Hi guys so this is my Easter update, I had wanted to get it finished for yesterday, but that didn't happen, it's here now, so it's all good. I hope you enjoy this one, prepare for some fluffy moments! And some quite hot ones too. ;)
Robin loved Easter, he loved everything about it, but he loved every holiday, so that wasn't really a surprise. Both he and Regina were on shift together, so that was something he was really happy about, he hated being apart from her on special days, normal days were bad enough, but when they were supposed to be celebrating, supposed to be happy and spending time with loved ones it was even worse.
They were so happy in their lives together and he couldn't believe how lucky he was to have her, to have what they had, share the love they shared. The alarm on the bedside table went off and he leant over smacking it, before reaching to pull Regina into his arms, however when he did, he was met with warm sheets and no girlfriend. He opened his eyes and groaned, where was she? Lola was curled on the bottom of the bed purring away, but there was no Regina.
He stared at the wooden beams that held up the cottage, Regina had decorated them with little fairy lights, which he had to say were quite cute, there were also dream catchers, their feathers dangling from the woven circles, there to ward off and catch any bad dreams. He turned to the door and pulled Regina's pillow into his arms, hugging to it, suddenly he heard the noise of retching down the hall and dropped the cushion immediately as he dashed out of bed. There was the noise again and he knew that she was throwing up, "Gina?" He knocked on the door, "Regina."
"Go away," her voice came back, muffled through the door, "I don't want…" she suddenly stopped again and the retching resumed.
"Regina I'm coming in," he shook his head pushing the door open to find her practically hugging the toilet bowl as she chucked her guts up, "hey, babe," he dropped down beside her and scooped her hair back, it was long now and he knew she would not appreciate sick getting in it, he twisted it on top of her head and reached over to the cupboard that held all Regina's soaps and bath things, he opened a little pot and took out a hair tie, using it to fasten her hair up.
He ran his hand across her back, drawing soothing circles as she gagged, one hand reaching up to grab the sink as she coughed and retched, "Regina?"
"Don't look at me," she whispered, before going back to throwing up again.
"Oh my god, Regina, I'm going to phone work and tell them that you're not going in today."
"No," she grabbed him with one hand, wiping her mouth with the back of her other, "no."
"You smell like vomit Regina."
"I work in a hospital, I always smell like vomit," she groaned, spluttering a little as she knelt over the toilet again, "I have to go in."
"Regina, you're sick," he shook his head.
"I'm not sick," she waved her hand at him, "not…" she gagged and placed a hand over her mouth.
"Could have fooled me," Robin scoffed, "seems to me that you have literally nothing left inside your body, I'm surprised a couple of organs haven't come out," he chuckled, only to receive a sharp slap on the arm as she stood up and straightened her silk pyjamas.
"I'm fine, I think it's passed," she shrugged.
He wasn't buying this bullshit, but it did seem to have come from nowhere, he would have noticed if she was sick, surely, he would, they were together all the time, nearly every moment of everyday when they aren't on other cases or having different days off, even then they like to come in and check up on the other, they are obsessed, always needing to see each other, so it's hard to believe that he wouldn't have noticed that she was ill.
She had been happy the day before, chirpy even, and if there was one thing Regina Mills was not, it was chirpy. He stared at her in confusion before placing a hand on her lower back, "Regina…"
"Robin, I'm fine," she grimaced, leaning past him to turn the shower on, "I just need to get clean."
"I'm not letting you go to work."
"As far as I remember I am your boss," she quipped, her hands working the buttons on her shirt, before she pulled it off and chucked it in the clothes hamper, it was quickly followed by her pants as she hopped in the shower, removing the hair tie he had given her as she allowed the water to dance over her skin in ripples.
He looked at her and shook his head, how could she possibly think that she was fit to go to work? She was supposed to be making people better, not letting them catch something from her, but he couldn't argue with her, she was stubborn and if she thought she was up to going to work, then he knew she would do what she wanted and go, there wouldn't be anything he could do or say to stop her.
"Robin, are you just going to stand there gawking at me?"
"Regina, I'm worried about you," he stated, shaking his head and staring at her as she rubbed a section of condensation away so that she could see him through the glass. She scraped her wet hair back and spat some water out of her mouth.
"I'm fine," she waved it off, "I think I ate something funny."
"You did?"
"Hmm, yeah, it's just food poisoning, it's out of my system now, I'm fine."
He narrowed his eyes at her, food poisoning? Really, he scoffed and shook his head, "you ate the same food as me yesterday Regina and I'm fine, how come you're here this morning vomiting in the toilet?"
"Actually, you're wrong," she tutted, "you had ham salad for lunch and I had egg mayo on rye, so actually."
She'd got him there, that wasn't a lie, maybe the egg had been left out too long, or it hadn't reacted well with her stomach, it did take from anywhere up to to seventy-two hours to develop, so she could very well have a dose of Salmonella, in which case she needed to stay of work anyway. "If you have food poisoning…" he heard her scoff and rolled his eyes, "Regina, you are a doctor, you should know that you aren't meant to go into work with food poisoning, that is precisely what you would suggest to one of your patients is it not?"
She turned the shower off and stepped out as he handed her a towel, he could see that she really wasn't happy with him, "okay, it's not food poisoning," she whispered, tucking the towel around her as she messed with her hair.
"What is it then?" He asked, watching her intently as she looked in the cupboard and pulled a packet of pills out, she took a deep breath and held them up. He took the packet from her and frowned, "why are you taking these?" he questioned.
"I'm not anymore," she sighed, "they made me sick, so I stopped."
"Why would you need these? I thought you had…"
"I was worried," she sniffled, "so I went to my obs and gynae, she suggested I take those."
He stared at her, why had she kept this from him? Had she been going through this all alone, being worrying about it? He examined the box, "you should have come to me Regina, this involves the both of us."
"I know, it's just, my contraceptive implant had to be removed and I didn't want another one Robin, I didn't want to make that decision, it's three years, that's a long time and I just, I think I'm ready for more."
He looked at her, all of a sudden, his anger over her not telling him she was changing her contraceptive dissipated and he dropped the box of pills into the bin, before reaching out to pull her into his arms. They had discussed it before, they both wanted kids, Regina knew they did, so why didn't she just come to him before subjecting herself to some medicine that clearly didn't react well with her body? Then again, she was literally telling him that she was ready to try for a baby and he couldn't be happier about that, he wanted so much to see her abdomen swell with their child, to watch it grow and eventually hold their little one in his arms.
"Regina," he gushed, cupping her face gently a massive cheesy dimpled grin coming onto his face as he looked into her eyes, "are you saying what I think you are?"
"Yes," she whispered, offering him a shy smile. He kissed her lips and hugged her tight, before pulling back and staring at her, "I taste like vomit," she grimaced.
"Little bit," he nodded, scrunching his nose up at her and finding her toothbrush, he squeezed some toothpaste out onto it and handed it to her.
She took it eagerly and started brushing her teeth, he knew she hated throwing up, much like anyone did, he had only ever seen it happen once apart from this morning and that was on a night out with Mal one of her friends from college, her sorority sister, she came home slightly drunk that night and vowed that she was never drinking alcohol ever again. He found it quite ironic, considering her least favourite patients to treat were the drunks, she had told him that enough times, told him how much she hated it.
"How long has it been since you had it taken out?" He asked, looking at her arm and noticing a light mark, how had he not realised, surely he would have noticed a wound on her arm, wouldn't he? They made love often enough, to be honest probably more than the average couple did, even with their busy work schedules, they made time for each other, making the most of the time they could spend together.
"A couple of months," she confessed, "just before Valentines."
"Oh," he frowned, "you still could have talked to me about this Regina, we're in a long-term relationship, you should have come to me."
"I know," she sighed, "I'm sorry Robin, I was going to talk to you about it after the pills started making me sick."
He looked at her and shook his head, he couldn't possibly stay mad at that face, not when she was looked so innocent and guilty at the same time, she knew what she did was wrong and he wasn't going to judge her for it, technically it was her body, he was simply suggesting that he might have liked to know. He grinned at her and kissed her cheek, "okay, I'm going to hop in the shower and then milady, I am making you breakfast, anything you want."
"Anything?"
"Hmm," he nodded, raising his eyebrows at the sudden change of expression on her face, "Regina."
"What, I'm hungry."
"You've just been throwing up," he scoffed, knowing that look all too well, it was the look she gave him when she wanted something other than food for breakfast.
"Well, I'm feeling better now," she smirked pulling her bottom lip between her teeth as she allowed her towel to drop to the floor.
He looked at her body and groaned, "you milady don't play fair."
"I know," she chuckled, her hands fisting in her hair as she fluffed it lightly. Seeing her just standing there in all her naked glory, it did things to him, it always had, she knew exactly how to reel him in, what movements to make, what looks to cast him, she was a little minx and he loved it.
He was only wearing his boxers, but they were soon removed and Regina walked towards him, pressing her body against his as she ran her lips across his shoulder, working her way down along his collarbone. Her hands had slipped around to his ass as she palmed it shamelessly, squeezing, her melodic laughter ringing out through the bathroom, her lips vibrating against his skin, causing him to close his eyes, his hands stroking her lower back. The scent of apple and vanilla filled his senses, having just had a shower, she was clean and smelt so good, good enough to eat, not that they had time for that, they had to be ready to start their shift.
"Regina," he groaned, his hands moving to her hair that had curled slightly, it always did when she allowed it to dry naturally; it was untameable, ringlets falling around her face and he was in love with it that way. On the off day that she would leave her hair, usually days where they stayed at home just the two of them, he would just sit and play with it, curling the locks around his fingers.
It was even curlier now it was longer, it bounced when she walked and he found it absolutely stunning. She though wasn't a fan, she liked to be in control and complained that it looked messy, despite his protest that it didn't. Most days she flattened out those beautiful curls, making it so there were only a couple of kinks visible, he didn't complain though, because although he had told her he loved it natural, at the end of the day it was her hair and she could do with it what she pleased.
"Work," he whispered as she kissed her way back up his neck, shaking her head against him.
"Quickie," she moaned into his ear and how in the hell was he supposed to say no to that? He was a man and she was a beautiful, hot, gorgeous woman, standing there naked, begging him to take her. The fact that she had just told him she wanted to carry his child was adding to how turned on he was at that moment, thinking about the possibility of maybe making their baby, made him really excited.
He leant past her and turned the shower on, "come on then milady," he pulled her in with him, pressing her against the wall, his fingers going straight between her legs, he usually liked to work her up a little first, tease her, make her beg, but like she said it was just going to be a quickie and he was too sexually frustrated to go slow anyway.
She let out a little whimper as he attacked her neck with his mouth, sucking hard, before licking over the skin, soothing it with his tongue, his fingers were rubbing over her clit, pressing in, touching her firmly as her hands gripped his back, he pushed a finger inside her, finding that she was already so wet and it wasn't the water in the shower, it was her own wetness. The doctor in him knew that sex in the shower was pretty dangerous, he'd had patients before that had slipped and fallen, but that was why he had a none slip shower mat, in moments like these he was glad for it, because all he wanted was to feel her warm sex surrounding his hard cock.
He curled his finger inside her, making her moan, once she was wet enough, he moved his arm around her and hoisted her up so that her legs wrapped around him, her back still pressed up against the tiles as she slammed her lips against his, kissing him deeply, her tongue sweeping his mouth finding his own and making them dance, he kissed her back with just as much force, rivalling her passion as her hands slipped in his hair and fisted it, pulling slightly, but he didn't care, not at all, in fact it worked to spur him on.
Making sure that she was supported between his body and the wall of the shower, one of his hands came in between them and began to run over her clit again, hoping to earn some more sounds and he wasn't let down, she faltered in their kiss and her little breathy moan released against his mouth. This time he pushed two fingers inside her pumping them gently and she tore her lips from his, "oh Robin!" she gasped, her head dropping to his shoulder, "oh, ooh, Robin your cock! I want…"
"Someone's needy," he grinned, curling his fingers one last time before pulling them out of her and shaking his head, sending water flying as she laughed and he claimed her lips allowing his cock to run through her slit, brushing her clit as he moved her up and down, she kept shuddering and he loved it, he was literally pressing her body against the wall with his, her breasts squashed to his chest. Whilst she was still distracted by the kiss he moved his hand to take hold of his cock and lining it up with her entrance, before pushing inside her, filling her to the hilt in one smooth move.
"Oh my god!" she gasped, her head flinging back against the tiles, with a little too much force than what Robin was happy with.
"Gina, careful," he groaned, one hand going to her hair as he ran his fingers through it, his other hand clinging to her leg. Then he began to move, not pulling out all the way, simply fucking her up against the wall. He grasped her wrists in one hand and pinned them up above her head, his lips attaching to her neck as he kissed her, rocking his hips into hers as she whimpered.
"Mmm, I love you!" She screamed, tightening her legs grip on him, digging her heels into his ass, "oh Robin, Robin!" He sped up, pulling out further and pounding into her faster, lifting her from the wall and placing his hand on her ass, meaning that he could help her move against him, she was grinding against him.
"I love you too," he breathed, how was he so close so soon? Maybe it was his need to make a child with her, but from the way she was shaking in his arms, she was just as close, he dropped her arms and moved one hand to her clit, rubbing it hard, the other hand gripping her ass as he thrust into her.
"Yes, I'm coming, I'm coming, Robin!"
"Thank god," he closed his eyes, feeling her walls flutter around his cock and then soon they were clenching around him and her arms flung around his neck, her nails digging into his back as she bucked uncontrollably in his arms. Her head dropped and she bit his shoulder, causing him to let out a surprised noise as he tightened his grip on her jerking up as her orgasm took him over the edge, had him coming, releasing his seed deep inside her and maybe just maybe that might have been enough to make a baby.
She was heaving heavily against his shoulder, trying to regain her breath as his fingers ran up and down her back, "god Robin," she whispered, nuzzling into his neck, before pulling back and meeting his eyes, her fingers moving to cup his cheek, playing with his stubble.
"That was some quickie," he quipped as she laughed, kissing him again.
After the first part of his shift, Robin was feeling optimistic that it was going to be a good day, the ER hadn't been all that busy, something he was happy for, it meant that he had been able to sneak the odd moment with his love in between patients. The patients he'd actually had didn't have very serious ailments, mainly broken arms, legs or cuts and scratches.
He walked through the reception area, heading to the staff room, it was his break and he had agreed to meet Regina in there for a coffee. He found some bunny ears earlier that morning and had been wearing them ever since, just walking around with them on his head. It tended to make the children smile and the adults laugh at him, but he didn't care, he loved the holidays, what could he say?
He was nearly at the staff room when he noticed a lot of the male nurses and doctors just standing around, he furrowed his eyebrows and opened the door, immediately spotting what they were all staring at, Regina. She was reclined on one of the couches eating one of the cream filled chocolate eggs that his mother had sent from England for them as an Easter gift. She had her eyes closed as she licked out the gooey filling from the chocolate structure, flicking her tongue before letting out a moan as she tilted her head back.
He stopped in his tracks and stared along with them, god, she was so sexy and he should tell the guys off for staring at her, but he was feeling pretty smug that it was him who could call her his girlfriend. That morning they had to rush to get ready and she hadn't had time to do her hair, so she just tied it up, she had grumbled a lot about it, but he loved it, she looked so beautiful, "okay fellas shows over," he stated, Regina opened her eyes and realised that everyone was staring at her.
Her eyes narrowed as she stood up and glared at them, "get back to your jobs," she snapped, "I do not appreciate being gawked at, now go out there and save some lives," she rolled her eyes as all the guys hurried out, leaving just her and Robin in the room. She looked towards him and rose her eyebrows, "you mister aren't any better."
"I told them all to get back to work."
"Yeah, you did, but how long were you stood there before you spoke up?"
"Hmm," he chuckled, walking towards her and brushing a strand of her hair behind her ear, "well, who can blame me, you are a very beautiful woman Dr Mills."
"Oh Dr Locksley you flatter me," she smiled, running one of her hands up and down his upper arm as she held the remainder of the egg in her other hand.
"I see you were enjoying that," he gestured towards the chocolate and she let out another moan as she looked at it.
"Yes, so good," she brought it up to her lips and took a bite out of it, humming as she did, "would you like to try some."
"I've had a lot of cream eggs in my time," he grinned, lowering his head to the chocolate anyway, until her heard her scoff and shake her head.
"I didn't mean for you to try it from there," she smirked, pulling her bottom lip between her teeth and taking another bite, he got her jist and moved closer, running his lips over her cheeks, moving down to her lips and kissing her, tasting the chocolate that she had been eating in her mouth.
"Mmm," he grinned as she took another bite of the chocolate and he kissed her again, she giggled into the kiss, the arm that was wrapped around his neck, pulling him closer, "delicious don't you think?"
"Hmm, very much so," he took the chocolate from her and allowed her to eat the last piece, before kissing her senseless. They were so caught up in one another that they didn't hear the door to the staff room open.
"Really? You two? Anyone would have thought that you were in love or something," they broke apart and turned to look at Tink who was stood in the doorway, "the Easter bunny stealing kisses between shifts," Tink laughed, walking closer and flicking his bunny ears, "am I allowed to come in or do you need more make out time?" She questioned, walking past them to pop the kettle on,
"You can come in, I need to be getting back to work anyway," Regina stated, patting Robin's chest, she leant in and kissed his cheek, "catch you later Easter bunny." She cast him one of those little winks, before slapping his ass and walking away.
Robin chuckled and shook his head as he watched her go, her hair bouncing as she went, he placed his hand on the counter and grinned as she turned to look at him, before disappearing. God how he loved her. He rounded to see Tink giving him a knowing look, "what?"
"Nothing," she grinned, pouring the boiled water into a mug, "I just love how happy you make her that's all," Tink shrugged.
"She makes me just as happy," Robin excused, leaving Tink to it as he went back to shift, knowing that what he had told her was the honest truth. Regina was the love of his life, the light in his world, she was his everything, his soulmate.
He watched Regina as she treated a small child, she was so caring and he couldn't help but smile at the sight, he knew she would be a wonderful mother to their own child, he really couldn't wait to see it, to see her with their baby. He knew he was putting the cart before the horse, they had to actually conceive first, being a doctor he knew that could either be immediate or take a while, it depended on how fertile they both were, how fast his swimmers swam and how receptive her eggs were, though part of him really wanted for her to already be pregnant, it was a possibility, with unprotected sex there was always a possibility.
He literally just stood there, in the door way and he could hear her talking to the little girl, he was sure her voice had raised a little as she comforted her, talking as she performed her examination, "so Molly, did you see any bunnies this Easter?" She asked, taking the little girls temperature and writing it on a chart, before taking her stethoscope off and listening to her heartbeat.
"No I didn't," the girl looked up at her, bright blue eyes shining, Robin tilted his head as he saw Regina's smile widen.
"Well, I will have to go find him," she smirked, "your heartbeat sounds strong."
"You know the Easter bunny?"
"I know the Easter bunny very well," she chuckled, "in fact, why don't I…"
He took that as his queue and hopped into the room, Tink had painted his face since Regina had seen him last and he saw her eyes go wide as she pressed her lips together, he knew she was trying not to laugh, so wiggled his eyebrows at her, before carrying on over to her, a basket in his hands, filled with painted eggs and fluffy toy chicks.
"The Easter bunny!" the girl giggled, as she looked from Regina to Robin.
Robin smiled at the child and laughed, "Dr Regina, someone told me that there was a little girl around here somewhere in need of cheering up." He quipped, pretending to look around, "I don't suppose you've seen her anywhere have you?"
"I don't know where she went," Regina joined in, shrugging her shoulders as they looked anywhere but the at the child in the bed.
"I'm here!" she laughed and they both looked down at her and gasped.
"There she is Mr Bunny," Regina grinned, her hand coming to brush over his back.
"Oh why thank you Dr Regina, so what might your name be little one?" Robin asked, looking up at his girlfriend, seeing a certain glint in her eyes which gave him butterflies.
"Molly," she stated.
"Molly, that's it, my friend Dr Regina here told me that you might want one of my Easter chicks, is that true?"
"Oh yes please!" she gushed eagerly.
"She told me that you had been a good girl and let her treat you."
"She has been very good," Regina nodded in agreement.
"Ah well then, I best give her one of these," he took a stuffed chick from the basket and handed it to her, she took it from him and hugged it tight,
"Oh thank you!"
"You are very welcome," Robin chuckled, "now, I do believe there are some more children in need of Easter joy."
"Hmm, good look Mr Bunny."
"Why thank you Dr Regina," he turned to Molly and smiled at her, "happy Easter Molly."
"Happy Easter!" She shouted as Robin, began to hop away, he pressed a kiss to Regina's cheek on his way out, hearing her laugh as he left. As soon as he was out of sight, he stopped the jumping and looked back around the curtain, seeing that Regina's smile was even larger than it had been before. That was in his eyes a job well done.
He hadn't seen her in a while which was strange, she was always some place or the other, they'd had lunch together, it had been short and sweet before she had been rushing off again, hurrying around her ER healing people, sometime she just went into a trance, it was her full-on doctor mode and once she was in it, she seemed unstoppable, it was quite incredible to watch. They weren't as busy today though which was quite confusing as they were usually rushed off their feet, apparently, people didn't have as many accidents at Easter, not this year anyhow.
The last time he had seen Regina, she had been talking to Tink at the nurse's station, looking rather skittish as she glanced around her, she had been on edge and he didn't know why. Then she and Tink had both gone off together and he hadn't seen her since, he hoped she was alright, because she looked really nervous about something.
It was the end of his shift now and he was in the men's room washing off the face paint, he was quite surprised that it had managed to stay on the entire day, but the kids had loved it, the adults chuckled too and that was the whole point, wasn't it? To make people happy, he knew it was, it was what he lived for, to make people smile, one person in particular.
He was really nervous now, had been all day, but even more so now, because he had a plan, had been planning it for months and now was finally the time for it, he couldn't wait. He grinned in the mirror as he removed the last of the make-up, he really hoped Regina responded in the way he wanted her to. He walked out of the bathroom and looked around Reception, there was still no sign of Regina, until he saw her and Tick come out of a cubicle, she looked as though she had been crying, but was sporting one of the biggest smiles he had ever seen in his life.
They hugged briefly before Regina turned and spotted him, she grinned and gestured with her head to the staff room, he knew she needed to grab her stuff and change out of her scrubs. Following her, he watched as she removed her trainers and opened her locker, she took out a few things and put her shoes in, before turning to look at him, "are you ready to go home?" she asked, moving beside him as she pulled off her scrubs, revealing the leggings and vest below. She pulled a blouse on and fastened it up, before wriggling into a skirt and removing the leggings, pulling her socks off and slipping her feet into her heels, quite the transformation in a matter of seconds.
"Yeah, you?"
"Hmm," she smiled, nodding as she folded up her scrubs and dropped them in the hamper to be washed.
He reached around and pulled out the hair tie, releasing her curls, she cringed and shook her head, "beautiful," he reassured, playing with a ringlet.
"Let's go," she kissed him lightly, before threading an arm around his back, he returned the gesture, tucking her under his arm, pressing a kiss to her temple as they walked towards the exit.
"See you guys!" Tink called.
"Bye," they turned around to look at her, Robin caught her wink at Regina as she waved at them, "happy Easter Tink."
"Happy Easter," she replied and Robin didn't know what the expression she was pulling meant, but he just chuckled and held tighter onto Regina as they actually left the hospital.
"Good day?" He questioned, because he had been with her at some of the points, but hadn't seen her with every patient she had treated, he had been treating mostly the children on account of his silly face paint and ears which worked to make them laugh.
"Hmm, great day," she nodded, resting her head on his shoulder as she closed her eyes.
"That good?"
"Yes actually," she chuckled, as he unlocked the car and opened the passenger side for her before getting into the driver's seat. He looked at her and furrowed his eyebrows slightly, she looked different, he didn't know why, but there was just something, something was different.
"So what was good about it?" He questioned, putting the car into drive as he pulled out of the car park and they set off, heading towards home. It was about eight pm and they were both in need of some dinner, they had been out of the house since about seven thirty that morning and since then had both done a twelve-hour shift, with breaks off course.
"No patients died, it was quiet, all in all a successful day," she smiled, toying with the buttons on her shirt. She seemed to be glowing in the seat beside him and he didn't know whether it was the pink sunset that was reflecting on her skin or what, but something was going on with her.
When they pulled up home, they both hopped out of the car and made their way to the front door, Robin unlocking it first and Regina immediately calling for their cat, "Lola, Lols, we're home baby," a bell started ringing as the kitten which was now quite a bit bigger than she used to be, leaped into the air, straight into Regina's arms as she snuggled against her.
"I don't know how you get her to do that, she doesn't do it with me," Robin scoffed as he stroked behind the cat's ears. Any time Regina left the house Lola would wait for her and as soon as she would hear her voice, she would do exactly what she had done just then, she would jump into her arms, so happy to see her again.
"It's because I'm her mommy, isn't it baby," she chuckled as the cat rubbed against her, purring as it did so, "she loves her mommy."
"Does she not love her daddy?" Robin pouted, he was joking, he really didn't mind, why would he want a cat flinging its whole body at him anyway, Regina loved it though, she had been quite surprised when it had first happened, but after a while she had embraced it, even encouraged the cat to do it, but it was only her, never anyone else, only ever Regina.
"Oh she does," Regina nodded, carrying her inside and kicking off her shoes before retiring to the sitting room and flopping down so that she could stroke her cat more, "only a little less than she loves me."
"Hey," Robin scoffed, kissing the top of her head as he walked behind her and began playing with her hair, "what do you fancy for dinner?" he questioned.
She tilted her head backwards over the top of the couch so she could look at him a contented smile forming on her lips, "I'll come help you," she stated as he dropped to kiss her lips upside down.
"You don't have to, you can just relax," he chuckled, walking into the kitchen, but he immediately had arms wrapping around his waist as she pressed her chin to his shoulder. He loved it when she did that, she was smaller than him, so he knew she had probably risen to her tip toes to get the right angle. "Come on then my co-chef, let's see what we can cook up."
Apparently not a lot, they ended up having a rather simple dinner, Robin threw a couple of things in a pan with a tomato sauce and then poured it on top of some pasta, to be honest it had been better than he had expected it to be. Now they were sprawled on the couch in the living room. They had both changed into their pyjamas and Regina was cuddled up in his arms. He didn't know when the best time to go ahead with his plan was, but he was going to have to do it sometime soon, preferably before she fell asleep and he had to carry her to bed.
She wriggled, turning to face him as she cupped his cheek, casting him a blinding smile, "what?" Robin asked, tucking her hair behind her ear.
"Nothing," she whispered, "I just have something for you that's all."
"You have something for me? What is it?"
"Ah, well that would be telling wouldn't it," she smirked, sitting up.
"I have something for you too, but you really shouldn't have gotten me anything."
"I wanted to," she shrugged, "if you can get me something I can get you something." She stood from the sofa a hopped out of the room, wandering into the spare room. In that moment, Robin realised that it was now or never, he had to do this now; he got up on his feet and headed to the kitchen, opening the cupboard and taking out a single chocolate Easter egg, although they didn't really give eggs in America, back in England it was a common thing, something that everyone did. He took a deep breath and looked at it, that egg was literally his whole future.
When he arrived back in the living room, Regina was stood up in the middle of the room with her hands behind her back, "Robin I want to give you this first," she whispered as he nodded and placed the egg down on the coffee table. Their sitting room felt especially cosy tonight, the fire was lit, flickering gently behind the guard. He noticed she had turned the television off and changed the lighting so that it was only the lamps that were switched on, not the main overhead light.
"What is it?" he asked, watching her expression, he couldn't quite make it out, she seemed more nervous than he did, yet at the same time he was sure he saw excitement there.
"Okay," she let out a nervous laugh before continuing, "so, as you know, Easter is a time of new life, birth, it's spring, animals are being born and it's quite positively my favourite time of year," he wondered where she was going with this speech, but instead of asking he just watched her, slowly she moved her hands from behind her and uncupped them to reveal a tiny chick that looked up at him, blinking as it chirped gently.
He moved closer to her to look at the chick, "oh my god, Regina, it's so cute."
"I'm not finished," she whispered, playing with the small bow she had very carefully tied around its neck, making sure not to harm it in any way. She handed him the chick and he took it in his hands as he looked at her, her eyes were sparkling as she stared at him, "although at the moment our baby might look like this," she took an egg out of her pocket, in a few months or so, it will be more like this," she stroked the chick with a single finger and he stared at her, what was she saying to him right now? Was she talking hypothetically or literally?
"Regina?" he questioned, watching as tears sprung in her eyes as her hand went into her second pocket and she pulled out a small piece of paper, before handing it to him. He looked down at the paper, his hand shaking somewhat as he saw what was on it. He felt Regina take the chick back from him, but he was just staring at the paper, unable to take his eyes from it, from the small picture on it. He took a deep breath and a smile worked its way onto his face, tears forming, he couldn't help it, "really?" was the only word he gasped.
"Hmm," she nodded fiercely, having placed the chick safely down in a large open box hidden behind the sofa; her hands had gone to her stomach as she let out a little laugh, "say something."
He still hadn't torn his gaze from the picture, he couldn't believe it, he really couldn't, but her name was there, writing along the top of it and there in the middle was the most perfect thing he had ever seen in his entire life. He forced himself to tear his gaze from the picture and up to her, she was watching him nervously, "you're pregnant," he laughed.
"Yes," she breathed.
"We're going to have a baby."
"We are," she chuckled, moving closer to him and he immediately reached out to grab her, pulling her into his arms as he lifted her off the ground.
"We're going to have a baby," he repeated, kissing the side of her head as he held her tightly in his embrace, swinging her around before putting her back down again, his hands going to her abdomen, "you're pregnant," he grinned.
"I am," she whispered, "apparently when I thought it was the pills that were making me sick, it was actually our little one."
"Yeah, but you were taking them, how…"
"Ah, we can thank Mal for this," Regina rolled her eyes, "I was throwing up and I know that is not necessarily going to stop the pills from working, but forgetting to take them because you're quite hungover might, I forgot for a couple of days, that must have messed up the whole cycle, hence the little baby in my tummy, well, the little foetus," she quipped, raising her eyebrows at him.
"Well, I am going to have to send a thank you card to Mal," Robin grinned, leaning down to kiss her stomach, "so you're..."
"Around six weeks," she smiled, her hands carding in his hair, "Tink agreed to do the sonogram for me when she found me chucking up in the bathroom."
"Are you alright?" Robin asked, one hand pressed to her abdomen, the other to her cheek.
"Yes, I am perfect," she lent in and pressed her lips to his, "you're going to be an amazing father."
"You're going to be an amazing mother," he gushed, before remembering his plan, "you kinda stole my limelight though, my gift isn't going to be as great as yours, to think I've been planning this for months."
"Sorry," she chuckled, sitting on the couch as she watched him pick up the chocolate egg on the table. He closed his eyes and sat beside her, his heart was pounding, he didn't know if it was because he was going to become a dad, or because of what he was about to do.
"Happy Easter," he handed her the egg and she took it, he had made it himself, allowing him to trap something inside, something very important.
She shook the egg and looked at him, "what is it?"
"Why don't you crack it open and see?" he smirked, his fingers running across her upper leg as he watched her.
She bit off the top, moaning at the taste, once she had done that, she tipped the egg upside down over her palm, a diamond ring falling out, resulting in a loud gasp on her part, the egg dropping to the couch as she stared at the jewellery in her hand, "Robin, is this…"
He took it from her and stood her up, before dropping to one knee, chucking at the way she was in actual floods of tears as she watched him, god it had been an emotional night. "Regina Mills…"
"Yes!" She shouted before he could even ask the question, "yes, I will marry you," she squealed.
"I had a whole speech coming your way," he laughed.
"Oh," she regained her composure, tucking her hair behind her ear and clearing her throat, "carry on then."
"Regina Mills, you are the most beautiful precious thing in this world, I love you and our child so much, I don't know where I'd be without you. My life would be pretty dull that's for sure, without being able to hear your laughter, look at your beautiful face, your eyes that sparkle when you look at me, like they are doing right now, although to be honest, I think it's probably because your crying, but anyway. Regina Mills you are my life, my soulmate, the only person I ever want to be with, do you think that maybe you might like to marry me?"
"Yes! Yes, I will! I love you so much!"
"I love you too," he breathed, slipping the ring onto her finger, before standing up and pulling her into his arms, hugging her and kissing her and he knew that his life had never been more perfect.
