The road was primitive compared to the roads they knew from New York and even Storybrooke. They walked for miles and found no new signs of civilization.
"Maybe we should turn back." Zelena said finally disturbing the silence that had lingered with them for the last couple of hours.
"We can't we'd never make it back before dark, we'll have to make camp."
"Camp?!" Robin raised an eyebrow,
"Yes, camp. Are you scared of camping Zelena?" Zelena frowned back and narrowed her eyes,
"In your dreams thief." She stormed past him into the forest looking for a place to settle for the night. Robin would be lying if he claimed he hadn't spent a good half a minute staring at Zelena's ass. He grinned to himself and followed the redhead into the forest. He thought back to this morning, remembering the gentle side of Zelena, he wondered where that part of her went when she was awake. He found at the edge of a clearing, trying to focus her magic on something, she stomped her foot and grunted in frustration when nothing happened.
"I thought your magic had acclimated to this realm?"
"Apparently only the simple things, creating things out of thin air seems to be kind of an ask of my magic right now." Robin shrugged and lay down on the forest floor, Zelena frowned at his behaviour, until he patted the ground next to him. "You're joking." Robin said nothing again and shook his head. She scoffed but eventually joined him on the floor, her thin bomber jacket would not be helpful against the cold of this realm at night. Robin noticed the shiver go through the woman, he pulled her against him once more.
"What are you doing?"
"You're cold, the easiest way to heat up is body heat." Zelena nodded and burrowed her face in his chest and her arms close to her own body in between Robin's and her own torso. He rubbed his hands up and down her arms, trying to generate more heat, to her chilled body. They fell asleep tangled up in each other.
Meanwhile in Storybrooke
"Gina, where's papa?" Regina jumped slightly from her position in her bed, she had sitting against the headboard, book in hand as Emma slept on beside.
"Roland sweetie I told you he's gone away for a little while, he'll be back okay?" Roland nodded, but his bottom lip began quivering slightly. Regina couldn't resist that lip. It and Maddie and Henry's puppy dog eyes. "Come here sweetie." She watched with a smile as Roland used his small legs to propel himself on to the bed, waking Emma in the process.
"Who dares wake m- oh hey Roly-poly." Roland laughed at Emma's antics. Regina smiled, it was these moments she knew Emma had been the right choice. Roland soon fell asleep in his Aunt's bed. "Regina, you okay?" Regina looked up from the boy,
"Yeah I just miss Zelena that's all." Emma moved a hand over Regina's and stroked it lovingly.
"It's okay to miss them you know, you don't have to hide it in front of me."
"I'm worried they may not come back and Maddy will suffer the same way Zelena did when she was a child, and that Roland will be orphaned." Her voice cracked on the last word, "The same way you were, because of me."
"Regina, we've talked about this. It wasn't your fault and even if was I forgive you. Do you know why?" Regina shook her head, a tear escaping down a cheek. Emma's hand came up to wipe it away.
"Because I love you." Regina chuckled,
"I love you too."
"Are you guys going to kiss?" Both women laughed dove to plant a kiss on each of his cheeks, which he promptly wiped away with his sleeves. "Yucky, you guys!"