Hello, everyone! Once again, your Queen has been working.

This will be a series of three one-shots. I´m sure you are all familiar with the image that inspired this (The one pointing CS´s date, Rumbelle´s dance, Snowing´s baby… and our Marian), so this is called "We will have a first date, a wedding dance and a baby too". Each one of the fics will be focused on one of this items.

That said, I leave you with the first piece: A date.

Enjoy and don´t forget to let me know what you think! After all, this is for you.

Disclaimer: I do not own them but wish I did.

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I was always aiming for you

A date

Regina was a woman born for turmoil and blizzard, peace was somehow unsettling for her. Happiness was… unknown. And yet, it was all she ever wanted. Watching the sun set on the tranquility of her quiet balcony was indeed bliss. A pair of arms slid around her waist from behind and she cringed before leaning against her man. Her lover. She wasn´t used to such tenderness and sometimes it was too overwhelming. But he understood, he always did. There was no doubt she loved him, she just didn´t think she deserved him. Even though he was the one meant to be with her. He had always been. Regina took Robin´s hands in hers and stared at his tattoo. Their story had been written with that very black ink. The witch, the lion, they were only missing the wardrobe. She smiled sadly thinking of Henry´s favorite book.

"I love you" he whispered, as if he could read her thoughts. She turned around in his arms and smiled in a different way. The way she did only when he stirred that something inside of her that seemed to flutter and tickle.

"I love you too" the Queen said, also in a very soft voice. And it was the first time she dared voice something like that to him. For some reason, she had believed that keeping the words to herself would make her heart safer. And turn the betrayal to Henry less real. But it didn´t. And when she saw the surprise mixed with such happiness in his eyes, she knew it had been a mistake to guard her feelings like that from the man she loved, and had loved for months now. There were other things she should trust him too, but she was waiting for the right time. For a certainty she was also dreading… and avoiding. She leaned in for a soft kiss, the best apology she could think of. And the sweet taste of his lips and his hands on her naked back sent shivers through her spine.

"Shall we have dinner together tonight?" he asked, resting his forehead against hers, his embrace warm and cozy.

"You mean, like a date?" she laughed. Whole-heartedly. And realized she didn´t do that a lot. Until him.

"What´s a date?" he questioned, frowning. And it was so cute she bit her lower lip to hold a giggle. Something he found adorable and pecked her lips.

"Well…" she smirked, wrapping her arms around his neck. "In this other realm we´ve been at a date is when a man is interested in a woman, so he asks her out for dinner to seduce her".

"Is that so?" he grinned planting kisses down her neck towards her chest. She gasped quietly, trembled like a butterfly. "Do I really need dinner to seduce you?"

She moaned softly before replying. She loved the pain of burning slowly under his touch. "Well, not really seduce. I used the wrong word. More like… conquer her affections".

"Then, a date is exactly what I want, milady" he mumbled, kissing her passionately and turned around to pin her against the wall. She moaned again, gasped, purred, begged and welcomed him inside her once more. Whilst they both moved along with each other, there was nothing but moaning and panting. Until she cried his name in the middle of the earth-shattering bliss. He moaned hers. And after that it was all slow, sloppy kisses for a moment.

"So… are we going on a date?" he finally asked, staring into her eyes. She shook her head, because for a few seconds she was still too lost on him to reply.

"I´m sorry…" Regina started, biting her lower lip, and the gesture was driving him crazy since she was still worked up and glowing with the pleasure he had given her. "I already have a date tonight".

She saw so many things go through his eyes, it was overwhelming. Mostly, it was hurt and anger. Disappointment. She smiled inwardly. Robin was jealous, why was it so delicious for her to know it? He let her go and turned around. The Queen saw him clench his hands in a murderous way. All because of her. And just then, she decided to have fun.

"Well… he is very handsome. And I love him dearly too" Regina explained. He walked further away and grabbed the rails firmly, his anger boiling and threatening to spill. And it was so damn sexy she felt like fucking him again.

"Why are you doing this to me, Regina? I meant it when I said I love you. And only you. Didn´t you mean the same?" he hissed turning to face her again. And the pain and despair she saw prompted her to stop. Robin was suffering and Regina didn't intend to cause that. She never had someone who loved her this much and it was… nearly more than she could take. She closed her two hands into fists and brought them to her face.

"I´m sorry. I can´t resist his dimples. And he´s only four years old…" she blurted out. He was completely dumbfounded. When the information registered, he ran a hand through his hair and smiled. But his smile was nearly sad. "Allow me to love my little knight".

"I completely forgot you promised to take Roland for a ride…" he replied, breathing deeply. The wrath faded, and suddenly he seemed tired. Now she was wishing for a bubble bath and a cuddle.

"I did, but I can agree to a date with his handsome father after that, whose dimples, by the way, I can´t resist either" she offered, placing her hand under his chin so he would look at her.

He crashed his lips against hers and squeezed her in his arms, and there was a possessiveness in his touch that have never been there before. She kissed back fiercely and allowed herself to melt in his arms. The only place where she could be safely vulnerable. The only place that had felt right from the beginning in a very long time.

"We should be getting ready" she whispered reluctantly, "or Roland will walk on us on any minute and I don´t know how are we going to explain this" Regina finished, pointing at their naked bodies.

He placed a last lingering kiss on her lips before untangling her from his arms.

"I wouldn´t let any other man than him get close to you. Ever" he smiled and walked back into the room.

Regina was left heavy-hearted with the implied question that pierced her soul and a tear escaped her eye.

What about Henry?

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After dropping a still very excited Roland back with his father, who wouldn´t stop talking about how he rode Babieca, Regina pimped up for her "date". The way the boy clung to her legs and smiled so widely reminded her of Henry in a way that hurt beyond words. She sighed and kept brushing her hair as if doing so could ease her pain away. Nothing could. Nothing but Roland sweet smiles and Robin delicious touch. And even if she didn´t want to, she felt guilty as charged.

The Queen slipped into her best red dress. The one with a corset laced up on the front and golden leaves embroidered on the sleeves. She pulled half her hair up, leaving the rest to fall freely over her shoulders, knowing he liked it like that. She even used some soft make up and perfume. After making him so jealous, the guy deserved a treat. Smiling to herself, she knew she completely looked like a lovesick teenager. It didn´t matter. She ran to the door once she heard the knock and chastised herself before answering, reminding herself that a Queen should never run.

But then, a Queen had never been what she wanted to be.

"Good night" Regina greeted, smiling to the gorgeous man she found on the other side of the doors. Her man. Dressed in black, he was all tempting and irresistible. Breathless. She gasped. They had been together for months, and the only sight of him still made her shiver. With butterflies.

"How is my beautiful lady tonight?" he smiled too, offering his arm to her. She took it and they walked away of the castle.

Regina sighed happily and comfortably rested a head on his shoulder. "You know, I slightly wish we were back on Storybrooke just so I could see you wearing a tuxedo".

Sadness lingered in her words, but she swallowed it. That wasn´t the real reason she wanted to be back in Storybrooke at all.

"And what is that, may I ask? Something a man should wear on a date?" he grinned at her, pulling her close and tickling her side.

She smirked and decided on bottling up her feeling, as she always did. She settled for the answer that would prick him. "Something sexy".

"Have I ever told you" he groaned "that you are a minx?"

"Quite constantly, yes" she laughed and placed a kiss on his cheek, walking alongside him, by his side being the only place she still found the world made sense.

Regina followed Robin in a happy silence, they walked through the gardens and through the lake shore all the way to the woods. He ushered her further until they found a clearing. There was a blanket over the fallen leaves, with green and red squares, wine, and a basket with food. Even torches on the trees so they wouldn´t eat in the dark. She was… flabbergasted. Her eyes filled up with tears at his thoughtfulness.

"And there you were, saying you had no idea what a date is. Liar" she mumbled and turned around to kiss him deeply. Yet, her touch was sweet, not urgent, and he hugged her close. He kissed her back and their lips remained lazily locked for a few minutes. They relished it as you enjoy summer breeze on hot skin.

"I take it you like this?" he smiled tenderly at her. Tall trees surrounded them, guarded them. And beyond the trees, silence. Peace that built up the bubble where all their world could fit: each other.

"I love it. And I love you. I´m… sorry it took me so long to say it, because…" she started, but he stopped her, placing a finger on her lips. His smile. His dimples. His voice. She was lost. And kept silent.

"Regina, I know letting me in wasn´t easy for you. I´m glad you said it now. I´m glad you are allowing me to have you this close. I love you" he said and raised her in his arms to sit her on the blanket. She squealed, but laughed. "Make yourself comfortable, milady".

"Because" she then continued "I don´t have a shadow of a doubt".

The fabric of the blanket was soft and caressed her skin. She sat with folded legs, feet beside her hip. He poured and handed her a glass of wine before pouring one for himself and sitting behind her, so she could rest between his legs and against his chest. She laced the fingers of one hand with his over her belly and stared at the bubbly red liquid in the other one. She tasted a bit. It was strong and delicious.

"A penny for your thoughts?" he whispered and kissed the side of her head.

"I´m just hungry" she replied, placed the glass down and pulled the basket towards them, surprised he remembered she used that saying once. She found cheese sandwiches and grapes, handed him one and bit on hers. "This place is beautiful".

"You really don´t know where we are, right?" he laughed, a sound heartfelt and strong that warmed her body. By no means would she ever regret her past, her beloved Henry, but knowing she missed on all this for so long was indeed saddening.

"Should I know?" she frowned, looking around. "You clearly know this place better than I do".

"It´s where I kissed you for the first time" he whispered, stroking her hand with his thumb. She had to swallow hard and left her food down. A sob was stuck on her throat. She remembered the moment very well. She got lost heading to the lake, he came to her rescue, and this time there was no chance she could resist. The hold her soulmate had on her was strong. And the other way around, she would dare say.

"You shouldn´t be doing this" she said in a low voice.

"What do you mean?" Robin asked, and his voice was full of worry. It made her feel even worst.

"Being so good to me" Regina explained, turning to face him and sat over her legs. "I am the Evil Queen, I destroyed many. I am a monster. I don´t deserve to be happy." She said, and by then her face was drenched in tears, the first time she cried so freely in front of him. "I can´t be happy without my son. Every time I let myself enjoy my time with you I feel I´m betraying him. And this is my punishment, for everything I did. Suffering, sadness, loneliness. How can you love someone like me?" she said, grabbing his hands. And the Queen was shaking, because despite everything she said, she wanted him to love her.

"Regina, you are talking non sense. I love you because you are beautiful, stunning in every way. And I mean body and soul, I love all of you. I know who you are. You are not a monster, you are the woman who saved my son, the woman Roland and I both love. Don´t do this, don´t shut me out" he pleaded, squeezing her hands in his gently.

"I´m not trying to shut you out. I love you so much it hurts. I love you as I never thought I could love again. You saved me, but… there will always be a part of me missing here" she said, bringing his hand to her heart.

"Yes, Henry" he sighed and stared into her eyes. "Regina, I don´t know that boy, I only know how much you love him. But I have seen the adoration in Roland´s eyes, I´ve seen how good you are with him. So I can only imagine how much Henry loved you back. I can only imagine how it hurts knowing he doesn´t know who you are, that you are here missing him, when he is not out somewhere missing you too. But this is the life the heaven is offering you right now. A man who loves you, a child that might not be yours by blood but who loves you as his mother, as the mother he never had. I know nothing of this can replace Henry, not even if we have a child of our own, and we are not trying to. But I am sure that wherever the Henry who remembers you is, he will want this mother he loves so much to be happy and someday find her way back to him. Because if there is someone who can do that, it´s you" he said with a smile and stroked her cheek with his thumb. So tenderly.

And deep inside, she hoped, she also felt she would someday find her way back to her son. And hope was something she had kept at a fair distance all of her life. But from all his speech, something else what was caught her attention. Something she was dreading to face with him.

"A child of our own? Do you really want to have a baby… with me?" she asked, astounded, and her hands carried his from her heart to her flat belly.

"Are you really asking me that?" he frowned, and the surprise in his voice was genuine.

"Yes, because I´ve been suppressing this thought, afraid of telling you, but I really think I´m pregnant" she blurted out and looked away, releasing his hands. It had always been a blow after this for her.

"Then, that will be amazing news. Is there any way we can find out?" he asked, pulling her into her arms and placing a kiss on her lips.

"Well, yes. I know a spell. I´ve just been afraid to use it. Afraid of the truth. But I´m emotional wreck lately…" she whispered, kissing him back, relieved, crying happy tears. She would always be safe with him. But he broke apart and took her hands.

"Regina, my Regina" Robin smiled and stroked her cheeks, wiping away the tears. She smiled and leaned into his touch. Why was it he always knew how to make her feel better? "I love you, every part of me loves every part of you. You are my soulmate. You are perfect for me. I hope you feel the same about me. You made me think a lot this last few hours. When you told me you loved someone else… the thought was too much for me to bear. And now I know you might be pregnant with my child, with our child, I know exactly what I want. And I´m taking the risk of losing you, but…"

"Robin" she cut him, squeezing his hands. "I don´t know where you are going with this, but you will never lose me, because you and Roland mean too much to me and because you are right, this is what Henry would have wanted for me. No matter how guilty I might feel, deep inside I know it. Destiny is something you can´t mess with, and my destiny has always been you" Regina said, and she was still crying, but her tears weren´t so sad anymore. He left her hands and gently wiped her cheeks once again, cupping her face in his hand then.

"Regina Melissa Mills, I love you and you make me happy. You are the woman I want to wake every day next to and the one I want to be the mother of my children. You are the one I want to have by my side every step of the way. Would you be my wife?"

He didn´t look away and she paralyzed. She thought he might be playing with her. But there was only love and adoration in his eyes. That mixed with happiness and resolution. This man wanted her and she was at a lack of words to describe her feelings towards that thought.

The woman gasped, leaning away from him. Her heart was beating madly and there wasn´t enough air. "You want to marry me?"

"Yes. If you will have me, that is" he replied, extending his palms towards her, but not touching her again. The turmoil inside was too strong, she didn´t know what to say. She mumbled the first thing she could think of.

"I was so scared about telling you. Leopold never wanted children with me, he didn´t want anyone to compete with his Snow White. So every time I got pregnant after… the things he forced me to do he would said I was stupid and reckless and force me to kill the child. Well, if I´m with child now I couldn´t bear the thought of losing it. This time I love the baby´s father and I want to keep it"

She saw the hurt in his eyes, the need to protect her, the frustration and the rage. She approached him slowly, there was nothing wrong in wanting to be comforted by her man. Instantly, she was wrapped in his strong arms. She felt whole again, and far from the broken doll she had been back then. She had scars, she had issues, she had rough spots, but she was whole again.

"I… I didn´t know they put you through something that horrible. I´m sorry. You didn´t deserve that. When I said I love every bit of you, I meant our future children too. I will never harm you" he whispered to her ear, stroking her back softly. "I will cherish you. After spending my entire life shooting arrows, now I know… I was always aiming to find you".

She nodded and smiled. "And I was waiting. I never went back to find the man with the lion tattoo, but in his own time, he found me" then, she smirked mischievously. "Well, if I am to be your wife there is something I should learn to take upon your name properly" Regina said, standing up. Robin followed quickly, staring at her curiously. This better mood was certainly welcomed.

"And what is that, milady?" he questioned, a huge grin mirroring hers.

"I need to know how to shoot an arrow" she explained, taking his bow and handing it to him.

"You hold it" he smirked, picking up one arrow. He placed himself behind her and grabbed her hands to show her how to properly place the arrow. Then he helped her pull the arrow back and shoot. She missed the first time. He retreated the arrow and regained his position behind her, instructing her to part her legs further.

She grinned and turned to look at him, her eyes gleaming. "Usually when you ask me that I´m already bared to you".

"Don´t think, by a single second, that we are done with it for the day, because I´m definitely going to get you naked later" he teased, kissing her once more. His hands moved to her waist and the bow was forgotten. She wrapped her arms around her man and plunged into him. She knew where she belonged.

"You know, that is highly inappropriate for a first date" Regina giggled, kissing him back. "But then, I´m probably the only woman to ever get a marriage proposal during one".

Robin pressed her tight against him, sliding his leg between hers and they kept kissing, because it felt so good to be in each other arms and dream about their future. As if there was no Wicked Witch around. Or broken hearts. Or love lost. A bubble where the only world was theirs.

"Look" he smiled, once they broke apart, pointing to the three were the arrow pierced the wood. "That looks a lot more like Her Majesty, Lady Regina Locksley" he sighed and pulled her even closer. "It feels so good to say that. I… was really afraid I would scare you away".

"I still owe you an answer" she clarified, staring into his eyes and raising an eyebrow.

"Truth" he conceded, showing a smile. But his hands tightened around her waist nervously and fear danced in his eyes for a second.

"If I´m going to be your wife, you have to promise me something" the Queen demanded, pecking his nose with her index finger.

"Is there anything I wouldn´t do for you? Tell me, milady" he shrugged, still not releasing her, and now his sapphire eyes were piercing her chocolate ones. For a second she was trapped in that paradise.

"That you will always kiss me like you just did" the Queen winked, sliding her hands down the front of his velvety black vest.

"You know, I only kiss like that when I´m really jealous" he laughed, his eyes glistening.

"Then, my love, you are in for getting jealous a hell of a lot"

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I´m sorry, I couldn´t help cheating xD There´s all in this chapter, but I will still write the other two, each one with the focus it should have.

The attire was actually inspired by that wonderful edit I´m sure you´ve all seen :)

So… that´s it my beloved readers! Please let me know if you want more. You can leave all the prompts you want!