Outlaw Queen One Shots

The List

"Ok... what's first on the list, babe?" Regina asks, turning her head to her right and looking up at her husband. They walk side by side around the grocery store with Roland seated in the front of the grocery cart she's been pushing.

Robin gives her a confused look, furrowing his brows before asking, "what?"

"The list." She says, enunciating her words for him. Still it doesn't seem to click and she questions him, "You did bring it, right?"

Oh no. He didn't bring it. He didn't know he was in charge of that. She's looking at him with her eyebrows raised, awaiting his answer and he already knows she's not going to like what he's going to say. He saw it on the kitchen counter just before they left, but with a quick glance he only saw a few items on it. Anyways, he insists, "No need for a list, my love." He gives her a smile for reassurance before telling her, "It's all up here." He taps a finger to his temple twice, signalling that he had memorized it. And boy, he really had not.

"Seriously?" Regina asks, nearly huffing a laugh in disbelief. She really didn't believe he had memorized it. It was quite obvious by the look on his face that he'd forgotten the list, but she was going to allow him to go along with his little white lie and see the outcome of it. Most likely a very full grocery cart with random items she did not need. She wasn't angry though. It was his first time grocery shopping and when she told him to grab the list, he probably didn't even register what she was talking about.

"Of course." Robin says proudly, trying to uphold his confidence in this lie.

Regina smiles, she's excited to see how this plays out. "Great. What's first?"

"Ice cream!" Roland exclaims, pointing to the freezers beside them. They were stacked high with tubs of ice cream, she really shouldn't of went down this isle. "Is ice cream on the list, Daddy?"

Robin thinks for a moment. When was the last time they had ice cream? Wednesday. Three days ago. Regina promised Roland some after their taco night. The boy had a bowl, so did Henry, while Regina stole a few spoonful of Robin's whenever she wanted. He wasn't sure they finished that tub of mint chip ice cream because Regina had cleaned up after dinner while he got the kids ready for bed. What about the recycling, he took out the recycling the next morning and he did see a white tub with a pale green lid. That must've been it. Ice cream was definitely on the list.

"Yes." He says, giving his son a smile. Roland's eyes light up in excitement and practically bounces up and down in his seat.

"Which kind can we try this time, Mama?" Roland asks, staring up at Regina. She lifts him out of the cart and holds him on her hip, parking the cart and opening one of the freezer doors.

"Any kind you want." She tells him. After all, Robin had been right about ice cream being on the list. Regina was secretly a fan of it, and liked having it in the house as a treat for her boys from time to time.

Roland reaches for a tub with a bright pink lid, "how about this one?"

Regina reads the label, "Rainbow Sherbet?"

He nods then asks, "is it good?"

"I don't know, I haven't tried it. What do you think, Robin? Should we go with the sherbet this time?" She questions, turning her head to Robin behind them. She noticed he had his phone out and pointed at them. "What are you doing? Taking photos?"

Her husband nods, "Yeah, it's our first shopping trip and you two are cute." He takes another photo, that has Regina marching towards him and reaching her hand out to block the lens.

"Stop that." She says, grabbing at his phone as he kept pulling it out of her reach. "I'm serious." She tried to keep her facial expressions strict but she let out a laugh as did Roland when Robin kept clicking the button.