Okay everyone here is the last part of this story. I thought since I had it written up I would just post it and finish another story before 2015 ends. I would like thank everyone who has read this, followed this, Favorited this and reviewed this story. i have loved writing this and there are plenty more ideas stored so I am sure a new story will be up soon enough. Thank you again and I hope you enjoy the epilogue of this story.
Regina groaned a little as she began to stir from her slumber. She stretched feeling the comfortable bed beneath her and smiled a little. Slowly opening her eyes and letting them adjust to the morning light streaming into the bedroom and looked around her reminding herself that her nightmare was over. She was in her bedroom, in her house, in Storybrooke. She wasn't in a damp dark dungeon. She wasn't down in the underworld. She was home. She wasn't dark, she couldn't hear the whispering voices in her head any more. She couldn't feel the heavy weight upon her shoulders anymore.
She then held her hands up in front of her and stared at them. Her skin was normal, it's normal olive colour. There was no shine, no sparkle, no dark one look. She was free. It was over. It was done. She then looked to her side as she felt someone move beside her, an arm around her waist and pulling her close to them. She let a smile fall back onto her face as she looked at Robin sleeping peacefully beside her. She felt safe again. She felt happy. This is what she had been dreaming about for so long. The darkness had made her think she would never feel like this again. She was so happy to prove it wrong.
She turned onto her side and shuffled just that little bit closer to Robin. She moved her hand up his arm slowly and up to his cheek. She softly rubbed her thumb over his cheek, over his chin and moving around his lips before moving it along his nose.
"What are you doing?" Robin mumbled sleepily and Regina breathed out a laugh at the sound of his voice. She watched as he slowly opened his eyes to look at her and she bit her lip shyly.
"Taking you in." Regina replied quietly as she stared into those blue eyes. "Taking every bit of you in."
"Why?" Robin asked moving his hand up and down her back, tickling her spine a little.
"Because I never want to forget you. I never want to lose you." Regina whispered as she continued to move her thumb over his face now on his forehead.
"I'm not going anywhere Regina. You will have a hard time ever getting rid of me. I'm with you until the end." He said and moved his hand to her cheek, brushing some of her stray hair away from her face and tucking it behind her ear. "It's over now. Your safe. You have no need to worry. You can relax."
"I'm not sure I know how to relax anymore." Regina replied and Robin let out a quiet laugh.
"I'm not sure any of us do." He said resting his forehead against hers. He then pressed his lips against hers in a soft kiss. "Regina I…" Robin started but was interrupted by the bedroom door flying open and little feet stomping on the carpet as they ran across the room and over to the bed. A little figure with messy, wild curly brown hair jumped onto the bed and bounced in between them making Regina and Robin pull apart.
Roland bounced down in between Robin and Regina and he wrapped his arms around Regina's waist cuddling into her tightly. "Your still here." Roland said happily as he squeezed her tightly.
"Of course I'm still here. Did you expect me to be gone?" Regina asked as she looked down at the little boy she had grown so fond of.
"I wasn't sure. Henry promised me you would still be here in the morning. That you were feeling much better and he was right. Wasn't he? You feel much better?" Roland said looking up at Regina.
"Yes sweetheart I am feeling much better." Regina replied and kissed the top of his messy brown curls.
"Good. I am glad." He said and cuddled into her again. "I missed you mama." Roland mumbled into her chest.
Regina gasped a little and looked up at Robin with surprised eyes. She would be more than happy for Roland to call her mama but she had no idea if Robin would be okay with it. It was a big step for them to take and she wasn't sure if he was ready for that. "That is something I wanted to talk to you about, and I was going to before this little monster burst in." Robin said, tickling Roland a little at the end making him giggle and squirm a little but he never let go of Regina. "Roland don't you have something you wanted to ask Regina? Before you called her mama…" Robin said whispering the last part.
Roland gasped and placed his hand over his mouth and then used the other hand to smack his forehead. "Oops! I forgot." Roland said.
"It's okay. I'm sure you can ask Regina now." Robin said.
Roland nodded his head and he stood up on the bed puffing out his chest and holding his head up high. He then bent down on one knee and took Regina's hand in his. Regina had to bite her lip to stop herself from laughing, as did Robin. He cleared his throat a little and Robin hid his face in his pillow. Regina could see his shoulders shaking and she gently shoved him a little. "Regina you do me honour…" Roland then looked at Robin. "That right word?" Robin nodded his head. Roland then turned to look back at Regina. "Regina, you do me honour of becoming my mama?" Roland asked sweetly. "I be best boy ever and make sure I do everything you tell me to."
Regina smiled a little. She really did love Robin and his son more than anything. "Of course I will Roland." Regina replied softly.
"Yey! So I call you mama?" Roland asked excitedly. Regina nodded her head. "It work papa." Roland said looking over to Robin.
"I never doubted you my boy. Now remember the last part…Kiss her hand." Robin said.
"Oh yes!" Roland said and looked back to Regina. He then lifted her hand up to his small lips and kissed her hand. He then dropped her hand and jumped into her arms making her fall back on the bed laughing. "I love you mama." Roland said happily.
"I love you to Roland." Regina said softly.
Roland then pulled away and jumped up and down on the bed. "I'm gonna go tell Henry!" Roland said excitedly and jumped down off the bed and ran out of the room.
Regina and Robin laughed a little and watched as Roland ran out of the room. Regina then turned to look at Robin. "Why did he ask me to be his mama like he was proposing to me?" Regina asked.
"Ah well we were watching a film with Henry and a man proposed to a woman and Roland then got it into his head that that is how he had to ask you to be his mama." Robin explained. "I tried to explain to him that it wasn't how he had to ask you but he insisted and I thought it would be cute."
"Yes…well it was…very cute." Regina said with a smile on her face.
"I'm glad you thought it was cute." Robin said as he pushed himself up and out of the bed. He opened up his bedside table drawer and pulled out a small red velvet box and walked around the bed to Regina's side.
Regina frowned in confusion as she watched Robin move. "What are you doing?" Regina asked.
Robin didn't answer but took Regina's left hand in his and knelt down on one knee making Regina gasp. When Roland done knelt down on one knee it was cute, now Robin was doing it she was nervous but excited all at the same time. "Regina…I know you have just gotten out of a…well a semi awkward and very much unwanted marriage with the lord of the underworld…" Robin started and Regina giggled a little and shook her head. "And I'm not sure whether you will ever want to get married ever again but I would like to ask you if you would do me the honour of becoming my wife?" Robin finished.
"Oh Robin…I would love to." Regina gushed. Robin grinned and stood up wrapping his arms around Regina and pulling her close to him, kissing her hard on the lips. He pulled away and took her left hand back in his slipping the engagement ring onto her finger. It was a simple white gold ring with a sparkling diamond on top. "Oh Robin it's beautiful." Regina said softly.
"I thought you might like it." Robin said with a smile.
"Although I'm not quite sure if I will want to be getting married for quite a while." Regina said and Robin breathed out a laugh.
"I am more than happy to just be engaged to you." Robin replied and then kissed her again.
"She said yes then." Came Henry's voice from the door and both Regina and Robin looked over at him and Roland with a smile.
"Yey! I told you she would papa!" Roland said happily bouncing over to the bed and jumping up onto it again. Henry followed him and climbed up onto her bed and crawled over to where his mother sat.
"Things are going to be good now mom." Henry said. "You finally won your happy ending."
Regina smiled and she wrapped her arms around all her boys. She was happy finally. The darkness within her was gone and she could finally grab onto her happy ending and hold on tight. She had love and lightness in her life and she was not about to let that go.