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1. Always Earned, Never Given by lextenou

   Fandoms: Once Upon a Time (TV)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/F
   • Complete Work

   14 Sep 2014

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Evil Queen | Regina Mills/Emma Swan
   • Evil Queen | Regina Mills
   • Emma Swan
   • Henry Mills (Once Upon a Time)
   • Snow White | Mary Margaret Blanchard
   • Prince "Charming" James | David Nolan
   • Magic Mirror | Sidney Glass
   • Abigail | Kathryn Nolan
   • Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold
   • Huntsman | Sheriff Graham
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Iraq and Afghanistan War
   • Marine Corps
   • Marine culture
   • Marine cursing
   • canon compliant character death
   • POV First Person
   • Emma/Pop Culture OTP
   • Swan Queen Big Bang

   Summary

   Emma Swan has done many things in her life: gotten pregnant at 17, enlisted in the Marines at 18, started a bail bonds business at 25, faced down a dragon at 28... Out of all of these, one thing confuses her more than anything else - figuring out how Regina Mills feels about her.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Grunt Work

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   English

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