The new person roars into town, Augusta with his secret box that has typewriter in it on his motorcycle. Magnus had thought that no one comes into town, but it looks like this person could, whoever he is, a new mysterious man is in town.
Magnus has been struggling with his feelings, hiding his feelings from Regina and himself. He has been avoiding Regina for some time now except that dinner with them. He rushes over to the diner; Regina usually comes early in the morning for coffee. He couldn't get Regina out of his head, no matter how hard he tried. The women didn't work and most certainly the booze didn't work at all. He would drunk texting her or drunk dialing her number several times a night. However, that comes short when group of guys rushing in, "Magnus!"
Oh no, he groans, ruined my private moment with Regina, just to look at her even it just a moment. The apes have taken over the diner and I spotted Ruby to silently apologizes to her. "What is it that you couldn't wait?"
"You got in!" one of the guy's cheers and Magnus was excited to hear that, "what position?"
Magnus quickly looks at his iPhone, "I didn't get coach's email?"
Ray sat and told Ruby for breakfast and answered, "I snuck in Coach's office."
Robert ate some of Magnus' breakfast, "you have running back position, the coach was impressed with your skill."
Magnus beams with pride, he couldn't believe he actually had the courage to sign up for football team. He thought he was done with sports, but he loves playing on the team. Running back position is second most important position in football, halfbacks, tailbacks and fullbacks, but it would depend on the game. I was fast runner, thanks to my soccer skills of running with the ball. There's no way he could handle the Sheriff, classes and the assignments and practices almost every day in the evening, working out with guys early in the mornings and practicing.
Regina walks in exactly 6:15 to get her coffee and the guys were drooling over her nice ass, her pencil dress hugged perfectly around her ass. Few of them were pretending to spank her when she was not paying attention, gesturing spanking on her ass and Magnus rolled his eyes than laughs to himself. "All right, all right," Magnus got up to leave the diner, and a fist hit his face.
"Stay away from my girlfriend," the taller muscular young man punches him on the face.
"Fuck," Magnus looks up to see which girlfriend he's talking about, wipes blood on his face, "who?" Magnus spotted a red-head girl behind him, telling him to stop, "Caroline? That's your boyfriend?"
Magnus didn't know that she had a boyfriend, and it was one drunken night few weeks ago. It looks like this guy found out the truth. He stopped when my guys were behind me, preparing to fight, so he backed away. He gave Magnus the last warning, "stay the fuck away from my girlfriend."
"Thanks, man," their secret handshake with his guys, "I'll meet you later. I have to check with David." As soon they disappeared from the sight and titled to check on Regina, and apologizes, "I'm sorry, Madam Mayor," than walks over to the Sheriff's office.
Mary Margaret is out shopping, picking up batteries, flashlight, chocolate and etc. to prepare for the storm tonight. She stopped at one aisle to pick up pregnancy test. Regina was at comic books sections to pick books for Henry and spotted Snow White trying to decide which pregnancy test. Oh no, this is going to break Emma when she ever finds out she's pregnant, Regina watches her stand at the aisle for minutes who knows how long.
Regina picked up two pregnancy tests to help her out, First Response and Clear Blue, then smiles at Snow, "you can never go wrong with those two." Snow thanked her, "we weren't trying, and I don't know how to tell him. My divorce isn't final yet."
Regina rubs her back to comfort her, "if anything I know David, he'll be thrilled at the news. He loves you, Mary Margaret." Snow nods and her puffy eyes watered, worries about how David will take the news, and she wasn't sure if David really loves her.
Magnus decided to go for a walk through the forest, to clear his head and get himself in order. It was quite a row this morning and made of mess of things, again. He stopped when he heard wings flapping, and a bird cooing. He followed the sounds and spotted a bird stuck in some kind of a cage, "how the hell did you manage to get yourself stuck," carefully removed the cage to free him. He realizes he was speaking to himself, "I'll never know either."
He rushes over to the pet shelter to make sure there wasn't any injuries. The vet checked on the bird, "good news is, no broken bones." The vet gave him fluids, so she'll be fine.
"The bad news?" Magnus waited for more news about the bird.
"This is North Atlantic dove," the migratory species, very unique among American doves, "they form a strong monogamous bond, meaning …"
Oh fuck, "if I don't get her back to her flock, she'll be alone forever." She won't be happy here if separated from her flock for years. He'll have to take the chance for her, he doesn't want to be alone, and no family.
Regina was locking the Town Hall, preparing for the stormy night. She was looking for her keys to unlock her car than stopped for a moment, puzzled to see Magnus with a bird. What is he doing with that bird? He looked like he was in a hurry, frantic more like when he dropped the keys and set the cage on the top of the car.
"Magnus?" Regina carefully approaches him without startling him.
"I have to go to the forest … if I wait, she could be lost forever," picks up his car keys, even acting jumpier and more frantic than earlier.
"There's storm coming. You shouldn't be out there," carefully trying to find a way to calm his nerves.
"NO! …," he growls to himself than apologizes, "I mean, no, she'll be completely alone. No one deserves that."
"Okay, then I'm coming with you."
"I'll be fine, Madam Mayor. The storm is coming tomorrow," the thunder booming and rumbling overhead. It wasn't up for discussion, Regina got in the car with Magnus with the bird set in the backseat. "What's the fuck are you doing, Madam Mayor? Get out!"
"No, I am coming with you," worried for his well-being. Lately, I don't know, something about him is going crazy, like he hit rock bottom. He doesn't want to be alone, that's why he's doing it for that bird.
Magnus driving towards the midst of the forest with Regina and the dove in the backset. The thunder crashing and booming every second while they were driving, and the skies were getting darker. He parked the car and started running to follow other cooing birds sounds, but stopped, he put the bird on the ground, wondering why there was so many trees knocked onto the ground in the valley. The thunderclaps loudly and almost dropped into the valley, Regina ran to catch him, "Magnus!" They panted a moment, "do you really think I'm going to let you here alone?"
Magnus furiously pushes her away then picked up the bird cage, started walking through the forest to look for her flock. Regina followed him, "Magnus, where are you going?"
"I come to find the flock," stating the fact, but Regina spoke up, "and I come here to make sure you're not getting hurt."
"No one is getting fucking hurt here, lady," refusing and stubbornly keep on while stormy night and pouring down rain hard.
"We have to go, Magnus!"
"No!"
"It's not safe, Magnus," what is really going on with him, Regina wonders, "we need to get out of here," the rain was not letting down, pouring more harder and thundering booming louder and louder. They stopped when they saw a cabin, and Magnus looked through the window, "it's empty." Magnus tries to open the door, so he slams the door open with his leg while Regina was holding the bird. Magnus screams and finds stick to hit wherever he wants, so angry with himself and kept on screaming and making noises.
Regina set down the bird cage in the corner to keep it safe, and stopped him, "Magnus! Magnus," took the stick from him then he dropped on the ground, burst into tears with his knees hugging onto his chest. Regina carefully slowly walks over to him, set besides him with her hands running through his hair. He flinches from her hands and Regina tries again, "it's okay. Shhh. It's okay."
Regina looks around to find something to dry him off, whispering, "you didn't think to wear a jacket?"
He shrugged, not caring about himself as if he wanted to die, she reminds him that's okay, very gentle with him to keep him calm as the best as she could, slowly taking off his shirt, "take off your pants." Regina set the fire in the fireplace to give the cabin more warmth and she took off her thick long jacket and set it on hanger near the door. He gave her a mean look, Regina only smiles, "I'm only trying to help." She put his pants and shirt near the fire to dry it off, it was soaking wet. Regina had to drag him to the front of the fire with much fight in him, "what's going on with you today?"
Magnus angered again and slams his feet on the ground and wanted to hit everything to hurt himself, "what's the fuck going on?!" Regina stayed besides him knowing he's struggling with something. "What's going on is I have fucking feelings for you," he screams again and wanted to tear everything apart, "nothing is fucking working! Not even women and boozes! The voices in my head won't SHUT UP!" Regina touches him gently on his arm when he was screaming, and his eyes are full puffed with tears. He continues, "I don't know what to do. I don't know how … just fucking leave me alone!"
He's miserable with himself and now I understand, he's scared. He's afraid to lose me and be alone. Regina was about to say something, but he quietly whispers, "being around you … it's too hard and painful." They looked into each other's eyes with Regina hands running through his hair. They slowly press their lips, Regina moans when they slowly dancing with their lips. Magnus presses harder, taking off her clothes.
Regina and Magnus were naked under blanket, but Magnus was listening to the rain. He got up with big smile on his face, "shh. it stopped raining!" Magnus hurriedly puts on his underwear, but no time to put on his clothes, grabbing the bird cage and ran outside.
"I need to get her out!"
Regina calls him out, running like a wild man while Regina puts her clothes back on then chases after him. "Magnus!"
"Shh! Listen," Magnus following the wings flapping, thousands of flapping. They looked up the clear sky and smiles, "the birds," Magnus cheered when they saw the birds flying above them, "they didn't leave."
"They've must've been waiting for the storm to clear," Regina watches him to let the dove go, listening to him. "Okay, girl. Go be with your friends and family," watching him talking to the bird then letting the bird go. Magnus held Regina close with his arms wrapped around her and kisses on her cheek while watching the birds flying and the beautiful sky together.
He whispers when he lets her go, "it's too hard, Regina. I can't."
Regina presses her body onto his with her hands on his face, "it doesn't have to be hard, Magnus." Magnus caressing on her back, studied Regina's face, "I don't … I'm not a good guy, Regina. Henry paints me a Savior, but in truth, I'm not at all."
"How about you just be yourself, Magnus?" Regina tries another way to get through him instead of making him think he's a bad guy. "Right now, you're trying, honey. You're returned to the university and signed up for football team, while doing that you are helping David whenever he needs you."
"Yes, but for how long? I'm not …"
"Well, you have my number. You can call me day or night," Regina presses on his lips, small and slow kisses. My love, my Emma and seeing him trying to break the cycle of himself and his past. I see Emma in him now, the forest brought his vulnerability as usual. Emma always comes home muddy and wild hair, always so happy and loves to be with the nature. I love him so much, I love Emma just as much as him, so much more.
To see him in this light, I swore I am seeing Emma, and so I deepens the kiss even more. The curse has not been broken yet, so that's how I know he doesn't yet grow to love me, but right now, it's a break-through, a major one. Somehow, Emma led him to the forest and broke his vulnerability and allow him to be open up to me.