"You really know how to drive a man mad, Regina. Do you know that?"
"Yes!"
Robin shook her a little, gentle, lovingly, "So close, and for two days I couldn't see you!"
"I had the flu! If I had known..."
He kissed the top of her head, "It's all well."
"Yes." Regina looked up at him, "Robin, I'm sorry. I had no idea that the spell would do this."
"It's done; we'll worry about that later, beloved. Together."
And that caused the ugly cry to begin. Finally she was able to sob, "Where's Roland?"
"With Granny," he answered. She cried more, leaning against him.
And then Robin looked around. Quite a crowd had gathered and were just staring, "Let's go somewhere a little more private," he said low in her ear.
"Yes." She saw Henry standing there, his mouth hanging open, and Emma by him, grinning ear to ear.
She'd deal with that later.
They went to his and Roland's room and Regina just clung to him and cried. He buried his head in her hair and they stayed like that a long time.
But Regina couldn't stop crying.
"Regina, it's ok. I'm here," Robin soothed.
"I know, it's. . . it's just been…"
He held her then shushing, then, "Regina, there's something I need to know."
"And what's that?" she said, her voice muffled against his shirt.
"Are you pregnant?"
Oh.
Well, she was a complete mess, and it wasn't entirely impossible.
She looked up, hiccupping a little, "No."
Robin exhaled, "I'm sorry, I had to ask, I was…"
"No, it's fine ..." she told him.
"…. the burden my selfishness would have put on you."
"Burden?"
"All alone… just because I wanted to be close to you, thinking of myself before you."
"Shh, it's all well. All well. You said so yourself." And now Regina shook him a little, "And you listen to me, Robin of Locksley; you don't have a selfish bone in your body!" He began to protest, "Not one! Now," she sat up, "I want to see Roland."
Later, they were all at Regina's mansion, she insisting they stay with her.
"My castle," she said.
She invited Robin's companions but they had their own reunions with their loved ones.
Henry was there too, this first night, along with Neal and Emma. Neal and Robin spent a good deal of time catching up.
Regina sighed. She'd have to be nicer to Neal now.
The things we do for love!
Henry for his part was still a little in awe of the fact that his mom and Robin Hood were together.
And Roland. He was adorable. Already following Henry everywhere and Henry was great with him. Getting out some old toys and books for him to read.
Regina opened a bottle of Chianti for the adults. "And now, how about the best lasagna you've ever had?"
And so this was it.
Her happy ending.
The boys went to sleep, Emma and Neal went home, and Regina and Robin sat on her couch by a roaring fire.
The darkness was back, but they were in it together. She embraced it as she laid her head on his shoulder and almost believed.
I abandoned and forgot myself,
laying my face on my Beloved;
all things ceased; I went out from myself,
leaving my cares
forgotten among the lilies.