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Emma’s lips skirted along the queen’s heated skin, hands roaming and exploring the body beneath them before landing on the spot that had the queen’s head falling back and caused a moan to escape her lips.
“Emma…” she sighed. The dark one grinned, gently nipping the skin at the queen’s shoulder before going up to her neck, finding a sensitive pulse point to bite before sucking on it, effectively marking the older woman, who’s hand was buried in silky white hair as she tried to hold Emma as close to her as possible. “...Em-ma.”
The blonde chuckled.
Emma Swan.
“What?” she frowned. The familiar voice in her head sounded so different, so far away. It was impossible for those words to have come from the same lips of the woman beneath her.
“I said...please...more.” the queen moaned. Emma’s fingers delved deeper into the queen, embedding themselves inside of her and slowly working the motions that she knew would drive the brunette crazy. “Em...Em-”
Emma Swan.
Emma shook her head, desperately trying to ignore the summons, despite how strong the pull was that second time. She focused on the queen, and started moving her hand faster, getting a loud moan out of her as her hands gripped the silk bedsheets beneath them.
“Yes. Yes! Emma-”
Swan.
“Oh fuck.” Emma sighed as she, unable to ignore the summons, disappeared in a cloud of black smoke.
“Emma?!” the queen exclaimed, looking around to see where she went. Suddenly, she felt an external source of fear mixed with slight excitement and worry. And she knew exactly where Emma had gone.
“Oh, she definitely has a fucking death wish.” the queen cussed.
Regina could tell what the queen and Emma were doing, and had to stop herself from letting it go on just to see if it would have the same effect on her.
Instead she braced herself, and, standing in the Mayor’s office, called the Dark one’s name three times, dagger in hand.
The room filled up with black smoke, and when it all cleared, Emma was standing there, her hair loose and her jacket open.
“You have no idea what hell you’ve just unleashed.” Emma said.
“Oh please, she’ll survive without an orgasm for five minutes.” Regina rolled her eyes. Emma raised a brow at her.
“But will you?” she teased.
“Don’t do that.” Regina said, accidentally issuing a command that Emma had to follow, so she shut up. “Oh...oops.”
“I’d be careful with that thing.” Emma said. “One wrong word and I might end up setting something on fire.”
“Sounds like me in the early days.” Regina rolled her eyes. “What the hell are you doing?”
“Besides you? Or well...A part of you.” Emma looked Regina up and down. “Not gonna lie, I miss the power suits. They’re a lot simpler than those dresses.”
“Emma.” Regina said. “This isn’t you. This attitude, the darkness is doing this to you.”
“Great job, maybe they should make you Sheriff. I hear there’s an opening.” Emma rolled her eyes. “What the hell did you expect?”
“What is that supposed to mean?”
“I mean I was drowning, Regina!” Emma spat. “You. My parents. Everyone. All you ever cared about was that I did my job as saviour, no one ever cared about what that meant for me. You were supposed to teach me magic but you decided to keep me at arms’ length because you couldn’t deal with your feelings!”
“How do you know what I feel?” Regina said angrily. “It’s not like you were making it easy with the pirate!”
“He’s long gone.” Emma said. “He was long gone before you ever even thought of taking that stupid potion.”
“I’ll admit that potion wasn’t the best choice I ever made.” Regina sighed.
“The queen feels every single thing you do.” Emma said, a small smile coming up on her lips. “Only she doesn’t hide them. She tells me how she feels...The last person I ever dreamt of having a relationship with ended up being the only one who gave half a damn about me!”
“Emma please...I’m sorry. I’ll fix this for both of us.” Regina said, stepping closer to the blonde. “But you need to trust me...You need to leave her.”
“You’re incredibly intelligent Regina, but you can be so fucking naive sometimes.” Emma scoffed. “I can’t love you without her. Just like I can’t love her without you...not completely.”
“What are you talking about?” Regina asked.
“You’re a whole person, Regina! You and her are the same! And despite what everyone else may have ever made you believe, I love you! All of you! The good and the bad!” Emma spat out, her anger and frustration reaching a head. “I can’t love you completely without her, and I can’t love her completely without you! Once again, because of someone else’s stupud fucking decisions, I’m being denied my. Goddamn. Happiness!”
“Emma calm down.” Regina said, the control she had over the dagger taking the command and taking over Emma’s mind. The blonde tried to fight it, desperately, but the internal struggle brought her to her knees and made her scream. Regina was about to step towards her, when a fire ball flew across her path and she stepped back, looking towards the direction it came from and seeing the evil queen marching towards her angrily.
“Let her go! Now!” she demanded. “Or I swear I will take you down, even if I have to take myself down with you!”
“No!” Emma roared. The queen didn’t pay much attention however, brandishing a sword through thin air and taking a wild swing at Regina, who rolled to the floor and slid beneath her desk.
“Get out, you coward, what’s wrong? Can’t even face yourself?” the queen taunted.
“When myself is a fucking psychopath, I’d rather not.” Regina said. One wave of her hand, and the queen made the desk disappear, plunging the sword downward, but Regina rolled out of the way in time.
“Enough! Stop!” Emma tried.
“No. I’m sorry love, but I’m tired of her and everyone else trying to get in between the two of us. It ends now.” the queen announced. Regina stood up, blocking Emma from the queen’s vision and summoning her own sword.
“Come on then.” Regina said, wielding the sword in one hand and the dagger in another. The queen rushed at Regina, swinging her sword and colliding it against Regina’s. The mayor bent her knees down and then pushed herself back up, pushing the queen off of her and sending her flying into the coffee table, which was crushed beneath her.
A metal bowl suddenly flew at Regina’s head. She was able to dodge it, but it went soaring through the window. When Regina turned back, the queen was in her face, and was about to bring her sword down from above. Regina caught it with the dagger, which flew out of her hands and onto the floor, but she still resisted the queen with her sword, the blade pressed flat against her palm to keep it horizontal and keep the queen’s sword from reaching her.
Suddenly, a burst of magic pulsed between them, sending them both flying apart and cushioning their fall. When they looked up, Emma was standing, her arms apart, casting the magic that was keeping them at bay.
“I. Said. Enough!” she roared. “Put your weapons down. Now!”
Both women reluctantly did so, and Emma released them from her grip, keeping a weary eye on each of them.
“I can’t believe you would defend her.” the queen said to Emma. “after everything she’s done.”
“It’s like I said, I can’t love one of you without the other.” Emma said. The queen’s features clearly showed the pain those words caused.
“What?”
Emma looked up at her with a dour frown. “I’m sorry...but it’s true. You’re each one half of the same whole. Why do you think we haven’t had true love’s kiss?”
“I figured that wasn’t in the cards for me.” the queen shrugged. Emma shook her head.
“It is...but only if you two are one person, not separated.” Emma said. “I’ve always loved all sides of you, I never split hairs. I can’t be truly in love with just one half or the other.”
The two doppelgangers looked at each other and then back at Emma.
“If you really care about saving me...Then you need to make amends with yourselves.” she said.
“She cast me aside!” the queen said. “For some...sick fantasy of being, what, pure?”
Regina shrugged. “I admit, that was...God...Probably the stupidest thing I’ve ever done. I thought I was doing it to make someone else happy.”
“That’s your problem, Regina.” the queen said. “Ever since you redeemed yourself all you ever care about is everyone else’s happiness, not your own.”
“Caring about my own happiness first caused so much hell.” Regina shrugged.
“That doesn’t mean it will happen again.” Emma said. “The past won’t ever happen again, not unless we let it, you’ve come so far, why doubt yourself now.”
“In doubting yourself, you denied me my happiness, and then when I was free.” the queen shrugged. “I…”
She looked at Emma, sensing the powerful dark magic surrounding the blonde.
“I let my fears get the better of me.” the queen gulped.
“Nothing is going to change if you two are separate.” Emma said. “You have quite a lot in common too...Henry.”
“He’s so terrified of everything that’s going on right now.” Regina said.
“I miss him.” the queen answered. Both women’s eyes landed on Emma, who looked at each of them and then looked down.
“Is it worth a shot, for her?” Regina asked, nodding towards Emma. The queen stared at the blonde for a moment.
“She’s worth everything.” the queen said. “You and I both know that.”
They nodded and slowly approached each other, Emma watching the two of them as they did so.
“Emma?” We’ll need your help with this.” The queen instructed. Emma gave her a knowing look before giving the same one to Regina, who nodded.
Emma reached over into both their chests, finding one half of their heart in each woman. She slowly, and as gently as humanly possible, pulled them out. Each side beat at the same rhythm and the same time. Emma looked up at the queen.
“This isn’t goodbye.” the brunette said. “Remember that, I’m still here.”
Emma nodded. “I know you were misguided and scared. But...thank you. We wouldn’t have gotten this far otherwise.”
“Thank me later.” the queen winked at her, and with a small smile on her face, Emma slowly brought both halves of the heart together, delving deep within herself to find her light magic to heal the split between them and make it whole again.
The queen walked towards Regina, grabbing her hands and slowly disappearing, fading into her as the heart fused together.
Regina took a deep breath and looked at Emma, who smiled as she nervously approached the woman, placing her heart gently against her chest before slowly pushing it back in place.
“You did it.” Regina smiled at her.
“How do you feel?” Emma asked.
“Like good old me?” Regina chuckled, cupping Emma’s face gently. “And you…”
“Moment of truth?” Emma asked. Regina bit her lip and nodded. She gently wrapped her arms around Emma’s neck, pulling her closer. “If...if this doesn’t work…”
“We’ll figure it out, Emma, together.” Regina said. Emma gulped and nodded. Regina leaned closer, tilting her head slightly, and pressing their lips together.
It took a second, though they felt the strong build up and understood why. A burst of magic came out from between the two of them, so strong it blew out the windows and triggered a few car alarms. Emma, for a moment disappeared in a burst of white light that surrounded her. Regina had to cover her eyes for as long as it shone. But eventually it faded, leaving good old Emma Swan in its wake, the dark one gone for good.
“It worked.” Emma sighed.
“Good…” Regina grinned at her. “Now come here.”
The brunette leapt into Emma’s arms, kissing her deeply. Emma held her close as she kissed her back, her hands threading through her hair.
And they lived happily ever after.