I feel like I owe it to all of you for my super slow updates so I managed to write this up right away for you. Thank you so much for sticking with me and for all your wonderful reviews.

And special thanks to EvilRegalTwinnies for the prompt and brainstorming with me

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Epilogue – Two Years Later

It was a cold windy day and Regina thought maybe she should postpone this. She couldn't though. She promised Robin she'd be there and she couldn't take this away from him or from Gracie.

She drove her Mercedes Benz to the town line. She glanced at the rearview mirror, checking on the sleeping bundle seated in her carseat.

"You don't have to do this," Cora said, her voice coming from the seat next to her and Regina glanced at her mother for a quick second before turning back to the road. "I don't like seeing you so hurt."

Over the past two years since Gracie was born, it had been a whirlwind of emotions for all of them. Marian and Robin broke up a month after Gracie was born. She couldn't stand being in a relationship where Robin was still in love with Regina. She moved on. She found a job where she worked with kids. She found an apartment and was even in a serious relationship with a great guy. She and Robin remained friends and had even worked out a schedule for Roland.

She moved on and she was happy, but Robin…

He missed Regina everyday and only got to see his daughter through pictures and videos Regina or Henry sent him. They even recently started to facetime once Robin got the hang of it.

Gracie knew her daddy even if she never really met him in person.

Today however was the first time they decided to meet at the line. Gracie was old enough and they figured even if Robin couldn't see them, Gracie could still see her father.

"I know, mother," Regina whispered but she kept driving and that was the end of discussion.

The rest of the drive was spent in silence until she finally pulled up at the line separating Storybrooke from the real world. She and Emma have been trying to find a way to cross safely. They've had no luck so far but that didn't mean they were giving up anytime soon. Regina will never give up.

She exited the car, shivering in the cold breeze and looking up at the sky. The air was moist and cold, promising rain and she knew they had to do this quick.

Cora went around back and took Gracie out of her carseat as Regina called Robin.

"Hey," she said the moment he picked up.

"Hi love," he answered and her words nearly choked in her throat. "I'm standing right outside."

"I know. I could see you," her voice shook as she looked straight ahead at the town line. She could see him standing on the street talking into his cell, unable to see her.

"I miss you…" his voice shook just like hers and she walked up to the line, reaching out until the invisible wall rippled at her touch.

"I'm standing right in front of you."

"I know," he said, reaching out his hand and if it weren't for the magical barrier, they'd be holding hands. "I could feel you."

"Regina, she's starting to wake up," Cora said from where she stood by the car. Regina turned to see her daughter opening her eyes and sleepily looking around for her mother.

"Hold on," she told Robin and turned, heading back to her mother.

"Mama!" Gracie reached out for her the moment she saw her. She looked a lot like Regina at this age except she had Robin's blue eyes.

"Ready to see daddy?" she whispered into her ear and placed a kiss into a head of dark curls.

The two year old lit up the moment she saw Robin. She pointed at him and smiled.

"That's daddy," Regina said softly, desperately trying not to cry. She set her down at the town line, kneeling beside her as Cora watched from the distance.

She had only ever saw her father and heard his voice through facetime and even though she's never seen him in person she already knew him.

She started cooing, talking her baby gibberish as she looked up him.

"She sees you," Regina spoke into her phone. "She recognizes you."

Robin kneeled infront of his family, wishing he could see them. Wishing he could see the daughter he's never held and the woman that he had fallen so deeply for and never stopped.

"Daddy!" she giggled, taking a few wobbly steps forward. She would have walked straight into his arms if Regina hadn't took a hold of her arm and held her back.

Robin couldn't see them but he could feel their presence and he reach out his hand, speaking softly to his baby girl.

"One day," he said. "We will be together and I will never leave you."

Gracie grunted and pulled away from her mother and just when Regina was going to pick her up to keep her from walking to Robin, she reach out her small hand and placed it on the barrier, touching her father's fingers.

The barrier glowed. Gold sparks ascended from her fingers, surging up and surrounding the town until it snapped with a loud pop and everything was quiet once more. Cora had rushed over, unsure what had happened. Regina was just as clueless and she stood, clutching Gracie close to her chest. She had dropped her phone and didn't hear Robin frantically calling out for her.

"What the hell was that?" she asked.

"I don't know. Maybe we should leave and figure it out once Gracie is at home and away from here," Cora said, feeling uneasy at letting her granddaughter be so close to the barrier after what just happened.

Gracie struggled in her arms and Regina just about lost it when her daughter poofed to the ground for the first time. She was able to use her magic since she was in the womb, but since she was born, Gracie hadn't once used it till now.

"Gracie!" Regina cried out, her voice full of raw panic and fear. The baby ran to the line and at that moment Robin rushed forward as if he could see her. Regina stopped in her tracks and watched as he stepped over the line and scooped her up into his arms.

"Robin?" she asked, coming towards them and unsure as to what just happened. She couldn't comprehend or even believe what she was seeing.

He looked up at Regina, confusion clouding his gaze just like her.

"I think she broke the barrier," Cora spoke up, shaking them all from their confused trance.

"She did it," he spoke and closed the distance between them. He took Regina's face in his hand and kissed her lips. Tears fell from her eyes as he held her close with their daughter between them.