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Imagine your OTP after a huge battle, bandaging each others wounds.

Fairytale Land, AU

Red gasped as her and Snow entered the castle grounds.

"It's OK, Red. Nearly there"

Red had been hit with a particularly bad case of silver protecting Snow and had been severely burned. She had then been shot by an arrow in her leg, giving her a distinct limp in her step. It was so painful that when Snow had tried to take it out, Red had yelled in agony, begging her not to take it out.

Now, the battle was over and they were heading back to their room, and Snow was determined to help her wife the best she could. She had also been injured but not as much as Red had, but they were both in pain and needed to be seen too.

Snow helped Red limp into their room and sat her down on the bed, the brunette gasping in pain as her leg was moved.

"Hold on Red. I'm gonna go and get the healing herbs from Granny. I'll be right back" She said, kissing Red on the forehead and leaving the room.

When she came back, she sat down next to her wife on the bed and told her to take her shirt off she that she could attend to the area where she had been burned. Red did as she was told and removed her shirt, hissing at the movement.

"It hurts so bad, Snow" She whimpered, her eyes scrunched shut in agony.

"I know, but I'm gonna help ease the pain" She said, tucking a piece of hair behind Red's ear and kissing her sweetly.

Red held her arm up as Snow carefully applied Granny's home-made herbal paste to her large burn on her right side. She couldn't help the cry that escaped her mouth as the paste touched the burned skin, and Snow felt a tear run down her face as she watched her wife whimper in pain.

"Shush" She cooed. "It's gonna be over soon. I promise" She said softly as she kissed Red reassuringly on her forehead.

Red nodded in response and gritted her teeth through the pain, needing to show that she could be strong. Soon enough Snow was finished bandaging it up, and the only major thing left to deal with was her leg. Snow got down on her knees and knelt in front of Red, studying her pant-clad legs.

"How do you want to do this?" She asked, looking up at the other woman.

"Just pull it out"

"Are you sure?"

Red nodded. "Yes, just please pull it out. It's killing me!"

Snow nodded and kissed her before kneeling back down, her hands firmly gripping Red's left thigh. "OK, here goes. One...two...three!"

Red cried out in agony as Snow pulled out the arrow that was embedded deeply in her leg.

"Shush, it's OK Red. It's out. Here, let me put some paste on it and I'll bandage it up"

Snow applied the bitter paste to the second wound and bandaged it up before Red surveyed her wounds.

"Take your shirt off" Red whispered.

Snow nodded and took off her shirt so that Red could survey the damage.

"Red, is everything OK?"

Un-shed tears glistened in Red's eyes. "I'm sorry for not protecting you better"

Snow cupped her wife's face so that they were looking into each other's eyes. "Red, it's OK. You can't protect me all the time. I'm going to get hit sometimes."

Snow reassured her by kissing her softly before letting her get back to tend to her wounds. Red used the rest of Granny's paste on Snows cuts and scrapes and when they were finished, they changed and laid in bed together. Red laid down on her back as Snow curled into her side, her head resting on her chest as she was careful not to knock Red's silver burn.

"Snow?" She asked as she stroked Snow's hair.

"Yeah?"

"Are you two OK?"

Snow rubbed a hand over the small bump of her stomach, then nodded against Red's chest, kissing her clavicle reassuringly.

"Yes. We are"

"Good." She replied, her hand still running softly through Snow's shoulder length raven colored hair. After a few moments she broke the silence again. "Snow?"

"Yes Red?"

"Do you think my fur will mark?"

"What do you mean?"

"I was burned with silver. Do you think I'll have a mark on my fur the next time I turn?"

"I don't know. Maybe. Why do you ask?"

"Just curious"

She did in fact have a mark the next time she changed, and when Snow examined her, she found a rather large, darker mark in Red's fur above her right shoulder, showing off where she had been burned. It was originally intended for Snow, but due to Red protecting her pregnant wife, she had taken it instead, and instead of regretting being burned, she wore the mark proudly, reminding her that she had in fact protected her wife and their unborn daughter, saving them both.