I am going to fail my exams but oh well. Here have a D!OQ IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED (Still not over it)

I don't own OUAT, they belong to A&E.

Unbeta'd so please forgive the many mistakes. Enjoy!

Her lips, her lips, I could kiss them all day if she'd let me
Her laugh her laugh, she hates but I think it's so sexy
She's so beautiful
And I tell her everyday

- Just the Way You Are, Bruno Mars

/

The Queen smiled, they had done it. Regina and the rest of her family had made it back home. She had never doubted that they would make it back, for all their talk of hope the heroes had a tendency to let fear govern them. She understood, didn't, couldn't blame them, she had spent most of her life using fear as a tool, manipulating it, hiding behind it. Robin and Regina had taught her not to be afraid, that sometimes you have to close your eyes and leap. Ever since leaving Storybrooke she had decided to live not for yesterday, nor tomorrow, but for today.

/

Robin had seen three realms in as many months and it was more than a little overwhelming. He had uncovered tales of another version of himself that had followed a Queen to a quaint town, only to die at the hands of a god. It was too ridiculous not to be true. He had discovered his, or the other version of Robin's son- Roland. He had never imagined himself a father. He had nothing to give, he was a common thief, but seeing the boy clutching a feather, smiling, showing off his dimples, melted his heart.

What nothing prepared him for was The Queen meeting Roland. He wasn't sure who had the biggest smile. There was a moment where time seemed to stop. Both looking at each other, the child wondering if this was another one of his dream. The Queen willing herself not to cry. She never thought she would see Roland again. The silence was broken with a squeal of delight.

"R'gina"

A laugh escaped her mouth, it was real. He was real. This was real. "Roland, my knight"

She hugged him, squeezed him tight until he began laughing and thrashing his arms

"R'gina… Gina you're squishing me"

"So I am. I'm sorry it's just been a long time since I have seen you and I missed you a lot" she replied

Roland nodded, his smile fading for a second, "I missed you too but I looked after the camp for you and papa"

They shared a look, they needed to explain to Roland, but neither of them wanted to break the magic, Regina took his hand, while Robin took his other and they walked towards the camp fire

"Why don't you tell us about everything?"

Roland talked animatedly for an hour before his eyes turned droopy. The Queen carried him to his tent and tucked him up, promising that tomorrow he could finish the story.

The Queen was also more tired than she cared to admit and fell asleep next to Roland. It truly was a picture. He knew then that one day soon he would ask her to marry him.

/

She looked out at the Enchanted Forest, for so long this view had taunted her. It offered a freedom that she could never have. She was a princess, a Queen. It was every little girls dream. If only they knew it was the reality was a nightmare.

For so long she believed that happiness only existed for Heroes. Villains didn't get happy endings. Part of her had always known it was a lie that happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if only one remembers to turn on the light. That light is hope, it was always hope. It never truly dies. Sometimes it just hurts too much to believe in it.

She sat down at her vanity, brushing her hair, she had debated cutting it for a while, she knew she could still rock the short hair, and honestly she had fancied a change. Robin did like the long hair though…

Her thoughts were interrupted by something flying towards her. An arrow.

Attached was a ring. And a note. No no no. It couldn't be. He wasn't. Things like this didn't happen to people like her.

Removing the arrow from her mirror frame, she took the note, carefully placing the ring down.

"Are you ready for another adventure?" she read.

A small laugh escaped her that thief was utterly ridiculous, and no she wouldn't have it any other way.

"So?" she heard…his smug, cheeky voice echoing throughout the room

They walked towards each other, closing the distance between each other. She tried to think of some sarcastic comment, a barb, because she sure as hell wasn't going to be one of those girls that was spun around and cried. She was Regina Fucking Mills and The former Evil Queen. She was a bit more refined.

If their eyes locked, emotions swirling within them, if his hand caressed her cheek, lifting her head slightly, if she leaned in subtly bringing her lip to his, if their nose brushes against each other and they close their eyes, savouring the moment. If they open them minutes later, needing the reassurance that this was real, before deepening the kiss, passion overwhelming them. If she whispers yes into his ear and rests her head on his shoulder, if he tucks her lose, stubborn hair and says "Stunning in every way".

If any of that happens it's because she is done with waiting for the other shoe to drop. She has spent too long living in the past. The ones you love will always stay with you, but there comes a point where the memories of their love have to be enough. There is a moment where you realise that you can be happy. Even after all this time.

It's because he didn't believe that he could be anything more than a thief. It's because he wants to see her smile, like the one when she had seen the ring, hear her laughter- like when Roland tells her a story or when he does something stupid. It's because he intends to spend a life time kissing her scars, it's because he wants to hold her for as long as she allows.

It's because they're here now and this is true.

A/N I don't like using The Queen, a person is more than a title, however as both Regina and the Queen are mentioned I thought it would get confusing to have them both be called Regina and couldn't work out a way to do it. None the less there is a dimples queen section and Roland refers to 'The Queen' as Regina as that what he knew her as.

I don't like the start of this it felt awkward but anything I did to change it just felt worse!

Thank you for Reading and please let me know what you thought.

P.S There may be a D!OQ Wedding installment coming by the end of the next week!