I'm Dreaming of a Black Christmas

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Mr. Gold couldn't believe his luck. He had drawn Regina of all people to give a gift to as secret santa. He was so worried about drawing Henry or Emma or, even worse, Hook. Not that he wouldn't mind getting a gift for his grandson Henry, he had to admit, he didn't know a thing about comic books, and he probably would get Henry the wrong ones or something and Henry would end up upset over it. And Emma, he wouldn't mind trying to get into her good graces, for Henry's sake at least, but what was he gonna get her? 

Of course his worse nightmare would be having to buy a gift for his mortal enemy Hook. Gold would of rather stabbed himself with his Dagger again then to have to put on a smile and give Killian anything but a kick in the teeth. Alas he drew perhaps the one person that he knew best in this world, Regina Mills. The Evil Queen, or formely so now, Gold tended not to keep up with who liked Regina now a days and who didn't. He knocked on her office door before opening it. Regina was mayor of Storybrooke, a step down from Queen, Gold had to admit.

"Regina, dearie? I was wondering if you had some free time to discuss some things?" Gold called out to the office, before setting his eyes on Regina. He had already bought the gift with him, something he knew Regina would appreciate. 

[regina]

Regina had been staying inside the office a little longer these days, attempting to finish up the paperwork before her vacation time for Christmas. She hated leaving things unfinished; it drove her up the wall. And that was where anyone could find her for the rest of the day. Nearly pulling her hair out at all the paperwork that she had yet to be done.

Once Regina finally buckled down and got to work, she found that things went far more smoothly than they appeared and she was almost done with the pile. It was then that she heard a noise and lifted her head. It was Rumplestiltskin and she was honestly surprised that he had wanted to stop by the mayor's office.

Standing up, Regina smiled at her former teacher. "Rumpelstiltskin. It's a surprise to see you. Please, come in and make yourself comfortable." With that, she made her way to the coffee maker and poured herself a cup, glancing over, intrigued, at the man before her. "Before we discuss business, do you want anything to drink?" The curiosity was eating away at her, but she knew that she should be patient in order to find out just what Rumple wanted to talk about. 

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"Regina..." Gold replied as she used his Enchanted Forest name instead of his Storybooke moniker. He watched as she went over to get herself something to drink. He did as she suggested and made himself comfortable by sitting on a chair near her desk. "A pleasure as always, Mayor Mills." Gold replied, now that the pleasantries were out of the way, he shook his head no at her question about wanting something to drink. "No thank you, Dearie." Gold responded to her question watching her go about her business. "I have come here to give you something." He stated finally. Gold guess that he was just wanting to get this over with.

He wasn't the Christmas type, but Belle insisted, so he had to, and since he had this particular item laying around his shop, he figured he could give it back to its rightful owner. He waved his hand and a bright red package with a bright green bow appeared in his hand. He held it out for her to take. "I found this laying around the shop. Figured that it should be returned to its rightful owner." He explained. "And since I am your secret santa and all..." He added. Inside the box was a large purple gemmed ring she use to wear when she was in The Enchanted Forest and she was the Evil Queen.

((OOC: That Regina/Robin GIF is killing me, XD)

[regina]

Regina stopped mid-way through her getting settled in when Rumpelstiltskin mentioned giving something to her. She became a bit weary of this, because it was abnormal for her old mentor to give something away without expecting anything in return. Even she had learned that. In fact, she couldn't really recall one moment that he did that...

There had to be a catch, Regina concluded. "You want to give something to me?" She asked, a smile playing at her lips. Still, being given something was a very nice feeling, especially with it being so close to Christmas. Maybe that was it...Rumple confirmed this by saying something about being her Secret Santa. And he was returning something of hers?

Regina blinked for a moment, reaching across the desk to grab the box he had set on it. She snapped it open and stared at it for a moment, leaning back in her chair in awe. She hadn't seen this ring in a long time. She felt a smile curl her lips and her brown eyes lifted up to meet his. "You were my Secret Santa? Rumple...it's perfect."

(OOC: Lol I'm sorry! Do you want me to change it?)