"True love brings up everything - you're allowing a mirror to be held up to you daily." Jennifer Aniston.

Regina was wallowing in her lounge room, drinking wed wine and wincing every time she breathed as she waited for Robin to come home. She had been stupid and reckless and they had fought, Robin had left hours ago with the slam of the door. Now it was rearing 12am and he still wasn't home. Regina went to move to grab her phone to call him when the front door opened and she heard him walk in.

"You came back." She said, immediately sitting up on the couch, wincing in pain as she did.

"Of course I came back." Robin said walking in to the lounge room, throwing his wallet and keys on the table.

"But you were mad. I've never seen you so angry." Regina said softly, he had been gone for hours.

"It doesn't mean I wasn't going to come home." Robin said running a hand over his face.

"Even to the Evil Queen?" She asked looking at the glass of wine she was drinking from.

"Even to her." He replied before walking over and sitting next to her. "How did the boys go down?" He said throwing a hand behind her on the couch, his hand resting near her head.

"Henry was alright, he asked questions. I forget he's not little anymore. Roland was fine." Regina said looking over at him, placing a hand on the couch near his leg.

"As long as Mommy was there he would be happy." Robin said smiling at the relationship that Regina had developed with his son, their son.

"He missed his Daddy, he just didn't ask as many questions and is easier to bribe with cookies." Regina said smiling at the little boy earlier that evening.

"That's true." Robin said leaning back on the couch, the severity of the evening hitting him.

"I'm sorry. I know you're mad and you probably don't want to hear it because I can feel the anger radiating off you but babe I'm so sorry. I didn't mean for it to go this far." Regina said placing a hand on his thigh, willing him to look at her.

"I know you didn't." He said finally looking at her before continuing. "But you can't just run into a fight all Evil Queen style. You have to remember that there's people at home waiting for you Regina." He finished sighing at his wife's stupidity.

"I know, I know there is. I just forget what that's like. It's only ever been Henry and I and before that back in the Enchanted Forest, it was just me. I've never really had anyone waiting for me." She said honestly because it was the truth, they may have been married for almost a year and together for longer but it didn't change the fact that she had been alone for so long before that.

"I know but you need to remember that I am here and that I love you and most importantly that I'm not going anywhere." Robin said intertwining his hand with hers on his thigh.

"And that you'll always come home?" Regina asked, she was never this vulnerable but he was her husband, if she wasn't vulnerable with him, who could she be herself with?

"I will always come home to you Regina, I can promise you that." He said kindly.

"But you were so angry with me, you barely raise your voice and tonight you yelled at me. The fury was rolling off you. What happens when I inevitably screw up again?" She asked as she threw her legs over his lap, needing to feel that connection with him.

"Well I don't know, I guess you can try and not screw up again? I don't know Regina. I wasn't angry at what you did but the fact you did it. The fact you went in there, into that fight with no second thoughts, like no one would care." Robin said, he knew this wouldn't be the last time they would have this conversation in their lives.

"I know, I should have thought. But I also wanted to protect our family and our town." She had come a long way from wanting to kill Snow and her family to actually protecting them.

"I know you did, all I'm asking is that next time you think before you act okay?" Robin asked her, lifting her hand and kissing it softly.

"I promise." She agreed although she wouldn't do anything different, she protected her family and that was the main thing.

"And if you have time, please talk to me before you throw yourself into a fight with an enemy who wants to kill you." Robin said.

"I promise I won't run into a fight again without thinking or talking to you." Regina agreed, leaning over and kissing his cheek softly, wincing a little in pain at the movement.

"That's all I can ask for. Now, how are you feeling?" Robin asked rubbing his hand over her legs.

"You really love me don't you? You're mad still, you've been off for the past few hours probably with Charming drinking but you're asking me how I am." Regina asked smiling at her husband, he really was her true love.

"I do really love you, why do you think I was mad? I'm not very keen on losing you anytime soon or ever." Robin said chuckling softly, lightening up the situation.

"I don't wanna lose you either, I'm sorry, I really am honey." Regina said honestly.

"I know, you've called me babe and honey in one conversation. When Regina Locksley starts using pet names you know she's sincere in her apologies." Robin said smiling at her affection.

"I am being sincere and it means a lot to me that you were upset. I love how much you love me." Regina said cocking her head and smiling at him, they were going to be okay.

"And I love you alot." He said leaning in and kissing her softly. "Do you want me to run you a bath or did you already heal your wounds?" He said running a hand down her back.

"I was going to but then I thought I deserved them and that I should suffer in my pain." She said sincerely, she had been wallowing the last few hours but she deserved it.

"You're crazy, come on, up we get." He said laughing as he scooped her into his arms, her arms going around his neck as he carried her to their bedroom, going straight to the bathroom. Placing her down softly on the edge of the bath and kissing her softly before he leant over to get the bath started.

"I love you." Regina said softly as she ran a hand over his cheek and through his hair, in awe of the way this man loved and looked after her.

"I love you too." He said softly as he finished prepping the bath before helping her get undressed, kissing each bruise and scratch on her body.

"Will you join me?" She asked softly as he finished undressing her and lifted her into the bath.

"Yeah let me go check on the boys." He said, leaning down and kissing her softly. "I am glad you're okay baby." She knew he had been worried if he brought out baby, she was never ever one for being called pet names, ever. But in the heat of the moment or in times of intensity, Robin would bring them out, reminding her that above everything she was still just a woman in a relationship with a man that loved her very deeply.

My first fanfiction of Robin/Regina, I am in love with these two and so excited to start writing some one shots of them. Please send me prompts in your reviews or in my ask at my tumblr which is refusetoshine. Enjoy & review. :)