Yes, Regina didn’t take to black officially until after Leo was dead and she found that “black suited her.” Until then she wore white as the Queen, but wore Black when she was practicing magic with Rumple.
Those two look as thick and thieves. This is more than just making a bargain, they look downright chummy.
Also, wand. From the blurry photo it does look like the wand RH stole.
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"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"