Who: Regina x Evie; Regina x Evie x Neil; Regina x Evie x Arya
What: After Neil and Regina spend (another) night together, Regina and Evie talk about Robin and Neil; Regina introduces Evie and Neil; and then she Evie and Arya
Where: Amagi Inn, Fayren;
When: early afternoon of 8/30; afternoon of 9/3; evening of 9/5
Warnings: grief/loss; found family schmoop.
Regina turns from arranging a table with the dining room hostess to see Evie arriving. Her polite, business-like smile grows warm with affection as their gazes mesh. Affection and gratitude, because she's not sure she could survive another life without Henry without Evie to love and to love her. Evie believes and that doesn't distract her from missing Henry, it reminds her that Henry is out there and he loves her and she loves him. No amount of distance between them can change it. Just as the differences in their story doesn't change that Evie is her child.
"Hello, Evie." She lifts her hand to Evie's cheek, but she doesn't smooth down the flyaway blue hair. Not before she kisses her forehead and says, "You look beautiful," anyhow. She's seen Evie flinch from a touch once, and she never wants to see it again.