Set in the Enchanted Forest - Missing Year
#10 I'm sorry for your loss
- May I have a word please? – Robin turned around to face Snow, already worried.
- Good morning, your Highness – he greeted, trying to smile.
- I wanted to talk to you about Regina – she began, a determined look on her face. – I know you two don't get along very well – she said – but I want you to be careful with her –
- I am – he assured, a bit concerned.
- You don't understand. I don't know what do you actually know about her, but she has a complicated history.. well, complicated is an understatement. I won't explain anything about our past – that is yours to discover – but she lost so much already. She lost love so many times, and recently she lost her son. He doesn't even remember her by now. I lost my daughter too, and I know how she feels. But.. I have David with me. She has no one. I mean, she has us, but I don't think it's enough. So.. if you truly care about her.. –
- I do –
- Then you must be careful with her heart. I know she may seem... unpleasant and rude, but it's her way to protect herself. Keep that in mind – she concluded, walking away and leaving him there.
He found her sitting under the apple tree. She seems so sad, he thought. He watched her silently for long minutes. She was looking at the starry sky.
Later that night, when she stood up, she found a blue rose and a little scroll in the middle of the road. She opened the scroll.
I'm sorry for your loss, milady.
The fairest of the flowers, for the fairest of them all.
Robin
She smiled between the tears.