𝑳𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑳𝒀 - Rumplestiltskin [2]

forty six

46|monster

Celeste leaned against the kitchen counter of her old apartment, sipping a mug of tea as Regina checked on Henry.

"How's Henry?" Snow White asked quietly as the older woman joined them downstairs.

"Reading comic books, refusing to sleep, so I think okay." Regina sighed with exhaustion. "Or at least his version of a brave face. Thank you, by the way, for earlier. I mean, he has enough problems without bringing my mess of a life into it."

"By mess, you mean Robin Hood?" Celeste winked at her suggestively, knowing their relationship was strong. "Did you guys, uh?"

"Oh, come on, Regina!" Snow grinned at the woman after hearing her scoff at Celeste's remark. "You don't need to be ashamed."

"Well, I know I don't have to be, but I am." Regina revealed awkwardly, hating to admit it out loud.

"Is everything okay?" Charming asked as he wandered over to the three women in the kitchen.

"What are you doing here?" The Mayor stared at him with confusion. "Well, shouldn't someone be out looking for Emma?"

"Didn't Mary Margaret tell you?" He glanced at his wife who slipped away. "She called. She figured out a way to get rid of her magic."

"Get rid of it?" Celeste snapped, putting her empty cup on the counter. "And you're okay with that?"

"We support our daughter."

"Bullshit."

"We're not talking about an old pair of Jimmy Choos here." Regina added, agreeing with Celeste. "Tell me you're joking."

"It may seem drastic, but it's the only way Emma can be sure to never hurt anyone again." Snow defended herself and her husband.

"Hurt?" Celeste said sounding offended with her choice of words.

"This could be the worst idea you've ever had." Regina continued to argue with them. "And you hired the Wicked Witch as your nanny."

"We think it would be good for her." Charming stated seriously. "She could be normal."

"Magic is normal." Celeste crossed her arms, narrowing her ocean blue eyes at him.

"Let me ask you something." Regina turned serious for a moment. "Do you know what I regret most?"

"The countless innocent lives you destroyed?" Charming answered with a raised brow.

"Low blow."

"That I didn't support Henry when he realised he was special." She answered honestly with a deep sigh. "You, of all people, should remember. 'Cause you started it all when you gave him that storybook. It opened up a whole world for him. But I was so scared of losing him that I tried convincing him he was crazy. And that being normal would make things better. Thankfully, he had the good sense not to listen to me."

"Regina's right." Snow turned to her husband, realising what they had done. "David, we've been rationalising and you know it. We cannot let her take away what's special about her."

"I know."

"Well, then let's go get her."

"I'm going to head home." Celeste announced to the small group. "It's late, I better check my husband hasn't killed anyone."

"It worries me that I know you're not joking." Regina chuckled darkly, smiling good bye to the woman.

~•~

"What did you do?" Celeste leaned back in her chair, raising a brow at her husband as he wandered into the dimly lit house. "Who is dead?"

"You trust me so well, love." Rumpel chuckled, hanging up his coat before stepping in front of her seated form. "No one is dead."

"Good." She mused, smiling up at him as she pulled him closer by his waistband. "As long as no one is dead then I guess I can forgive you."

"I fear I will always be a monster in your beautiful eyes." He sighed, cupping her hands and pulling her to her feet.

"Good." She forced him to stare at her, kissing his lips gently. "I would rather the monster who would sacrifice the world to be with me than the hero who would sacrifice me for the world."

"How poetic." His voice deepened as he closed the gap, hands gripping her hips as he pressed his body against hers.

"You seem stressed." Celeste teased, trailing her hands down his chest. "Use me."

"How do you say that with such an innocent look on your face?" Rumpel pushed her gently on to the sofa behind them, laying her down as he leaned over her. "Shane I will make you scream my name over and over till that innocence is gone."

"Rumpel." She moaned, fingers in his hair as her clothes vanished off her body. "Please."

"Beg."

"Fuck you."

"Only if you beg."

"Please, Rumpel."