Troubled_silence
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A wedding. A fake girlfriend. An old colleague who insists she’s completely over the crush she definitely doesn’t still have on you.
What could possibly go wrong?
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In Storybrooke, family is never simple. Bloodlines cross realms, loyalties fracture under the weight of old curses, and the people you love most can wound you deepest. But sometimes family isn’t what you’re born into, it’s what you build, piece by fragile piece.
This series follows Regina Mills, Emma Swan, Henry, and a toddler left behind in the wake of broken laws and broken hearts. Each story explores the fragile, stubborn act of choosing one another in a town that doubts them, mistrusts them, and tries to pull them apart.
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Snow White believes she is protecting the town, but her slow campaign against Regina, whispers, committees, unannounced visits, bleeds into something harsher: harassment. The constant drip of suspicion wears at Emma, every “concern” another crack in the fragile trust she has in her parents. Yet the harder Snow pushes, the more Emma finds peace at Regina’s mansion, where Henry and Dayana thrive in the safety Regina has built. Torn between the family she longed for and the family she is choosing, Emma must decide: what do we keep close, and what must we finally set aside?
Sequel to Safe Surrender
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- Part 2 of The Bonds We Choose
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“This is just like last time.” She admitted, her voice dropping an octave. She could hear her throat going. She walked away before Debbie could see the tears brimming in her eyes. It was Vegas '97 all over again.
Debbie slowly turned so they were practically just short of touching lips.
“Lou, I—"
“You do not run a job in a job.”
Debbie’s lips faltered, failing to make a coherent sentence. She watched Lou close her mouth abruptly as if trying to bite her own tongue before revealing something more. Lou slipped away headed towards the exit to the roof.Lou paused to pick up the scotch glass on the table by the door. Without turning around, in a low voice, she flatly said, “Don’t ever make me have this conversation with you again.”
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01 Sep 2026
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winter days after dark; a fleeting beating of hearts by celaenos
Fandoms: Once Upon a Time (TV)
27 Feb 2022
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That voice is not one Regina ever thought she would hear again. She has imagined it so many times over the years—she must simply be imagining it, now. That has to be it. Regina goes absolutely still, like prey. A primal instinct she hasn’t felt from herself since Mother was alive. Beside her, Henry grabs at her arm. “Okay, Mom, don’t be mad, please—” he quickly whispers.
Before Regina can strangle her son, or move, or run out of the cabin, Emma Swan walks into the room and jolts to a stop at the sight of them. “Oh,” she breathes out. “Fuck.”