She closed her eyes, letting loose a soft sigh as the ocean breeze blew gently through her hair. A feeling of contentment was taking root in her heart and only growing with each giddy laugh that reached her ears as the boys splashed in the rolling waves. Leopold was gone, dead and buried in a plot far away from her crypt and though the funeral had been hard - she hadn't shed a tear for he deserved none from her - she'd made it through with Henry and Robin standing warm and steady either side of her.

The procession had been small and even then, those in attendance had come for the sake of their Princess rather than the dead monarch. Snow had been the only one to water the ground with her tears.

They'd left the graveyard with a respectful nod to the grieving Princess and fingers laced, Robin's suggestion of a trip to the beach met with no resistance when they picked up Roland from the Merry Men's camp.

It was where they'd been for the past hour, taking full advantage of the afternoon sun.

She smiled softly when she felt Robin press a kiss to her shoulder, turning her head slowly and blinking open her eyes to find him grinning at her with his chin resting lightly on her upper arm. "What are you looking at, thief?"

His grin grew at the nickname as he pressed another kiss to her skin and replied, "All that I could possibly want."

"You're far sweeter than you have any right to be."

He laughed softly, his breath tickling her sunkissed skin before he leaned up to press a tender kiss to her lips and telling her, "As long as I get to see that smile everyday, I'm okay with that."

Regina breathed a gentle and rather tired laugh through her nose before she tipped forward slowly to kiss him again. He remained close when their lips parted and allowed her to take the comfort she needed from him with her eyes still closed and forehead resting steadily against his own.

They were pulled apart, long minutes later, by Henry's wary call of, "Mom…" from the sea. He wasn't looking at them but at the approaching figures of the Charmings, including Emma, and Hook.

She hadn't told him of her conversation with Snow - he was still a child and had taken on far more than he ever should have in the first place - and so his confusion was expected when his Grandmother was met with a small smile in greeting.

"May we join you?"

Regina nodded kindly, turning to Robin and accepting his kiss before watching as he rose and challenged David to something of a soccer match with their children, laughing - despite knowing what they were all doing - when both Emma and Killian began kicking their boots off and expressing their own interest in it.

They traded teasing barbs as they carefully placed their things aside before they were making their way down the beach towards the waiting boys and leaving Snow to ensure Neal's stroller cover kept the sun from her sleeping babe before she lowered herself down onto the blanket beside Regina.

The former Queen watched as Henry and Roland accepted their newfound company with ease - Robin was no doubt explaining the truce between his mother and grandmother to Henry - before she turned her face to Snow's at the younger woman's hopeful, "Everything's going to be okay, isn't it?"

She breathed a deep breath, considering her words for a moment before she turned back to look at their ragtag little family laughing as they played and enjoyed one another's company before she exhaled steadily and replied, "Yes," and then, "yes, I believe it will be."