Don't own any of the characters, or else I would be spending all my earned money instead of writing this hahaha.

She felt numb. She heard the priest mumbling something but couldn't make out the words. She looked through the crowd but didn't really see a thing, she got up and a crown was put in her head, still she felt nothing. She heard William's voice scream something, which was soon accompanied by everybody present cheerfully. She saw a movement in the back of the room and his mighty figure approaching, and she went out of her numbness, to pain.

"I'm leaving" He'd said to her the night before. She felt her eyes tearing up once more, but fought against it. She thought about asking him not to go. She spent the whole night struggling on her inside whether she should ask him to stay or not. She ended up deciding against it, figuring she was in no position of asking anything of him; after all he has already done for her.

Seeing him right now, she painfully regretted it. He smiled to her and held her gaze, then turned around and left. And the whole room suddenly got to cold, and she felt her body shivering, her mind racing. But the only things she could really think of was don't go.

She saw the guards raising up their swords for her to pass, and so she did, pacing gracefully through the hallway as fast as she could, and when the doors of the room where the coronation had been held closed behind her, she began running, praying to all Gods she could remember it wasn't too late.

He didn't really want to leave. Neither did he have too. Actually, a big part of him wouldn't mind staying at all, if it meant seeing her every day. But then, the other part of him remembered him that one day, staying would mean seeing her every single day of his life with William. And seeing them kiss, and hold hands, and look at each other passionately, and seeing her carry his child, and grow old happy together. And that, he thought, shaking his head, he could not do.

"Ye're makin' a mistake, huntsman." One of the dwarves had said to him. Which one he could not tell, so drunk he was. He had been sober since the day she awoke, or better, he woke her up. But after speaking to Snow, and seeing the way she looked at him when he told her of his departure, he couldn't help it. So he went to the dwarves and drank and ate and talked to them, and at some point one of them told him he should stay. He chuckled at the memory, one of the few he had from last night. Mistake or no mistake, he could not stay to have his heart slowly ripped off him.

He reached the end of the long hallway that led to the entrance of the palace, his belongings on a small sack he carried in his hands. The guards opened the doors for him to pass, and he was gone.

Faster and faster she went, but it wasn't enough. It would only be enough when she had reached him, and convinced him to stay and take her in him arms and never let go of her again.

So she ran, ignoring the burning sensation on her aching lungs, and the pain that shot through her legs every time her feet hit the ground. She had taken her shoes off, for they were getting in her way, and lifted her skirts almost to her knees.

She passed several guards and servants, who reacted with horror or good humor at the young queen running the palace hallways desperately.

Faster and faster she went, every step she took like a mantra trying to get to him.

He had gotten to the last step of the staircase of the palace entrance when he felt something falling on the tip of his nose. He looked up and saw many more of it coming towards him. Snow. He felt his heart aching and just stood there, while the snow caressed him and made him wonder if he was ever to see snow again in his life without this unbearable weight on his chest.

He heard the palace doors open, but didn't care to look at what was happening. Nothing in this moment was more important to him than snow.

She passed the open doors, and saw him standing there, watching the snow fall and brush through him. She took a few moments to catch her breath and when her heart had reach a close-to-normal rhythm, she spoke.

"Huntsman"

Her voice echoed in his heart, and he slowly came back from his daydream. Opening his eyes, he turned to her. He didn't say anything, neither did he smile. He just watched her as she got closer to him, descended the steps that separated them, stopping at the one right above him, making them almost the same height.

"Stay" She pleaded. And it made his whole body ache. Because he wanted nothing more than to stay with her. But it wasn't his place, he knew that.

He still didn't move, so she kept going trying to desperately to convince him"

"Please, stay with me, huntsman. You are the only one I really trust. You can have the position of captain of the guard. I don't really know how much it earns, but if it is not enough for you we can figure something out. Because, to speak the truth, now that I've grown accustomed to have you by my side I don't think I can live without your presence. "

She could swear he saw his eyes shining with hope, before they got clouded again.

"What of the Duke's son? He is your oldest friend, he can protect you alright, especially once you get married." Her eyes grew wide at this and she got the closer she could without touching him.

"Married? I will not marry William! He is indeed my oldest friend, and that is how I plan to keep him. An old friend. For I refuse to get married unless it is for love, and love, huntsman, I only feel for you." He grabbed both of her hands that had start swinging angrily in the air with her speech.

"Snow White" she was breathing heavily and looking down, rather embarrassed for revealing her feelings. "Look at me" He got closer to her, and pressed his forehead to hers causing her to look up into his eyes. "If it means so much to you I'll take the position of captain of whatever. And honestly I don't care if you don't pay me at all as long as you grant me the right to stay by your side forever"

She smiled at him "But eventually that would mean you'd have to become king. Would you really consider leave your reckless life to be my king?" she teased him, putting her hands around his neck.

He laughed and caught her by the waist.

"Girl, I went hell and back in this little adventure, I don't think there's anything left I wouldn't do for you"

Read and review, s'il vous plait :). English not my mother language so if you find any gross mistakes feel free to correct me.