We Can Love Again

What Makes a Family

Throughout her life, Regina seldom had good days. A good day was classified as extra time spent riding Richontante, sneaking away with Daniel, catching her mother in a lighter mood... But this day was unlike anything she had ever experienced before- she felt as if she were in heaven, a perfect world where the sun shone bright and her happiness was completely undeniable.

Regina held Robin's hand tightly as she lead him through rows and rows of men's clothing, feeling a lot like Ruby as she did so. It made her remember about going shopping for Roland when they first came back to Storybrooke; she grabbed whatever she thought would fit and continued on through the aisles. She practically had to force Roland and Henry to stay at home while the couple dashed to the mall for his new wardrobe change. Robin was a good sport about it all- he was with Regina again, and that was all that mattered. They had about a thousand things do to, but the both of them were more than excited to go through it all.

"I wasn't expecting your realm to be this... Big."

Regina laughed lightly. "You'll get used to it," she reassured, "after all, Roland did. I made Storybrooke all by myself, you should be proud of me."

Robin absolutely loved seeing her so happy. "I am so entirely proud of you," he smiled, watching her pull more t shirts off the rack.

"Everyone will love to see you- I mean this is all too perfect, we can be a family now, have friends, be happy, have a baby together... You're excited about our baby, right?"

He had to stop her by kissing her softly. "More excited than I've ever been before. But let's talk about this when we're not in the middle of a clothing store."

Giving him a look, she unfolded a pair of jeans and sizing them to his body.

"Do people here really wear this stuff?" Robin asked, looking inquisitively at the clothing she had piled in their shopping cart.

"Yes, look at Roland- he refused to wear the new clothes I got him, so I had to hide all his Enchanted Forest stuff in the closet. He's been fine ever since."

Robin wondered how their lives had went for the four months he was away. How did his four year old adapt to the change? How on earth was Regina able to deal with a baby all by herself? The responses his mind was giving him made him dizzy.

"So, have you been keeping up with being the mayor this whole time?" He asked, truly curious to know. Of course he knew Regina to be a workaholic, but Robin had no idea how she could manage the kids, as well as being pregnant. On top of all that, she still looked unbelievably gorgeous.

Regina found a second to break away from the massive selection of shoes she was picking through to smile slightly and shake her head.

"Belle had taken over while we left for Neverland, and I told her she could stay in the job. Who knows, one of these months I could bring myself to do it again, but not now."

The name struck familiar to him- he quickly remembered Rumple talking about being in love with her. After all they had been through, he hoped the man had found her.

"Well you can still be the queen of my castle, that's for sure." He joked, letting his arm wrap around the small of her back.

Regina let out another small laugh. He loved the way her laugh sounded; it was soft and absolutely carefree.

"And you can be my king- my lionheart." Her fingers grazed over his tattoo, making his skin shiver to her touch. Four months had been way too long.

"You wanna get back to the house? I think we have enough clothes for you."

"Alright, you'll have to catch me up on everything that happened while I was gone."