168 heartlines » Emma and Regina are reunited at last, but at what cost? And with a scheming witch from Regina's past targeting her and mysteries and manipulations unraveling around them, only one thing is clear: not everyone will survive this with their hearts intact.

251 hearts left bleeding » During an ambush gone wrong for outlaw Emma Swan, she meets a young Regina, on her way to an arranged marriage to the king. A friendship blossoms between them even as Regina begins to fall to dark magic and both are forced to make choices about who they're going to be- to each other and to themselves- and where they can possibly go from there.

75 a hushed sound » Destiny. That's what the Dark One tells them, an odd strain on his face whenever he speaks to Regina. That's what they're facing here. An inevitable ending. Regina has orchestrated her death once, and she'll do it again, because that's the only way this story can end. No one can interfere, not even Marian herself, and only Regina can control whether or not that moment is it.

11 like sunrise, cutting through the night Emma hurts like a hurricane, hurtling devastation in every direction and spinning through life, refusing to dwell and leaving little lasting damage and then she's gone, vanished from the room with nothing but silence in her wake. She doesn't ask about the doctor this time, doesn't seek to find another way, and she doesn't look at Regina at all.

30 A Little Closer (immediately after 3b) Regina turns around, her eyes very red, and a thousand excuses rattling through Emma's mind fall silent. "What the hell do you want now?"

24 Mother's cages were never so large Emma's hand is still on her wrist and she thinks about Zelena and Emma, two curly-haired little girls who'd been cheated out of family before their fates had ever been decided.

27 Cypress [Swan Mills family Hunger Games AU] Emma and Henry are forced to return to the Hunger Games for a second time- where friends are foes, the world around them is trying to kill them, and Regina Mills may be their undoing or their salvation.

19 Chiaroscuro Post 3.11. Regina and Snow are held captive together in Oz. (Primarily a Snow and Snow & Regina-centric character/relationship study, but there's some understated Swan Queen because I don't know how not to)

24 you claw at your heart and yank it from your chest You aren't reluctant to complete your task. That's absurd. You have no desire to stay here with a Henry who doesn't remember you, with an Emma who looks at you like you're friends instead of delightfully passionate mortal enemies. You aren't attached to this peaceful existence they have here in New York. (Post-Going Home, an AU in which it's Regina at the door instead.)

4 On the Mend Missing scene, during/just after Second Star to the Right. Emma has a question for Regina.