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• Stuck in your head like the roots of your hair by Night_reader4l1fe

  Fandoms: Once Upon a Time (TV)  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/F
  • Work in Progress

  06 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Evil Queen | Regina Mills/Emma Swan
  • Evil Queen | Regina Mills
  • Emma Swan
  • Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold
  • Snow White | Mary Margaret Blanchard
  • Slow Burn
  • Sharing a Bed
  • Time Travel
  • Realm: The Enchanted Forest | Misthaven (Once Upon a Time)
  • Teasing
  • Mind Games
  • Dom Evil Queen | Regina Mills
  • Sub Emma Swan
  • Imprisonment
  • One day they might actually talk instead of playing mental chess
  • Power Dynamics
  • emotional denial
  • Denial isn’t just a river in Egypt—it’s a lifestyle choice here
  • Emma runs like a Track star… straight into trouble (and Regina)
  • curiosity killed the cat— but satisfied the queen
  • Unspoken Tension
  • what happened in the hug stays in the hug
  • Vulnerability disguised as mania
  • Vulnerability is a disease Regina refuses to catch— but what doesn’t kill you mutates and tries again
  • How Do I Tag

  Summary

  Thrown back in time and captured by a younger, ruthless Regina, Emma Swan must hide that this Evil Queen is destined to become the woman she loves. What begins as interrogation twists into obsession, desire, and a dangerous battle of wills — with the future of their family hanging on every forbidden thought Emma tries not to have. But the closer Regina draws, the harder it becomes for Emma to resist the one person she can never have — not in this timeline.

  The rating might change throughout the story

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