This chapter rated M for the very reason you've stuck with this story for so long. I hope it's worth it, and there is lots of story to come, so stay tuned. Thanks for your support!

Emma rushed to make sure she was in the bath before Regina was. She had unwittingly bared her naked body to Regina the last time they met in the bath, and although Regina returned the favor, Emma wanted to see the queen undress before she disappeared beneath the silky water.

She had barely sunk into the water herself before the queen entered in her long white robe. Her breath caught at the utterly gorgeous, seductive smile on the queen's face shined down on her like the sun itself.

Emma felt her mouth go dry as Regina pranced into the room and posed at the edge of the bath. Without leaving Emma's eyes, Regina let the robe fall slowly off her shoulders, allowing it to slink down her body slowly. Emma almost moaned out loud as her body convulsed at just looking at the queen's gorgeous body. Her core tweaked and throbbed as Regina slowly stepped down the stairs and into the bath. Regina dipped further and further into the water until her eyes sat just above the surface. Her face contorted unseen beneath the water, and Emma knew she was grinning.

Regina sunk under the water and tilted her head back, allowing the warm water to soak her head, blowing gently out of her nose as she resurfaced. She quickly found Emma's eyes again and smirked. The blonde's mouth was half open and her eyes dark with desire.

When Regina resurfaced, Emma watched in what was slow motion, Regina slicking her hair back, water rolling oh so slowly down her face, past her neck and between her hidden breasts before re-entering the bath. Her heart beat impossibly fast as she saw the queen slowly moving toward her in the water. Regina paused inches from Emma's face, examining the blonde's face.

Regina was leaning forward under the water so that their bodies had yet to touch. She studied Emma's face and knew that this was their moment. Regina leaned in toward Emma's parted mouth and held her mouth against her's, not kissing, barely touching, just breathing the same air.

Emma's body was at full attention, and when Regina left her mouth dangling over hers, she knew the queen was daring her not to kiss her. Emma let out a sigh, trying desperately not to lose this battle of wills. She fully intended for the queen to relent first. Instead of succumbing to the kiss, she reached through the water, finding Regina's arm. She gently pulled forward so Regina's body was gliding through the water toward her, their mouths still resting against each other. She used the buoyancy of the water to glide Regina's body onto her seated lap, placing her hands on Regina's sides to guide her onto her lap, Regina's legs straddling her.

Regina was taken by surprise when Emma pulled her on top of her, and suddenly her semblance of control was gone, resting now in the hands of the captain. She had no choice but to squeak out a gasp into Emma's mouth as she felt the naked legs of Emma underneath her. Her body flamed with desire and she felt all control being sucked out of her.

Emma knew she had the queen right where she wanted her as she slid her hands up her sleek back. She knew there was one last thing she could do to get the queen to succumb.

If Regina wasn't already about to explode with desire, what Emma did next sent her hurdling over the line and she nearly came without so much as a touch.

Emma tightened her grip on the queen's hips and whispered against her lips. "Regina!"

Regina collapsed onto the blonde, crushing their lips together as she moaned deeply. This was the first time the captain had used her first name and not 'your highness' or 'your grace'. The sound of it rolling off Emma's tongue was like a siren calling to her on the sea, and Regina was helpless to resist. She flung her arms around Emma's body and let their tongues duel forcefully, continuing to let out soft moans and cries. She pulled out of the kiss and tilted her head to allow Emma to trail kissed down her wet neck, lapping up the moisture there. "Emma!" She gasped, listing her hips forward slightly. She felt one of Emma's hands come around and gently massage her breast, Regina feeling her nipples perk to further attention under her touch.

Emma moaned as she felt Regina's taut nipple in her palm, and pulled Regina closer with her other hand. She felt Regina pull her face back up for a sweltering kiss, both women moaning with pleasure. Emma couldn't wait any longer. She let her hand slink down Regina's stomach, reveling how the brunette listed her hips forward again, causing the water to wave against the side of the tub. She moved her hand down and let it rest just outside Regina's opening.

When Emma paused, Regina took both hands and cupped Emma's face, gasping as she listed forward again. She made eye contact as she forced back a moan. When Emma saw the desire in Regina's eyes, there was no stopping her. She made sure to keep their eyes locked as Emma gently circled Regina's opening, pressing firmer as she passed Regina's clit. She smiled as Regina cried out and thrust her hips, biting her bottom lip.

Regina regained her grip on Emma's face and looked intensely at her. "Please! Emma!" She felt Emma press two fingers into her and nearly screamed with pleasure, her head flinging back as she thrust her hips forward. She continued to rock rhythmically as Emma thrust into her steadily, sighing out into Regina's ear. The weightlessness of the water coupled with Emma's perfectly timed thrusts worked magic on Regina, and she was propelled to her peak much faster than normal. Perhaps it was the months of sexual tension, or the stress of near death and battle. More than likely Regina was so enveloped into the woman that she loved, it only took a short amount of time for Regina to be at the precipice of orgasm. She gasped and cried out as she felt her core start to spasm around Emma's fingers. Her thrusts became more violent and frequent, edging closer and closer to release.

When Emma felt Regina's breathing change and her pace quicken, she smiled in ecstasy. She felt Regina's walls start to constrict and she had to cry out at the sensation. She pumped faster to meet Regina's rhythm, her own breathing quickening. When Regina cried out her release loudly into Emma's ear, she couldn't stop herself from responding with a cry of her own.

Regina felt the waves taking her over again and again, and screamed Emma's name as she went over the edge. She rode Emma's fingers and her orgasm as long as it would take her, moaning and sighing as she slowly came down from her heavenly high.

Emma laid her face against Regina's chest as the woman tried to regain her breathing. She gripped into the woman's back and stroked down, gently digging her fingernails into her flesh. Suddenly the queen removed herself from Emma's lap, and she felt herself being pulled up out of the water. She saw renewed desire in Regina's face as she pulled at her hips.

"Get up there," Regina ordered, motioning to the side of the tub. Emma complied as Regina helped her out of the water, pushing her legs apart quickly.

Emma's body fell backwards as before she knew what was happening, Regina's mouth was on her. She gasped out, hands gripping her own scalp violently. She felt Regina pushing her legs up onto the side of the tub, pushing her face further into Emma's wetness.

Emma's eyes rolled, reaching down to clasp into the wet brunette hair of the queen. "Oh, fuck!" Emma breathed out, head throwing back with closed eyes.

Regina smiled as she heard Emma cuss, knowing her ministrations were appreciated. She put her hands behind Emma's thighs as she tangled her tongue through Emma's folds. The taste of Emma was both delicious and intoxicating, and Regina moaned at the taste. She pushed her tongue fully into Emma's opening, receiving an appreciative gasp and hip thrust in return. She returned to Emma's hard clit, gently sucking and circling it with her tongue. Regina took note when Emma responded to a particular spot and focused her attention there. She moaned as Emma started to thrust her hips into Regina's face, doubling her efforts. As Emma crept closer her thrust got more violent, and Regina had to use a hand to hold her down. She moaned again as Emma cried out her name, and lifted her free hand up to Emma's core. She thrust two fingers in as Emma screamed and arched backwards, quickly clutching at Regina's fingers as she came harder than she knew possible.

Regina smiled as Emma sunk back into the water, her body slinking as if she had no bones in her body. Regina let Emma sink into her embrace, legs wrapping around the queens waist. She let the water hold Emma's weight as Regina moved backward slowly across the tub, finding her thighs hitting the underwater seat and settling into it. She clung around Emma's back, gently massaging up and down slowly as Emma came down from her orgasm. Emma sighed into Regina's neck as they settled down in the tub. Finally she pulled back and looked groggily into Regina's eyes, smiling shyly.

Regina couldn't help but bite her bottom lip as she smiled back, chuckling slightly. She sighed, caressing the side of Emma's face. "That was...amazing." She laughed.

Emma smiled for a moment, but then got serious. She took Regina's face in her hands and rubbed a thumb across Regina's mouth. "Regina," she whispered. She smiled as she saw Regina's reaction of joy at hearing her name. She rubbed her check across Regina's face briefly before looking at the brunette again. She paused and swallowed, taking a deep breath. She stared intently into her eyes. "Regina, I love you, Regina!"

Regina sobbed once at this admission, gripping Emma's wrists tightly as she felt a tear streak down her throat. She smiled up at the blonde. "I love you, Emma Swan! I will love you til the day I die!"

Emma clung fiercely to the queen's naked form, as if she was the oxygen she had severely missed for centuries. And Regina held her just as closely, as if they could press themselves close enough to become one person.

After a while they pulled each other from the bath, drying each other off with the soft towels. They fell effortlessly into Regina's bed, wrapping around each other tightly as if they would never be separated. And that's exactly how they wanted it.