With These Small Hands - New Fic
Title: With These Small Hands
Author: DMH/LittleTayy
Word Count: 650
Rating: Teen
Pairing/Character: Regina Mills/Evil Queen, King Leopold, Cora, Snow White
Summary: Shortly after Daniel’s death and her subsequent loveless marriage to King Leopold, young Queen Regina finds herself pregnant with her dead lover’s child. She can never let anyone know; least of all, her ever-more abusive husband.
Author's Note: This was written as part of the onceuponaland 'When Wishes Come True' challenge. The title and the summary are not mine. This will be a multi-chaptered story.
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It has been two months since her marriage to King Leopold and three months since she’s had her cycle. She has been vomiting constantly for a month now, her stomach starting to swell and she can no longer deny what is happening to her own body. She had felt the first changes only weeks after her wedding day and she had since been sick with worry and than pregnancy sickness.
She is in her bedchambers, a place all her own, even if her mother constantly invades her sanctuary. She is lying in her bed, warm furs draped over her as she tries to stop the feeling of illness that overtakes her. She is tired and all she wants is to sleep but her plan is thwarted she knows, when her mother strides into the room and demands to know why Regina has not been out of bed yet.
“I am sick mother,” Regina cries, trying to explain without having to say anything.
“You have been sick far too often Regina. It is time you fought through it,” Cora says as she takes the young Queen’s hands and pulls her into a sitting position. “The King requires your presence and you know not to disappoint the King,” Cora continues, referring to the several times King Leopold has had to take a firm hand with his new wife.
Regina whimpers quietly, no energy to argue or fight her mother and let the elder woman guide her up and get her ready with a wave of her hand. The magic swirls around her and when it disappears she is in a soft blue dress, the bodice pulling uncomfortably tight at her abdomen. Regina gasps as she tries to breathe in, the tight bodice restricting her breathing causing her mother to frown in confusion.
“It is too tight mother,” Regina says, pulling at the dress uncomfortably.
“Tight?” her mother says disapprovingly, “Just because you’ve married does not mean you can grow careless with yourself,” she continues as she loosens the dress with a flick of her wrist.
“I know mother,” Regina replies as she follows her mother out of her chambers.
They walked through the halls, heading for the Royal Hall where King Leopold was holding Court. As they walked Regina started to feel light headed and dizzy but tried to ignore for fear of what would happen if she did not appear by her husband’s side in Court. They entered the Royal Hall quietly, curtseying shallowly as they approached the thrones, the King already seated in his. Starting up the short steps to her own throne beside the King’s Regina stumbled as her head swam and before she could contemplate what was happening she felt herself sway and her vision turn black.
Regina hit the stone floor hard as several maids, knights and servants rushed forward to her, hoping to break her fall. King Leopold rose quickly from his seat and made his way to her quickly causing the several people already around her to part hastily. Cora too rushed to her daughter too, discreetly checking her over with her own magic as the King called for a medico. The young queen did not wake for several moments causing the King to dismiss the witnessing subjects and calling for a guard to take the sick Queen back to her chambers.
Cora stood as the man carrying her daughter did too and trailed after them a small smile fixed on her sharp features. She had felt a sign of life within her daughter but had not had time to thoroughly scan her daughter magically. If what she thought was true however she knew her place within the Kingdom would be secured forever if Regina was indeed pregnant and happened to birth a son. She knew any son of the King’s would succeed of any daughter and rule the Enchanted Kingdom.
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Chapter 2
Author: DMH/LittleTayy
Word Count: 650
Rating: Teen
Pairing/Character: Regina Mills/Evil Queen, King Leopold, Cora, Snow White
Summary: Shortly after Daniel’s death and her subsequent loveless marriage to King Leopold, young Queen Regina finds herself pregnant with her dead lover’s child. She can never let anyone know; least of all, her ever-more abusive husband.
Author's Note: This was written as part of the onceuponaland 'When Wishes Come True' challenge. The title and the summary are not mine. This will be a multi-chaptered story.
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It has been two months since her marriage to King Leopold and three months since she’s had her cycle. She has been vomiting constantly for a month now, her stomach starting to swell and she can no longer deny what is happening to her own body. She had felt the first changes only weeks after her wedding day and she had since been sick with worry and than pregnancy sickness.
She is in her bedchambers, a place all her own, even if her mother constantly invades her sanctuary. She is lying in her bed, warm furs draped over her as she tries to stop the feeling of illness that overtakes her. She is tired and all she wants is to sleep but her plan is thwarted she knows, when her mother strides into the room and demands to know why Regina has not been out of bed yet.
“I am sick mother,” Regina cries, trying to explain without having to say anything.
“You have been sick far too often Regina. It is time you fought through it,” Cora says as she takes the young Queen’s hands and pulls her into a sitting position. “The King requires your presence and you know not to disappoint the King,” Cora continues, referring to the several times King Leopold has had to take a firm hand with his new wife.
Regina whimpers quietly, no energy to argue or fight her mother and let the elder woman guide her up and get her ready with a wave of her hand. The magic swirls around her and when it disappears she is in a soft blue dress, the bodice pulling uncomfortably tight at her abdomen. Regina gasps as she tries to breathe in, the tight bodice restricting her breathing causing her mother to frown in confusion.
“It is too tight mother,” Regina says, pulling at the dress uncomfortably.
“Tight?” her mother says disapprovingly, “Just because you’ve married does not mean you can grow careless with yourself,” she continues as she loosens the dress with a flick of her wrist.
“I know mother,” Regina replies as she follows her mother out of her chambers.
They walked through the halls, heading for the Royal Hall where King Leopold was holding Court. As they walked Regina started to feel light headed and dizzy but tried to ignore for fear of what would happen if she did not appear by her husband’s side in Court. They entered the Royal Hall quietly, curtseying shallowly as they approached the thrones, the King already seated in his. Starting up the short steps to her own throne beside the King’s Regina stumbled as her head swam and before she could contemplate what was happening she felt herself sway and her vision turn black.
Regina hit the stone floor hard as several maids, knights and servants rushed forward to her, hoping to break her fall. King Leopold rose quickly from his seat and made his way to her quickly causing the several people already around her to part hastily. Cora too rushed to her daughter too, discreetly checking her over with her own magic as the King called for a medico. The young queen did not wake for several moments causing the King to dismiss the witnessing subjects and calling for a guard to take the sick Queen back to her chambers.
Cora stood as the man carrying her daughter did too and trailed after them a small smile fixed on her sharp features. She had felt a sign of life within her daughter but had not had time to thoroughly scan her daughter magically. If what she thought was true however she knew her place within the Kingdom would be secured forever if Regina was indeed pregnant and happened to birth a son. She knew any son of the King’s would succeed of any daughter and rule the Enchanted Kingdom.
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Chapter 2