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Prompt: could you write one where robin introduces Regina to his friends who will together help her see her son? And robin joins too? I can just see Regina being adored & protected by robin's friends because they know robin adores her and they adore her too!

Sightless and Soundless (4)

Glancing at the watch on his hand, Robin sighs. Regina is late for a few minutes now. It's only a few minutes, yet Robin's heart is beating faster and faster in his chest as horrific thoughts invade his mind.

He's pathetic.

He's pathetic because he cares about her so much.

When he is about to tell him friends that he's going to look for Regina, make sure that everything's alright, the door finally opens and she walks out into the cold. She's dressed in a long black coat with a matching hat and white scarf wrapped around her neck. Her cheeks turn pink from the cold instantly as a few strands of hair fall on her face due to the strong wind.

For a moment Robin forgets how to breathe.

Only when John jabs him hard in the ribs with his elbow does Robin return back to reality. Unwillingly he moves his eyes away from the stunning creature that he gets to call his friend and glances at John who's making a funny face at him.

Robin rolls his eyes, clears his throat and turns back to Regina. She's standing there, her gloved hand wrapped around the railway as she turns her head from one side to another.

"Good morning, milady," Robin greets her as he finally walks up to her, stops a few steps away.

His breath catches in his throat – she's so beautiful. Her face is free of any makeup, like usually, her blind eyes are emotionless, but the smile that stretches across her face lights up the whole world.

Robin grins back unconsciously.

Her lips are moving then and he thinks she's greeting him (hopes so) and then she turns her head to the side in that cute way when she tries to figure out where the sounds are coming from and where should she turn.

Robin closes the gap between them and puts his hand on her bicep. The whole ground is covered in snow and it's rather slippery, he doesn't want her to fall down.

It takes less than dozen steps to reach John's car. Will is standing beside John now, he must have finished his perverted conversation with Anna finally, both of them grinning like idiots.

At this moment Robin hates them.

"Regina, meet my friends," he says, trying to keep the annoyance out his voice (which is very difficult to do when his friends are wiggling their eyebrows in that teasing way). "This is Will and John."

Regina says something, Robin imagines that she's greeting them for she stretches her hand out in front of her for no one in particular, her lips still moving. His friends laugh at whatever she's just said and Regina smiles as well.

Robin wishes he hasn't left his phone in the car so he would know what these two are saying to the woman he adores.

Instead of a handshake, John pulls Regina into a tight hug. Regina's face is surprised but she's smiling, it seems she doesn't mind the touch at all. However, when Will hugs Regina, he says something to her that makes her cheeks turn pinker.

Robin widens his eyes at his friend in a threatening way. He'd asked them not to tease her, not to make her uncomfortable with their stupid jokes. She's had enough of stress already, the last thing she needs is his pervert friends teasing her.

"Alright, why don't we get into the car now?" Robin suggests when Will pulls away from Regina, his voice low and annoyed, embarrassed even, and Regina frowns a bit but nods her head nonetheless, lets him help her get in the car.

(…)

"Are you excited?" Robin asks as they hit the road. He's so thankful for his friends for Will and John took the front seats leaving the back to Regina and Robin.

"I'm more nervous than excited," she admits, anxiously tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. "Henry hasn't seen me in so long, I'm afraid that we're not as close as we once were. I'm afraid that our bond may be disappearing…" she adds, her fingers moving relentlessly against her thighs, playing a soundless melody that should calm her nerves down.

"Everything will be just fine."

Robin sees the text on the screen of his phone and looks up, finds John looking at Regina through the mirror.

His friends are wonderful. They really are. They may be teasing Robin to no end that he doesn't stop talking about Regina, that he's pathetic for it took only a few meetings and he's already fallen for her but when he's down, they encourage him without a doubt and so they're doing that to Regina now.

And then John starts telling a very embarrassing story about Robin trying to ask a girl out for the first time in secondary school. Robin would like to keep these memories to himself, he does not need Regina to know how he made a fool of himself in front of the whole school because he created a fucking song for the girl and sang it in the canteen and the girl just laughed at him.

But the frown is gone from Regina's face and she's smiling now and Robin thinks he can live with this embarrassment if it means that Regina's feeling better.

For a while they continue to tell stories about Robin and his stupid escapades and he stops reading, turns to look at Regina instead. She's smiling, listening to these stories with interest written all over her face. She's stopped drumming her fingers, her posture is more relaxed.

Good.

He knows he shouldn't do this but he can't help himself and he continues to stare at her, taken away by her beauty and soul.

After a few minutes of smiles and easy laughs, something changes. Regina's whole body becomes tense all of a sudden, the happy smile replaced by a nervous one as she tucks a strand of hair behind her ear self-consciously, blushing.

Robin curses mentally as he looks down to his phone.

Shit, someone just told her Robin's smitten.

"Shut up, you guys," Robin says, and Will turns to look at him over his shoulder, mouthing an apology.

He's told them that he likes Regina and he's asked them not to tell her that because she was guarded and he didn't know if she felt the same, he didn't want to risk their friendship. Yet, his friends decided to screw everything up.

Wonderful.

Just wonderful.

"I'm so sorry these idiots made you uncomfortable," Robin says and he takes her hand but she pulls away from his touch, her smile disappearing.

"No, no, it's fine," Regina rushes to assure but how can it be fine if she's pulled away from him? "I'm just anxious to see Henry, that's all. They did nothing wrong," She adds and then turns to the window, her cheeks regaining their natural paleness.

Robin curses his friends.

(…)

Henry is a beautiful boy with brown hair and green sparkling eyes. He's around ten, Robin thinks, as the boy runs straight to Regina. His little arms wrap around her waist and Regina hugs him back so tightly, tears streaming down her cheeks instantly as she holds her son in her arms after so long apart.

She introduces Robin to Henry and they shake hands but then Robin excuses himself, leaving the two of them to catch up.

(…)

"Thank you for today," Regina says as they stop in front of her apartment, handing him her phone (he left his in the car, again). "I don't think you understand how much it means to me," she adds, turning her face away sheepishly.

Her words have Robin grinning from ear to ear.

"I'm very happy to help," he says, touching her hand lightly.

Regina surprises him by wrapping her arms around him and pulling him into a tight hug. He doesn't wait a beat and hugs her back, closing his eyes and inhaling her scent. God, he's dreamt about this moment for so many times.

The hug is over too quickly and Robin unwillingly lets her go. She pulls away but doesn't step back, and her face is so close to his, her hot breath hitting his face as he stares at her, his heart beating crazily in his chest.

There are a few tears running down her cheeks and Robin cups her face in his hands, wipes the salty drops from her beautiful face.

All of a sudden the atmosphere between them changes, becomes more intimate than before. They're so close, their breaths mingling between them, Robin's palms warm on her cold cheeks, and unconsciously Robin leans over until their lips are only inches apart.

He's known her for a few weeks only, he can count how many times they've met on one hand's fingers, yet she's all he can think about. He thinks about her when he's playing, and eating and going to sleep, and then he dreams of her and that beautiful voice he'd die to hear.

He should kiss her.

He really should.

But Regina says something then, and her eyes close as she turns her face to the side. Robin realizes that he's made her uncomfortable and he curses under his breath as he pulls away from her, his hands falling to his side.

"I'm not ready."

She says and Robin looks to the phone in his hands, inhaling sharply.

"I'm sorry," he says quickly, feeling like a fool. He likes her a lot, but he'd be more than glad to have her only as a friend. He cannot let his feelings ruin their friendship, he needs to get control of himself. "I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable."

"Thank you for today, it was wonderful," she changes the topic instead and a sincere smile is back on her face.

Robin lets out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding and smiles back, his hand squeezing hers, "You're welcome."

"Well, goodbye then, Robin," Regina says after a moment of silence and releases his hand. Robin sighs as she takes a step back, their intimate bubble fading.

"Goodbye, Regina," he returns.

She gives him one last smile and then turns around and unlocks the door. Robin watches as she walks into the apartment and closes the door behind herself.

When she's safe in her home, Robin turns around and walks to his friends with a huge smile on his face.