Zelena watched closely as Mal poured what looked like drops of water onto a palette. They changed color as soon as they touched the wood, various colors, shades and hues all springing into existence. She rubbed her hands and waited as the dragon put a new canvas on the easel. "I never knew you liked to paint."
Mal chuckled as she worked. "It's an old hobby of mine. No one knows."
"Why not?"
"Dragons are supposed to be fierce and dangerous, not painting pretty pictures." Mal answered. "It does offer a reprieve from time to time. There's something…" she paused as she selected a brush from nearby. "Therapeutic about it, I suppose."
Zelena looked around at the large room, mostly empty except for Mal's painting supplies which consisted of an easel, some empty canvases lined against the wall and a large jug that apparently was filled with magical watery paint. There was of course a roaring fireplace for warmth, thick woven rugs and a few of Mal's artwork on the walls. It was mostly pictures of animals and one was covered by a sheet, leaning against the wall. One entire wall was dominated by a large window that filled the room with natural light. Zelena shifted nervously as she returned her attention to the blonde. Mal had been watching her and smirked when she turned back. "What?"
"Why are you so fidgety? I'm only painting a picture."
"You make me nervous." Zelena blushed.
Mal chuckled again. "You are too precious." She disappeared behind the easel for a moment.
"So not even Regina knows about this?"
"Nope. It never seemed like something she was interested in. She caught me drawing once…"
"Did she make fun of you?" Zelena asked, immediately standing up in fury.
"No." Mal said thoughtfully. "It was a picture of her that I'd hoped to surprise her with. She said it was lovely, but then she had to go back to her castle and we never broached the subject again. I wonder if she still has it…"
Zelena humphed as she sat back down. She really shouldn't have been surprised that Mal had shared something so personal with Regina, although she did wish there some part of Mal she could have all to herself. She knew that was selfish, but she couldn't help it. She looked up at the dragon, working diligently as she set up her equipment to paint a portrait of Zelena. "What do you want from me, Mal?"
"What do you mean?"
"You said you wanted me, but...I guess I still don't understand." Zelena admitted.
"Then I will explain it for you. I have every intention of making you mine, completely. I want to protect you and provide for you and give you nothing but happiness. Whether you believe me or not, my intentions are what they are. I won't say they're pure because once I parted those luscious thighs of yours, you are now anything but pure...but I'm sure you understand." The dragon grinned at her. "Now don't move, I am ready to start."
Zelena smiled as Mal came to adjust her position before returning to her easel, picked up a paintbrush, and began. She held still as best as she could and didn't even know how fast time was passing as she watched the dragon queen hard at work.
Finally the dragon put down her brush. "I am not pleased, but I suppose it will do."
"What do you mean?" Zelena hopped up and moved around to see, her jaw hitting the floor at the sight of the beautiful painting. "Mal, this is beautiful." The dragon had captured her to perfection. Every line and curve was perfectly placed, the paint meticulously applied. Mal had drawn her from the shoulders up and had painted the background as a mysterious cloud of green with a blue diamond in the top right corner. "This is amazing."
"It doesn't feel perfect." Mal said. "It's a picture of you, so it should. But it doesn't."
"I love it." Zelena snapped, kissing the blonde's cheek.
"Then it is yours." Mal kissed her forehead. "Come on, I should get you home, the sun is setting." The dragon magically dried the painting and draped a cloth over it. With a wave of her hand, they were outside the farmhouse. The dragon paused at seeing the enormous, gorgeous garden that Zelena had planted next to her home. "What is this?"
"You weren't supposed to see it yet." Zelena sighed, taking the picture inside and leaning it against the wall. She returned to find that the blonde had entered the garden. A smile touched her lips at the way the dragon seemed so enamored with her garden. There was a reason she'd made it. It consisted of lots of vegetables and fruits trees and herb plants. She'd even added in a small pond and butterflies that lit up green when it got dark. "Do you like it?"
Mal pulled a blackberry off a bush. "It's delicious. How on earth did you do this so quickly? Magic?"
"Well I had a ton of magical manure just laying around." Zelena shrugged, smirking as Tiberius trotted over to greet his rider. Mal's unicorn, Aedara, came to greet the dragon and both quickly took off racing across the field. "I made this to repay you for being a complete bitch the night you tried to show me yours. I wanted to use your crystal ball and make an illusion of it, but you know exactly what happened with that. I really wanted to do something for you."
Mal smiled as she looked up at her, making her heart skip a beat and heat rise in her cheeks. She hated how her body reacted like a juvenile, but she just couldn't stop herself when she was around the blonde. Mal just had some kind of spell over her. "This is beautiful, Zelena."
"It um, gets better. But you have to wait for nightfall."
"Then I shall."
Zelena swallowed as she was followed back into the house. Mal laid down on the couch, purring and watching as Zelena hung her new picture on the wall. There was a knock at the door. "Come in." She called, knowing exactly who it was already. None of the dragons knocked anymore, especially not Lily. Mal usually just poofed in and Ruby was never without Lily when she visited. The only other person left that visited the farmhouse on a weekly basis was Regina, and with Mal's spell in place, she couldn't cross the threshold without receiving an invitation from Zelena herself.
The queen stepped in and immediately zeroed in on the painting. Zelena ignored her to go fix her and Mal something to drink.
"She hasn't destroyed anything, Regina, you can leave." Mal said from her place on the couch.
"You made that?" Regina asked.
"I did." Mal answered, sitting up as Zelena returned with a glass of tea. "It still doesn't capture my little witch just right though." she nuzzled Zelena's neck and drank her tea in a few gulps. "The sun needs to hurry up and set. What happens in the garden at night?"
"It's a surprise."
Mal sighed and collapsed against her. "I don't enjoy surprises. Tell me."
"No."
"Kiss me."
"No."
"Why not?"
"We have company." Zelena smirked as she sipped her tea and pushed the dragon off of her. Mal collapsed onto her back, staring up at the ceiling.
"You haven't painted in a while." Regina commented quietly.
"I couldn't exactly paint with claws." Mal replied, crossing her legs and laying them in Zelena's lap with a smirk.
"I still have the picture you drew of me."
"Wonderful. Zelena, how would you like a pet cat?"
"I have enough pets."
"You only have one. Let me get you another one, please." Mal whined.
"I don't need another pet." Zelena said. The dragon was incessantly touchy feely and continuously kept nuzzling Zelena, rubbing her head against the redhead's neck and kissing her temple. The witch remembered Mal's words from a few months ago, her season would begin in the spring. She'd read the dragon's books about mating season and understood that Mal was going to be physical and more animalistic for a while. She also knew that Mal was going to try to mate with her. She gulped at the thought of that. Two female dragons were able to produce a child should they mate due to magic. Mal would essentially grow a very large "tool" and use it on Zelena, if she chose to. She was concerned about the size of this tool and if the dragon would actually try to impregnate her.
"Are you okay, dear?" Mal asked, looking at her with genuine concern. "Your breathing completely changed."
"Just uh, thinking about stuff." Zelena said.
"About what?" The dragon prompted.
Zelena made Regina disappear, teleporting her back to her house and faced the dragon. "Has your season begun yet?"
"Not quite. Oh, you're nervous about the mating. You have nothing to worry about, I can assure you."
"I read your books."
"Damn your curiosity." Mal growled, pouting and turning her back to the witch. "I don't want to get you pregnant, dear. That wouldn't be the point. If you don't want to mate with me, I can just have Regina chain me up."
"No, I do, but come on. I'm over 30 and the first time I ever made love was a few months ago. I'm just so new to any of this. We didn't even have dragons in Oz. I don't know how to proceed with all of this." Zelena sighed. "I don't want to chain you up or anything, baby. Don't be mad."
"I'm not mad." Mal muttered.
Zelena rolled her eyes and put down her glass to get onto her knees in the couch and wrap her arms around her dragon's neck. "You might not be mad, but you're upset. I hate it when you're not happy."
"I am happy. Because of you, I will always be happy. I am just very... emotional right now." The dragon huffed. "I want to mate with you and make you mine, but not if you don't want to."
"I am yours."
"I know, but I still want to mate with you. It will be better during my season."
"Even better than it is now?" Zelena asked with a smirk.
"Even better." The blonde answered matter of factly. "It's still a few weeks away."
Zelena kissed the back of Mal's neck and sat back down, only for Mal to lean back, laying her head in the witch's lap. "Why don't we watch your your favorite movie and then go see the garden?"
"Avatar?"
"Avatar."
Zelena could've purred laying there with Mal's warmth pressed against her back as the dragon cuddled up with her to watch the strange movie about humanoids with blue skin. It was undoubtedly the dragons' favorite movie, and although she was tired of it, she would never inhibit her friends from enjoying themselves. They never got to finish the movie because as soon as night fell, the garden lit up, and a faint glow could be seen from the window. Mal immediately raced outside and Zelena followed to find the woman looking around in wonder. The smile on her face made the witch's heart feel like it wanted to burst. The garden was covered in bioluminescence and the glowing green butterflies made for an eye popping sight. "You like it?"
"Zelena, this is gorgeous. Absolutely stunning." Mal gasped.
Zelena smiled and let her enjoy the garden for a while before placing a spell on the land so no one could disturb them. Mal noticed and turned to face her with a curious look. "Lay down, dear." She commanded.
"Why should I?" Mal asked.
"Lay down, my love." Zelena said firmly, but she smirked to let the dragon know that she wasn't trying to be mean. Mal was a powerful woman, who would never willingly give control to someone else. Except her desired mate. She lay down on the grass, looking up at Zelena in anticipation. Zelena made their clothes disappear and she smirked at Mal's gasp as the grass caressed her naked flesh. "Hands." Mal slowly raised her hands, crossing her wrists and placing them above her head. "Are you mine?"
"Yours." Mal whispered, licking her lips.
Zelena positioned herself over her dragon, placing tender kisses on her neck and chest. Mal purred deeply as Zelena covered her in kisses and lathered her breasts in affection. By this point she knew the dragon better than she knew herself. She knew her purrs and moans, when she could be teased and when she needed to release ASAP. She had the blonde panting and growling by the time she moved between her legs and tasted of the sweet nectar that flowed freely from the apex of her thighs. Zelena closed her eyes and let the flavor and heat wash over her. "Mal, you're the best thing I've ever tasted. You're so beautiful and perfect." Mal groaned in response as she slipped her finger inside her. Zelena was dripping herself, but she focused on her dragon queen, moaning and writhing at her touch. She added another finger and another.
"Zelena, I'm close." Mal whispered.
"I know." Zelena could feel her clenching hard around her fingers. She fucked her deep and sucked on her clit, making the blonde come undone.
"Zelena! I love you." Mal panted.
Zelena froze and the dragon snarled, lifting her head to glare at her. "I love you too." She said, quickly crawling forward to kiss Mal on the lips. Mal returned the kiss eagerly. Zelena just wanted to melt after the blonde's declaration. She was loved for the first time. She was wanted and desired and cared for. As much as she just wanted to bask in her lover's words, Mal deserved a release. She pushed the blonde flat on her back. "Hands." Mal glared at her as she moved them back above her head. She positioned her center over Mal's and started riding her hard.
"Fuck yes." Mal growled, ignoring her earlier command to grab her ass. She roared and Zelena screamed as they each reached their orgasm. Zelena collapsed against Mal and sighed contently. After a while, she rolled off the dragon onto her stomach and looked up at Mal. Mal smiled and gently stroked the top of her head before Zelena curled up against her, like Mal was a content cat and Zelena was her little kitten. "You just get better and better, my dear."
"I aim to please." Zelena smiled.
"Best date ever, by the way."
"Yeah if a date constitutes having sex in a magical garden."
"It doesn't matter. It was amazing." Mal purred, looking at her with eyes that sparkled in the low light. "My beautiful little witch."
"My perfect dragon queen." Zelena replied.
"Can we start sleeping together again? I like cuddling."
"Sure, dearie, whatever you want."
"I can buy you stuff again?"
"Nothing overly expensive."
"Okay."
/
The next morning…
"Son of a bitch, Mal. What did I say?!" Zelena said, stepping outside and seeing the green Maserati sitting in her driveway, along with several pairs of diamond studded heels sitting on the hood.
"You said not to buy anything expensive." Mal said. "I barely spent 100 gold pieces and some diamonds on this thing."
"That doesn't constitute as expensive?"
Mal looked down at the car and no doubt priceless shoes for a moment and looked back at her. "Not really, no."
Zelena rolled her eyes. "You're impossible."
"And you need to take this car for a spin. I bought Lily one too, we can have a race! Come on!" the dragon made the shoes disappear and climbed into the passenger seat.
Zelena sighed with a smile. Damn she loved this woman. Mal honked the horn. "I'm coming!"
"Hurry up!"
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