It will end you.
What did that even mean? It was a stray thought that went through his mind as his hand hovered just out of reach from where it was meant to be. He’d wanted so much to caress her cheek once last time to let her know that everything will be alright but at the gesture was there. Perhaps the distance between them had always been there and try as they might neither one of them could hold onto the other for long.
Is this what happens to soulmates?
Moments in time that span countless years but they are not meant to be together? Is it just long enough to learn some important lesson? That can’t be how it is for that is far too cruel. Love is not meant to equal sorrow it is meant to last and thrive even in the toughest of times.
His last thoughts are a prayer to hopefully protect his children (all of them), Regina and their friends. Even if he can’t be there to be a part of their lives he wants them to be as safe as they can be, to learn and love with their full hearts.
Robin never could have expected that to end is not what he thought it would be. As the pained eyes of his love vanished before him all around him shifted into a lonely place though beautiful it seemed he was the only soul there. The forest stretched out before him and at his side a solitary campsite with a cooking fire and a decent tent. He must content himself with the fact that it could have been a lot worse than isolation.
