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A Mother's love.
Prompt: Regina comforts her daughter during her first heartbreak. 100% fluff.
Her heart was broken, Ripped to shreds and he was here to pick at the carcass unrelentingly. She wanted to scream, cry, anything that would alleviate the pain, she could feel her magic building up inside against her control.
"I'm not having this conversation with you." Hope screamed sending her "boyfriend" across the room with a wave of her hand. If she wasn't so angry she'd appreciate the irony, She was a carbon copy of her mother right down to her fiery attitude and verbal sparring.
"We have to." August shot back breathlessly picking himself back up with a grunt.
"Oh do we? Because I have absolutely no interest In listening to the pathetic ramblings of a hunk of wood." She felt a small pang of guilt as soon as the words had left her mouth, But how could he expect her to be so calm? How could he think that showing up after all this time would make her fall into his arms?
"We both know you don't mean that. You want answers and no matter how many harsh words you throw my way we are having this conversation." August shouted sternly, taking a seat at the end of her bed watching as she paced the room hopelessly.
"Why? Why should I have to give you a chance to talk when I'm the one who got hurt August, How in any way is that fair?" Hope asked angrily, why should she have to dredge up the pain so he can soothe his self guilt?
"Because you need to know why I did what I did." The blonde haired teen said simply, keeping his gaze on the floor.
"I already know why. So just admit it August. I loved you way more than you loved me." She shouted, she felt weak, vulnerable and the crack in her voice made her feel worse. The blonde jumped up at that and frowned. Shaking his head repeatedly.
"I knew it. You knew it." She continued inching closer towards him angrily.
"Everyone in this friggin town knew it." She finished giving him a harsh shove, sending him back down onto the bed.
"That is not true." He shouted back,
Running his hands through his hair, why couldn't he just say it, Why was he stalling?
"Oh it isn't? So why did you leave me? You left a note August. After everything we went through. A shitty little note and then you return months later and think that everything is gonna be okay?" Hope screamed in pure anger.
She wanted to understand. She needed to know why she was so easily disposable to him.
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Robin and Regina sat in their bedroom listening to the muffled shouts of the two teens. Robin was clenching his fists angrily as Regina listened on with a sad expression.
"I don't like this." Robin growled, jumping up off the bed getting ready to give August a piece of his mind. He could hear it in her voice, his daughter was broken.
"No!" Regina shouted pulling him back down with force.
"As much as we want to beat the life out of him we have to let them work through this, She needs this Robin. They both do." Regina said softly, running her hand soothingly along his thigh.
"So we sit and do nothing?." Robin asked through gritted teeth. He couldn't stand by and let his daughter get hurt all over again.
"No. We wait and then we pick up the pieces." Regina finished solemnly taking her soulmates hand in hers, she knew all too well the sting of a broken heart and it made hers clench painfully knowing that her daughter also knew.
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"I was scared" August exclaimed, his cheeks flushing red with embarrassment as he finally approached her and led her over to the bed.
"Of what?" Hope asked him timidly, she sat down with little hesitance but couldn't bring herself to look him in the eyes, it would truly destroy her.
"Of loving you. I loved you so much it terrified me." Hope scoffed loudly at his statement, If he truly loved her he never would have left.
"Oh really? So you thought leaving me would be easier?" She screamed again. She couldn't listen to him say those things without the heartache becoming a constant prescence within her.
"At the time I thought I needed to find out just how deep my love was for you. Then I realised that you were everything I needed and that I'd made a huge mistake." He exclaimed, wiping the tears from his face, Slowly he made a move to touch her and she recoiled almost instantly. Shuffling further down the bed, Distance. Distance is good.
"Everything we had, you broke. You threw it away because you were scared." Hope laughed, but inside she was burning with rage, Drowning in pain and all he saw was a tiny fraction of her broken self she allowed to slip through the cracks in her mask.
"I don't expect things to be perfect again, I just needed you to know that leaving wasn't easy and it most certainly wasn't the right thing to do. I need you, you're my everything." He ignored her protests and shuffled towards her. Taking her hands in his.
"No. You... You can't say those things now. You left me." Hope stuttered, A million thoughts and memories swirling around her head making her impossibly dizzy. She may have recovered if he hadn't launched forward and kissed her passionately.
Against her will everything was back, Almost like a magical scrapbook, Pictures of the two invaded her vision. All the times they'd spent together, The time she was caught sneaking him into the house just so he could hold her, The first time Robin had given August a genuine smile, the many kisses they shared and the laughs. It burned, the pain was excruciating. She pushed him away harshly for her own sanity.
"Please don't." She begged quietly, He had finally broken her in the cruelest way possible. With love.
"I'm... I'm sorry." He replied with a sigh.
"Leave." It came out as a whisper and when he didn't reply she began to scream loudly.
"Leave!" And he did, and she was alone again, Lost once more and left with far too many comforting memories that she couldn't escape.
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She was pulled out of her crowded thoughts by the sound of her door creaking open, She didn't need to turn to know who it was. She could feel it, Feel the magic.
"Baby I'm sorry." Regina whispered softly, lying down next to her daughter, Hope turned around instantly. Seeking her mothers comfort. Regina could see the slight red circling her daughters eyes and while Hope would never admit it Regina knew. She knew everything.
"At least we didn't kill each other right?" Hope said with a giggle, Shuffling as close to Regina as she could, Hiding her face in her Mother's shoulder.
Regina's brow furrowed, she gripped her daughters chin gently and tilted her slightly, looking her in the eyes before speaking.
"You don't have to pretend with me." It was sincere, it was real and it was most certainly enough to make Hope crumble again.
"Mama. I don't want to feel this way." It was a broken sob, one that echoed through her bedroom as her mother held her, She couldn't possibly feel any worse than she did in that moment.
"I know baby, But it's what makes us human. It doesn't make it any easier though, that's why you have family." Regina told the teen, holding her tight in her arms in the hopes it might dissolve some of the pain her little girl was feeling.
"I wish I didn't have to feel." Her words were muffled but Regina heard them with all the pain they were spoken with.
"Feeling nothing is not an option. It doesn't change things, just covers up the problem. Eventually you'll have to deal with it." She was speaking purely from experience, Regina had lived without her heart and it truly was the darkest of times in her life.
"How did it feel?" The teen asked curiously, pulling away from her mother and sitting up finally making eye contact.
"What?" Regina asked in confusion, mimicking her daughters actions.
"Living without your heart?" It sounded so easy, so peaceful and Hope would be lying if she said she hadn't thought about it.
"It felt empty, dark and lonely." Regina stopped herself before she slipped back to that dark place and added a stern
"And your heart will remain where it belongs".
Hope let out a sigh at that. Her mother could see right through her.
"I don't want this. I don't want him and i don't want these stupid memories." She grunted in frustration, her mirror cracking from behind her startling the both of them.
"It hurts now, But one day it'll be exactly what you're loathing right now. A memory, It will take time but you have me and your father." She paused for a few seconds before continuing.
"At some point your heart will get broken, But it will only make you stronger. I know it's hard, it always is when it's your first love." She gave her daughter a sympathetic smile and waited patiently for a reply.
"I guess it was harder for you." Of course Hope knew, They were open with each other. There were no secrets between them.
"If you could survive that I can survive this. I mean I am YOUR daughter." Hope pointed out with a smirk.
"Yes you are." Regina agreed letting out a little giggle.
The two were interrupted by a knock at the door, Robin entered the room with a small smirk on his face.
"I was feeling a bit left out." He admitted with a pout that Regina loved oh so dearly. He approached the bed with speed and tackled his two favourite girls into a bear hug, Giving his soul mate a quick kiss before peppering kisses all over Hope's face.
As they laid in a huge heap staring at the forest green ceiling giggling and exchanging "I love you's" Hope knew with every part of her, eventually. She would be okay.