A/N: Day 1 of OQFixItWeek – Prompt – Robin came to Storybrooke during the first curse

Regina had finally decided to take a break from her extensive daily workload after a solid six hours of paperwork. Her stomach rumbled, and she sighed, maybe skipping lunch wasn't such a good idea. She shuffled some papers she'd previously been working on and moved to file them away when her stomach rumbled again, even louder this time. Ok so skipping lunch definitely wasn't a good idea.

She moved her chair away from her desk and stood up to retrieve her coat from the stand and her bag from under her desk, before checking her phone. She saw that she had 3 messages, one from Sidney, again, asking her to dinner, claiming that he needed to discuss his ideas for the newspaper, a message from Graham asking her if she wanted him to come over tonight, again. The sender of her third text had her intrigued, there was no name attached to the number so she didn't know who'd sent her the text until the end of the message, Robin Locksley from Sherwood Gardening Company.

She rarely dealt with business from her mobile phone and certainly not via text. How had he even gained access to her phone number to ask about sorting out a contract for the gardens at the mayor's office? Well, if he was that desperate to obtain the contract then he'd have to contact her the way everyone else did, via the office itself, until then, she had no interest in him or the company.

A little while later, she'd parked her car in her usual spot on Main Street and headed towards Granny's for a late lunch. She still had a couple of hours before she had to pick up Henry from the day care centre, so she wasn't in any rush.

She wandered over to the counter where Ruby was waiting to take the next customer's order.

"Hi Mayor Mills, what can I get you?" Ruby's ever chirpy voice asked.

Before Regina could open her mouth to answer, she was rudely interrupted by a voice behind her; "Rubes could you put in a coffee and a grilled cheese to go?"

Regina let out a breath of frustration and scowled as she turned to face the person who'd interrupted her attempt to calm the rumbling hunger in her stomach.

When she saw who it was, she rolled her eyes internally. Great, just what she needed to deal with right now, Locksley of all people! If he thought she was in the mood to discuss the contents of his message right now, he was sorely mistaken!

"And just what do you think you are doing?" she asked, her tone low and threatening.

If Regina had spoken in that tone to anyone else, they'd be apologising and running in the opposite direction. Robin, however, didn't seem to be affected by it in the slightest, on the contrary, he seemed to find it amusing.

"My apologies Mayor Mills, but I'm in a bit of a rush and you seemed to be taking your time to decide on your choice," he replied, smirking and showing of his dimples to her.

"I think you'll find, Mr Locksley, that I was just about to give my order when I was rudely interrupted by your presence," Regina snarled back at him.

Robin couldn't help but chuckle at her comeback, for some reason he found her rather more adorable than intimidating.

Regina did not find the situation amusing in the slightest, she was just about to open her mouth to argue back when Ruby came back with Robin's order.

"Here you go Robin, one coffee with cream and sugar and a grilled cheese to go."

"Thanks Rubes," Robin took his order from Ruby and turned to leave the diner, smirking once again at Regina as he passed her. Regina didn't want to give him the pleasure of her responding, but she couldn't help the scowl which formed on her face as he sent that irritating smirk her way.

A few hours later, after she'd picked up Henry from day care and gone through his nightly routine of a bath, a story and then bed time, she poured herself a glass of red wine and sat back on her sofa to relax and watch a bit of television.

Just as she reached for the remote, her phone started to ring. She sighed and stood up to retrieve it from her bag on the kitchen table, couldn't she have five minutes of peace without being interrupted?

There was no name attached to the number which had interrupted her evening, furrowing her brow in curiosity, she answered.

"Hello, Mayor Mills speaking."

"I'm aware that it's you Mayor Mills, I was the one who called you after all," the irritating voice of Robin Locksley replied, she could practically hear his smirk.

Regina was in no mood to play games; the blasted man had interfered with her day far too much already.

"What do you want Locksley?" she growled down the phone.

Robin chuckled to himself before answering, "it would seem you forgot to reply to the message I left you earlier."

"And why would I bother replying to it? I don't deal with business on my personal phone!"

"Well then maybe you should consider taking your number off your business cards?"

She was stumped, she didn't have a comeback for that, he was right. Why the hell had she been so stupid as to put her personal phone number on her cards instead of the office one?! But wait, hang on a minute, since when did she give him one of her business cards?

"I don't seem to recall ever handing a business card of mine to you," she snapped back.

"Ah, but you didn't. See, one happened to fall from your bag when you left Granny's last week, and it seemed like too good an opportunity to pass on."

"So basically, you stole one from me?"

"It's not stealing Milady if I pick it up from the ground, now is it?" she could hear that smirk present in his voice again.

She took a deep breath before she replied, tired of his games and wanting to get this conversation over with.

"Look, if you want to discuss a contract for the office garden then come to my office at noon tomorrow, I have a free appointment, and don't be late Locksley, I don't appreciate tardiness."

Robin had to admit, he was slightly taken aback by how quickly she caved in, he would've expected more resilience and arguing on her part. Looks liked he'd irritated her more than he thought he had.

"Alright, I'll be there."

"Fine, I'll see you tomorrow at twelve sharp," she answered before hanging up the phone and slamming it back down on the table.

She sighed and ran a hand through her hair in frustration, what the hell had she just agreed to?

She found herself watching the clock the next day, wondering how fast or slow the hands would move as she waited for Robin's scheduled appointment time to arrive. What? No, why was she even paying him any thought before he's even arrived there? He was the most irritating, obnoxious person she's encountered in Storybrooke, was he like that in the Enchanted Forest or was it just the curse that had made him like that?

She shook her head, trying to clear all thoughts of Robin Locksley from her mind and focus on the work she had to do before his arrival.

When twelve o'clock arrived, she was pleasantly surprised to see that he'd actually arrived on time, maybe he was intimidated by her, even if it was just a little bit, she inwardly smirked at the thought of it. She addressed his knock at the door and told him to enter.

"Good morning Milady," he greeted with a smile, showing off those gorgeous dimples again, wait, gorgeous?! Since when did she think anything about him was gorgeous, she had to pull herself together.

"That's Mayor Mills to you," she replied, keeping the scowl etched on her face.

Robin seemed to dismiss her rude remark and sat down on the chair on the opposite side of her desk and retrieved some papers from his bag before placing them on the desk in front of her.

Before he got started on what he'd gone there to say, he asked in a somewhat sarcastic manner, "may I have your permission to remove my jacket and hang it on your coat stand Mayor Mills?"

She huffed and stiffly nodded her head and he smirked at her response.

After hanging up his jacket, he sat back down at her desk and rolled up the sleeves of his shirt, before reaching across and picking up the papers he's previously left there.

"So, I was thinking maybe we could start off with a few trees along the perimeter of the gardens, what type of tree of course would be up to you, as you're in charge here after all," he looked up at her to offer her yet another smirk but was greeted with a shocked and slightly scared expression.

"Regina? Is everything alright?" he asked, he couldn't help but feel slightly concerned, she looked as pale as a ghost.

Regina on the other hand, hadn't been paying attention to a single word he'd said since he'd rolled up the sleeves of his shirt. Of all people, it had to be him!

The lion tattoo that had haunted her dreams ever since she'd first seen it in the tavern all those years ago. Her reminder of what could've been and what she could've had if she'd only been brave enough to take the chance on her own happiness.

But Robin?! No, it couldn't possibly be him! She couldn't stand him, with his stupid smirk and gorgeous dimples. Oh god! This wasn't happening!

She felt herself in the midst of a panic attack, she had to get out of his presence now, she needed to clear her head and think this through.

"Regina?" she finally heard his concerned voice through her own thoughts which was enough to spring her into action.

She swiftly stood up from her chair and screamed, "get out!"

Robin looked up her like a deer in headlights, was the hell was going on? They were having a perfectly civil meeting, well as civil as you could get with Regina, then all of a sudden, she blows up at him?

"Are you deaf Robin?! I said get out!" she screamed again pointing at the door, still with a somewhat terrified expression on her face.

Robin scooped up his papers as quickly as he could and put them back into his bag before standing up to retrieve his jacket from the stand. He took one last look at her angry and shocked expression and turned to leave.

What the hell had just happened?