Is It Too Late? - Swan Queen AU

Chapter 15

A/N:

Surprise! I had some creative juice hit me, and so I made another chapter. I hope y'all enjoy it. Let me know what you think! Thanks so much for the support. Also! I started a little book of one shots, you should go give those a read.

Regina felt herself being pulled toward Emma whenever the blonde was around, even if she was just dropping off her weekly paperwork to the woman. The tether that was once  inseverable and held them close together was making a familiar thrum within Regina's heart. She couldn't fight the way the universe always managed to push them together - even after Regina had had a stern yelling match with the mirror in her study.

She and her husband hadn't been getting along as well lately due to her time being spent with Henry and Emma, but the Mayor was still blissfully unaware. Ignorance is bliss, right? Regina's heart thumped wildly within her chest when she heard the door open in the evenings when Leopold arrived home. Regina had not, by any means, fallen behind in her role as a housewife, but now she felt more content with her days. Not only had she been flying through paperwork, speeches, filing, and even event planning, she had time in the mornings and evenings to spend time with the one woman who had never truly given Regina's heart back.

The woman knew her blonde friend had caught on to her change in attire. It was almost mid-July and Regina found herself in long sleeves and long pants. Her hair had always been styled down and covering the sides and back of her neck. Emma made a few comments along the lines of, "a little hot to be wearing a long sleeve, yeah?", "I know its fashionable, but you look like you're about to suffocate like a pig in a blanket", "Regina, please, you're wearing a jacket, outside, in the middle of summer!" Regina always defended herself saying she was just a cold person, but the way her dark brown hair stuck to her neck from sweat and the sticky feeling she felt every day when she arrived home told her the truth.

Incoming Call: Emma Swan

"Emma. Hello." Regina answered softly, her fingers fiddling with the pen in front of her. It was just past noon, and they had a silent agreement to talk to one another during Emma's lunch break after the sheriff had called her every day at lunch for three days straight.

"Hey, Gina. How's it going in the office? Has Mister Gold discovered the truth on who runs the town yet?" She laughed, and Regina felt her own heart swell at the sound. However, when she glanced down at the pen she was holding, the painful reminders her husband left behind on her wrists made her sigh. "I'm sorry, not funny. I'll be by in a few minutes, less than that actually, to drop off paperwork. I hope you aren't naked, well..."

The eye roll was heard over the phone, but Regina laughed. "Oh, Miss Swan, you caught me off guard. I must to thrown on clothes because you have discovered my secret: I do paperwork in the nude!" Her voice was overly dramatic, and she was pleased to hear laughter fill the line.

"I'm actually pulling up now, Gina, I will knock, no barging in - Promise."

"Okay, dear. But, just walk in. I'm in the study, there is no need to knock." With that, the two hung up and Regina's sleek iPhone was placed next to her laptop that had been open on her email inbox.

Soon, the sound of footsteps filled the air, and the well dressed woman sitting behind a desk could not help but smile. Emma Swan was wearing her tight as ever skinny jeans with one of her black tank tops and that stupid red leather jacket Regina had grown to love. "Hello there." The happy look on the blonde's lips matched the brunette's and they stared for a few seconds too long, the tether between them thumping loudly in beat with their hearts.

"Afternoon, Madam Mayor." Emma had fallen into the habit of calling Regina that once they had determined who truly ran the city behind closed doors.