It's you and I in Wonderland

My name is Alice. Originally from the Enchanted Forest in the Queen's kingdom, was trapped in Neverland with the Lost Boys, now in a new land called Storybrooke. I won't stop looking until I find a way back to Jefferson and my Grace. (Roleplay account)

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Tensions // Alice + Regina

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A whimper formed in Regina’s throat at the pleasurable pain caused by Alice’s teeth on her lip. The Queen’s feet began to move backward toward the bed, her hand leaving Alice’s hair long enough to push the door closed before it rested on the blonde’s hip, sliding under the fabric and finding warm skin.

The backs of her knees hit the bed and she fell back, pulling Alice down and rolling over on top of her before her lips found the blonde’s pulse point and her hips rocked down against the other woman’s center.

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A jolt shot up Alice's spine when Regina's hips made contact with hers. She moaned, pushing her hands past slippery fabric and pressing her fingers against the soft skin she found there. Her lips brushed along Regina's shoulder, then her neck and her chin as she nudged the woman's head up just enough so she could kiss her again, harder and deeper this time.

"I think," Alice growled against Regina's lips, sliding her hands up her side and taking most of the nightgown with her, "I think you should take this off."

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Tensions // Alice + Regina

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Regina didn’t quite understand it, but she found her hands moving up, her fingers threading through blonde tresses. They hated each other, didn’t they? At least it seemed like Alice hated her. But the kiss would suggest otherwise.

In all her confusion, Regina didn’t notice that she had pulled the other woman deeper into the kiss, her tongue pressing past pink lips.

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Alice inhaled sharply. She parted here lips and slid her own tongue against Regina's, causing a sort of thrill to buzz through her stomach. Her fingers closed around the fabric of the other woman's nightshirt as her other hand slipped down to grip her shoulder, palm resting just above her heart. Alice closed her teeth around Regina's bottom lip and tugged gently; it had been years since she had done anything like this, but the memories were flooding back in a rush of heat. It was like learning how to swim, she thought as she pulled Regina's hips into hers. One never really forgets how to do it.

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Tensions // Alice + Regina

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Regina furrowed her brow as Alice’s eyes traced her face. The last thing she ever expected was for the blonde to kiss her. She’d assumed she was going to get hit, quite honestly.

It didn’t take long for Regina to gather herself and grip Alice’s shoulders, pushing her off and holding her in place. “What are you doing?” She asked, her voice sounding far less offended than it should have.

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"Evening the score," Alice responded automatically. She wasn't thinking it when she initiated the kiss--she wasn't really thinking anything at all--but in the strangest way it made sense. She was satisfying the pain of betrayal with betrayal. And, as Alice started to vaguely realize, Regina being the common factor wasn't the worst thing in the world. Slipping one hand down to rest against the small of Regina's back, Alice pressed close and kissed her again.

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Tensions // Alice + Regina

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Regina stood slowly and walked over to the blonde. She sighed. “You have nothing to take the blame for, Miss Liddell. You’ve done nothing wrong.” She shook her head and smiled gently. “Why don’t you go try to get to sleep again? You’re still drunk and you’ll feel better when the alcohol is out of your system,” she offered, putting her hands on the blonde’s shoulders and petting her arms soothingly.

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Alice lowered her arms. Her eyes skipped over every inch of Regina's face and all of her common sense seemed to disappear. The urge to take out everything she was feeling on the woman was unbearable. Alice knew she needed to do something, quickly, before the mixed-up emotions turned into pure aggression and she did something incredibly stupid that would hurt either one of them.

Without a second thought, Alice put one hand on the back of Regina's neck and pulled her in, kissing her as hard as she possibly could.

[aliceofthehat]

Tensions // Alice + Regina

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Regina slipped her legs out from under the covers and let them hang off the side of the bed, her toes pressing into the floor. “Slow down,” she breathed, holding her hands up calmly. She could see Alice’s anger radiating off her body. “You’re here because you were too drunk to handle taking your boys home,” she explained calmly, moving to stand.

"As for Jefferson…" The Queen sighed and ran a hand through her hair. "You should blame me," she admitted, shaking her head. "He never would have let this happen if he remembered what happened between us." He’d been part of her life when she felt there was no hope. He loved her when no one else did. But of course Alice didn’t need to know that.

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Alice nodded frantically, fingers still pressing hard against her skull. "You're right, I should blame you," she stated. "I should, but I don't, not as much as I wish I did. I blame you, and I blame me, and I blame him..." She swallowed hard and pressed her eyes shut, the pounding in her ears doing nothing to calm her nerves. "The whole thing is driving me crazy and I don't know how to make it stop!"

[aliceofthehat]

Tensions // Alice + Regina

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Regina fell asleep not long after leaving Alice’s room. She brushed her teeth, washed off her makeup, and put on a nightgown before slipping into her bed and drifting quickly off to sleep.

A light sleeper since adopting Henry, Regina heard the door open, but she was surprised to find Alice standing above her a second later. “Miss Liddell?” She asked groggily, slipping up to a seated position. “What’s the matter?”

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"What's the matter?" A buzzing sensation started in Alice's chest and spread rapidly throughout the rest of her body. Clenching both her fists and teeth against the tremors, Alice hissed, "What's the matter is that I'm here. I'm in your house. I don't know why I'm here, I shouldn't be here!" Her hands flew up to grip her hair of their own accord and she turned away from the bed, pacing back towards the door. "After what happened between you and Jefferson...after what happened between us...I'm furious!"

She spun around, staring with wide eyes at Regina. "And the problem is that I don't know who I'm furious with, I - I just feel completely... uncontrollably..." Her throat tightened around the end of the sentence. It was like her body decided to feel the word "angry" instead of say it. Alice stood there, shaking, unable to decide what to do next.

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Tensions // Alice + Regina

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Regina smiled at the gratitude. “No, it’s my fault, really. My cider tends to sneak up on people,” she admitted. They found the landing and Regina guided her to the end of the hall and opened the door to the guest room. “There are spare toiletries in the bathroom and clothing in the drawers. The boys are in the next room over and I’m across the hall,” she explained as she guided Alice to sit on the bed.

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"Mmm," Alice hummed. She swung her legs up on the bed and settled into one of the pillows. "I think I'm just gonna...mmm." Her eyes drifted shut, and before she could even check to see if Regina had left the room, Alice was asleep.

It was hours later when she opened her eyes again and sat up, blinking rapidly into the darkness. For a few terrifying moments, Alice couldn't remember where she was. Her fingers closed around the soft bedspread beneath her and it all came rushing back at once: the park, Slightly, Henry, Regina...Regina. An incredible surge of anger suddenly overpowered her and every rational thought fled from her mind. Jumping to her feet, Alice threw open the bedroom door and made a beeline for Regina's. Without even bothering to knock, she pushed into the room and glared down at her host. "Regina."

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Tensions // Alice + Regina

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Regina chuckled to herself as she watched Alice try to stand up. She moved and stood in front of the blonde and took her hands, helping her to her feet. “There you go,” she breathed, wrapping her arm around Alice’s waist to steady her.

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Alice slung her arm around Regina's shoulder and leaned on her slightly for support. She knew how strange it ought to feel to be relying on Regina to take care of her, but she didn't really want to consider it. It was taking most of her concentration to simply walk towards and up the stairs, anyways, so she settled on being grateful for the help. "Thank you."

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Tensions // Alice + Regina

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Regina crinkled her nose at the blonde. “I think that would be best,” she agreed, rounding Alice and guiding her back to sit on the couch. “Just sit down and I’ll go tell the boys.” She turned around and headed upstairs.

Once the boys were settled, Regina returned to her office. “Well, the boys are fine with staying here,” she told Alice. “Now perhaps we should get you upstairs as well.”

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"Good, good," Alice replied, briefly imagining the sea of torsos and awkward limbs spread harum-scarum across Henry's floor. She hoped he could navigate her boys as well as the boys could navigate the boys. "Uh, sure, let's...let's go upstairs." It took her a couple of tries to push herself out of the couch cushions, almost convinced they were trying their best to keep her right where she was.

[aliceofthehat]

Tensions // Alice + Regina

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"Of course," she replied with a smile. "I may be evil, but I’m not going to let anyone get behind the wheel in your condition." She winked teasingly before turning to pick up her own glass.

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Alice blinked rapidly. "Right. I should, um...I should go tell the boys." She took a couple steps towards the doorway but stopped immediately when the room lurched again. After taking a second to steady herself, Alice turned back towards her companion. "Maybe you should tell them, I'm not sure they should see me like this," she suggested, her words slurring together a little bit.

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Tensions // Alice + Regina

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Regina’s brows rose at the lack of space between them. She chuckled as Alice turned away, and once she was sure the blonde had regained her balance, she released her grip. “Perhaps you should stay here tonight,” she offered, conscious of how much the other woman had drank. “The boys can stay with Henry and you can sleep in the guest room.”

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Alice nodded a few times before her brain caught up with what she was doing. "Yes, that's probably a good idea." She realized her glass was still clutched in her fist and set it down behind her. "Um, thank you," she said, looking over at Regina. "For offering. Thank you."

[aliceofthehat]

Tensions // Alice + Regina

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"That’s probably not — " Alice moved too quickly. Regina wrapped the arm that her companion didn’t grab around the blonde’s waist to steady her, leaving them in some bastardized form of an embrace. Regina chuckled. "As I was going to say, that’s probably not a very good idea." 

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Something felt like it had exploded inside of Alice. Standing awkwardly with Regina's arms around her, she was suddenly aware of how hot it was in the room. She turned her head every-so-slightly to look at the other woman and found their faces disturbingly close. "No, I...I don't think it was," she muttered, quickly turning away again. She knew she was supposed to be angry, furious even, at Regina, but knowing that didn't seem to completely explain the burning in her stomach. "It wasn't," Alice said again, mostly to herself.

[pietroxxquicksilver]

Fix You ll Jefferson & Alice

With Grace at school he had the perfect time to go and check on Alice, see if he could actully fix the shit that he had done. She didn’t deserve the words he had told her, the way he spoke to her. It all made him angry. The worse was that he had been with Regina while all of that went down. Regina, the one who was responsible for him losing Grace for such a huge time in the first place.

Now he had time to go around and fix his mistakes, or at least try to do it. Jefferson knew he couldn’t erase the words he had said to Alice but showing up at her front door with a bouquet of white roses painted red. She might like the detail. So he knocked on the door of the address that the station offered him and expected for Alice.

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Because she knew so few people in town, Alice fully expected to spend her day off from her job at the grocery store alone in her tiny new apartment. Under her orders, the Boys had all been enrolled in school just a few weeks before and were there from early morning to mid-afternoon five days a week, leaving her to expect complete solitude for several hours a day. Therefore, she was quite surprised to hear someone knocking at her door long before school was supposed to let out, and after a moment's pause she crossed the room to open it swiftly, eager to see who it was.

The sight of Jefferson holding a bouquet of flowers nearly stopped her heart. She froze in place, unable to do anything but stare at him at first. Alice didn't understand what she was seeing. She didn't know what he was doing, coming to see her, with flowers, after what their last interaction had been like. The last time they had spoken, the first time they'd seen each other in years, Jefferson denied ever having known her, loved her, and been a father to her child, and Alice had been fully convinced that something terrible and irreversible had happened to make him forget everything he held dear. It took a long time, but eventually she accepted that he was as lost as the day she was trapped in Neverland and had moved on with her life, finally ready to leave her old self behind and embrace who she was in Storybrooke, with her boys and without her family.

Now here was Jefferson, standing before her, ready to uproot everything she'd worked for, and with a voice as empty and cold as she felt, Alice said the only thing that came to mind.

"Why are you here?"

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Tensions // Alice + Regina

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She furrowed her brow at the other woman. “Are you alright, Ms. Liddell?” She asked, moving to sit beside the blonde. “You look like you’re not feeling well.”

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Alice took a deep breath. "I'm feeling very dizzy, actually," she declared, picking through the words spinning in her mind very carefully. "It's taking a lot of effort to keep myself balanced...perhaps I should stand up and maybe walk a bit..." Sliding onto the floor, Alice realized immediately that it was a bad decision as the room lurched around her and she felt her feet start to slide out from under her. Without thinking, she grabbed for Regina's arm in hopes to steady herself.

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I think I've finally found somewhere we can afford to live.

[clairwithmagiclonghair-blog]

Most places in Storybrooke are affordable for a single mother, that’s one of the best things in town.

[aliceofthehat]

It is. Seeing that we came here with absolutely nothing, it's amazing that I was able to afford something like an apartment in the time since we've arrived. I'm very grateful for that.

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Tensions // Alice + Regina

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Regina nodded. “I’ve wished I could have a child for so long. I just never thought I could.” She also heard the sound from upstairs, but she thought nothing of it. She was just glad Henry had friends. “You’re lucky,” she replied. “Having any sort of company is a rarity for me nowadays.”

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Shrugging, Alice tapped her fingers against her glass. "Well, I'm here." She looked up at Regina and squinted--the cider was starting to make her very dizzy. "And so's Henry and the boys, so that's something."

[aliceofthehat]

I think I've finally found somewhere we can afford to live.

The apartment only has one bedroom, but the front room is sizable and the boys might actually be able to live comfortably for once. Now I just need to tell them...