Robin was furious. He stormed into the kitchen where she was washing dishes that had been left there from that morning. "What do you think you are doing?!" he shouted. Regina stopped and turned to face her angry fiancé.
"The dishes." Robin gave a frustrated grunt. "No! I mean with Roland!" Regina then realised why he was so mad. Earlier that day Roland had refused to eat his lunch, clear up his pens in the living room and then she had found that he had doodled on the walls in his room. Normally she would have bypassed the lunch and pens because he was so irresistible but the wall. The wall had tipped her over the edge. She had shouted at him causing him to cry a little and then forbidden him to watch his morning cartoons for 3 days. It had seemed like a reasonable punishment for a three year old. "You made him cry!"
"He drew on my walls!" now she was getting angry.
"And you then thought it acceptable to punish him!"
"Yes! yes I did because unlike you im not going to shrug every bad thing he does and let him think it is perfectly acceptable!" They had both kept their distance both knowing not to approach the other when they were both like this.
"I do NOT shrug off every bad thing he does!"
"Oh yeah! so when he ripped the wings off all your arrows and you just laughed, your telling me you weren't fuming!"
"I was angry but I don't see the need to make him cry!" They were both starting to heat up, their voices getting louder and louder. "Well sorry I don't mollycoddle him like YOU!"
"MOLLYCODDLE!" I do not smother or pamper my child!"
"Is that so!"
"Anyway what RIGHT have you to even shout at my son! your not his m.."
"What his mother! Yeah I know! thanks for reminding me! Hows about YOU GO AND GET MARIAN IM SURE SHE WOULD SAY THE SAME THING AS ME!"
"You don't know Marian! and she would know better than to yell at another persons child!" Regina turned and picked up a sloppy plate and hurled it at Robin who ducked letting the plate smash against the wall. "WELL YOUR NOT HENRYS FATHER SO I WOULD THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU YELL AT HIM AGAIN!" Robin was to angry and caught up in his emotions to realise what was about to slip out of his tempered mouth. "WELL YOUR NOT TECHNICALLY HIS MOTHER EITHER!" Regina stopped and stared at Robin who was now paralysed with shame, embarrassment and guilt. He hadn't meant it, he was just so angry and caught up in the moment. He attempted to apologize but Regina was already out of the door and had slammed the door to their bedroom shut.
Robin sat on a chair and shoved his face into his hands. He wanted to take it all back. Seeing her so hurt had crushed him inside and he knew deep down she was right. He did coddle Roland and he did need to be disciplined and his punishment wasn't bad either. But he had been so angry that she had made his beloved son cry. Half an hour later he decided to go and plead his forgiveness. He opened the bedroom door and saw Regina curled up into a ball sobbing into a pillow. "Regina..." he whispered.
"GO AWAY!" he walked over to the side of the bed where her face was facing out. He knelt down making eye contact. "Regina im so so sorry I didn't mean it...i was just so angry. I wasn't thinking." Regina huffed. She knew he didn't mean it but it didn't mean that it didn't hurt all the same. He began to wipe away her tears and kissed her forehead. "I'm so sorry." Regina slowly extended her hand and Robin clutched it not ever wanting to let it go. "I know," she whispered. They soon agreed that they would work on a parenting arrangement, but for now he just sat holding her hand as she lay staring into his eyes. No matter what they still loved each other, and no fight would ever break that.