" GINA! RUN!" Roland squealed as he darted past Regina's legs and into the backyard. Her momentary confusion is resolved when she see's Robin charging after the little boy, roaring "You'll never escape the great and terrible orge!". A bubble of laughter erupts from Roland as he see's his father grumbling towards him in his best big beastly orge walk. Regina watches as Robin chases Roland around the yard, nearly grabbing him but Roland is quick and manages to escape each time.

Smiling contently to herself, it seems that life is being oddly nice to Regina as of late….well besides Emma becoming the Dark One, but that is something they are working on and the whole Zelena is pregnant with her soul mates baby issue. But in truth Regina is sure that in this moment watching her love and his beautiful son play in her backyard amongst the fallen autumn leaves she hasn't felt this happy since falling in love with Daniel years ago.

At that moment, Henry walks through the front door with a cheerful "Hey Mom!" as he walks over and wraps his arms around her waist and pulls her in for a brief hug. She sighs into it as she curled her fingers through his hair thinking he could use a haircut, scruffy boy.

"Where's Robin and Roland?" he questions

At that exact moment a piercing joyous scream from outside hits their ears. "Ah nevermind" Henry laughs, walking to the backdoor to see the commotion outside. Robin has Roland high in the air, throwing him up and catching him as he comes down, the little boys squeals of laughter echo through the entire yard. Robin puts Roland back on the ground as he spots Henry at the door frame.

"HENRY, COME PLAY‼ THE ORGE IS OUT TO GET ME!" Roland yells

In a moment of hesitation, Henry questions whether he is to old to be playing these games anymore, Knights and Orges... he wants to show he is a grown up, but something in his heart still loves the play of fairytales.

" You better get out there before that screaming becomes any higher" Regina smiles, seeing the internal battle going on in her sons head.

Smiling at her, Henry charges out the door, grabs two long branches and yells to Roland "Grab a sword Ro! We will defeat him together!"

Regina grabs a cup of coffee and settles herself outside on the porch, soaking in this moment. Henry is finally here, with her, and Robin and Roland. Tears prickle her eyes and she swallows hard, keeping the tears at bay. The fight of knights vs orge seems to go on forever. Robin playing the part to perfectly, growling and grumbling as he runs towards the boys who return his charge with equal gusto, swinging their "swords" in the air at him keeping him at a safe distance.

Regina thinks absent mindedly to herself that she should probably rake up all the leaves that have fallen, not one to like a messy yard. The massive 4 oak trees that surround the property, shed an incredible amount of leaves each year. She walks down the few steps from porch to grass, towards a carpet of leaves and starts to rake it into one expansive pile. It used to be one of Henry's favorite things to do with her on these chilled autumn days, her raking up leaves and him proceeding to throw his little body into the cushioning of foliage, laughing at her playful scowls. Hours they would spend playing this game. The memory warms her heart.

Henry still playing with Roland sees what his mom is doing and immediately runs towards the ever growing pile. He stops just before it, makes eye contact with his mom who raises an eyebrow and smirking says "don't even think about it young man". POOF! Henry falls into the pile of leaves, throwing them in every which direction laughing. Regina can't help but join in the laughter with her son. It is at that moment another tiny little body comes running past her, flinging himself into the pile of leaves beside Henry, bubbles of laughter erupting from his little belly. Robin walks up beside Regina smiling at their boys, throwing leaves at one another. That is how the next hour is spent, with Robin and Regina raking up bundles of leaves all over the yard and having Henry and Roland jumping into them.

It's not till Henry and Roland are stuffed into a pile of leaves so far all you can see is their winter boots, Regina finally looks at a clock. 7:00 Shit! Dinner should have been started 2 hours ago! , scrambling to sit up from the grass she has parked herself on, she begins to make her way back inside.

Robin noticing her sudden distress catches on, and follows her, quickly grabbing her hand and spinning her around into his embrace. Blue eyes meet whiskey brown, and momentarily Regina melts.

"Robin, I need to start dinner, it is way past, Roland is going to have a late bath now, and I haven't even gotten Henry ready for school in the morning" she pines.

"Regina, love, don't stress yourself. So we order Pizza tonight and so Roland has to stay up for an extra 20 minutes, the lad won't suffer. Truly" Robin quips smiling as he leans in to pull her into a soft, languid kiss. Gently pressing his lips to hers, she sighs quietly into his mouth. It amazes Regina how Robin is able to both calm her down and yet her pulse quickens at the same time. Their brief moment is interrupted by an "EWWWW GROSS‼!" from their boys in unison. Laughing as they break apart, Regina sees a glint in Robin's' eye and a smirk pull across his face.

Before she can react, Robin picks Regina up, whirls her around and throws her into a 6 foot pile of leaves. Shocked, Regina finds herself on her back, covered in leaves, with Robin and the boys standing above her laughing at the scene in front of them.

"Oh you are in trouble, thief!" She laughs. Robin extends his hand down to help her up, but Regina pulls instead and Robin falls completely on top of her, crushing her into the leafy bed. Laughing into the crook of her neck, he lands a few kisses as he brings himself up to look into her eyes, shining with love.

"My apologies, M'lady, but I had to, plus you look beautiful covered in nature" He laughs.

"Flattery will get you know where now" She croones back before lifting herself up slightly in his arms and whispers in his ear "I think you need to be punished thief". Falling back down into the leaves, Regina can't help but laugh at the look of desire and minor fear on Robins face at her words. Before she can think of another quip, Robin captures her plump rose colored lips in a kiss, biting her lower lip seductively as he pulls away, leaving Regina breathless beneath him. Smiling down at her with a "yes your majesty", Robin lifts himself up and off Regina, pulls her up and they walk arm in arm into the house, following the shouts of their boys for pizza.

Regina thinks as she walks into her house Yes this is how happiness is supposed to feel.