For day 5 of OQ Prompt Party #159. Peanut's first period and Robin's the only one home. Set in the You, and Me Too verse (as you can see).

Thanks, Lindsay, for the beta!

Robin's always considered himself a forward thinking guy. He's not scared to go and assume the traditional female roles in a relationship, such as the cooking, housework, shopping, even when it comes to purchasing what could be considered very female products - tampons, pads, those overpriced painkillers that apparently go straight to the source of the pain (Robin disagrees and thinks they're a gimmick). Talk of the dreaded monthly curse doesn't squick him out at all, allowing his wife to tell him that this, that and the other is heavy, or that she has sensitive nipples (he likes to toy with that one) or… anything.

Robin thinks he can deal with anything. Until today.

He's home with Roland, who's off school with the last of a tummy bug, but also Robyn, who's left school early to study. It's normal for her to do this on a Tuesday - Zelena works late, as does Regina, so Robyn ends up at the mansion most Tuesday evenings, playing with her cousins whilst Robin cooks dinner for them all.

Today though, Robyn's feeling a little off-colour. She's on the sofa, bent over a little, nodding along at what Roland has to say. She's been here quite a bit over the last few days so when Robyn tells Robin she has a pain in her stomach, he automatically thinks she may have caught what Roland has. That makes her huff - she didn't want to get ill, hates being ill and how it stops her from doing her own outdoorsy things. She tells Roland and Robin that she's going to the bathroom and Robin simply nods, turning his attentions back to the frying pan in front of him.

A minute or two passes before there's a scream from the bathroom. Roland looks at his papa with fear in his eyes, but he tells him it's gonna be okay as he heads to the bathroom, knocking gently and calling Robyn's name.

He hears a sob so he calls again. He simply assumes that she's seen a spider or something that's startled her, but Robyn is pretty fearless when it comes to this sort of encounter, so he thinks it a little odd that she'd have that reaction…

The door unlocks and slowly opens, revealing Robyn's tear-stained face. Robin's arms automatically open and she falls into them, sobbing. Now he's thoroughly confused and, as he pulls back to look at his namesake, he means to ask what's wrong, but she gets there before him.

"There's blood!" she cries and that startles him.

"Blood..? Where? Blood!?" He's looking at her, her hands, arms, anywhere to spot the source of the bleed but she shakes her head, pulling her hands free.

"There!" She indicates downwards and then he gets it. Oh shit. Oh God, what does he do? He glances at the clock and it's still hours until either Regina or Zelena come home. He stutters for a moment before instructing Robyn to go sit on the sofa, which she says is a bad idea but goes anyway, opting to stand instead.

Robin goes to the bathroom then, opening the cupboard under the sink and rifling through, looking for those pads that Regina keeps just in case. He doesn't know where she keeps them, so he goes through the cabinet above the sink then, finding them at the back. He pulls one of the folded towels out and turns it over in his hands, hoping that Robyn has got some sort of knowledge as to what to do next.

He goes to the trembling girl on the sofa and holds out the towel. "I think these are meant to help."

Robyn takes the pad and nods. "Yeah," she sighs. "I texted mom and… I don't understand?" She explains. "She's excited?"

"Excited?" Now Robin really cannot understand.

"She says my period means I'm becoming a woman," she shrugs, "but I don't see how bleeding from… from there means that."

Robin winces a little and sits beside her. "I guess it does mean that? Don't feel any pressure to do anything differently though," he tells her.

"Thanks," Robyn smiles slightly as she stands. "Gonna go to the bathroom again." She does so, leaving Robin on the sofa. Goddamn, he never thought he'd have to deal with his goddaughter's first period.

He looks over at Roland, who's staring at him. "What's a period, papa?"