Here's chapter 9, my alternative version of the morning after from episode 8. I hope you like it!
The New Dark One - Chapter 9
A few days later…
Regina woke up feeling safe, like she hadn't felt in a long time. The sensation didn't last long though. As soon as she noticed the body pressing next to hers and realized that she wasn't in her own bedroom, but in her crypt, memories from the previous night started coming back. How Robin had come after her. How he'd broken his code. How they'd succumbed to desire even though he was still married.
Regina now only felt guilt, mixed with shame and regret. She had been redeeming herself, she was trying to be a better person. Only good people don't sleep with married men, she thought.
Carefully, as not to wake Robin, Regina freed herself from his embrace and stood up. She needed some time to think before they could talk about their situation. The usually so confident brunette was feeling lost and didn't know what to do. She was sure of one thing though, she would not be the other woman. She deserved better than that, even tough she loved Robin and was pretty sure he felt the same for her, and she wouldn't do that to Marian. Especially since she was the one who separated the woman from her family in the first place.
Regina walked to the other chamber and took her time dressing herself, she really wasn't in a hurry to have to face her actions. She used magic to conjure clean clothes from her closet at home, the situation was bad enough, she didn't need the whole town gossiping about how the mayor was wearing the same clothes from the previous night.
Robin woke up feeling like something was missing. He turned around to find that Regina was no longer by his side, he was alone. What had felt so right the night before now seemed all kinds of wrong. He shouldn't have come after Regina. It's not that he didn't love her, he did, with all his heart, but now he would yet again have to break her heart. There was no way he was pursuing a relationship with the Queen while he was still married, he was too honorable for that, even tough there was nothing he wanted more than being with the stubborn brunette. The problem was, his wife was currently under the curse of the Snow Queen, so he wasn't getting a divorce any time soon.
The archer waited another 10 minutes before gathering the courage to do what he had to. To tell the woman he loved that they couldn't be together and hurt her once more. He was ashamed of his actions the previous night, they had been dishonest and misleading. He should have thought about the consequences, but at the some all he could think about was how much he missed her.
There was nothing he could do about it though, what was done was done. Robin entered the main chamber just as Regina was finishing putting her clothes on. Even this early in the day and after the sleepless night they had had, she still looked as regal and beautiful as always.
"Good morning, Regina"
"I think we need to talk" she said nonchalantly. That was definitely not the reaction he was waiting for.
To be continued...
I promise I'll post the second part with the actual talk as soon as possible, maybe even today. I just felt I needed to write about their feeling and thoughts first, and this seemed like a good place to split the scene so this chapter wouldn't be much longer than the other ones. XOXO