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“Hey!” Emma shouted up at the window hanging high above her head. “Regina! Get your ass out here right now!”
The blonde scuffed her foot along the snow-sprinkled path leading to the mayor’s mansion and scowled slightly. Her breath was clearly visible in the frosty air and her lungs burned every time she gulped in another mouthful; now was one of those moments Emma wished she had had the foresight not to run the entire distance here in her downy parka.
The door of 108 creaked open slowly, allowing Regina to take in the blonde standing on her doorstep. The woman’s nose and cheeks were tinged red with cold and her knitted hat was sitting cockeyed on her head.
“What can I do for you this morning, Sheriff?” the mayor drawled.
“I’m cold,” Emma stated blankly.
Regina cocked an eyebrow at her. “And just what exactly has that got to do with me?”
At this Emma threw her arms around Regina’s neck and assaulted her with a crushing kiss. A contented hum rumbled deep in the mayor’s chest as she returned the kiss with fervor, breaking it only when the need for air became a necessity.
Emma whispered into her ear, a smile creeping over her wind-bitten features, “Kissing you is the fastest way I know how to warm up.”
Stray snowflakes from Emma’s curls fell onto Regina’s black turtleneck and the brunette grinned as she pecked the blonde once more on the lips.
“Glad to be of service,” she husked back.
She then quickly whirled Emma back around toward the street and smacked her on the butt. “Now get back to work before I have to fire you.”
Emma spared the mayor a withering glance over her shoulder before she strolled back off through the wintry morning to the station with a new-found spring in her step.