TITLE: Whatever This Is
CHAPTER 19: Conclusions
FANDOM: Once Upon a Time
PAIRING: Swan Queen (Regina/Emma)
SPOILERS: AU from beginning of "The Cricket Game"
RATING: PG-13
SUMMARY: ( She thinks of her eighteen-year-old self, torn up over how much love sucks and how it brings nothing but pain - and how she never wanted to fall victim to it again. Then she thinks of Regina’s head, hitting her shoulder for the first time. She thinks of the first time she grabbed Regina’s hand and how wonderful it felt to connect with someone again. She thinks of the slow-dance and magical levitation and Gold’s speech about true love and before she knows it, she’s in front of Regina’s house. )

TITLE: Whatever This Is
CHAPTER 18: Composure
FANDOM: Once Upon a Time
PAIRING: Swan Queen (Regina/Emma)
SPOILERS: AU from beginning of "The Cricket Game"
RATING: PG-13
SUMMARY: ( She has an occasional visit from her son, but even those are getting rarer since his father’s been in town. He’s still over every Friday, but it’s only for the night rather than the weekend. And when he arrives on her doorstep, she catches just a hint of the yellow death-trap that dropped him off before it rounds the corner out of sight. She’s not sure what hurts more in those instances - the idea that Emma’s just abiding by her severed ties without question, or the idea that maybe Emma doesn’t want to see her either. )

TITLE: Whatever This Is
CHAPTER 17: Everything
FANDOM: Once Upon a Time
PAIRING: Swan Queen (Regina/Emma)
SPOILERS: AU from beginning of "The Cricket Game"
RATING: PG-13
SUMMARY: ( The old expression says that you can’t help who you love. The same is true in reverse, though. Emma can’t help that she just never developed deeper feelings. )

TITLE: Whatever This Is
CHAPTER 16: Raw
FANDOM: Once Upon a Time
PAIRING: Swan Queen (Regina/Emma)
SPOILERS: AU from beginning of "The Cricket Game"
RATING: PG-13
SUMMARY: ( She hadn't planned on kissing Emma when she first decided to tell her. But as they sat there together, Emma’s head resting on her, she suddenly knew that words wouldn't do. )

TITLE: Whatever This Is
CHAPTER 15: Truths
FANDOM: Once Upon a Time
PAIRING: Swan Queen (Regina/Emma)
SPOILERS: AU from beginning of "The Cricket Game"
RATING: PG-13
SUMMARY: ( It doesn't take long after her arrival in Storybrooke for Henry and Neal to cross paths. It actually doesn't take much more than an hour after she's picked him up. And the outcome goes exactly as expected -- Henry hates her, and leaves with Neal to get dinner at Granny's. )

TITLE: Whatever This Is
CHAPTER 14: Resolute
FANDOM: Once Upon a Time
PAIRING: Swan Queen (Regina/Emma)
SPOILERS: AU from beginning of "The Cricket Game"
RATING: PG-13
SUMMARY: ( Emma doesn't wear lipstick but it still feels as though she's left a mark. She thinks there may still be some invisible ones on her neck from last night as well. )

TITLE: Whatever This Is
CHAPTER 13: Relief
FANDOM: Once Upon a Time
PAIRING: Swan Queen (Regina/Emma)
SPOILERS: AU from beginning of "The Cricket Game"
RATING: PG-13
SUMMARY: ( She feels terrible for leaving like she did - Regina looked so distraught, and she thinks she may have seen a hint of moisture in her eyes as she begged her to stay, to talk through what they did. But she couldn't. At the time, Regina was the source of her turmoil, and she needed space fast. )

TITLE: Whatever This Is
CHAPTER 12: Flight
FANDOM: Once Upon a Time
PAIRING: Swan Queen (Regina/Emma)
SPOILERS: AU from beginning of "The Cricket Game"
RATING: PG-13
SUMMARY: ( She knows Emma has noticed her behavior throughout the day, and mostly she’s shrugged it off simply because the catalyst is too much for her to think about right now. But not wanting to think about it only seems to intensify what’s there, and what’s there is frightening. )

TITLE: Whatever This Is
CHAPTER 11: Inexplicable
FANDOM: Once Upon a Time
PAIRING: Swan Queen (Regina/Emma)
SPOILERS: AU from beginning of "The Cricket Game"
RATING: PG
SUMMARY: ( Even though they’re close - close enough to call each other ‘best friends’ - it still feels weird being in the mansion without Regina there. Like she’s intruding, in a way. )

TITLE: Whatever This Is
CHAPTER 10: Pangs
FANDOM: Once Upon a Time
PAIRING: Swan Queen (Regina/Emma)
SPOILERS: AU from beginning of "The Cricket Game"
RATING: PG
SUMMARY: ( A month has passed since she revealed to Emma who Daniel was, and his significance in her life. One month in which they’ve been very nearly inseparable, to the point where it’s thoroughly worrying Mary Margaret. Not that Regina minds, of course. )