Okay so new fic! But this time it's Wicked Swan because I've been dying to make one for a while now.
This will be slightly AU because I'll make a few changes on the plot to make this work, but it's still Storybrooke and magic stuff. - This is past season 5(which I am not paying any attention to), so let's assume Emma recently left her dark one days because of true love's kiss, from Henry.
Also Regina has no feelings for Emma or whatsoever. So yes it'll be Outlaw Queen even though it'll just be stated as two people that we know are a couple, I won't waste much time on their relationship affection.
Anyway, I won't say anything else, just enjoy!
Chapter 1: A cold – Part I
Life was okay for Emma Swan, as okay as it can be after everything.
Everybody was relieved she was no longer the dark one, that finally the dark powers were gone, but it still took a while for some to adjust because they still remembered their saviour as the villain. However, that's the least thing that bothered Emma, thing's only got real complicated when she decided to be open about her relationship with Zelena; yes, the blonde detective was dating the 'Wicked Witch' like people still liked to call her.
The actual attraction started very soon in Emma's dark ways, when she decided to have a conversation with Zelena. Let's just say later on she took the offer 'ready to kiss and make-up'. She admits that was when the lustful attraction started, Zelena always said it was only her dark side acting up but when Emma stopped being the dark one and had a serious conversation with the witch, the redhead soon realized that Emma wasn't fooling around, and she wasn't up to kill her anymore. As hurtful that can be sometimes, Zelena is nobody to judge and started to understand why Emma felt like she had to do that. – Emma wanted more, she figured she deserved it and so did Zelena. Both went through a lot in their lives and they can easily relate to their pasts: abandonment, abusive home, pregnancy behind bars and unfairness. It was like another person that could understand how she actually felt, how the rejection and being misunderstood affected her, Zelena could easily relate to that, maybe more than Regina did.
And Emma's bond with Regina went to rock bottom again, it seems the two can't be friends for that long and they only talk to each other when it involves Henry or work, the rest of the time when they do talk to each other usually ends in another conflict, because of Zelena and the child. – Nobody approved Emma's relationship with Zelena not even Henry or her father which were actually her last hope, they just couldn't see how Emma would be safe around Zelena without even changing her own ways. Plus, there was the whole child issue, Zelena and Robin shared custody of the beautiful little girl, Robin spent a week with her and then Zelena spent another week with her, it was only fair, but it wasn't easy to make them agree that Zelena should spend time with her daughter just as much Robin did, and she means unsupervised time, which she eventually got; thanks to the Blue Fairy who finished a powerful potion/spell that could lock Zelena's magic away and she could never ever get access to it. Zelena proved herself by accepting that potion/spell and sacrifice her magic; all to be with her little bubble of joy.
Emma couldn't understand what else Zelena needed do to prove everybody she was trustworthy and that her life had meaning just like everybody else, but the redhead says she could careless if people have a stick up their asses to see her change, she just wanted to be with her daughter and with Emma, yet the saviour knows how much it really hurt her deep inside.
Sheriff Station
Katelyn now grabbed the plastic spoon and shoved it inside the empty yogurt before bring it up to Emma's mouth. The one-year-old child was 'feeding' Emma.
Emma chuckled when she noticed what Katelyn was doing, so she decided to play along. She pretended to eat the yogurt even though there wasn't any, and made pleasing sounds before rub Katelyn's tummy. "Yum, it's good!" She exclaimed.
Katelyn just carried on with her play but it ended by smearing Emma's face with the little bit of yogurt left. While Katelyn did that, Emma simple shut her eyes and pressed her lips together, trying to not be too uncomfortable by the all mess Katelyn was doing on her face, but when the toddler stopped, the blonde quickly opened her eyes and made a silly face which got Katelyn let out that adorable baby laugh.
"I see you two are having fun." David commented with a small chuckle as he noticed Emma's dirty face and the sound of that laugh was just pure joy.
"Yup." Emma grinned and then removed a bit of yogurt from her cheek with her index finger and poked Katelyn's chubby nose with it, and that got the little one try to look at her own nose to see how dirty it was. Emma just laughed lowly because it was adorable to see those bright blue eyes crossed. "She's my only way out of this all boredom." Emma smirked and then quickly rubbed Katelyn's tummy, slightly tickling her as well. "Aren't you Kitty-Kat?!" The redhead toddler just threw a fit of giggles as she tried to shove her chubby tiny hands inside her small mouth.
"I bet. Lately things have been very slow." David said as he leaned against his chair and placed his feet over the table, on a corner, far from the all things in the table. "Hey, Katelyn…Katelyn, Kaaatelyn." David began to call out for the little girl.
Katelyn tried to turn her head to look at the man and Emma adjusted Katelyn's body position so she could easily face David.
"Hii, little one." David smiled and then began to play the peekaboo game with her; first using his hands but then he got too carried away and was now hiding behind his own desk and then pop out of nowhere, which would slightly startle Katelyn but she just laughed hysterical.
Emma smiled while she watched her father playing around with Katelyn, even if the man did not accept Emma's relationship with Zelena, he was still on the neutral side, he was not going to neglect the child who had nothing to do with the grown up issues; and Emma still appreciated how her father did not make any nasty comment even if he wasn't in good terms with Zelena. Unlike her mother who takes every chance she has to have a conversation with Emma about how being Zelena is just wrong.
And speaking of the devil…
"Who does this wonderful happy laughter belong to?" Snow asked as she stepped in the station and let's say she was surprised to see Katelyn sitting on top of Emma's desk and having fun with her husband who was on his knees on the ground, basically crawling around and hiding behind the desks.
Emma quickly got on her awkward and self-defence mode as she straightened up her back but still kept firm hands on Katelyn's small body. "Hey." She greeted her mother.
Snow was still lost as she stepped further into the station. "Hi." She greeted and now looked at her husband who was standing up. "What is she doing here?" Snow asked when her eyes went back to her daughter.
Emma swallowed hard at her mother's question, but answered it nonetheless. "Zelena has a cold and she doesn't want to infect Katelyn, so I took her today with me." Emma explained.
Snow frowned slightly at that because she could understand Emma's words by two ways: one Zelena asked Emma for a favour and her daughter went to pick up Katelyn, or two, Emma spent the night over, or maybe Snow was just being paranoid. She knows her daughter is dating the witch, it's not something she approves or feels proud of, she simple doesn't see how can Emma even be in love with the Wicked Witch.
"So what are you doing here?" Emma now asked still with a tensed and awkward expression on.
"Well I-.." Snow was about to explain her reason but then sound of high-heels clacking against the ground made everybody look at the door and it was Regina Mills stepping inside the station.
And Emma felt like everything was against her today. "Great." She muttered under her breath before slightly tug Katelyn closer in a protective way.
Regina perked up an eyebrow as she eyed the station, easily feeling the tension, but her eyes quickly landed on the toddler. "What is Katelyn doing here?" The brunette asked.
And Emma took a deep breath as she tried to not make any eye contact with Regina. "Zelena has a cold, she didn't want Katelyn to get infected so I brought her with me today." She exclaimed for the second time.
Regina frowned. "Then she could've called Robin to take care of her."
"Robin already had her week with her." Emma clenched her jaw as she now finally looked at dark chocolate eyes.
Regina rose her chin slightly. "Yes, but if she's sick and incapable of taking care of Katelyn-"
"She's not incapable." Emma stated, her voice slightly louder than before, only to show that she was getting upset. "She just has a simple cold. You are only contagious on the first three days of the cold, she will be better tomorrow."
David gave her look, like he was surprised for that kind of information, and so did Regina.
"What?" Emma eyed them with a frown before roll her eyes. "I know stuff too, okay? Plus, Lena told me that."
Snow's eye twitched at the nickname, and Regina simple cleared her throat as she fixed her hold on her purse. "Anyway, I am just here for a report." Regina said.
"What kind of report?" Emma perked up an eyebrow and looked up at the mayor as Katelyn was now playing with her hair and stopped paying attention to the adults around her. "I left them all from last week on your desk this morning."
"That's what I thought but I remembered I got a call from somebody who was upset about his missing tools. So I told him to inform you." Regina explained. "But I didn't saw that report on my desk today."
"Yea that's 'cause it was his son taking his tools to build his own fort." Emma shrugged. "I went do some kind of stakeout this weekend and it was his son and friends basically taking the tools."
"Well I am glad that was solved but I still need the report." Regina requested.
Emma sighed out and rolled her eyes. "Fine, I'll write it up when I got time because now.." She looked down at her watch around her left wrist. "..I gotta go." Emma informed as she stood up from her chair while bringing Katelyn up in her arms.
"Why?" Regina bluntly asked.
Emma rose her eyebrows at that question. "Because it's my lunch break now." She simple stated as she grabbed her phone and went through it just with one hand while holding Katelyn against her hip with her other arm.
"Oh, then you can join me for a lunch at Grannies!" Snow suggested with a smile as she clapped her hands together.
"No can do, mom." Emma said as she fixed her hold on Katelyn. "I am having lunch with Lena." The blonde smiled when she looked down at her phone and saw the text: 'I prepared your favourite. I swear I did not sneeze into it. Get home, Swan.' Zelena was bossy when she wanted to, but it still made Emma smile how the redhead simple said 'get home', it made her feel like she already lived there even though she has been spending a lot of her time in Zelena's house.
"Oh." Snow sounded disappointed as she felt very uneasy knowing that her daughter was going to have lunch with that witch, she really can't get used to this relationship her daughter is having, and she hopes so much it's just a fleeting thing.
"Yea." Emma nodded as she shoved her phone inside the pocket of her jeans and started to grab her car keys and jacket with her free hand. "Anyway, I am going." She walked up to the exit but stopped when she was just couple of feet away from Regina. "I'll get your report done this afternoon." She informed.
Regina simple nodded and looked down at the redhead toddler with a smile, she loved spending time with Katelyn when it was Robin's week turn, and the toddler was always cheerful around her but it seems right now she was paying more attention to Emma's necklace.
"Okay then, I'll see you guys later." Emma forced a quick smile to everybody and when she was about to leave the station Regina stopped her.
"Wait, do you have her car seat?" The brunette asked and Emma rolled her eyes.
"Of course I have her seat. How do you think I got here in first place?" The blonde replayed and then remembered something. "Oh mom!"
Snow quickly looked at her with a hopeful smile. "Yes?"
"What's the best meds for runny nose, cough, and like sore throat, also headaches, I think." Emma said trying to remember the all symptoms Zelena was feeling this morning and the past two days.
Snow's smile quickly dropped as she pressed her lips together. "I guess ibuprofen is the best for headaches and sore throat. Then dextromethorphan for cough and the nose." Snow explained her.
Emma quickly smiled. "Great, thanks!" She thanked while making mental note of the names. - Then she looked down at the redhead toddler. "Let's go see Mommy!" Emma said in a hushed tone and with a big smile as Katelyn looked up at Emma and smiled showing her four front teeth. "Mommy." She repeated and Emma simple encouraged which lead the toddler to start clapping their way out of the station and get all pumped to see Zelena.
Regina was left behind along with Snow and David. They were all conflicted: David simple felt awkward because he didn't know exactly what to feel about his daughter's relationship, Snow felt very uneasy about this whole thing with the Wicked Witch and Regina simple felt disappointed and jealous how that toddler was now going back home to her mother and not back to her mansion.
"Well I guess I should go order something from Grannies and we can have our lunch here?" Snow asked, deciding to change subject and shake all those thoughts off of her mind.
David cleared his throat and nodded as he rubbed his chin. "Yes, that sounds good."
"Do…do you want to join us, Regina?" Snow asked making Regina snap out of her thoughts.
The brunette quickly shook her head as she took a deep breath. "No, thank you. I have too much paperwork at hands right now." She then gave them a polite smile and left the station as well.
Now it was only David and Snow, and the blond man put his hands on his sides. "So…it seems it's getting even more serious." David commented, talking about the relationship Emma was having with Zelena.
Snow quickly sighed and shut her eyes for a second. "I don't even want to think about it. Let me just go get some food and then we can have a peaceful lunch." Snow said as she approached her lover to give him a kiss on the lips before leave the station to get them food.
And that's a wrap! What did you guys thought about it?
Should I carry on?