After the funeral, home is the only place Regina wanted to be.
Sitting in her locked room, tired of hearing the same condolences from people, Regina crawled over to her closet, pulling out a medium-sized chest from behind the several jackets that were.. his.
Regina opened the engraved mahogany lid, avoiding the several bracelets and jewels, and brought out a small brown haired doll Henry had given her. The pink dress still soft between her hands.
She sets it on her bed, closing and sealing the chest, and padded over to the full length mirror. Regina cuddled the doll, remembering how she'd use to dance with it when she was a child.
Then she'd grown up and met Daniel. And then married the king, hiding the doll from Snow.
This doll survived through the 1st and 2nd curses, waiting to be of some comfort for Regina. But then Regina met a certain thief and hadn't needed it.
Now, Regina swayed slightly, wishing to go back to the innocence of being a child.
She wondered what would've happened if she'd met Robin when they were kids. How he would've helped her learn to dance, shoot, and fall in love. She, now, wished for his strong but gentle arms that've supported her through anything. His noble and loyal heart. His way to make Regina giggle and blush like a schoolgirl. She wants him to again whisper in her ear how they can sneak out into the garden of the castle without anyone noticing, to dance and kiss in the moonlight.
She wanted her thief and her dance partner.
