A/U: Hey, guys! What's up? This fanfic is from Anne Bridge, originally posted in portuguese from Brazil, but I'm translating to english with authorization and supervision of her. You can talk to the author by twitter (@belongsory) and see the original fanfic on Social Spirit (Summertime Sadness - Once Upon a Time category). Enjoy!
An ordinary Family
"I've lost count of how many times I deleted this little text and wrote it again. I know you all want an answer to what's going on, if those rumors are true. With a big sadness in my heart, I tell you it's true. I don't know how the news of her death leaked so fast, I wanted to tell and clarify everything in another way, but I had no choice.
I don't know where I'm taking the strength to take it all, try to support our children, hold their hands to keep them from falling...
I didn't just lose my wife, I lost my best friend, my lover, my confidant, and the person I loved the most - and I will always love - in my entire life.
This was the last photo we took all together, I chose it just to see Regina's genuine smile.
She was so happy, being herself, without makeup and eating pizza with me and the children... If she were here, that heated brunette would fight with me for this picture, she'd say that she was ugly and would take the cell phone from my hand to delete... How I miss you already, my dear. I miss your moments, our fights, our hugs, and the way you look at our boys.
Wherever you are, I hope you're well, and make sure the guilty will pay for everything."
- Robin de Locksley on Instagram ( RobinLocksley)
Thursday. Storybrooke - Maine.
Two days before the homicide.
— Mom, you're on TV again! — exclaimed Roland, the six-year-old boy, pointing at the device attached to the dashboard and smiling. A soft melody took over and Regina's face appeared, dubbing the song.
The brunette smiled and followed the younger man's gaze, bringing one hand to the button of the device and turning it off. The little boy folded his arms and cocked, groaning in frustration. Robin, who was driving, looked at the child and laughed as his wife explained why she had done it:
— We promised we'd forget all this, don't we? — she looked at her son, who nodded in agreement. — We'll be a normal family this month. — in that sentence, her voice rose higher to catch the attention of the other two children, Elizabeth and Henry, sixteen and seventeen, respectively, who were too focused on their cell phones.
The middle daughter smiled and pulled out one side of the headset, answering her mother:
— Yes, this month we will be just the Locksley! He exclaimed and stretched his arm across Roland and slapped the older brother's head, laughing at something on his cell phone. — Isn't it, Henry?
The little boy laughed when he saw his brother complain and also take off the headphones.
— Dad, you saw that I was quiet, right? — Henry stood up a little, staring at Robin in the mirror. — Then I'll take the punishment!
— Lizzie, don't hit your brother! — Robin scolded her daughter for a laugh. — And, Henry, you should pay attention when your mother speaks to you...
— Sorry, Dad. — they both asked for it at the same time.
Regina soon spoke again:
— Now that all is settled, I beg you to behave in Grandma's house. — she raised one eyebrow, resting her left hand on her husband's leg. — That's for you too, Robin! —Try to have a civilized relationship with my mother, please...
The blonde softened his gaze, stopping at a sign and leaning in to kiss his wife. Elizabeth smiled at the act, Roland made a face of disgust and Henry just laughed under his brother.
The signal opened and some horns were heard, making the man turn his attention to the traffic and move with the car.
The rest of the way was very quiet, between laughter and conversation. The five didn't even see the time pass, when they found out, it was time to get out of the car and take the luggage from the trunk.
Elizabeth and Henry were holding their backpacks and a handbag, Robin was carrying his suitcase and Regina's, while she carried Roland asleep in her arms and the child's backpack. They rang the bell and a smiling Cora answered them, hugging their grandchildren tightly and kissing the cheek of their youngest daughter.
— How I missed you! — she said, squeezing Lizzie and Henry in her arms as Robin put the two suitcases on the floor of the entrance and returned to the car to get the others. — How Roland's grown up, what did you give this kid to eat?" Yeast?
The children laughed, hugging the grandmother even more and watching the brunette caress the younger's back.
— What has grown, has heavy... — said the actress. — I'll put him to bed, and children, then pack your things in the bedroom.
The two of them nodded, watching their mother climb the stairs.
— Right. — Cora broke the silence, moving away from her grandchildren. — Your aunt is in the kitchen doing something, go there and I'll help your stupid father with the rest of the bags...
As the singer descended the stairs, her eyes soon caught sight of her husband talking to her sister, Elizabeth watching magazines with her grandmother and Henry sitting on the couch eating a piece of lemon pie.
Regina knew that the redhead would be in the house, couldn'y turn around, lock herself in the room and pretend for a month that Zelena didn't exist, but she just wanted to put off fights that she was sure would happen.
The two fought for everything and for nothing, since they knew each other. Argument was natural between them, the brunette thought it was because Zelena had never accepted the fact that her mother had remarried. Before Regina was born, the attention was all to her, and out of nowhere, the only daughter won a sister and had to divide the attention and the dolls.
— Gina! — the redhead greeted, watching the actress arrive in the living room and hug her husband. — How long, isn't it? I can observe that since the last time I saw you, you gave a fattening...
The other raised her eyebrows and smiled falsely.
— It's been a while, yes, little sister. — she replied, swallowing the urge to strike Zelena's face. — And I can also observe that since the last time you didn't hydrate your hair, you can cut half and make a broom for you to fly on Halloween!
Henry let the spoon clang on his plate and a silence settled, as the redhead tried to process his sister's well-rehearsed words. Elizabeth pursed her lips, holding her laughter as best she could, seeing the astonished face of her grandmother and her father. Regina was the one who always tried to get around the situation first, before she got bored and started to argue, but this time it was different, she began to fend off the rough words from her older sister, who just swallowed, let out another little joke about the situation to Change the mood and headed back to the kitchen.
A few hours later, when everyone was in their respective rooms getting ready to go to sleep, the brunette would come out of the bathroom when she came face to face with the redhead, who avoided the rest day after the half-dozen barbs changed.
Regina tried to follow her path, but she felt someone hold her arm.
— Let me go to sleep, Zelena, I had a full day today, I don't want to argue again! She asked calmly, she was really tired.
— You know, Regina, I really do not understand you... — she ignored the brunette's request and began to speak. — You always had everything you wanted, toys, clothes, love from your father and our mother. You are famous, have a wonderful husband and a beautiful family. — she laughed. — What about me? I don't remember my father, my mother hardly looked at me since you were born, I've been single since I remember and the only fame I have is "Regina Mills sister"... — the actress frowned, not understanding a nothing of what her sister was talking about and where she wanted to go with that point. — You are the darling of the world and our family, but you still hate me. What did I do to you?
— I hate you? — she asked, disbelieving, releasing her arm. — Is it possible, Zelena? I try to lighten up all the fights that YOU start, stop being a victim!
— I'm not! — she scolded, joining her eyebrows and raising her voice slightly. — You always have everything and I always get nothing.
— Wait a minute... — she laughed. — Are you envious of me? Now I understood all your show when mom said she would put the record company on my behalf and not yours! — she laughed again, still louder.
— Don't count on it, Regina. You can fall dead now and the record company is for me. — she pointed to her own body, feeling the anger rise.
The brunette laughed, bringing her hands to her chest.
— Are you crazy? — she coughed a little, trying to calm the crisis of laughter. — You forgot that the oldest one is you? If it's for someone to die first, that someone won't be me!
Zelena folded her arms and looked with disdain at her sister, who were already distancing herself.
— Remember the pony you had when you were six? — she asked, making Regina stop at her bedroom door and huff. — I wanted that pony and it was you who won!
— This again, what a hell! — she shouted, sure that she woke up the whole house. — My father bought us two presents, remember? Look, you know what? Take the pony, the record company, and whatever else you want, and stuff it all through your throat... I need to sleep. — she turned the door knob tightly, but before entering, she turned back to her sister and said: — You should do the same, and tomorrow morning, get into those online chat, your bad is lack of sex!
Regina came into her room and slammed the door, leaning back against it, bringing her hands to her face and snorting loudly. Every time she had a conversation with her sister, she was annoyed, but the brunette seemed to forget all this when she felt two strong hands hold her waist gently and pull her close. He hugged her and she buried the face in Robin's neck, becoming quieter with her intoxicating scent.
— What was that hot brunette I loved the most up to? — he asked, leaving a kiss near his wife's jaw, making her laugh low.
— Just a silly discussion with Zelena. She shrugged, feeling the blonde's thumbs caress her waist beneath her pajama top. — I left it there, I'm too tired for anything...
Robin laughed nasally, pulling the woman to lie down with him on the large double bed in the middle of the room. As soon as they had settled in, Regina laid on his shoulder and hugged him, entwining their legs beneath the sheet, a craze she had to sleep faster.
— Good night, dear, we'll have a long day tomorrow. — the actor murmured, kissing her black hair.
— Tomorrow? She wanted to know, unable to open her eyes.
— I didn't forget our anniversary! — he laughed as she smiled, hugging her even more in his arms.
After a few minutes, they both fell asleep, with love in their hearts and a smile on their face.