Ladies and gentleman! I present to you, QUEEN THIEF FICTION! Yay! xD Hope you guys love it! Please review!
It was quiet evening in Storybrooke. All residents were asleep and the town seemed so peaceful. The car approached Gold's shop and Henry's family (including Gold) got out.
"I suggest you go home to your family Dearie" Gold said to Emma who was holding Henry's arm.
"No way! I just reunited with my family, I am not gonna leave!" Henry was deeply unhappy for having to leave Neal's side. He never had a father figure, so now that he actually knew his father, it was hard to separate from him even if it meant they'll be apart for couple of hours.
"Listen kid" Emma turned and looked at Henry "Neal needs to get a room here and we need to go and see Mar-, Char- … your grandparents!" Emma still didn't know how to call them.
"Okay, but promise me I'll get to hang out with Neal tomorrow, we can talk about the Evil Queen and-"
Neal stopped Henry and jumped in the middle of his sentence "The Evil Queen? That's new", it really was.
"Yes, she's the one that adopted me, she's Regina here."
Neal's eyes fluttered wide open as he couldn't believe what he was hearing. The Evil Queen technically raised his son and he turned out to be this sweet kid… apparently she's not that evil he thought and turned his attention to Emma.
"Emma can I talk to you for just a moment". She stared at him
"Now? It's 12am and we should probably get out of the streets and go home, there's no time for talking now!" she raised her voice a little.
"No, I need to know where we stand right now!" he didn't pay attention to Gold or Henry.
Emma grabbed his arm and pulled him so that only he could hear what she was saying "We stand nowhere" her voice was full of hate. She didn't love him anymore, he was just a memory. "Neal, just because you're here that doesn't mean I want you back! I just want Henry to be with you, and me… just stay the hell away!" her blue angelic eyes were now black as night and her grip on his hand was tighter."Now, you better go and do whatever! I'm gonna get MY kid home".
Neal was broken. Her words breaking piece after piece. The truth is that when he saw her in Manhattan, he thought there was a chance that maybe, two of them and Henry could be family, but now, he was sure that's not going to happen."Okay" he whispered and pulled away.
Henry was too busy discussing something with Gold that he didn't notice the way his parents looked at each other. If only eyes could kill.
After they all said there good-byes, Gold, who had still owned most of the town, took one of his keys and unlocked one of the rooms in Storybrooke hotel. First he offered Bae to move in with him in the glorious mansion, but Neal denied it. Instead he got a pretty room in hotel and decided that it was perfect, since Emma didn't want anything to do with him, not anymore!
"There you go, if you need anything, son, just call me" Gold's eyes were full of hope, that maybe his soon would find forgiveness in his heart. "It's okay, I don't think I'll need you" Neal answered coldly. That night Neal couldn't sleep. Strangely after everything that happened, he could think of only one person, I can't wait to meet Regina he thought and surprised himself. He didn't even know her and somehow he knew she was someone special.
The next day he just wondered around Storybrooke seeing old friends and meeting new ones. He saw Blue and greeted her with a sticky smile, the truth is he never liked her. He met Snow and Charming that burned him with their looks He's the one that broke Emma's heart Snow would think.
He searched the whole town and there was no sign of a woman he truly wanted to meet… The Evil Queen. He asked around and found out that her mother Cora was here, that Regina was on a road to redemption before her mother came. From all the stories he heard, Neal realized that this Regina was apparently controlled by her evil mother, how else could she turn evil in just a few days. It didn't make sense. But unfortunately, the people of the Enchanted Forest were too blinded by her reputation in their land, that they couldn't see the truth.
It was 10pm and Neal was still out. He was a little tired from walking so he sat on the bench in the park. It was quiet evening. In Manhattan this was the time when everyone went out and partied till the morning, but not here. Here, most of people were already asleep. He enjoyed just sitting there, in all that quietness, just being there by himself. He was starting his road to forgetting about Emma.
Just when he was about to leave he heard strange noises coming from the other end of this giant park. It sounded like someone was really upset. He got up and walked to the other end.
He saw a woman, with short dark hair that was glowing in the moonlight, curled up on a bench. When she raised her head he could see her dark eyes flooded with tears. He instantly felt the pain she carried forward when their eyes met.
The woman jumped off the bench and wiped her tears. "Who the hell are you?" the woman said, her mask already on her face. From the broken woman, she turned into this cold creature in front of him in just a matter of second, it was quite fascinating.
"I, I'm Neal" he said and went towards her.
"And just how did you get here?" she asked not bothering to even shake his hand. "My father brought me here, if I may ask, what is your name?" he smiled.
Regina's eyes went wide open. She heard Rumple was in Manhattan looking for his son. This, this must be that son he wanted to find. She needed to be careful. Maybe Neal was on Rumples side, maybe he just wanted to harm her. Regina forgot about her doubts when she saw his pure eyes that were full of warmth and honesty."I'm Regina" she was still cold, but it seemed like that walls she built around her had wholes now.
Neal could see the emptiness in her eyes. This! This was Regina? The Evil Queen everyone hates? Impossible. This woman seemed so sad, so broken. But no one bothered to ask why. "I've heard quite the stories about you, so how is the Queen today" Neal said and set on the bench.
Regina was still standing "What do you care? Did Rumple send you to spy on me?" she raised her voice and turned her head to face him.
"Wait, how-" Neal was speechless. He could understand how she knew he was Rumble's son.
"Yes dear, it's not hard to connect the pieces. When you told me that your daddy brought you here, I knew right away. So answer me!" she sat next to him wanting nothing but honesty. The walls around her once again were flawless, but her eyes gave her away. She was broken and she couldn't hide that no matter how hard she tried.
"No, I'm not really close to him, and even if he did… I wouldn't have done that!" Neal gazed in her eyes and was charmed by Regina when she was cold, she was beautiful.
Regina herself stared at Neal. He was gorgeous and nothing like Rumplestiltskin. She melted when their eyes met once again. "May I ask why? Why wouldn't you? You were supposed to be scared of me, yet here you are, chatting like I'm just another acquaintance" she said almost whispering.
He was now sitting close to her and he smiled "I'm not scared of you, all day I've been hearing people saying that you are evil, but now… now I just can't see it. This, you, that's not how evil looks". He really meant every word he said. If anything, Neal knew about evil. His father was The Dark One!
She didn't know what to say. For the first time in a while someone was good to her, someone was kind. She got up "I should just go" she said and started walking away when Neal's arm stopped her.
She flashed a look of disapproval, but he didn't care. He wrapped his hands around her waist and pulled her closed to him, their bodies touching. "What the hell-" he didn't let her finish her sentence. Neal kissed her, but she didn't return the kiss. Instead of that she pushed away and slapped him so hard, he felt like his head was spinning (he was exaggerating). "Don't ever do that again" she yelled and tears started to stream down her face.
She cried because that kiss reminded her of Daniel for some reason, because no one ever kissed her like that (except Daniel), not even Graham, she cried because, by slapping him, there was no chance he'll kiss her again, but thankfully Neal wasn't the type of a guy that gave up fast on things he wanted.
When she turned to walk away her steps fastening, he ran after her, she could just disappear and leave him there, but she didn't. Instead, she just ran. At one point she just gave up and when she was about to collapse on the street, Neal grabbed her. She was still crying, it was heartbreaking for him to see her that way. "I'm sorry" he said and with that he once again kissed her, this time he felt Regina responding.
She parted her lips and he entered with his tongue. When Neal broke off the kiss gently biting Regina's lower lip, she sighted. She wanted this moment to last forever. "Come on, I'm taking you home" he said. "You don't know where I live, and my mother she's there, she'll kill you" she said with shaky voice. "You need to rest Regina, you're exhausted. We're going to my place". With that they both walked to his room in silence. At one point he took her hand, and for few minutes she held his hand, but then she let go.
His apartment was small, but enough. He unlocked the door and Regina went in. She took off her shoes and sat on the couch, she was too tired. "Oh no, you're guest, and guests never sleep on the couch" Neal shook his head and went towards Regina. He picked her up and she didn't complain. He lowered her down on the bed and kissed her forehead. Before he could pull away she grabbed his tie that was wrapped around his neck and pulled him closer gently.
"Stay with me Neal" she said and looked at him with her big hazel eyes. "Okay, but let me change first, I'll be right back". When he returned she was already asleep. He took of her coat and laid next to her wrapping his hands around Regina "Thank you" she groused and pulled closer to him. "My pleasure" he smiled and closed his eyes.
He was strangely happy, and she… she was in his arms and that's all that mattered.
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