A/N: There is really not enough OUATiW fics out there and there's certainly not enough about Will and Ana so I really wanted to make this little fix. Enjoy!
It had been the first night that Will and Ana had been alone since defeating Jafar. After leaving England for Alice and Cyrus's wedding they had returned to Wonderland with the White Rabbit, his wife and Tweedle. For Will and Ana that meant back to the castle.
Once they were there Tweedle busied himself with making sure the castle was in order, leaving the couple alone. After an awkward pause Ana spoke up, "It's been a long day. I think I'm going to change clothes and go to bed," she told Will and headed toward the stairs. Will was a little surprised that she wanted to just go to bed after finally being alone together, though he had to agree it had been a long day.
Nonetheless he decided to try and stop her, "Ana wait." She turned, curiosity in her blue eyes, "Yes Will?" Will took a step toward her, he felt he had a lot of things to say, but the words that came out were concerns for her, "Are you alright love?" he asked.
The wedding had been nice and even more so because of how close he and Ana were at the ceremony, he had even shared a loving look with her. He hoped this meant they could start over, fall in love all over again. Ana gave him a smile, "I think I'm just tired," she replied and continued for the stairs.
He watched her, wondering if she wanted him to follow her to bed. They hadn't shared a bed while Alice and Cyrus were there, Will had taken it upon himself to just sleep wherever he ended up in the castle. It had seemed easier at the time since Cyrus and Alice had their own separate room while planning for their wedding. Ana stopped at the stairs, seeming to have read his mind.
"Are you coming to bed?" she asked as she looked back at him.
Will looked back at her in surprise but didn't have to be asked twice. He nodded enthusiastically and followed her like a lost puppy up to her bedchambers. He looked around once they were in the large room. The last time he was in this room was right before Ana's wedding to the Red King. The memory still hurt thinking about but his eyes fell on Ana as she walked over to her wardrobe to take out a silk gown and he suddenly felt calm, she was beautiful.
"Turn around so I can change," she then instructed as she turned to look at him.
"Come on Ana, I've seen you naked before," he protested, but at her look he sighed and turned away from her.
Ana smirked slightly and started to change clothes, "We agreed to take things slow, did we not?" she said as she slipped out of the dress she was wearing. "Yeah, but now that it's just us I want things like it used to be," he told her. It was taking everything in him not to sneak a peek at her.
Ana slipped on the night gown and looked at him with a sad kind of smile, "Before we came to Wonderland," she finished for him, knowing exactly how he felt. She walked over to him and wrapped her arms around his torso from behind and rested her head on his back, closing her eyes.
Will smiled feeling her against him and rested his arms on hers, "It's not too late for us love," he said, wanting to keep her close, "ever since I got me heart back in me chest I've only wanted to use it loving you."
Ana opened her eyes with a smile but it soon faded and she let go of him. She walked over to the bed as he turned to watch her and sat down. "Let's talk tomorrow, ay?" she said, covering a yawn with her hand. Will nodded, maybe it was a good idea for them to talk when they were more awake.
He stripped down to his boxers, not really having any pajamas himself, and got into bed. She didn't seem to mind as she laid down beside him.
He laid down to face her and she smiled sleepily at him, "Goodnight Will."
"Goodnight Ana."
Will didn't wake until late morning and when he did his arm reached out to the other side of the bed to wrap around Ana remembering she had fallen asleep next to him, but all he felt was an empty bed where she should have been. His eyes snapped open to see she was indeed not in the bed with him. He frowned in confusion and sat up to see the curtains had been opened so the sun was shining in. By the looks of the position of the sun he guessed it was almost noon. He got out of bed and got dressed to go look for Ana. Maybe she started work on rebuilding Wonderland. He went to the throne room, ignoring his rumbling stomach but she wasn't there. He tried several rooms before spotting Tweedle.
"Have you seen Ana?" he asked the servant, looking around still as if expecting her to walk in as he spoke.
"She said she was going out," Tweedledum answered, "she took the horse and buggy..I assumed you knew," he added awkwardly.
"Obviously not," Will said sarcastically, "did she say where she was going?" Tweedle shook his head, "No, but she wanted to go alone, refused even the guards to go with her."
Will raised an eyebrow and without another word left the castle to the stables. He got on one of the horses, knowing it would take longer with a carriage, and took off to one of the only places he could think of where she would go. He made it to those particular woods and soon saw the horse and buggy he was looking for parked a few yards away from a wagon made into a small house. He dismounted the horse and walked towards the wagon to see the door ajar.
"Ana?" he called out so not to scare her as he approached the place.
"Will?" came Ana's confused voice from inside the wagon.
He walked up the couple of steps to the door, pulling it open to see Ana sitting on the floor going through a box. It contained their memories from the past but like the wagon itself it had been used over the years to keep things Will and Ana wanted to keep safe, their own hiding hole. Some things were even stashed there without the other knowing so the wagon was getting pretty cluttered at this point.
Will was about to speak when he realized she was going through that particular box he looked a little nervous, "What are you doing?" he asked, moving to sit beside her the best he could with the clutter.
"This place is a mess, I thought while I'm here I'd go through some things," she answered casually and smiled some as she picked up a decorative hair piece made of tiny flowers that were long dead, "do you remember the day I made this?" she asked him.
Will smiled, "'course I do, you always looked so beautiful with flowers in your hair," he reached a hand to her hair and ran his fingers through her blonde strands.
She smiled softly at him then looked back down at the contents of the box. She blinked when she saw something small and shiny and picked it up, it was a gorgeous ring.
"Will? Where did this ring come from?" She looked at him confused, as far as she knew the two of them were the only ones ever in and out of there. Will nervously took the ring from her,
"That..was supposed to be for you." Ana's blue eyes blinked some more as she looked at Will, obviously not understanding so he continued. "I was going to propose to you with this ring. My mother gave me this ring to give to the woman I wanted to marry..it was going to Penelope's but.." he didn't need to finish the explanation, he had told Ana about his sister.
She looked down, feeling awful for asking now. If she hadn't married the king Will probably would have proposed to her himself.
"I'm sorry," but she felt she could never apologize enough to make up for how much she had hurt him.
Will looked at Ana and seeing how guilty she looked he put a hand on hers, "It's in the past love. What matters now is our future together."
"I convinced you to come to Wonderland, to steal the crown jewels and then I accepted the king's proposal and married him then I worked with Jafar so that I could change everything which just made things worse," Ana had tears in her eyes when she looked at him once more, "how could you ever fully forgive me for all of the terrible things I've done?"
She stood and walked out of the wagon, taking a deep breath of fresh air. Will looked down at the ring he still held, thinking of her question and not having realized she still felt that guilty over all the things she did as the Red Queen, but that was the answer.
He followed her out, "Because I love you Ana," he said, causing her to turn to look at him. He continued. "Because you're not the Red Queen anymore. That part of you died when you were revived. You're just Anastasia now, my Anastasia. The same Anastasia I fell in love with all those years ago. The same girl who was full of hope and love, who was never afraid of wishing for bigger things, to love with all her heart even when others pulled her down."
He took a couple of steps towards her, ring still in hand. Tears were falling freely from her eyes now.
"I know we said we'd take things slow, but I don't need any extra time to know I want to be by your side for the rest of my life. You're everything to me Ana and if all the bad stuff we've been through has taught me anything is in the end you're the woman I'm meant to be with through all of it, come sorcerer or a kingdom or anything.. it's you Ana." He was right in front of her now and he got down on one knee, "I would be honored if you became my wife," he smiled up at her.
A huge smile formed on Ana's lips and she nodded, sniffling through the tears. "Yes," she said not waiting for him to officially ask the question.
Will smiled more and placed the ring on her finger before standing and giving her a passionate kiss. She placed her hands on his cheeks and returned a passionate kiss of her own.
When they finally pulled apart Will whispered, "I love you Ana."
"I love you Will Scarlet," she replied with love in her eyes.
"How about we go back to the castle and celebrate with some lunch?" It was his way of saying he was hungry. Ana laughed then got that look in her eyes, the look she gets when she has a mischievous idea.
"Actually I brought some food, I didn't know how long I'd be gone. I'm sure the kingdom wouldn't miss me too much if we stayed here a little longer and had some food by the fire. Like the old days," she said, playfully drawing little circles on his chest.
Will smirked, "I'm sure they'd know their queen is missing but I like your idea better." She giggled and went over to the buggy to take out a bag she brought with her while he gathered some wood. Even though they had to eat outside and stay warm by the fire when they first came to Wonderland because they didn't have much at all it and nearly starved, it did bring them close together.
After making a fire and setting up the food over the flames, Ana and Will sat down together on a log by the fire. She rested her head on his shoulder, looking down at the ring now on her finger with a peaceful smile. He kissed her head with a smile of his own as he watched the fire dance.
"I can't wait to tell Alice and Cyrus we're engaged," Ana said, still admiring the ring.
Will chuckled, "Might want to hold off a few days at least love, they're still in their honeymoon phase and we don't want to make it look like we're trying to out-stage them." Will had a point.
"I wonder what they're doing right now," Ana finally tore her eyes away from the ring to watch the fire now too. "Probably in bed doing the same thing I want us to be doing," he answered, reaching an arm around her waist.
Ana giggled, "Will," she shook her head, "we should at least try to attempt cleaning out the wagon," she pointed out. "You're still serious about that?" Will raised an eyebrow, "we could just leave everything here in the wagon like we have been," but he knew she had made up her mind.
After finishing their food they indeed got to work on cleaning out the wagon, loading up all they wanted to keep in the buggy which was more than they realized. Afterwards they stood outside the wagon looking at it.
"What do we do with the rest of it?" Ana asked, tilting her head to the left. Will smirked, "Maybe a young hopelessly love sick couple who doesn't have much will come along and get some use out of it like we did."
Ana now smirked as she looked over at her fiance then looked up at the sky. It would be dark soon and she didn't really want them traveling back in the dark. She grinned as her eyes fell back on the wagon, "You know we could get one more use out of it," she grinned more.
Will looked at Ana and was soon scooping her up in his arms and carrying her inside the wagon to the bed. He laid her on the bed and for the last time made love in their very first Wonderland home.
A/N: I hope you guys liked this one-shot. I was thinking maybe making a sequel to this story if enough of you enjoyed it or maybe something else Will/Ana/OUATiw related because like I said there's not enough fics out there. Any suggestions would be great :D