Hi, sorry it's been so long! I wanted to post a long DOQ filled chapter for my 'comeback' after quite a while but I've had this ready for a few weeks already, and just haven'd had the time to make it as long as I would've liked. And as I won't have time to get much done very soon, I decided to just post this. It's more OQ than DOQ, but I hope you like it!

Looking from the window above

It's like a story of love

Can you hear me?

Came back only yesterday

Movin' further away

Want you near me

From her place in Robin's arms Regina swayed happily to the music that surrounded them. Feeling the complete safety and contentedness she only felt when he held her. It was amazing how, even after so many years together, every moment together was still as special as the first. The smell of forest that always clung to Robin was still better than any perfume Regina's ever smelled, and every touch still felt like magic. She never had believed in fate, destiny, or love at first sight. But now that Regina knew what it was like, being with Robin and knowing how she could never live without him again, she started to doubt if there were such things as soulmates. If her soul could literally be a part of Robin, and his, a part of her.

All I needed was the love you gave

All I needed for another day

And all I ever knew

Only you

"Only you," Robin murmured softly in her ear. Regina lifted her head from where it had been resting on his chest, above his heart, and smiled softly. She leaned up and pressed her lips sweetly to his, "only you," she reciprocated.

They went back to swaying to the soft tunes of the music, enjoying each other in a comfortable silence. They never complicated their dance, not wanting out of the comfortable position they were in, in each others' arms.

They didn't do this very often, dancing in the living room like this, even though they both enjoyed it. The closeness it created, both physical as emotional gave a very secure and loving ambiance. Focusing only on each other and the music that was playing, they felt like they were in a bubble, closed off of the outside world. That feeling was not foreign when they were together, though, just the two of them. Everything else always seemed to fade away, nothing as important as the each other, and the love they felt between them.

Eventually the song died down and another one came on. Regina's arms laid comfortably on Robin's shoulders, her hands in his hair. She grabbed a fistful of it and brought his lips down to hers so she could kiss him again, this time less sweetly and with more passion. Though it was slow, every touch of their lips and stroke of their tongues was sensual, with a fire that could never dwindle.

Robin's hands tightened on her hips and he pulled her in even closer to him, if that were possible. Regina made a pleased sound and continued to kiss him as her front melted to his, his warmth seeping into her through their clothes.

After several drawn out moments Regina pulled back and just looked at the man before her for a moment, the man she loved more than anything else in the world. While they knew practically everything there was to know about each other, she found she wanted to ask him something. Something she couldn't get out of her head, now that the idea had come to her.

"Do you believe in soulmates?" Regina asked softly, almost whispering, almost as if not to break the bubble they were in. She watched herself stroke one of her thumbs over his dimpled cheek and then flitted her eyes back to his.

Robin's lips upturned and he brought a hand of his own to her face. "I do," he answered. He leaned in and started peppering kisses over Regina's face, starting at her nose, then her lips, getting to her chin and making his way over her jaw to her ear. "And I also believe, I know, that you're mine," he whispered. He pressed a final kiss to just beneath her ear and then pulled back to look at her again.

Regina couldn't help the smile that bloomed over her face, hearing him say that. No matter how many times he'd told her he loved her, and no matter the fact that they were married, knowing how he thought about her, as his soulmate, made her feel an indescribable amount of happiness.

"I believe," he continued to say, "that our souls are entwined, never to be separated again. We simply belong together."

Regina nodded with a teary smile, gave him another kiss, simply because she couldn't resist the urge to be closer to him, and then agreed. "I know. I don't know how I ever lived without you, but I don't think I could anymore, now that I know what it's like to have you. I feel like there would literally be a piece of me missing." Her heart ached even at the thought of a life without him.

"Well then luckily you'll never need to find out if you can still live without me, because I'm not planning to live without you either, ever." Robin stroked his hand up her back and twined his fingers in Regina's hair, lightly scraping her scalp. "You are the best thing that has ever happened to me, Regina," he said earnestly.

She closed her eyes for a second, enjoying the feel of his hand in her hair and the sound of his soothing and loving voice. She'd never tire of hearing him say things like this. When she opened her eyes again, she found him staring at her with those beautiful blue eyes she could get lost in, full of love and devotion, and she almost had the urge to cry. How she ever deserved him she did not know, but she knew she would be forever grateful that he chose to love her, even if she was undeserving.

Because while Regina did feel like they belonged together, like they were soulmates, she didn't believe that meant that they were forced to be together. In the end it was them that had made the decision to spend their lives together, loving one another. Fate hadn't brought them together, love did. Without the love they created, their special connection that they now called being soulmates, would never have been built.

"And you're the best thing that's ever happened to me, Robin."

This time it was Robin who initiated the kiss, love pouring from his every move, consuming Regina. She felt nothing but his hands on her body and his lips on hers. Robin's kisses were always perfect, always enthralling, but after the confessions they just made to each other, every sense seemed to be heightened and every stroke of his tongue against hers was all the more absorbing.

They kissed each other like nothing else mattered, and in that moment it didn't.

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Regina woke up with the sun but immediately decided that she would stay in bed for at least a couple more hours. Last night had been amazing. They'd spent it worshipping each other with soft whispers of love passing between them. Luckily it had been a Friday night, because by the time they'd finally gone to sleep, it'd been 4 am.

This is why Regina rolled around from her position as little spoon to lay her head on Robin's naked chest and put her leg over his under the blankets. She felt Robin tighten his arm around her for a second and thought he might be waking up too. She didn't know why she ever thought that, though, because a few seconds later Robin began to snore softly. Still sound asleep. Regina smiled sleepily and nuzzled her head on her husband's chest, falling asleep again moments later.

The next time Regina woke up the sun was high in the sky and her stomach told her it was definitely time to get up now, if the grumbling that came from it was anything to go by. She lifted her head and saw that Robin was awake, too. She smiled and kissed his chest, where her head had rested moments before. "How long have you been awake?" She asked. Then she let out a small laugh and added, "And what time is it? Don't tell me we slept away half the day."

Robin stretched for a second before answering. "It's 11 am, that's not too bad." He grinned. "I've only been awake a few minutes, needed the sleep after last night."

Regina smirked when she thought back to it and hummed, "me, too."

The rest of the day was spent in quiet peace, relaxing before their night out. They'd planned to go to dinner with Mal tonight but then Regina's colleague Cruella had invited them all to her house for a few drinks. They couldn't very well deny without revealing too much information, as they'd both have the same reason of not being able to come. Lying wasn't an option with this group of people, firstly because Cruella acted like a detective with her excessive questions about everything in in everyone's lives, and second because Emma seemed to be a human lie detector. That came in handy when she was questioning a client at work, but now it was a pain in the ass.

So, going on another drinking night with the office, it is. And besides, last time had been quite fun, as Regina remembers.

On the way there, with Regina behind the wheel and Robin beside her, she found that even though she wasn't particularly excited about seeing her co-workers on the weekend—especially Mary Margaret she could do without—she was thrilled to be seeing Mal again. Of course, she'd seen her every day of the week, but that was at work. Being able to talk in a more private setting would be nice. While Regina was trying to focus on the road, she began to imagine what her boss would be wearing tonight. She always saw Mal in sensible pant suits and she kind of hoped the blonde would go for something more casual tonight.

When they arrived, the first thing Regina noticed was that her dream about Mal's clothing choice tonight had not come true. That did not mean that she was disappointed in any way, though. The blonde looked stunning as always in a purple dress that reached to just beneath her knees, with a split up to mid-thigh—which took Regina's breath away. That was a very nice thigh dress.

Mal's taxi had pulled up to Cruella's house just before Robin and Regina had, so after greeting each other with quick hugs Cruella opened the door to the three of them. It probably looked like they'd all arrived together, as Mal's taxi had already driven away. Oh well.

After a few latecomers had also made their way over, the music was put on and everyone had a drink in hand, the evening could begin. There were no plans; they weren't playing games or watching anything together on tv, the only plan was to sit, talk and drink. What more could you expect when you went to Cruella's home, though?

After sipping on one drink Regina gave hers to Robin and switched to water. She didn't like herself or anyone she got into a car with to drink any alcohol at all, even if one or two drink was allowed.

At first it was a nice night. Pleasant, even. But then after about two hours and a few drinks later for her husband and boss, they no longer seemed to be interested in keeping a low profile. They had only met once according to everyone else in the room, but by the way they were crowding each other you wouldn't say so.

Regina wasn't one for public displays of affection in general, but especially if the people involved were not supposed to have any displays of affections, in the minds of the people who they were keeping this secret from.

It's not like they were doing anything outrageous, so maybe no one would notice. But by the way they were hovering together, giggling like schoolgirls and giving each other these looks, Regina felt like she had to intervene. She took her chance when Kathryn, who had been yammering to her about something was distracted by Jefferson and his story about his new boyfriend. She walked up to the pair of fools and promptly sat down in Robin's lap. He hadn't seen her coming and was surprised by her sudden appearance. Before either one of them could say anything Regina quickly admonished them. "You're being too obvious. Stop looking like you're about to kiss each other and scoot away. At least one meter between you two."

When they both looked at her confusedly and made no move to do as she said, Regina added a whispered "Now!" They were both such clueless dumbasses when inebriated. Her clueless dumbasses though, Regina thought. When she had started to think of Mal as hers was something else entirely.

Now that this crisis was averted, Regina thought she could relax for the rest of the night, but of course she had to see something no one else did, something she wished she hadn't. From her place on Robin's lap with her back to the rest of the group, she could see right into the hallway that lead to the toilet. David and Mary Margaret had been gone for a few minutes already, but no one had thought anything of it. Now though, coming around the corner but untangling from each other just a moment too late, Regina had seen them kiss. When they walked back over to the group their hands stayed entangled and they only let go when they came close enough to be seen by the rest of the group.

Regina was speechless. David was cheating on Kathryn? With Mary Margaret? What was she supposed to do with this information? Maybe she'd seen wrong, Regina thought. But no, she was sure their lips had still been touching when David had walked Mary around the corner into the hallway. Regina felt so much anger for her colleague, who had become kind of her friend at work. But she didn't know how to handle this.

While Regina was still recovering from what she'd seen, sitting in a daze, she heard a few of the others whoop and clap out of nowhere. When she turned around in Robin's lap she saw Emma and Neal lip locked. Why was everyone kissing tonight? And why was everyone so invested in those two finally getting together?

The rest of the night Regina was quiet, staying with her two favorite people in the room and just listening to their conversation. They'd asked her if something was wrong, but she'd denied, and they'd continued their talking. Robin had thrown her some questioning looks, he knew something was off with his soulmate, but respected that she didn't want to talk about it. Regina loved him for that; the space he gave her when she needed it.

At 1 am it didn't seem like any of the others were planning on calling it a night soon, but Regina had had it. The only thing she had been able to focus on for the rest of the night were David and Mary Margaret. They kept throwing each other these secret looks, these smiles. Regina could throw up. Her aversion to Mary Margaret had just turned into outright disgust. Little homewrecker.

In reality Regina knew she'd only seen two seconds of them together but combining that with their behavior the rest of the night, she'd put two and two together and concluded they were definitely cheating.

So, not wanting to see any more, she suggested to Robin that they go home.

"Don't leave me alone with these people, please." Mal said so that no one else could hear. "Let me just call a cab, would you wait until it's here?" She asked with puppy dog eyes. The thought occurred to Regina that Mal must have gone out with this group of people countless of times before they'd met and that she'd had to be alone with these people back then, too.

"Just ride with us, I'll take you home," Regina suggested. It was rather cute and nice to know that Mal truly did enjoy her and Robin's company and that she'd choose them over the rest of the group.

And so they went on their way in Regina's car after bidding everyone goodnight. Everyone except Mary Margaret and David, in Regina's case.

"Are you going to tell us what's going on yet, Gina?" Mal asked from the backseat, a little slurred. Regina frowned at her through the rearview mirror because of that nickname. "Maybe when you're both sober," she considered.

Regina knew that her anger shouldn't be directed to Robin and Mal and felt sorry for how grumpy she'd been all night. She decided to make up for it by suggesting "Are you free tomorrow, Mal? We could have a nice lunch together, maybe go to the park and have a picknick." Their date this weekend didn't have to be cancelled.

Mal was free and after arrangements were made, they arrived at Mal's home. She leaned from the backseat and kissed Regina's cheek. "Thank you for driving me home, dear," She said. "I'll see you both tomorrow."

"Goodnight Mal," Robin said and Regina did the same with a smile on her lips. She could get used to Mal's soft lips on her, even if they were only on her cheek.