Regina Mills had spent her whole life fighting Love, or Evil. When she was younger she fought for the love she had for Daniel, and tried her hardest to fight her mother's evil, ultimately ending in losing Daniel. For a while, she tried to fight the evil that began festering inside after the loss, and she lost that battle too. Then, for years she fought the love that Snow White and Prince Charming had for eachother, doing everything in her incredibly vast power to try and ruin it for them. Everything she did fought off love, deep down she felt unworthy of it, even from her own son who she truly loved but still kept at arm's length. When she met Emma Swan, it was different. Emma didn't even try to suck up to the mayor, she didn't care about Henry's stories of her evil-doing, though she did believe him. She wasn't scared of Regina, so she had no love to fight.
It felt wrong, but for that very reason, Regina found herself with fondness for Emma. How odd, that the younger woman's lack of love caused the older woman to become fascinated.
It felt wrong, and it felt scary, and Regina Mills didn't like feeling scared.
from the moment they met, Emma and Regina both instantly fell in love. but their love for Henry caused hate for each other, however that love for their son also helped them become closer to each other. it felt like a fairy tale to the both of them, so unreal, so fake. but it was real. every touch, every kiss, was real. follow the journey of Emma and Regina as they go through the struggles of a relationship together, but those struggles just might bring them to their happy endings.
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