Prompt: Regina is depressed thinking about the person she was, Robin sees her and comforts her. Their true love can heal her pain and they can be happy.

She was sitting on a bench at the edge of the forest, staring over the field. The sun was going down and it was getting chilly but she couldn't stand up. She was just feeling numb. Tired. Exhausted.

Villains didn't get a happy ending.

It was probably true. She was the Evil Queen after all. Having raised Henry and believing in love again didn't change that. She preferred to be called Regina now. Of course. Because she didn't like the person she had been when she had lost hope that she would ever find someone who would love her.

Henry did. She knew he did.

But Henry was her son and the love she felt for him and the love he showed her just had kindled a small spark of hope in her that it might be possible that she would get a second chance of finding love again. A man she could love. A man who loved her back.

Seeing Robin's tattoo had shocked her. Shocked her down to her bones. Because she had thought of him over the years. Thought of the man with the lion tattoo and what could have been if she had walked into the tavern and had actually talked to him.

But he was married. She did miss her chance. If she had actually spoken to him all those years ago would it have been different? How old was his son? Had he already been married back then?

The questions were ricocheting in her brain and she couldn't stop all the what if's. Tink had told her he was her true love. But when he was her true love how could she live with the fact that he was lost to her forever? How should she go on knowing that she missed her second chance?

She leaned forward, burying her face in her hands, just wanting to weep, wanting to sob for days because she couldn't bear it any longer. She was so lonely and she just wanted someone by her side, helping her, being there for her, loving her. Someone who didn't care about her past, only wanted to look at their future.

But she didn't believe she would ever find him.

~R&R~

He let out a relieved breath as he saw her sitting on the bench. He had finally found her. He didn't know why he had asked around for her in Granny's diner but no one had seen her and he was getting worried. She had just run out of the house after they just had had kind of a flirtatious conversation and he wanted to know what had freaked her out. But she was no where to be found. He even went to her house. But it was dark and no one opened the door when he rang the bell and he just walked into the forest not questioning the almost unbearable urge to find her.

He walked slowly over to her, sitting down beside her, making her jump in surprise and he tilted his head, smiling softly at her.

"I was searching for you, Regina."

She just stared at him for a few seconds as if he was some sort of ghost before she croaked. "Why?"

"I was worried." He said simply and her shoulders sagged, her gaze dropping to the ground and he raised his hand, putting a finger under her chin and pulling it up until she met his gaze again. "What's wrong, Regina?"

He could feel her shiver and he wanted nothing more than to take her into his arms, the expression in her eyes making his heart ache.

"Nothing."

He wouldn't let her get out of it that easily and he scooted closer, cupping her face between his hands, his thumbs smoothing over her cheeks as he whispered. "Talk to me. I know you are upset. I want to know why. Please."

She exhaled a shaky breath, wanting to avert her gaze again but he didn't let her. "Please, Regina."

"You are married."

He furrowed his brows, needing a few seconds to make sense of her answer and his mouth tilted up into a knowing smirk, relief washing over him.

"I'm not married." He replied softly, seeing the confusion in her eyes and he added. "My wife is dead."

"I'm sorry." Regina said quietly, lifting her hand and pressing it against his. "I'm so sorry, Robin."

"It was a long time ago." He turned his hand and intertwined his fingers with hers, leaning back. "But that's not why you ran out of the house earlier. What freaked you out like that?"

"I ..." She trailed off, turning his arm around and pushing his sleeve up, revealing the tattoo on his arm, her fingers skimming over it as she said. "This."

"My tattoo?" He looked down at his tattoo, wondering what might have gotten her upset about it.

"A fairy told me about it a long time ago."

"A fairy?" He was completely confused now, having no clue where she was going with this.

Her eyes met his again, her mouth tilting up into a smile as she continued. "Yes, pixy dust led me to you."

"Led you to me?"

She was letting out a soft chuckle, squeezing his fingers, taking in a deep breath before she elaborated. "The fairy told me pixie dust would lead me to my true love … and it led me to you."

"I'm sorry. But I don't understand."

"I saw this tattoo before. When you were sitting in a tavern and the fairy pointed you out to me, telling me you are the guy."

"The guy? What guy?"

"The guy with the lion tattoo. My true love."

He actually wasn't surprised at all. He had felt a strange connection to her right from the beginning as if he already knew her and a grin spread out on his face.

"So the Evil Queen is my true love?"

"You are not questioning it." She sounded completely baffled and he just pulled her into his arms, pressing her against his chest.

"No, I'm not questioning it." He mumbled into her hair. "I recognized you. My heart recognized you even though my mind didn't know you."

Her arms came around his waist and he felt her lips pressing against his throat, unbelievable joy rushing through his body.

He had found her. The one person he had looked for his whole life.

His true love.