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1. Before She Arrives by StellaBueno

   Fandoms: Once Upon a Time (TV)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/F
   • Work in Progress

   21 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Evil Queen | Regina Mills/Emma Swan
   • Red Riding Hood | Ruby/Wicked Witch of the West | Zelena
   • Emma Swan
   • Evil Queen | Regina Mills
   • Captain Hook | Killian Jones
   • Henry Mills (Once Upon a Time)
   • Snow White | Mary Margaret Blanchard
   • Red Riding Hood | Ruby
   • Prince Charming | David Nolan
   • Robin Hood (Once Upon a Time)
   • Wicked Witch of the West | Zelena
   • First Kiss
   • Falling In Love
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Jealousy
   • Pining Emma Swan
   • Pining Regina Mills
   • oblivious idiots in love
   • Break Up
   • Redemption
   • Coming Out
   • Protective Ruby Lucas
   • Overprotective Regina Mills
   • Good Parent Emma Swan
   • good parent regina mills
   • Co-Parenting
   • Episode Related
   • Team Family
   • Trust Issues
   • Fluff and Humor
   • Established Relationship
   • swanqueen - Freeform
   • GreenWolf - Freeform

   Summary

   Three months after the Underworld, Emma Swan has a secret she can barely survive keeping. Regina Mills wasn't supposed to overhear it.
   A canon-divergent Swan Queen story about pining, pride, the families we build anyway, and what happens when the person you've been too afraid to want finally hears you say it out loud.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   8,256

   Chapters:

   3/11

   Comments:

   14

   Kudos:

   36

   Bookmarks:

   6

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