CHAPTER 1

INSECURITIES

Emmet unlocked the door to their small house. He had a long day at work. Being a construction work had more physical pain than any other work. He just wanted to come home to his wife and eat some good food cooked by Regina. He put his tool box beside the boots or else Regina would kill him for putting "Deadly Weapons", as she quote, here and there. The house was rather quite much to his dislike. He knew something wasn't right.

"Gina, baby am home" he called out while shrugging of his jacket and started removing his dirty underclothes. Rule number two from his wife always put his stinky clothes in the laundry basket. Emmet smiled at how many times her wife had refused to kiss him just because he didn't clean up.

Emmet finished putting his clothes on the basket and stood in the living room in just his boxers as he called once again. "Baby, where are ya?". He heard a faint noise of someone sniffing from upstairs. Emmet quickly made his way towards their bedroom.

He stood before the closed door and tried to open it but found it locked. "Baby open up the door. Are you in there?" he asked a little louder and knocked the door a couple of time.

"Go away." a faint but cracked voice came through the door and Emmet knew what it was. He sighed and ran his hands through the short blonde hair. He scratched his beard which has started growing a bit more over the last two years.

"I am right here if you need me. Okay baby" he called out once again and sat down on the floor close to their bedroom door. He knew what's bothering his wife. It's just like another day of depression. Regina had gone through it so many times. And he knew not to push her at times like this. So he waited butt naked on the cold floor for his wife to open the door. The cold didn't bothered him because he had done this way too many times but he never gave up on his wife. They both dealt with their inner demons in different ways. Regina chose to shut everyone out on the other hand Emmet choose to cling to his wife.

After a couple of hours Emmet noticed that the sun had actually set and it's pitch dark outside. He looked through the gap under the door. There was no light in the room. He sat up straight again and sighed. He looked at his watch to see it's been over 2 hours.

Suddenly he heard the soft sound of his wife's footsteps. A smile crept through his face as he stood up facing the door and started counting.

One... Two... Three... Four.. Five... Six... Seven... Eight... Nine... Before he could say ten the door opened and something heavy came crashing into his arms.

He smiled as he picked up his wife. Regina chose to cling to her husbands shoulders. Emmet pushed the door open and walked towards their bed. He slowly deposited her in the middle of the bed and laid down next to her.

Regina buried her face into her husbands chest. Unable to look at him and she felt stupid for getting depressed on silly matters. Also guilty that she shut him out once again. Emmet kissed her head and slowly ran his fingers through the dark lock. He didn't ask anything. He knew she would tell him eventually.

" Do you like Ruby?" a faint question was heard which ended as a quite mumbling due to the way Regina was pressed against Emmet's chest.

"Am sorry honey what was that?" he asked unable to formulate what his wife asked.

Regina turned her head slightly and Emmet could visibly see a lip almost jutting out forming a cute pout. But he would never say that out loud because Regina would kill him.

"Do you like Ruby?" she asked once again.

"Uhmm.. Okay that's a random question. But yeah I like her as a friend. Why did you ask? " he replied

"I didn't mean that like." Regina mumbled again. This time feeling a bit angry.

"Ha ha... Baby you know I don't like her that way. She is my friend thats all." he replied pulling Regina closer to him and kissed her for head. Regina smiled a little but still frowned.

"She said you liked sexy girls when you were in Boston." Regina sniffed and continued." and I am not sexy like Ruby. I know you are putting up with me because you feel bad for me..." she started rambling and sniffing loudly.

"Woah..woah...hold on... Where is this coming from? You know nothing you said is true right. I mean who said that you are not sexy?" Emmet leaned on his elbows and looked at Regina while he asked.

"I just know. I am not curvy or sexy like Ruby and I have insecurities with my body. My boobs are not big enough. And..and..i don't wear sexy clothes." Regina sniffed in between words as she rambled.

"Baby... You are the sexiest woman in the world to me. Do you think I like it if you wear sexy clothes... Oh hell to the no. I don't want anyone even looking at what's mine. And besides you do wear sexy clothes..

.. in our bedroom" Emmet wiggled his eyebrows at his wife which was rewarded with a slap in his chest and an eye roll.

"And for the boobs.. Let me check.." Emmet pretended to think and pulled his wife's tank top from the neck and looked inside.

"Fuck... Hmm...juicy.." he buried his face on her chest and shook his head. Regina started giggling as his beard tickled her skin.

"Stop it... You goof." she slapped his should and tried to pull him from her chest.

"Nope am not getting up... This is my heaven." Emmet replied dramatically as he buried himself further into his wife's boobs. Regina chuckled again but let him stay there. She slowly ran her hand though his short curls. A few moments passed as the couple stayed in the bed wrapped up in each other's arms.

When no sounds came out Regina shook Emmet "Did you fell alseep on me? Baby wake up you stink." She tried to pushed his heavy husband off of her.

"Hey you were the one who jumped me. And now you tell me I stink." Emmet replied as he pushed himself off his wife and stood up from the bed.

"Go to shower.. Shoo...off you go... You stink so bad..." she dramatically shooed him off. Emmet fake glared as he throw Regina over the shoulder and spun around.

"Baby..stop am gonna puke... Okay.. Okay.. You don't stink.. You smell... Aaaa... Amazing...put me down...please..." Regina begged as she started lightly beating her husbands shoulder.

"Now that wasn't so bad. Was it?" Emmet asked as he put her down on her feet.

"No it wasn't. May be if you were good I would have given you something else." Regina dragged the last sentence as she stalked towards her husband and cupped his crotch with her hand. And slowly rubbed him through the boxers.

"Fuck... Really?" Emmet throw his head back and sighed contently.

"Really." Regina simply replied and chuckled as she watched her husband dash to the bathroom not even bothering to close the door. She heard the water running and smiled when she heard him singing loudly.

"You can sing later we have a dinner to make." she sing songed loudly to her husband. In return she heard a loud groan and "Damn Woman..you are gonna be my death"