A prompt a received on Tumblr from user your-not-so-secret-stalker: How about Alice feeling super regretful and sorry that she hurt Robin/Margot with magic, when she was trying to get through to her and Robin obviously couldn't care less, because they finally found each other again?
Alice hadn't noticed it at first, having been too distracted by seeing her love again, then reconnecting with her Father and defeating her Evil Mother. How did she miss the obvious limp as Robin ran to her, or the way the brunette winced under her breath as they snuggled close together? It wasn't until later, after all, the partying and reunions that she finally sensed that something wasn't quite right with her archer. She was drained, almost falling asleep on the blonde as they sat in Roni's…well, Regina's bar.
"Robin…" Alice nudged the girl in the rips softly, only instead of receiving a playful shoulder bump in return, Robin let out an uncharacteristic yelp and quickly grabbed the right side of her stomach in pain. "What's wrong my love?" Alice's eyes glazed over with tears, thinking that her touch might have suddenly injured the girl…and that's when it hit her. It wasn't the simple nudge that had injured the archer, it was Alice. She had thrown Robin…well Margot, flying across the cave a few hours previous.
"I'm fine, really." Robin put on a brave face, as she tried and failed to sit up straight.
"This is all my fault…I hurt you." Tears began to trickle down the blonde's face, Robin extended her hand to brush them away, but Alice jumped back afraid that if Robin touched her, she might end up hurting the archer again.
"Al…"
"First my Papa, now you! I can't, I won't let the people I love get hurt by me anymore…I-I should go, before I hurt you again." Alice stood to walk out of the bar but was quickly stopped by Robin's hand placed firmly around her wrist.
"Stop Alice!" Robin paused as a shooting pain shook through her body for a moment. "The person that did this, it wasn't you. You were under some spell that you're…Gothel had cast! I know that you would never hurt me…so stay…please, I don't know if I could face another night without you." Robin smiled shyly as she reached out to cup the woman's face.
"What if I lose control, what if my magic hurts you?" Alice moved gently to embrace the taller woman, cautious now as to where she placed her hands. Slowly, Robin guided them back into their seats as they cuddled up together.
"I never told you this, but I used to have magic once," Robin admitted, earning a gasp from Alice.
"How?"
"Have you met my Mother?" Robin joked sarcastically. "Anyway, I know what it's like to suddenly have all this power inside…it's scary and yeah, sometimes you can't control it…but that doesn't mean that we run away from it, or from each other."
"I'd die if anything ever happened to you…" Alice whispered into the crook of Robin's neck.
"All the more reason to cherish every day we're together. The world is filled with horrible people Alice, people who are going to do unspeakable things…I should know, I was raised by two of the most powerful witches, who between them have cursed thousands of people." Robin paused, as she looked over at her Aunt who sat talking with Henry. "My Aunt Regina, she was scared of the evil inside of her, so she pushed my Father away…they lost out on so much time together, because she was worried that she'd hurt him. I don't want that to happen to us." A stray tear escaped from the archer, but it was quickly wiped away by her blonde love's lips on her cheek.
"I overreacted again, didn't I?" Alice giggled nervously.
"A little bit, but it's alright…it only makes me love you even more." Robin closed the gap between them, savoring the sweet taste of her blonde love.
"How bad is it? Your bruise?" Alice gently ran her hand down Robin's side until she reached the hem of her shirt. Softly she tugged up the fabric ever so slightly, her mouth went dry at the sight of the archer's glorious body.
"Alice!" Robin hissed at the girl through gritted teeth.
"What, I'm just trying to determine how much making up I'm going to have to do later." The blonde winked, making her archer turn an alarming shade of red at the thought of the antics that her night held.
"I think it's past your bedtime…Aunt Regina, is it okay if Alice stays over tonight, since she can't go back to Hook's?" Robin shouted over to her Aunt as Alice ran her fingers of the archer's exposed mid-drift, which was thankfully blocked from anyone else's view by the table in front of them.
"Of course, dear." She said simply before returning to her conversation.
"Thanks!" Robin quickly fixed her shirt, before standing and taking Alice's hand. "Bedroom. Now." Robin whispered hungrily, pulling the blonde girl hard as they raced to her room.