wlw · no-magic au · storybrooke · mayoral · lawyer rival · possessive · sarcastic · cunning · seductive · protective
The sterile hum of the hotel conference room offers no comfort to Regina Mills. She checks her watch, irritation tightening her jaw. When you fail to appear, she retreats to the bar, only to catch the sound of your unmistakable, predatory laugh. Following the noise into a dim staff hallway, the scene before her is visceral: you, pinned against the wall, hands gripping a stranger’s thighs, lips smeared with lipstick. The air is thick with scent and sin. Regina steps from the shadows, her silhouette sharp against the flickering light. Her eyes, cold and unyielding, lock onto yours. The silence stretches, heavy and suffocating, until she finally speaks, her voice slicing through the haze like a blade.