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Prompt: Write some cute drabble where Regina meets Roland in a very adorable way.

Roland Introduces Himself

She was sitting by the fire that she'd conjured up when she heard rustling coming from the trees behind her. Immediately, Regina was standing at attention with a fireball at the ready.

She had snuck off to be by herself later in the night, after she saved Robin Hood's son. What did it mean? Her maternal instinct just shot through her without another thought, but this wasn't Henry. This wasn't her son.

A tiny figure came out of the brush and gasped at the sight of the fireball. Regina quickly extinguished the flame as soon as she realized the child that had been plaguing her thoughts had arrived in the flesh. "What are you doing out here by yourself?" The boy inquired. Regina gave him a look of confusion, "I should be asking you the same thing, Dear. Are you not frightened being in the dark woods by yourself?" He shook his head so that his curls bounced. "I have you to protect me!"

Regina was taken back at his reasoning. No one had ever fully trusted her to protect him or her. She'd always been the one that people needed to be protected from. "Does your father know you're here?" He shook his head again with more hesitation. "I wanted to find you. I wanted to tell you my name, Roland Hood." The queen couldn't help the small smile forming on her lips as she heard him introduce himself. "Well, you've found me, Roland. It is very nice to properly meet you, and you can call me Regina." She looked at the boy with question, "Why did you need to find me so badly?"

He ran and gave her a hug without a second thought. "Thank you for saving me, Gina. I don't know what took Papa so long to help me, but you did," he squeezed her tighter. Regina couldn't believe the emotion that overflowed her in that moment. The feeling of small arms wrapped around her body made her long for her son. The gratitude that resounded in his voice and actions was almost too much for her to handle. The sound of her name, shortened with the cuteness only a four year old could deliver, made her fall to her knees and return the hug with as much strength she could muster without crushing his tiny body.

"Roland, I wouldn't hesitate for even a moment to save you from any harm."

Another rustling of leaves sounded in the same direction of which Roland appeared. Regina stood and placed young Hood behind her body as she produced another fireball. She reeled her arm back in preparation to release the magic on whatever threat was coming toward them, when an arrow flew straight for her head. Upon catching the arrow in her hand, the fireball grew larger. "Who dares to shoot a pointy stick at me?!"

Robin Hood jumped out of the clearing as soon as he heard her voice. "Apologies, Milady. I thought you were either the witch or one of her goonies." Roland stayed hidden behind the queen as his father talked and she could guess why. "Maybe you should actually look before trying to kill. I could have been your son that you just shot an arrow at." At the mention of Roland, his eyes opened wider. "Have you seen him? Have you seen my son? He's wandered off again and I have been searching for him."

She reached behind herself and gently placed her hand on Roland's head, guiding him around the front of herself. "He came to find me to introduce himself. He is quite a charming boy." Robin flung himself at his son and enveloped him in a hug. "Roland, don't you ever wander off like that again! It is very dangerous out here, especially right now."

Roland pushed his father back so he could run back to Regina and grasp her hand. "No, Papa!" He smiled, "Gina will protect me!" Regina squeezed his hand back and smiled down at him. Robin noticed the glint in her eye before she covered it with a sneer to the archer. "You should really keep better track of your son, Outlaw. He could have gotten lost and I would have had no way to protect him."

She could hide it all she wanted, Robin had seen the way she has taken to his son. "Of course, Your Majesty. It shan't happen again."