Drabble Day

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This week's prompt:
False Alarm

~100-1000 words; please post a link to longer fics.

~Graphics are encouraged!

~Use the spoiler cut < lj - spoiler > < / lj - spoiler > {no spaces} if needed.

~Have fun!

May I just say WOW! You all are writing some AMAZING fics for these prompts. I read all of them and I'm awed at the amount of talent in our members have.

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Just One More Thing

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Characters: Henry, Emma Regina/Robin
Rating: PG

Just One More Thing
Regina knocked on the open door of Henry’s room. “Are you ready for school, Henry?”

“Yes Mom.” Henry said as he looked up from his duffle bag. “We need should drop this off at the sheriff’s office. I’m staying with mom next week, remember?”

“I remember.” Regina sat on the bed.

“Are you all right?” Henry asked. “You look tired.”

“I haven’t being feeling well.” Regina smiled at him. “It’s nothing to worry about.”

“You should go see Doctor Whale.” Henry said as he zipped his duffle bag and put it on his shoulder. “Come on. I don’t want to be late.”

Regina stood up and walked out with him. She took him to school and went to drop off his bag with Emma.

“Here’s Henry’s duffle bag for his week with you.” Regina said as she put the bag on the chair next to the desk. She sat in the other chair

“You okay?” Emma asked. She frowned at Regina. “You look like hell.”

“I feel like crap. I have been sick almost every morning for the last two weeks. I think I should just give up and just go to the doctor.” Regina said.

“Regina, have you and Robin been sleeping together?” Emma asked.

“That’s not your business.” Regina raised an eyebrow at her.

“If you are and you have been sick for the last two weeks you could be pregnant.” Emma said.

“I cant be… Can I?” Regina sat back in the chair

“Go buy a test and take it.” Emma said. “It’s the only way you can be sure.”

“What if I am? He is back with his wife.” Regina said.

“That is up to you.” Emma said. “You don’t have to think about anything until there is something to think about.”

“Very reassuring, Ms. Swan.” Regina sighed.
“Just do it.” Emma did.

Regina nodded and left she stopped at the pharmacy and got a test. She went home and took it.

Regina sat in her bedroom and stared at the stick until the timer went off. The test was negative. She threw it across the room.

It was just one more thing for Regina to cry about.

Re: Just One More Thing

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What is with Regina and pregnancy and great minds thinking alike this week? :-) I always make a point of habit to write my drabble before I read anything else on drabble day and was completely surprised to find this week's challenge inspired you similarly as well, especially as this is the first time I've ever written anything like this. The whole concept of pregnancy is usually a complete and major squick for me!

Oh, and good job, BTW! :-)

Outlaw Queen: Not Yet (PG-13/T)

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She stares at the thin stick. It's a modern contraption for which she'd thought she would never have a use, but she's promised Henry she won't use magic unless it's absolutely necessary. She leans forward, watching tensely, but no change happens. It takes a few minutes before she believes that nothing is going to happen, and then, at last, she relaxes.

The mighty Queen's shoulders slump. Her face falls, and as she releases a long breath of air, she feels a pang in her heart. She tries to ignore it as she does away with the contraption and flushes the toilet, but the pain is still lingering in her chest long after she's washed her hands. Finally, she forces herself to leave the bathroom and is surprised as she's instantly met.

Robin takes one look into her eyes and knows everything without her having to speak a word. His strong arms wrap around her, and although she's surprised to find him standing pensively outside her bathroom, Regina doesn't try to push him away. She needs him right now -- needs that strength, that reassurance, protection, and warmth that she only receives when he hugs her like this.

He holds her close for a while, laying his head gently over hers at first. Then he moves just enough that his light beard brushes over the top of her cheek, a stroking motion that he knows she likes. "It's okay," he tells her.

"Robin, what . . . ?" she starts to ask, but then as their eyes meet again, she realizes he knows everything already. "How?" Only he ever manages to make her so stunned that she finds it difficult to speak so much as a syllable.

He smiles down into her eyes and strokes her face tenderly with his large hands. "Did you truly think you could hide anything from your humble thief, my Queen?"

"I . . . I . . . How did you know?"

He strokes her hair, tucks a stray strand back behind her ear. "Does it matter?" He knows she wouldn't believe him if he told her that every worried look over the last few weeks she's given him has warned him of what she thought was coming.

"I . . . I guess not," she admits, her shoulders slumping again. "Nothing is to come of it, and this moment is not to be spoken of again."

He continues to smile at her stern commands. "Very well, but I have one thing to say first." He lifts her hands to his lips and kisses them both at once. "The time may not be right yet, my Queen, but one day,it will be. When that moment arrives, it will be the second highest honor I have ever had bestowed upon me, the first being when you gave me your heart in all matters."

He leans close and brushes his stubble over her cheeks again before kissing her lightly. Unconsciously, she raises a foot as she leans in to him and deepens their kiss. Her sorrow has left, as it always seems to do around him. She knows now, too, that it certainly won't be a horrible thing at all when the time does come and they have a child together. Nothing will ever dim their love for Henry and Roland, but it will be a wonderful life to raise not only the boys they already have but a child of their own making together as well.

The End