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"The fourth time we met we didn't even know each other. Not really. He was just some outlaw who kept getting in my way, stealing my spoils and annoying the hell out of me."
"Is that what you called it?"
"Shush. And then he saved my life and though I never would have admitted it at the time, I felt something for him, something I've never felt for anyone before in my life. It was almost like déjà vu. And then his fiancée walked in…"
"Yes, that was a bit unfortunate."
"You could say so. I was crushed. Confused as to what I was feeling and then in the span of an instant all my hopes were dashed. I'd already lost you before I'd ever had you. What was the point? But… it was your father, Lucy, that convinced me to take a chance, to tell Robin how I felt. So I crashed his wedding, or I planned to."
"You know, I was standing there at the altar, waiting for Zelena to walk down the aisle, and all I could think about were your eyes, the way my heart leapt as I'd gazed into them earlier that day. I had that coin you'd given me in my hand the whole time I was waiting, and I couldn't let it go, couldn't get you out of my head."
"You never told me that."
"Well, things went downhill fairly quickly,"
"An understatement."
"And it never seemed the time afterwards. Once we were back in our reality. But you peeked in the back of that church and smiled at me, and I knew it was you that I wanted, that you were the one my heart truly belonged to. But you left, slipped back out, and I feared you perhaps didn't feel what I did, and I'd made a promise— so I married her anyway. Then you were injured and I almost lost you… I've never felt so helpless in all my life. Thank god none of it was real."
"We came back from that horrible, backwards world and knew we didn't want to waste any more time. Three months later we were married."
"Yeah it only took three months."
"Thirty-five years, two realms, an alternate universe, and three months."
"But we made it there in the end, milady, and it was the happiest day of my life."
"Mine too."
"And the wedding really was beautiful. You looked absolutely stunning in your gown, and glowing. I felt like the luckiest man in the world. Still do."
"The feeling was entirely mutual. I love you."
"I love you too."
"So, it turns out soulmates really are destined to find one another. Over and over again if our story counts for anything."
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