Based on this prompt: Imagine person A of your OTP is a famous singer and person B is a famous actor, they have been in a secret relationship for years and one day they get into a fight and A writes a song for B, calls them in the middle of their show and plays it for them.
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They've been doing this for five years now. Him sneaking to her between concerts and her calling him every time she had a free moment during her shooting. And, what was more strange, they managed to keep their relationship in secret. They were both popular and it was really weird that any paparazzo hadn't took a picture of them together yet. But, well, they were cautious. Never going on a dates to public places where anyone could recognize them, never holding hands on the street. It was tiring, but it was worth it if their privacy was secured.
But for Robin it wasn't enough.
He loved Regina more than he had ever loved anyone and he wanted to proudly kiss her whenever and wherever he wanted, he wanted to hold her and touch her all the time, and, the most important of all, he wanted to go on the date with her. He wanted to show her his romantic face and for the first time go on the real date. But of course she wouldn't agree. Because keeping while privacy being a celebrity was priceless and they both understood and respected that.
Well, at least until one day.
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He woke up as usual, already excited to see Regina later that day. And excited he was for just an hour, because later he left his apartment and headed to the nearest shop. There, on the press stall on the cover of one of the magazines, was Regina making doey eyes to no one other than Daniel Stable and the heading was saying "IS THAT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW CELEBRITY ROMANCE?". He knew that Regina was working with him on her new movie. They were playing a couple there, but it wasn't something he was bothered with. Well, he wasn't before. But seeing the photo of the woman he loved looking at the other man in the way she was supposed to look at him made terrible things to him.
She was his. They were together for five years and she was clear she didn't want to go public with their relationship. And here she was, on the cover of the magazine with the sickly sweet Daniel Stable. He didn't know if this was the truth, he hoped it wasn't, he hoped it was just a behind the scenes photo or the photoshoped one. But if it was the truth he didn't know if he would cope with that.
They needed to talk.
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Later that day they met. This time it was in the hotel room. He prepared the romantic dinner, but also he prepared himself for the conversation they really needed. He was going to ask her what was going on between her and Daniel and expected her to answer sincerely.
He was early, as usual, the table already prepared, the glasses standing on it and the bottle of wine just next to them. And of course candles in the middle of the table. He needed that afternoon to be perfect. Because Regina was perfect and if anything went wrong the memory of their perfect afternoon would be something he would appreciate. He hoped he won't regret that.
When Regina came she looked as stunning as ever, although he could see that she was really tired. Her hair was collected in the messy bun with Lennon glasses trying to keep all that mess in order and she was wearing knee-length dress with flowery pattern. This was her style, casual but still elegant. This was Regina Mills in private, the Regina he was proud he got to meet and love, not the one that was known to the public.
"Sorry I'm late" she apologized, but he couldn't bring himself to be angry about that.
"It doesn't matter, m'lady" he said with smile and softly kissed her cheek.
She just smiled at that gesture and sat on the chair by the table.
"I'm starving, what are we going to eat?" she asked eyeing all the surfaces in search of food.
He chuckled and answered "Be patient, my dear."
Then he headed towards the door of the room's bedroom and when he came back he was holding two plates with incredibly smelling lasagna.
"I can see I have the competition in making that dish" she smiled at him.
"I learn from the best" he said and leaned towards her to give her a quick kiss before the eating.
"I must say it's pretty good" she said while chewing the first bites "But not as good as mine, you forgot about the pepper" she added with the smirk.
"Well, of course not, you're the queen of lasagna but I tried all my best."
And they continued eating. But as time passed they stopped talking and she could see something was wrong, because Robin tensed and started nervously playing with his cutlery.
"What's going on?" she asked with worry in her voice.
"Nothing" he cut her off.
Now she was sure it wasn't just "nothing".
"I can see you act differently" she tried again.
"Well, okay, it's actually something" he said and he took the magazine out of his pocket.
"Really?" she was shocked, that he could see, but he didn't know if it was because he found out or because he believed.
"Yeah, really" he said and already could see that this conversation wasn't going in the good direction. "What's between you and him?"
"Between me and Daniel?" she parroted him and chuckled. "And what's between you and the chair you sit on? Because I guess the answer is pretty the same."
Well, then she was pissed off. How could he even think about her cheating on him. If she wanted she could have done that long before she started working with Daniel. There were many handsome actors she'd come to work with, but she loved Robin and wasn't so stupid and reckless to destroy something they were building for the past five years. But he didn't understood that. And he was going to pay for that.
"So, you sit on him?" he asked in playful tone not knowing what he just did.
"Yes, I sit on him a lot, jealous?" she wasn't playful at all. She was pissed off in the way he had never seen her. And immediately he regretted his words.
"Yes, I'm jealous" he said but this time there was no playfulness in his voice, there was just sadness. But it was too late.
He distrusted her and he was going to regret that.
"I think that maybe we should think about us, alone, let's say for the next month" she said trying to look anywhere but at him.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean we should take a little break. No texting, no calling, no seeing each other for the next month" she said. "That's my proposition. I need you to trust me, not accuse for something I would never do."
And she left.
"What have you done, you moron?" he asked himself, but it was already too late.
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The night that followed their meeting was sleepless for him. He screwed up. He had the most amazing woman that ever existed and he let her go. It was for a month, but if he won't fix what he did he would lost her forever. And he wasn't ready for that.
He was going to use the month as good as he could.
Exactly one month from their argument he was going to play a big concert in the city they lived in at the time. He bought one ticket and sent it to her. After that he began writing. The song must be sincere, beautiful and show his trust and love for her. It must be perfect, just like her.
But of course the inspiration didn't come.
Five years earlier
He was asked to write few songs for the new movie. It was his first offer like this so he tried really hard and the final effect was pleasing. And the songs were accepted and what was more the general audience liked them, so he became more popular. After the premiere screening he was asked for the party with the whole cast and crew. And then he saw her. It was Regina Mills, the most stunning woman in the whole world, she played the main role in the movie. He knew that. But he didn't know that she was so beautiful in real life. But all the media didn't lie, she was even more astonishing in reality than in any movie or magazine he ever saw her in.
He just stood looking at her in awe until she approached him.
"You are Robin Locksley, right?" she asked him with her hoarse voice.
"Yup" was the only thing he managed to say.
"The songs you've written are amazing" she complimented him and he felt his insides curling.
"Eww, thanks" he said and bite his lower lip.
"Perhaps you could play something on the party?" she proposed with smile.
"Well, why not?" he said and tried his luck. "Maybe after that we could go for a drink?"
"Okay" she just answered and headed towards others.
And Robin played. It seemed that everyone liked his music, because they didn't let him leave the stage until the end of the party. He just managed to catch Regina leaving.
"You still owe me that drink!" he shouted towards her.
"Yes, I suppose I do" she said with the smile and left the place.
And they went for the drink and then next and another one. None of them even realized when their drinks became dates and then they were crazy in love with each other.
While going back to the time when he and Regina met his inspiration came. He had a perfect song that described their relationship perfectly. And he hoped it would be enough for Regina to believe him and come back to him. He didn't care he would expose their relationship, damn it all, he wanted to scream to the whole world how much he loved her. The only thing he was worried about was if she was going to come at all.
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The month had passed and the day of the concert came. He was scared as hell, but he was ready to do this. Since the beginning of the show he was searching the crowd looking for her and he found her. In the middle of one of the first rows. She was wearing her black tank top, the one he loved so much, the one that accented all her features in the best way. Black was her color, as he liked to say to her. He just smiled in her direction hoping she wasn't angry at him anymore. And when he ended one of the songs he stopped playing and started talking.
"As some of you might have noticed we have a celebrity guest amongst you" he said looking directly at her.
He heard few surprised gasps from people from Regina's closest surroundings.
"Or you might not…" he chuckled. "Let's welcome miss Regina Mills" he said and was followed with few screams and 'I love you's from the audience. "If you would be nice enough and come to the stage you'd make me the happiest man in the universe, Regina" this time there was expectation in his voice.
She was shocked but listened and slowly started moving towards him. The people made her enough space to walk, some of them reaching their hands towards her just to touch her ('psycho fans' he thought). When she finally was under the stage he helped her get on it and when she was there he started talking again.
"I was so stupid that I almost let the woman of my life go. But it was the biggest mistake of my life and I don't care what people may think, but I love you Regina and I'm sorry for being the most stupid man on Earth" he said looking at her with hope. "So I've decided to write a song you in hope that you could forgive me. I know we didn't wanted to go public, but I care for you too much to hide it from the world" he ended and started playing.
Just the guitar and his voice. Any other instrument, after all it was the new song and only him from the whole band knew it.
I won't speak nothing but the truth
Don't wanna be lied to either, do you?
I've got my assumptions holding me back
We're giving it space, 'cause that's what we have.
But you are enough
It's unnatural to go away
But I've been broken and I'm still cracked
And I don't wanna tell ya all the things that have happened, but I won't lie to ya
I wanna go away, but something in my body says 'stay'.
Let's go to the mountains to hide from all the danger
We can write a story that changes how we see
We'll build a fire in the cabin, and burn the clothes we came in
Somewhere in the city, we'll leave apologies.
Because you are enough
It's unnatural to go away
But I've been broken and I'm still cracked
And I don't wanna tell ya all the things that have happened, but I won't lie to ya
I wanna go away, but something in my body says 'stay'.
And you are enough
It's unnatural to go away
But I've been broken and I'm still cracked
And I don't wanna tell ya all the things that have happened, but I won't lie to ya
I wanna go away, but something in my body says 'stay'.*
His eyes hadn't left hers for even a moment. He looked at her like she was the universe, and she was, at least for him. And as he could see she wasn't mad at him at all. She was moved, the tears started collecting in her eyes and in the moment he ended singing she embraced him and whispered into his ear "I love you too, you moron".
He felt like all his strength came back to him. He just stood there, on the stage, holding in his arms his most precious possession, his Regina and knowing she wasn't going anywhere.
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The next day all the newspapers covers were filled with the picture of them hugging with the big question "HOW DID WE MISS THAT?"
*song by Aja Volkman "Frog Prince" ( watch?v=x9t2sckxKe0)
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I hope you liked that. I'm very proud of this chapter and it took me some time to write it properly, but I think the effect is satisfying (at least for me)
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