Regal Arts

The Queen and the Thief

All three of them are here, haunting my dreams. Graham, Leo, and Daniel.  Its as if  I am watching myself suffer. First I'm with Daniel, walking through a park, holding hands, in love. But then things turn dark. Next thing I know, I'm holding him in my arms, crying and screaming for someone to save him, but no one comes, and no one hears. I hold him tighter and kiss his cold dead lips one last  time, before the scenery changes.

I see Graham, and the first time he kissed me. I see his lips on mine, warm and passionate. But once again things change. Suddenly I'm in my bedroom, or at the time it was ours, and I'm begging him "please not tonight Graham. We did it last night and I'm really tired. Please?" I see him shove me hard on to the bed, before he gets on top of me. But I don't stop him, I had given up trying to.

Lastly, I'm with Leo, we are eating at a fancy restaurant, laughing and giggling just having fun. But just as before It changes. I see him yelling at me, and I respond back by saying "Leo honey your drunk, lets just get some rest, and we'll talk about it in the morning." I see him backhand me, his hand whipping across my face sending my head flying in to the wall, knocking me out, and making my upper lip bleed.

Robins POV:

I feel hot and sweaty. I wake up and its still dark out. I don't recognize where I am, but then I remember I spent the night at Regina's. I smile happily, quickly replaying scenes from last night in my head. I look down and see her still in my arms. But she isn't as peaceful as I remember. Instead, she is shaking and biting her lower lip while sweat drips down her forehead.

"Regina! Wake up!" I yell while shaking her body. She violently wakes up squeezing my arm that was shaking her and taking a large inhale. She's breathing heavily before she bursts in to tears. "Its ok it was just a bad dream" I say trying to soothe her. I run my fingers through her hair, while also rubbing her back.

"But...thats th-the thing Robin...It-it wasn't just a dream" Her voice is cracking while still shaking in my arms.

"You wanna talk about it?"

She pushes herself up and sits upward against the pillows looking at me.

Reginas POV:

Should I tell him? Or will it just make it worse. I can't even talk about these things with Mary Margaret or Emma without bursting in to tears and hysteria. I take a deep breath and begin my long sad story. "Well, as you've probably guessed I haven't had the best record with boyfriends." He nods his head in return. "You know about Daniel already, he- he died in my arms, and I couldn't do any thing to save him." And I burst in to tears burying my face in Robins chest.

"I'm so, so sorry Regina. Thats- thats awful."

I sit back up and wipe the tears away sniffling as I do so. "And then after that I didn't date for a while, cause I couldn't move on. But I let someone in...finally. His name was Graham. Things started out almost perfect until night after night, he'd force me to...you know?" He nodded his head knowing exactly what I meant and I could see anger rising in him. "And so I never turned him in, cause he threatened to hurt me even more. He never left me alone, in fear that I would go to the authorities, but one day we were out at lunch with Emma, and when she asked me how things with Graham were going, I said that they were fine but I kicked her shin underneath the table. And she just looked at me, and I nodded my head, and somehow she knew exactly what I meant." I feel Robin grab my hand and squeeze it.

"And my last boyfriend, was Leo. Same situation he liked me, I liked him, and I agreed to go out with him. We had dated for almost a year when his daughter, and mother passed away in a car accident. He turned to drinking and after a while it turned in to an every night thing. He became angry and irritable. And when he was drunk he would get angry about the littlest things, and well... he took his anger out on me. There was one night I vividly remember... and it was the night I got this"  I said pointing to the scar on my lip. "Ive had this scar since I was a little girl, but it was always rather small and not very deep. One night Leo was mad at me and I tried to beg him to calm down but he backhanded me and knocked me out cold. And as a result he also opened the scar back up." I looked at him, and I saw his jaw clenching. I could tell he was angry. I thought it was cute that he was protective over me.

Robins POV:

I am angry. No angry is an understatement. I am furious. How could anyone ever hurt her? This beautiful, kind, loving woman. I was sorry for her. It was no wonder she had such tall, strong walls built up around her. She had been hurt and tortured her entire life. I feel honored that she would let me in and I vow to myself that I will never hurt her.

Reginas POV:

He just looks at me sympathetically. and then speaks, "Regina, if I ever see those people near you, I would be happy to have more then a conversation with them. My mind cannot comprehend someone hurting you. You are a beautiful, strong, kind, amazing woman. And you let me in to your life Regina, and for that, I owe you the truth as well."

I tilted my head a if I was a confused puppy dog. What did he mean, the truth? I nodded for him to continue my curiosity getting the best of me. "When I said you were my second chance last night, It wasn't just because I had lost my wife. When... I was with my wife, we were struggling, barely getting by. I had lost my job and we had just had Roland. We didn't know what to do. So I turned to thievery. I stole from those who had what I believed to be "too much." He did air quotes when he spoke "and although my actions saved my family. I regret them with every single ounce of my blood. And I hope your not upset with me for knowing this other part of my life." 

"Robin that was an act of honor. Of course I'm not angry with you, you did what you had to, to save your family and I respect that." It was now my turn to squeeze his hand.

"I'm so lucky to have someone like you Regina" I am sitting up against the pillows which are balanced against the headboard of my bed. He rolls over towards me, cups my cheek and kisses me softly on the scar on my upper lip. "Regina, I promise that I will never hurt you"

I smirk at him "I know you wouldn't. I trust you my... thief." He sat up and looked at me, his face suddenly growing stern.

"Regina I told you thats a part of my life I don't like. And I'd really rather forget it. "

I look at him with sympathy.  "Oh Robin..." I begin trying to apologize for upsetting him, "you may have stole some things in the past, but right now, in the present...you've stolen something much more precious." He looks at me, obviously confused. I giggle at the contorted expression on his face, "my heart Robin," and I grab his hand and place it over my heart "you've stolen my heart." He leans in and kisses me passionately making me melt beneath him. He pulls back "well if you get to give me a nickname, then what should be yours...your majesty?"

"Your majesty hmm?" I smirk at him.

"Well I figure, you own an art school called Regal Arts. So your kinda the queen of it right? And did I never mention to you that Regina in latin is queen? So I think I'm gonna call you 'Queen.' If it's alright with you, your majesty"

"You did not tell me that, but I never knew that. I like it." And I smiled. "Now finish what you've started, thief" I smirk and he chuckles leaning back in to me, kissing me much more passionately now. He brushes his tongue along my lower lip, asking for a way in. And I open myself up to him, allowing a moan to escape his lips. He then works his way down to my neck kissing me sporadically everywhere, causing me to moan and writhe beneath him.  He finds that spot below my ear that always drives me crazy. He nibbles on my ear, making me giggle. He then rolls over, flipping me on top of him. Allowing me to exchange the favor he'd just performed for me. He smiles up at me, his blue eyes meeting my brown ones, "I love you Regina."

I smile back and respond "I love you too." And I peck him on the lips and start to get up. "But...I need to get to work. And you... need to get that adorable son of yours." And I walk over to the front of the bed to finally get my slippers. I slip them on and let me feet get nice, warm, and cozy.

"Your probably right. One last kiss?" He begs.

"Fine" And I walk back towards him kissing him one last time before getting up to cook some breakfast.

A/N: Cutest chapter like...ever! Oh and credit for the picture ^^ is to @/weareonxers on instagram