And here she was... Peeping in the window of a bar looking at the man who is supposed to be her so called second true love. She couldn't see his face but knew who he was because of the lion tattoo. She felt silly and although she wanted to go in she was scared and began to leave when suddenly a smelly man stepped in front of her. "Hello puppet.. Aren't you beautiful. Why don't you come be my friend tonight" Regina looked at the man in disgust he smelt like booze and garbage and his appearance wasn't much better. "I have plenty of friends thank you" she spoke to him coldly and tried to walk away but he quickly grabbed her arm dragging her to the ally next to the bar. "let me go you baffon!" she tried fighting back and scratched the mans face which only seemed to anger him more. He threw her against the wall and hit her hard. "well puppet looks like someone should teach you some manners" His hands began moving up her dress and she screamed and struggled. Everything was fuzzy due to the hit but soon enough she saw a figure pulling the man off of her and punching him as she fell to the ground. The brawl lasted a while until the man who had saved her drew a bow and told the man to leave or else. He quickly ran over to her. "m'lady are you okay? Can you hear me?" his voice echoed and it took her a minute to comprehend what he was saying but once she understood she tried to quickly stand up only to fall forward into the mans arms. He held her in his arms and looked down at her looking concerned and helped her out of the ally and walked her to his camp and sat her down. " Can you tell me your name" his voice was sweet and soft and his accent was mesmerizing. "I'm Regina" she suddenly felt herself feeling better although her face hurt and she was still pretty shaken up. "Robin of Locksley at your service" he began to clean the wound but she pulled back at the pain as she winced a bit. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to hurt you" his voice was so reassuring and soft. "tha- thank you for saving me" she looked down and saw his tattoo feeling her heart skip a beat. "I'm just doing what anyone would have done but your welcome m'lady. What are you doing out here at night anyway?" he softly dapped her face trying to clean her up. "I was looking for someone. And i honestly don't think someone else would have stepped in." she wanted to look him in the eyes bit was scared to and it made her feel silly. "well I take it you didn't find them?"
"uhm no" she lied. What was she supposed to say? "well do you live close I could walk you home. Id prefer you not walking alone" he was so gentle and kind and a gentleman it made her smile a bit.
"its a bit of a walk" the castle was further at least tonight it felt far..
"well how about you camp here with me and my men tonight you'll be safe here I promise" every part of her was screaming no after what she just went through how could she even trust a man right now? She looked at him and thought for a second.. For some reason she felt like she knew him and for whatever reason she trusted him. She nodded and smiled a bit she was too tired and too sore to walk back home anyway.
"Alright then. We'll get you set up. I hope you don't mind sharing a tent? It gets much colder and I don't have another tent for you" she was in a dress bruised and cold she didn't care to protest or leave.
"That's fine.. As long as its you" she realized how that sounded and began to try and explain herself. "It's just you saved me and I trust you." he smiled and started to get set up. "I know what you mean of course I meant me" he held open the tent flap and motioned for her to get in. Regina hesitated but climbed in. The tent was kind of small but surprisingly warm. Robin climbed in with her and zipped up the tent. "If you need anything I'm right here" Regina smiled a bit and nodded and layed down. "Thank you Robin" he layed down so they faced each other and he smiled at her. She was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. "goodnight Regina" he smiled at her and soon enough they both fell asleep. Regina was tossing and turning in her sleep dreaming of the events that had just happened causing Robin to jump up quickly he softly shook her. "Regina wake up. Regina!" feeling his shake she shot up and smacked his face in the process. "oh my god I'm sorry!" she put her hand over his face. "No harm done. Are you okay?" her heart was racing and she looked down and lied. "yes im fine. Sorry to have woken you" Robin knew she wasn't ok so he took her hand. "okay but if you aren't okay I'm here for that too" before she knew it she was in his arms. He was so warm and his big arms around her made her feel safe. She fell asleep in his arms and she didn't have any nightmares.