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    Regina and Emma have been together for well over a decade, married and living together in Storybrooke. They adopted two children: Henry and Snow. We join their lives one Fall evening, in what turns out to be the calm before a very specific storm.

    Trigger warnings will be added on a chapter by chapter basis, but the big one up front is for mental health issues: depression, bipolar disorder, and the pharmaceutical treatment of them.

    While this story is based on the musical Next to Normal, various adaptations have been made. That said, IF YOU KNOW THE BIG REVEALS OF THE NEXT TO NORMAL PLOT, PLEASE DO NOT SPOIL THEM FOR OTHERS. If you're familiar with the book and score you'll know roughly what to expect, but let's leave the new audience with some mystery, hmm? So no giving it all away in the comments or anything ;)

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