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1. Home, where my love lies waiting by hideousskirtconvention

   Fandoms: Once Upon a Time (TV)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/F
   • Complete Work

   20 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Evil Queen | Regina Mills/Emma Swan
   • Evil Queen | Regina Mills
   • Emma Swan
   • Henry Mills (Once Upon a Time)
   • Hope Swan-Mills
   • Snow White | Mary Margaret Blanchard
   • Prince Charming | David Nolan
   • Wicked Witch of the West | Zelena
   • Comfort
   • Post S7
   • Yearning
   • Idiots in Love
   • Domestic
   • wlw
   • Pining
   • Romance
   • Slow Burn
   • Emotional Intimacy
   • a little angsty
   • Emma POV
   • a little smutty (emphasis on little)
   • (genuinely only a little)
   • Happy Ending

   Summary

   After disappearing for three months following her divorce, Emma returns to Storybrooke determined to fix things with Regina. Unfortunately for her, Regina is now the Good Queen of the United Realms and impossibly busy.

   Emma’s solution? Weekly game nights.
   (Post s7 finale)

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

   10/10

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