Prompt: Regina realizes she is pregnant from the first time Robin and she slept together in the vault.

I did twist this day a bit, because I got this idea and it wouldn't leave me.

Robin set down his keys and let out a long sigh. He was home alone…once again. The apartment seemed quitter these days. Roland was off at college and he called a few days a week, but it wasn't the same. He wasn't used to this whole being alone thing. There had been a point when he was, back in his bandit days. However, over the years he had found the merry men, Marian. Even when she died, he still had his men and Roland…eventually Regina.

It had been 13 years and he still thought of her every day, moreso after the heart attack claimed Marian's life. No one could figure out how someone so young could go through one, but he suspected it was due to all the magical stress she had been under. He thought about going back to Storybrooke, Roland was 10-years-old at the time and up for it. He knew that his father had only gotten back with Marian for their family. Was it the right choice? He'd never know, but he had made the only one he could at the time.

Yet, he feared that Regina wouldn't want to see him. That she'd be angry with him for his choice. The last thing she wanted her to feel like was a second choice. So, he stayed in New York. He raised Roland alone and watched him become a fine young man. He had his friends in this strange city, none of them knew who he really was. He'd never move on. Most thought it was because of Marian, but the truth was, he had left his heart behind in Storybrooke.

Before he could head to the kitchen to fix himself a T.V dinner, there was a sudden knock at the door. That caught him off guard. Roland's school was in Chicago, there was no way he could be home so early. Walking back to the door, he found a young girl standing on the other side. She had long raven locks and hazel eyes, she was wearing a long sleeved black shirt and beat up blue jeans, a black beanie on her head.

"Robin Hood?" She asked.

Robin did a double take. No one knew his last name in this new land, she had to be from Storybrooke. "How do you know my name?

"It's a long story. Let's just say I know Regina."

A small smile went across his face. "Is she okay?"

"She's…she's pretending everything is okay. It's always harder around this time, when you left."

"I don't…how do you know her?"

The girl softly smiled. "My name is Evangeline, Evangeline Mills, most people call me Evie."

"Mills." He was quiet for a moment. "So, you're Regina's daughter?"

"And yours."

Robin's eyes widened. It…it couldn't be. Regina didn't have another child. How could she? There was just no way…

"How old are you?" He asked.

"12."

The math added it up. But Regina…she had never told him. "I…I don't understand. Why wouldn't Regina have told me about you?"

"She never really explained it to me, but I came to bring you home. She misses you, she needs you. I…I need you."

Looking into her eyes, Robin could see the same hope he had seen in Henry's so long ago. They both just wanted the best for their mothers, they wanted a family. This was his little girl, one he never got to know. Letting out a deep breath, he grabbed his keys and wallet, shutting off the lights.

"Let's go."

The train ride to Maine was long. They spent it catching up on everything. He learned her likes, dislikes, everything in between. She was an intelligent, kind girl. It was obvious there were bits of Regina in her, from the eye roll to the sharp attitude she'd get out of nowhere. Robin wanted to be pissed, he wanted to hate Regina for keeping her from him all those years. But the Regina he knew would've never hurt him on purpose, she had to have a reason.

Once the train arrived right outside Storybrooke, they took a bus and walked the rest to the mansion. It looked the same as ever. The door swung open and Regina ran outside, throwing her arms around her daughter.

"Evie!" She breathed. "I got a call from the school, you never showed! Where the hell were you?"

"I went to get your true love."

Regina slowly looked up and saw Robin standing there. They each took each other in. Time hadn't changed much. A wrinkle here, some gray hair there. But overall, there was no mistaking it. They were exactly the same.

"Evie…Evie go inside," Regina finally got out.

Evie shrugged. "If I'm grounded for this, that's gonna suck." She went into the house, smiling at Robin before she did.

"I didn't…I didn't think she'd do this," she whispered.

Robin bit his lip. "Why didn't you tell me about her?"

Regina sucked back a deep breath. "You had chosen your family." He saw the look she was giving him. "And I know I told you to do it. I'm glad you did. But you, Marian and Roland, you had a second chance to start over. I had already gotten involved enough…I decided to just leave you three be."

"So, you did it for me?" Robin's voice was shaky and hard. "You kept my child from me…for 12 years…for me?"

She looked into his eyes and saw the heartbreak, the devastation. She had stood in this very position with Emma years ago. Only then, it wasn't earned. Emma had nothing to do with Henry, she had decided to walk away. Robin never walked away from Evie.

She never gave him a chance.

"What do you want me to say?" Regina asked, the tears spiking her eyes. "That I did it partially for me? That I was scared? Scared that you'd reject her? Reject us?"

Robin's mouth dropped open. "Regina…"

"I spent my whole life feeling like I wasn't good enough, like I was unwanted, I didn't want that for Evie."

"I wouldn't have been like that," he whispered.

"I didn't know. It was easier for me to protect her, to…to protect myself. Because if I called you and told you and you chose…you chose her," Regina couldn't bring herself to say Marian's name. "Over us, I don't think my heart could've handled it. I know it was wrong, there were so many times I wanted to go back and change it, but there just wasn't a time."

Robin slowly nodded. "I…Marian…she died."

"What?"

"8 years ago, heart attack."

"Robin, I…"

"I thought about coming back here, about starting over." Robin stuck his hands in his pockets. "Guess you weren't the only one who's scared."

Regina softly smiled. "How is he? Roland?"

"He's great, all grown up, at college."

"Oh, wow." Regina swiped away some stray tears. "That's….I remember the little cutie that just wanted ice cream."

"Trust me, I know. And Henry?"

"He graduated from college a few years ago, he's settled down now, living out his own fairytale."

"And you? I mean, Evie said…"

Regina shook her head. "My life is her and the town."

Robin didn't know what to say. There had been so much betrayal, on both ends. They were both so heartbroken, it had been 13 years. Could they really just jump back into things again? He thought back to how their story could've started, in that tavern. Regina had ran that night. In that moment, he could've too.

Instead, he took a step forward and took Regina's hand.

"I…I'm going to stick around, for Evie, I want to get to know her. If that's okay with you."

Regina nodded. "I have a guest room."

It wasn't perfect…but it was a start.