She sidled up next to him on the couch, and that expression was on her face again.
"Killian, I've been thinking."
"About what, love?" He knew.
"Well, I was talking to Regina…"
Perhaps she wasn't going to revisit that touchy topic again.
"…and she said that Tinkerbell tried to introduce her to Robin back before the curse."
Unfortunately his first suspicion had been correct. "Is that right?"
"Yes. So that means that Tink didn't join you on that island until you were almost done doing whatever it was you were doing there all that time."
"Aye, that's right."
"Why didn't you just tell me that?"
"Would it have made a difference?"
"Maybe not, because it was still you and her and not much else going on. But still, you'd been there for centuries, and what was it like for you to have a woman just show up after all that time?"
"Well, ah…"
"Stop fidgeting. You can tell me. We are two mature adults, although one of us is quite a bit more mature than the other, if you know what I mean."
"Oh, so we're back to that?"
"Everything is fair game until you decide to come clean with me."
"Okay, Swan. How about we make a deal?"
"Hmm. Maybe."
"I will tell you about my dalliances with the green fairy if you'll tell me about your magical trysts with the Wizard of Oz."
"My whats with who?"
"The Wizard. You know – the flying monkey man you were going to marry."
"He was just a minion."
"THE Wizard."
"Noooooooooo!"
"So there weren't mystical sparks when the two of you…?"
"Why didn't I know this before?"
"It appears you need to study up on your history, Swan."
"But in the movie, he was old."
"And in the movie I wore a ridiculous hat and was frightened whenever I heard ticking."
"I suppose you're right." She nuzzled up to him, sliding her arms around him and settling her head on his shoulder. "So do you really want to know what it was like with me and Walsh?"
"Bloody hell, no."
"Then I can live with you not telling me about Tinkerbell."
"Deal." He stroked her silky hair.
"And I won't bring it up again."
He kissed her head.
"Killian? Aren't you going to tell me you won't bring it up again?"
"Oh, but love, I wasn't planning on actually marrying her."
"Killian…"
