Please send feedback, stay safe, take care of yourself, and I hope you enjoy! Also, most of these events are based loosely on season three, so some facts and events may be out of order/incorrect. Trust me, it's a process! And because I have to go along with the main plot, I may have to...improvise a bit. Again, it's a process!

After we got back to the mansion, I let Regina throw a few plates around, before gently calming her down and moving her tired body to the couch. She leaned heavily on my arms and pulled me down on top of her when she laid down, and just held me on top of her, stroking her hand up and down my back, while I rubbed her hands. Her breathing slowed quickly, but I don't think she's asleep.

I lifted my body off hers, but she pulled me back down.

"Just…stay here. I want to stay here." I nodded against the side of her head and shifted us both so I wasn't on top of her, but beside her.

"Can you work from home tomorrow?" I asked Regina.

"Why?"

"Because I want to make sure you're okay, and I need you here."

"You're so cheesy," Regina muttered half-heartedly. I chuckled and hugged her waist tighter as I felt sleep take over my foggy brain.

I woke up slightly sore, but warm. Regina pulled a blanket over us both at some point during the night, but she was still asleep. Her arms glued me to her chest, but I didn't mind. I didn't think she'd be so soft, but she was, like a heated pillow. The sun was just starting to rise as orange streaks of light shined across the floor, one streak crossing over Regina's nose. I kissed the sunbeam, then her cheeks, her temples, her jawbone, her cheek, her neck, and I felt her shift as I made it to her collarbone.

"What do you think you're doing?" Regina groggily asked me.

"Waking you up?" I said playfully. She pursed her lips.

"Continue," she said, closing her eyes. I chuckled and drifted under the covers to kiss the rest of her glorious body.

"Wait," Regina stopped me. "What time is it?"

"I don't know, do you have your phone?" I heard Regina fumble, while I lifted her shirt to run my hands over her belly, followed by my lips.

"Snow, it's eight thirty," Regina exclaimed. I leapt off of her before she could buck me off in her rush to get ready and went to the kitchen to make breakfast, while Regina mumbled about how being late doesn't fit a queen. Our eggs were ready when she ran back downstairs in a pantsuit. She snatched her plate of eggs and shovelled them into her mouth, when someone knocked on the door. Regina was halfway to the door when I told her to eat her breakfast while I talked to the person at the door. A man was standing in front of me, and what's funny is that I hadn't ever seen him before.

"Um, who are you?" I asked him.

"My name is Robin Hood, I'm with the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest. Except this isn't Sherwood Forest." I raised my eyebrows.

"The Robin Hood? I'm Snow White. Our 'Wanted' posters were next to each other for years."

"They sure were! It's nice to put a face to the name and poorly drawn portrait," Robin Hood chuckled.

"We don't have time to reminisce on your smelly forest days," Regina cut in,"we have a chimpanzee to find."

"I'm afraid that's why I'm here. Little John has been taken by a flying creature and we can't find him. We're thinking if you help us, we may get close enough to capture one of those creatures." I grinned at Robin Hood and shook his hand, but Regina just stared at his wrist, more specifically, his tattoo. He turned around to lead us off into the forest.

"Is everything okay?" I asked her.

"Yeah. Fine." She grew slightly pale and seemed dazed as we went into the woods, but snapped out of it after a while. He took us to the town line, where David and Emma were already waiting for us. They were looking around in bushes and interviewing the Merry Men.

"Does this sound like your flying-monkey-fiancé?" I asked Emma. She nodded and we watched as David and Robin scanned a map of the area, narrowing his location down.

"We need to hold a town meeting. If these things are taking citizens, we need to warn everyone of the town line and to stay away."

"We'll go with you," Regina said. "We can double check to see if anyone remembers what happened and who did this to us." Emma eyed Regina strangely, but let us tag along to the town hall. Emma issued a notice for an emergency meeting, and after twenty minutes, the hall was full with concerned-and-slightly-annoyed citizens.

"What the hell is this about now," Leroy demanded. "You gonna announce that you're in love with Granny now?" I glared at Leroy.

"No, this isn't about my very private love life."

"We need to ask you that if you know anything about who cast this curse or anything at all about the past year, we need you to speak up." Emma said to the room.

"And how do we know that the Evil Queen didn't do this all. We went through this once before, it wouldn't be unlike her if she did it again. Let's face it; she knows this curse like the back of her hand, and has perfect reason to cast it in the first place."

"You can't back that up," Emma said, "but she is the most likely out of all of us." I widened my eyes and turned to Emma, but Regina put her hand on the crook of my elbow.

"I would do no such thing, even with my history. I didn't do it, and you'll have to believe me. If I did cast this curse, I would have Henry already." Regina declared.

"You can't prove you didn't do this either," Emma said. "Until we find out who cast this curse, I don't want you near Henry."

"Are you serious?!" Regina looked out to the small crowd of people, who were now talking loudly amongst themselves and accusing Regina of horrible things she couldn't possibly be capable of anymore. Regina raised her hands and waved them, making the ground quiver beneath our feet, before getting us both out of the room and back to her mansion.

"How could Emma think that? Of all people, she should know that you've changed, but she still accused you of-"

"Snow, she has perfect reason not to trust me, even if I hate her for it."

"I used to have perfect reason to not trust you, but here I am, trusting you with my life." Regina grinned at me.

"You trust me?"

"Definitely. Now let's find whoever cast this curse."

Regina

I met Tink near the bathrooms in the diner with a mental list of questions in my mind I needed to ask her.

"Hello Regina, long time no see," Tink greeted.

"It's nice to see you."

"What did you want to talk to me about?"

"Well, it's about...Let's just go somewhere private." I led Tink out to the back alley behind Granny's. "Can soulmates...change? Can it change from one person to the next?"

"You're asking if Snow's your soulmate now, not the man with the lion tattoo," she clarified.

"He's Robin, and yes."

"Well, it's possible that your relationship was so...unexpected that the magic couldn't predict it," she speculated. "Your fate could've changed because of a decision you made, there could be a number of explanations, but I don't even know if Snow is your soulmate or not."

"Can you try it," I pleaded.

"Remember the last time I used my magic for you?"

"Then do it on Snow. See if I'm her soulmate."

"You really want to do this?"

"With all my heart."

"And you're sure Snow would want this?"

"I can't be sure, but she supports me all the time." Tink raised an eyebrow expectantly. "Okay, fine, I'll ask her." Tink smiled and nodded.

"If you two are both okay with this, meet me here in one hour." I nodded and sent myself back to my office. Two minutes later, Emma burst into my office.

"Everyone is off our trail. Let's see who really cast this curse," Emma said.

"Have a seat," I smirked.

After my meeting with Emma, I met up with Snow at Granny's, telling her everything and asking permission to use Tink's magic on her before taking her out back, where Tink was waiting, wand ready and waiting.

"Change of plans. I'm using my magic on Regina." I tilted my head in confusion but nodded. "Snow, you go across the street and wait there." Snow left the alley and crossed the street across from Granny's, waving at us when she was in place.

"Now, I'm only doing this for you once, but I have a way you can do this again." Tink handed me a worn scrap of paper and used her magic, drawing a green path.

"Follow the green pixie dust," Tink said, before shrinking to a fairy-size and flying off. I grinned and followed the green as it led me out of the alley and closer to Snow.

My view of her was blocked by the building, but when I reached her, the dust took a sharp right turn to the ice cream shop, avoiding Snow completely. Tears were building behind my eyes as I crossed the street to talk with Snow.

"It's okay," she assured. "I guess we'll have to break the rules." She grasped onto my cheeks and kissed me soundly. Bliss washed over me as my soulmate left the ice cream shop with a small boy. But now, Snow showed me I have a new soulmate, even if Tink's dust never lies. It may never lie, but it may not see the whole story either.

"Oh, did I tell you? I found a nanny for Henry, so that we can go off with him safe in someone else's hands."

"Who?"

"She said her name was Zelena. She's very good."

Snow

After Regina and I calmed down after our meeting, we met up with Robin Hood at the hospital, where he explained Little John's odd transformation from man to monkey. David said he was going to investigate in the forest, while Regina went back to her office. I felt slightly faint, so I retired back to the mansion, where I got sleepy and immediately fell asleep.

Okay, like I said, a process. I have a lot planned for the next chapter, and it's gonna be a bit of (planned) improvisation from the main plot to accommodate Snow and Regina's relationship. See you later!