Drabble Day

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This week's prompt:
Vengeance

~100 - 1000 words. For longer fics, please leave a link to it in the comments.

~Graphics are welcome! *hint, hint*

~If your drabble/graphic contains spoilers, please use the spoiler cut. < lj - spoiler > < / lj - spoiler > (no spaces)

~Have fun!

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Vengeance No More (PG/K+)

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Vengeance used to be the only thing on her mind. Day in, day out, she'd plan on how she was going to enact vengeance on Snow White for the child's part in her True Love's murder. She dedicated her every waking moment to the score she burned to settle, and her only good dreams came when she dreamed of killing Snow White.

It's so strange, she thinks at times, but now she rarely thinks of vengeance. There are whole days that go by that she neither sees Snow nor even thinks of her. She's become what she thought she would never be. She's become a mother, a family woman, and as she kisses her son good night, her only hopes are for him to have everything he wants in life and always be happy.

Yet, as her dark eyes raise to the stars that she could see shining outside of Henry's window, Regina realizes that isn't completely true. When she thinks of Snow now, she thinks of the life she wants to build for her son, and if she's honest with herself, for herself as well. The hatchet between them is buried; she wants it to stay that way. She wants to be welcomed not only in Henry's life but in those of his family, and that includes Snow White.

But there's more she wants, she knows. She still misses Robin, and his son. She can hear their laughter in her mind as she thinks of them and remembers the way they both used to smile and make her smile. She smiles sadly in fond memory, but there are unshed tears in her dark orbs.

Henry murmurs sleepily. "What, son?" she asks, looking down and feeling guilty that her presence is keeping him awake.

"It's going to happen, Mom," he murmurs, eyes shut tight. He flops over in his bed, turning toward her. "It's going to happen. You're going to have it all. Our dreams are going to come true."

"Of course they are, sweetheart," Regina quickly agrees. She kisses him good night again, then quietly leaves, but as she shuts the door behind her, Henry peers at where she just stood.

"It's going to happen," he tells her again though she can not hear him. "We're all going to get our happy endings." He falls asleep with a smile on his face and a certain, blue star winking knowingly down at them.

The End

Not the Time for Vengeance

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Characters: Regina/Robin, Robin/Marion, Roland, mentions of Emma
Rating: PG

Not the Time for Vengeance
There was a time when Regina would have sought vengeance on Emma for bringing Marion to Storybrooke. Emma had essentially ruined Regina’s happy ending. Bur that was the way she was in the past, now she was just sad and hurt.

Regina watched from her office window as Robin and Marion walked down the street with little Roland between them. They seemed like a very happy family.

That was until someone looked at Robin’s face. He looked weary and stressed. He didn’t look like a man that was happy to have his wife back. He didn’t look happy at all.

Regina stepped back from the window when Robin looked up. She didn’t want him to see her watching.

If she wanted vengeance she would rain it down on the person that made her love miserable. The problem was she didn’t really know who to blame. The list was long and she was on it too.

Regina went back to the window and watched as the family disappeared around the corner. She knew that vengeance wouldn’t work this time so she had to come up with a new plan. She just wasn’t sure how to begin.