A/N- Well here is the second installment of this story honestly when I started writing I was planning on taking this in an entirely different direction but my muse had a different idea. I hope you all enjoy it!

Snow drifted down from the sky blanketing the forest floor beneath his feet. The air was cold and crisp his nose was red and frost coated his facial hair but still he walked on heading no where in particular. All of his life the forest had been his escape, the one place where everything became clear, where he could free his mind and be at peace. Lately however the forest had not brought him the sense of comfort he'd been seeking. Honestly he wasn't sure he would ever find true comfort again.

His mind raced over everything that had happened since the day his entire life got turned upside down. It had been one week since he'd seen her, seven days since he saw her face, one hundred and sixty eight hours since he stood by her side feeling her warmth radiate into his body, ten thousand and eighty minutes since her saw her smile that secret smile that was only for him, and sIx hundred thousand and eight hundred seconds since his true love walked out of his life while he did nothing to stop her.

Robin was torn with no relief in sight. No one was more shocked at seeing his long dead wife standing in the middle of Granny's diner, looking the exact same as she did that fateful day so long ago. He doesn't remeber much of what happened immediately after he first saw her. Everything else just seemed to fade away as relief overloaded his system.

He didn't think about it at the time but afterwards he would wonder to himself why relief was the only emotion he felt, shouldn't love have been in there as well? Whether or not it should have been there the fact was it wasn't and that was one of the things that kept him up at night. Marian was his first love the woman he would have done anything for, she was Roland ' s mother , and she was his wife the woman he pledged to love and honor until the end of his days before god but what was she to him now? She was still all of those things, she still filled all of those roles exactly as she did years ago but everything was different now...he was different now.

Yes she was his first love but was she his only love? Was she his true love? Yes she was Roland's mother that fact could never be changed and he would never want it to, he would always regret that Roland had missed so much time with her. Of course she was his wife but did he want her to be or was there someone else who he had envisioned fulfilling that role?

He had mourned her, his heart had shattered because of her death, he cursed the sky and everyone below it, he swore he would never move on from her loss that the pain was too great...but he had. Little by little he had managed to let go of the past and lay her to rest and finally he had managed to allow another into his heart.

Even though his heart told him he belonged to another his head told him he had to try to make things work with Marian if for nothing else than for Roland ' s sake. Even if doing what was right tore his heart out in the process.

His thoughts drifted to Regina as they always did, everything always led him back to her. They had not been together long but the amount of time they spent together didn't mean that the feelings weren't strong and real. He'd never felt anything as intense and powerful as the love he felt for her. She swooped in and captured his heart and his entire being even his soul sang only for her and now she was gone.

He had tried to go to her so that he could explain everything but he couldn't get anywhere near her. The Charming family had been glued to her side since the morning after Marian's arrival. One of them was with her at all time Emma, Hook, and Henry had even been spending the night at her house leaving only once Mary Margaret and David came by in the morning. She rarely went into town and when she did two or more of them were with her.

Robin had gone to the police station to ask David if he would talk to Regina for him and possibly set up a meeting but was told by both Prince Charming and his daughter the Savior that he was not to try and contact her under any circumstance. According to the two of them Robin had made his choice and now he had to give Regina her space so she could move on.

Part of him hated that they were there always with her, the one place he truly wanted to be. They kept him from being able to see her the one person his eyes wanted to behold more than any other. The rest of him was beyond happy and relieved that she had people who were there to help and support her. If she felt even a tenth of his pain at their separation he was glad she didn't have to face it alone.

A twig snapped beneath his feet pulling him out of his own thoughts long enough to take in his surrounding. He was not surprised to find himself standing In the trees behind her house even his subconscious led him to her. The curtains were pulled back allowing him to see into the kitchen and his breath hitched in his throat. There she was gorgeous as ever sitting at the kitchen table surrounded by the people who loved her. She would argue otherwise but he knew each and everyone of them loved her in their own way.

The sight brought a tear to his eye and an emptiness to his soul. He lingered for longer than he should have and finally with a deep breath and a whispered goodbye he turned and began his solitary walk back to his camp leaving his heart inside the kitchen with the woman who deserved much more than he could ever give.

A/N2- I hope you all enjoyed this I know it's a bit short. The next Chapter will be up soon please don't forget to review they mean so much!