tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-11-17:1102300 raspberryhunter raspberryhunter 2012-05-05T21:32:37Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-11-17:1102300:1919 2012-02-11T05:32:28Z 2012-05-05T21:32:37Z public 0 <b>Title:</b> And the cruelest of these is love<br /><b>Fandom:</b> Once Upon a Time<br /><b>Characters</b>: Regina Mills | Evil Queen, Henry, Mr. Gold | Rumplestiltskin, Graham<br /><b>Rating</b>: R<br /><b>Warnings:</b> Major character death, non-explicit incest/nonconsensual sex<br /><b>Length:</b> 1580 words<br /><b>Comments:</b> Thank you to liuzhia for a very helpful beta! Canon-compliant through 1x11, although I imagine at some point subsequent events will render it non-compliant. Major spoilers for 1x07, "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter."<br /><b>Summary:</b> The Queen knows what love is.<br /><br /><a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/337011">AO3 link here.</a><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://raspberryhunter.dreamwidth.org/1919.html#cutid1">Do you know what love is?</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />Afterword: This story has been growing in me ever since watching the pilot. That last scene of the pilot, you see, made an impact on me. Because whatever you think of the mechanics of how Storybrooke exists in our world, it's true that Regina <i>has</i> changed every diaper and soothed every fever for Henry. For ten years. All by herself, pretty much, I imagine. And where I come from... that's a reasonable definition of love. Now what Regina thinks of it... that's another story. The one above, in fact. And where did she get such a warped concept from? Probably from her own parents, no?<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=raspberryhunter&ditemid=1919" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments