No More Happy Endings

Dressed In Black

Regina

"Henry, let's go." I said popping my head into his room, he was standing in front of his mirror with his black suit on and was mindlessly fiddling with his tie.

"Here, let me." I said walking into his room handing Ava to him, he carefully took her while I carefully tied it, I saw a tear roll down his cheek but he quickly wiped it away.

"I know, honey, it's going to be a rough day." I said hugging him, he nodded and handed Ava back to me.

We got to the cemetery and I saw Henry flinch in the rearview mirror. "You guys go along, we will catch up with you." I said to Robin and Roland, he nodded and they both hopped out, taking the car seat.

"I can't go." Henry said staring at the hearse blankly, I sighed and unbuckled myself so I could face him completely.

"Yes you can, you're strong and I know you can muster up enough courage within yourself to get through this." I said trying to comfort my little boy but he just nodded and unbuckled his seatbelt and walked towards the casket, I trailed behind him and wrapped my black coat around me while I watched him stand by a weak Emma who was sitting in her chair beside her mother. I sat beside Robin who was trying to soothe a screaming Ava who was wailing from the freezing temperature. I gently lifted her into my arms and pressed her against myself, I tapped the pacifier on her lips, making her sleep instantly.

"Thank you all for coming." Henry said looking down at the coffin, taking out a crumpled piece of paper, his speech seemed like a blur, his grief hurting me more than my own.

He finished and walked over to the coffin and helped the pallbearers carry the coffin over to the site, Emma, Henry, and Snow huddled together and went to wobble over towards the grave but the workers held them back, telling them that they could hurt themselves if they ventured any closer, Robin returned and held me close, draping his thick jacket around my shoulders so I could envelope Ava inside.

Everyone had filtered out and started to head towards Granny's for the potluck, Robin had left prematurely to find his freezing toddler a bathroom before he started to cry. Henry was helping Emma into the limousine and Snow was standing in front of the large hole in the ground, staring blankly at her husband's casket. I saw Killian standing awkwardly as he waited for his mother in law to finish.

"Hook, meet Ava, I'm gonna talk to Snow so we can get out of this weather." I said handing him my infant, she squirmed and opened her mouth to cry but I pulled her pacifier out of my pocket and placed it in her mouth before I walked away from the confused pirate.

I walked toward Snow and saw her staring at the casket clutching something to her chest, her eyes filled with warm tears of grief. I gently turned her shoulder and she snapped around, rage filling her face.

"HE'S DEAD BECAUSE OF YOU! IF HE HAD JUST STAYED HERE INSTEAD OF GOING WITH ROBIN NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED AND HE WOULD STILL BE ALIVE! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" She yelled, I stepped back and held out my hands to give her some space, her chest rising and falling rapidly as she looked around frantically, her eyes landing on me, the anger leaving her comforting eyes, leaving them scared and ashamed of her sharp tongue. She crumpled to the ground and dropped her face into her hands.

"Regina I didn't mean that! Zelena took your baby and he was just helping! I'm sorry! I shouldn't have blamed you!" She sobbed, bringing the object closer and closer to her chest, her fingers turning white from clutching it so hard.

I slowly knelt down next to her and carefully reached my hand out, gently placing it on her shoulder.

"Hey, I know, it's okay. It's confusing and you're grieving, David was a good man, and I'm sorry this happened, as much as I wanted to take away your happiness, I never thought that it would actually happen, and I am so sorry." I said moving her stray hairs out of the way, she slipped her hand into mine and then fell into me for a hug, her porcelain skin freezing mine. I felt the object poke into my back so I pulled away and saw her clutching a tiara.