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Tonight had been amazing.

It was the first time ever since they got back from the underworld that she had fully spent an evening with the love of her life, their children and nothing else.

No treat hanging over their world or no vilain waiting to be defeated.

When Henry came back for school, they decided to be a bit kinder and let him and Roland stay awake a while longer. They ordered in, something simple and watch a movie. Since they all had very different tastes, they let Roland chose which one and without any surprises whatsoever he chose his favorite at the time : Lilo and Stitch. He always said he found the little alien cute and even though Robin wouldn't admit it to a living soul, she knew he felt the same way. As the entire planet, probably.

Regina chuckled when she looked at her children a few minutes before the end of the movie and both of them had fallen asleep, Roland cuddling against her and Henry his head on Robin's lap.

She could probably just turn off the movie and put them to bed, but this evening had been so amazing that she couldn't bring herself to.

Softly, careful not to wake Roland, she stood up, ignoring Robin's curious look and went to the kitchen to get some wine.

Not a lot. Nothing to get either of them drunk or even tipsy. Just some sort of celebration.

When his look grew more and more curious, she nodded and gestured him to join her which he did. She double checked that the children were asleep and then whispered, "Ever since we got back from the Underworld we've been so busy we never had the time to just spend an evening all together and i feel like i don't want this to end." smiling softly.

He smiled in response, knowing where she was getting at and hugged her.

After a few seconds, he let her go and whispered, "If you want to i can wake them up for another movie but i'm not quite sure that would be the wisest decision." She chuckled.

"Not that i don't love these two little munchkins but i also feel like we've barely seen each other these past few weeks." She sighed, "Which is why i got the wine. Let's take some time to ourselves tonight." She said, her arms circling his waist as she softly kissed him.

"I agree, not that i blame any of us everything around here has been crazy, but i'd love to spend more time with you." He answered, adding a kiss of his own, "So what do you say we put these beautiful kids to sleep and open this bottle you got us?"

He didn't need to ask twice.

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And spend some time together they had.

Once the kids were in their bed, they finally started this show they had both meant to watch about people fighting for a throne and reign on the seven kingdoms and drank their glass of wine. After that, conversation went smoothly for a while, memories of good moments they had together.

Ever since they met, they hadn't had much time to just be together and in love. Truth to be told, they almost didn't get any until they got back from the Underworld so they still felt the enthusiasm of new beginnings and a fresh start.

It only took a couple before their lips met each other and before they knew it, they were half naked, making out on the couch.

Right. So the wine probably wasn't the best idea, unless they wanted to scare their kids forever.

It took everything in him for Robin to whisper between kisses that they should get back to the bedroom and to not start ravishing her right this moment, yet, he held on.

It was explosive.

Reconnecting after months of rushed sessions between death threats and villains interruption, they couldn't be happier.

When they laid together, naked and sweaty, Regina realised that it was the first time they went to bed at the same time, in the same bed.

It shouldn't feel awkward, or weird. They had slept in the same bed countless time before.

Yet, she felt like it was.

Which side did he like to sleep on? Did he like to cuddle? What if, god forbid, she had another nightmare and woke him up? She had never been a great sleeper.

She usually woke up with the sun, went to bed after midnight and she kept waking up within the night. More than once usually, nightmares of past mistakes and loss haunting her.

She thought it would stop with time, she would eventually grow past these terrifying moments and be at peace with herself, and she was. For the first time, she truly believed that she was. She still had her moments during which she felt guilty for what she did in the past and she wished she could make up for it completely, yet she did feel better.

But at night, it seemed her brain didn't agree with her.

Robin fell asleep before her, too busy overthinking this evening, all the good things it meant to her and all the ways it could get ripped away from her soon.

She turned to her side, thinking about all the ways she could have lost him. Thank god she never did. Still, she couldn't help but slightly shudder at the thought. She had lost so many people she loved and cared about, losing Robin truly would be the one who would wreck it all.

As if on cue, (sometimes, she thought that their soulmate connexion was so strong they could actually read each other's mind.) Robin put his arm around her in his sleep.

It wasn't the first time they ever did that, yet, it was the first time she didn't pretend to hate it, or the first time she wasn't asleep when it happened. She usually wasn't a fan of physical contact and affection, except when it came to Robin and her boys apparently. Yes, she came to think of them as their sons. She knew she wasn't their biological mother but she loved them just as fiercely and completely and if she had to fight like hell for them she would.

Sighing, she moved closer to Robin.

There was no denying that lying here, in his arms, naked at night after what felt like the perfect evening was one of the most amazing and precious moments of her life.

With that thought, she finally drifted off, and this time, it was the best sleep she had in a very long time.