear."

Emma giggled, feeling a huge weight lift off her shoulders. She hated fighting with Regina. It made her feel all out of whack so whenever their disputes ended, the world felt right again. "Speaking of the kid, I should get going so he doesn't enjoy life while he's grounded. Maybe I'll make him clean my room. Oh! No, I got it. I'll make him clean the bathroom."

"And people think I'm the evil one." Regina teased, wrapping her arms around the savior's neck, peppering kisses along her jawline. "I'm going to miss you."

"Mm." The sheriff let out a slow groan. "I already miss you." She confessed, moving her hand to cup the back of the older woman's head and bringing their lips together in a small kiss. "Think about it though; this time next week I'll be all moved in."

Regina beamed. "Well I do like the sound of that." She admitted. "We'll have to tell your parents before we get there though."

"Friday night." Emma promised. "Unless Henry's team loses. Then we'll do it Saturday morning." She leaned in to kiss her girlfriend but her phone pulled them apart. She grumbled and answered it. "This better be good."

"I thought you said you'd be home by 6:30." It was Mary Margaret. "Me and your dad have some wedding details we'd like to get your opinion on and the dinner I made is getting cold."

Emma rolled her eyes. She loved her mother to death, but the woman had awful timing. "I'm dropping Regina off now. I'll be there soon."

"Okay. Love you dear."

"Love ya too, mom." She told her before hanging up. She looked into the brown eyes of her girlfriend and frowned. "I gotta go."

Regina nodded her understanding. "Tell Henry to call me before bed." She instructed.

"Will do." She whistled for her puppies' attention.

The mayor covered her lover's mouth and shook her head. "Let me keep them tonight." She told her.

Emma's eyebrows creased. "You sure?"

"Yeah." The former queen nodded. "You get Henry. I should get the dogs." She smiled.

The blonde chuckled. "If you think you can handle it." She teased and kissed her lover. "I'll see you tomorrow, baby."

"And don't forget to bring an overnight bad." Regina reminded her. "I love you."

"Love you too!" The sheriff called over her shoulder as she walked to her bug.

Regina watched her drive away and when the younger woman was out of sight, she made a beeline for the garage to get the sex toys she stole.

Friday's were usually a slow day for Regina, but she was a tad backed up. The week had been a crazy one and budget forms were the last thing she wanted to be doing. Regardless of her detest for work, she had to power through. Henry's football game was tonight and if all went well, it was also the night her and Emma were telling the Charming's of their plan to move in with one another.

Of course their opinions on the matter wasn't going to deter them from making the plunge, but their help with the physical aspect of making the move would be much appreciated.

A knock on the door brought her out of her thoughts. "Come in!" She called and made a quick glance at the income for Granny's diner.

"I hope this isn't a bad time." Neal's voice caused her to snap her head up.

Her jaw was slacked for a moment before she cleared it and shook her head. "No. Not at all." She assured him and motioned for him to come in. "What can I do for you?"

The man shut the door behind him and walked a couple of wobbly steps towards the mayor's desk. "I'd like to talk to you about… everything."

"All right. Why don't we sit down over there?" Regina suggested. She stood up from her desk and walked them over to the seated area. "Would you like a glass of cider?"

Neal sat on the couch. "Yeah, that'd be great." He offered her a polite smile.

On the surface, it seemed he was there for genuine reasons, but as Regina fixed him a glass of cider she made sure not to put her guard down. He may have turned over a new leaf, or it could all be a charade. After she poured the liquid she walked to him and passed it before taking a seat on the chair close to the couch. She was every bit the pristine mayor. "So tell me, what did you wish to discuss?"

"Well first I wanted to thank you." He said after clearing his throat. "You helped me- saved my life really- when you didn't have to."

Regina shrugged softly, political smile plastered on her face. "You're quite welcome, Mr. Cassidy but your gratitude is unnecessary. You needed assistance and I was the only one who could make it through the water without dying." It was that simple.

"You know why I went there. Don't you?" He asked, hoping it wouldn't set off the Evil Queen.

"I'm painfully aware of why you went there, Mr. Cassidy. You intended to break apart my relationship with Miss Swan." She crossed her arms. "So why are you here? To explain yourself? To warn me that you'll succeed of breaking us up one day? To demand more time with Henry?"

Neal shook his head. "No, no, no." He guaranteed her. "I'm done trying to get between you and Emma."

A brown eyebrow rose. "Really?"

"Can I be honest?" Baelfire questioned her.

Regina nodded. "I'd prefer it."

Neal swallowed the lump in his throat. "I don't like that you're with her." He stated. "It has nothing to do with you." The man went on to say. "I wouldn't like her with anybody and that's my problem. I-"

"You still love her." Regina finished for him.

There was a pregnant pause between them before Neal whispered out, "Yeah."

The mayor shook her head. "You're not." She told him. "Emma isn't the same shy little eighteen year old you fell in love with." Neal went to speak, but Regina held up her hand to stop him. "No. You don't get to more or less confess your love for my girlfriend and expect to speak. You fell in love with her give or take twelve years ago. Tell me, how much have you changed since then?" When she didn't get a reply she continued. "Exactly. You're not in love with Sheriff Swan. You're in love with the idea of raising Henry with her, but you don't want the woman she is now. You don't even know the woman she is now because you've been too busy trying win her over. Her and I are together now and nothing anyone says or does will change that. You waiting on the sideline for it to end will only end in your misery." She cleared her throat. "I don't love easily, Mr. Cassidy. In fact I only love two people in this entire world and that's Emma and Henry. They're my family. Any claim you think you have on them doesn't exist. You're living in this fantasy world and if you want any sort of relationship with your biological son in the future, you'll snap out of it."

Neal sat there in silence for several moments. He was shell-shocked. He had to reply because he was too busy processing everything she was saying.

When Regina figured he wasn't going to respond she stood up and walked to her door, opening it for it. "This was a lovely conversation Mr. Cassidy. Have a pleasant day."

The man sat his untouched drink on the coffee table and walked out of the office without a word.

"Are you sure they'll be all right?" Regina asked as her and Emma sat in the stand at the makeshift football field for the kids. The mayor was wearing an obnoxious white t-shirt that had, 'Football Mom' on it but to the blonde's delight she was wearing tight skinny jeans that shaped her perfect ass so the savior approved the outfit.

The sheriff nodded, wrapping her arms around her girlfriend from behind and moving her to sit sideways on her lap. "Yes baby."

"But what if Chief gets in the shrub again?" They left the dogs outside of the mansion and made sure to lock the gate, but the older woman was worried about their wellbeing.

Emma kissed a clothed shoulder. "They'll be fine." She promised. "Now if you see my parents, don't subtly ignore them. Wave them over." She instructed.

Brown eyes rolled. "Yes, yes. I'm aware I have to be on their good graces tonight."

"You don't have to be." The younger woman disagreed. "But your girlfriend would appreciate it."

Mary Margaret and David came into Regina's view so she waved them over. The former queen removed herself from her true love's lap, despite the blonde's obvious fight to keep her there. "I thought we were going to be late." The pixie haired woman confessed as they sat next to Emma.

Regina shook her head. "It starts in ten minutes." She assured them and cleared her throat. She spoke over her girlfriend. "So how's the wedding planning going?"

Emma groaned at the mention of it and the mayor grabbed her hand, tangling their fingers together in the savior's lap.

"So stressful!" Snow revealed. "Did Emma tell you the debate me and David are having?" She asked the woman.

Regina shook her head, squeezing the sheriff's hand in teasing. "She certainly didn't! Why didn't you tell me, dear?"

Mary Margaret waved it off, not giving her daughter the opportunity to answer. "David and I both feel that Emma should be our maid of honor or best woman but obviously she can only do one. We told her to decide which one she wants to be but she wasn't helpful at all."

The mayor could only guess what sarcastic thing the woman said to her parents when they asked. "What'd she decide?"

"She said neither." David chuckled before shoving sunflower seeds into his mouth to snack on.

Regina let out a real laugh as she looked at the savior. "Always the smartass." She commented.

Emma let a snug grin overtake her face. "It's one of my many talents."

Snow continued on. "So now we're trying to find a place for her in the ceremony."

"Well who's performing it?" The former queen asked.

"Preacher Sam." Mary Margaret informed her.

An idea came to Regina. "She could walk you down the aisle." She suggested. "Traditionally in weddings performed here, the person giving the bride away walks her down the aisle."

Emma glared at her girlfriend as her mother went off talking to David a mile a minute. "Thanks." She gritted out.

Regina pecked her lips quickly and giggled. "I love you."

After the game, all the Charming's, Regina, and Henry went to Granny's to celebrate the win.

They raised their glasses of soda into the air. "To Henry!" Emma declared and they all clanked their drinks together before sipping on them. They already ordered their food and were just waiting on their plates.

"You did very well tonight, dear." Regina complimented as she ruffled his damp hair.

"Three touchdowns? Hell yeah he did good!" Emma was beaming. "You creamed them kid."

Henry laughed. "I had a lot of fun." He looked at both of his mothers. "Thanks for letting me play tonight."

Both women were happy to see the change in his attitude ever since Emma stepped up and put her foot down. "You worked hard in practice every day." His blonde mother told him. "You deserve this."

"That twenty-five yard touchdown you threw to Nick was solid, buddy!" David exclaimed.

"I told you the boy had a cannon arm." Emma informed her dad.

The adults praised Henry until their food got there. After that, they went to business and were halfway through their meal when the boy spoke up, "So, are you guy going to tell them?" He asked his mothers.

David and Snow both creased their eyebrows in confusion. "Tell us what?" The deputy asked.

Emma huffed a laugh at her son. "Can't wait, kid?"

Henry rolled his eyes. "I've kept it a secret for days and it's killing me!" He confessed.

"Kept what a secret?" Mary Margaret questioned.

The sheriff licked her lips and looked at her girlfriend. "You want to tell them?"

Regina shook her head, fighting her wide smile. "This one is all you, honey."

David gasped. "Oh God, please tell me you aren't pregnant."

Henry became confused. "How would that happen?" While he didn't know the details of lesbian sex, he was aware that two women couldn't reproduce.

Emma shook her head firmly. "No. No one is pregnant." She put that thought to rest.

"Then what is it, Emma?" Snow asked with eagerness.

The savior cleared her throat. "Come Sunday, I'm moving in with Regina."

"And Henry." The kid added.

Emma chuckled, pointing to her son. "And Henry." She repeated.

Shock spread across Snow and Charming's face. No one spoke for a beat. "Wow." The former shepherd breathed out, a smile following. "When did you decide this?"

"Earlier this week." The sheriff told him.

David grinned widely at the couple. "Well you spend nearly every night over there anyways. Might as well make it official." Emma reached across the table and grabbed her dad's hand with a smile.

The schoolteacher cleared her throat. "Not to sound unsupportive or anything, but don't you think it's a bit soon?" She asked. "I mean you haven't been together that long and you aren't married."

"Neither are you." Regina spat out in reflex.

Emma took her hand from her father's and rubbed her girlfriend's back in comfort. "Baby-"

The mayor cleared her throat. "Sorry." She apologized. She had a tendency to lash out on the pixie haired woman.

"It's true love, Grandma." Henry argued.

Emma gave him an impressed look. "Good point, kid. It's true love."

David cleared his throat. "Well I'm happy for you all."

"Thank you, David." Regina said genuinely.

Snow licked her lips. "I'm happy for you as well." She told them. "I just want you both to know what you're in for. It'll be like being married, but without the commitment. You'll have to figure out the situation with bills, groceries, household duties, parenting duties. This is a big commitment."

Emma rolled her eyes. "I think we'll be all right." She wasn't deterred, but when she looked at the slightly panicked look on Regina's face, she wondered if maybe her girlfriend was.

Oh. Is Regina having doubts? Slight angst is coming. & I know I promised smut in this chapter, but the way I took it didn't have room for it. Next chapter though will have some. Scouts honor! I don't know if you have an opinion about what Emma's role in her parent's wedding should be, but if you do hit me with ideas. I haven't decided yet where to put her in that. Also let me know how you liked the conversation between Regina & Neal. I personally found it enjoyable. New chapter will be posted Saturday. See you then! ;)