As part of her curse, Regina had thought it would be oh so hilarious to make Victor scared of lightning. And despite now knowing who he truly was now, that was a trait that stuck with him. And an embarrassing one at that.
But when lighting came in the night, he started shivering like crazy and couldn't sleep. The shivering he was doing woke up the person next to him.
"Victor." She said, still half asleep. "Are you okay?"
"No, not really." He admitted.
She sat up and rubbed her eyes to feel more awake and looked at him. A look of concern passed over her face when she saw him. She stroked his arm. "Hey, what's wrong?"
"I'mscaredoflightning." He blurted out quickly.
Ruby still heard him though and smiled at him. "Victor, why didn't you tell me?"
"It's embarrassing, especially considering who I am.."
She giggled. "Victor, I'm petrified of most dogs. Except Pongo, obviously. If that doesn't shout ironic then I don't know what does."
He smiled at her. "You're the best."
"I try." She teased. "Can I go back to sleep now?"
He nodded. And so she gave him a kiss, snuggled into him and drifted back off to sleep. He smiled to himself to have such a wonderful woman in his life. He kissed her forehead and for the first time in a long time, slept peacefully through lightning.