#outlawqueen

I swear this one is SOOO long and the next one....oh you're gonna love it I'm sure

Fandom: Once Upon a Time (TV) Rating: E Archive Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Evil Queen | Regina Mills/Robin Hood, Evil Queen | Regina Mills & Original Female Character(s), Robin Hood & Roland, Robin Hood & Original Female Character(s) Additional Tags: Missing Year (Once Upon a Time), Alternative Universe - Canon Divergence, Outlaw Queen - Freeform, POV Multiple, Slow Burn, Soulmates, Pining, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Past Rape/Non-con, Past Abuse, Grief/Mourning, Attempted Murder, Parent-Child Relationship, Motherhood, Eventual Happy Ending, Additional Tags to Be Added

The south yard bustles with activity, awash with the constant drone of forge bellows grunting, hammer-and-chisel pounding, grindstones sharpening, and Sylvan voices chattering all at once. The still December morning sets the world in a pale, monochromatic hue, bringing greater attention to even the smallest blemishes of colour in sight.

Roland's cheeks are dusted pink as he skitters about the throng in a blur of forest green and bobbing curls, squealing and laughing as he chases after his uncle Luke. They're both locked in a duel, a pair of foraged sticks standing in for swords. Several Sylvans cheer on the small boy as he darts beneath a row of workbenches to ambush Luke on the other side. Again their 'blades' cross, Roland parrying once, then twice, and then launches his counter-attack on the first opening. He lunges forward to thrust the stick directly under Luke's armpit. The boy's uncle falls to his knees in dramatic fashion, arms flailing in pretence of uncontrollable blood-loss before he tips onto his side in the gravel, his tongue extending out, and Roland basks in the applause. But of his many admirers, none pleases him more than his papa.

Fandom: Once Upon a Time (TV) Rating: E Archive Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Evil Queen | Regina Mills/Robin Hood Additional Tags: Missing Year (Once Upon a Time), Alternative Universe - Canon Divergence, Outlaw Queen - Freeform, POV Multiple, Slow Burn, Soulmates, Pining, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Past Rape/Non-con, Past Abuse, Grief/Mourning, Attempted Murder, Parent-Child Relationship, Motherhood, Eventual Happy Ending, Additional Tags to Be Added

It was easier to run before, when the man with the lion tattoo had neither a name nor face, when she knew nothing of the person he was. And when that familiar lion rampant in black ink crossed her eyes once more, she very nearly ran again. Almost resorted to magic to get as far away from him as possible and damn the price. But then Regina looked into those beautiful blue eyes of his — Robin's eyes — and she remembered the man that he is. A man who adores his children. A man who fights for what is right. A man who refuses to give up on her. Holding to that, she pushed away her fears, determined not to make the same mistake again. No more standing in the way of her own happiness, and she seized this second chance with both hands.

And boy was it worth it!

HOWEVER

I have one thing to say about OutlawQueen.

This is literally the only time Regina experience pure joy in canon.

The rest of the show is just torturing my poor baby. The whole show is “how can we make Regina’s life terrible?” And the scenes with him are the only time we see pure joy in her. And I hate it. Because what do you mean she’s only allowed temporary happiness with this man??

Anyways. It gave me very conflicting feelings when watching the show. Because it’s literally the only time in canon she’s happy.

ASK AND YE SHALL RECEIVE super late I'm sorry ahahah

Fandom: Once Upon a Time (TV)

Rating: E

Archive Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Relationships: Evil Queen | Regina Mills/Robin Hood

Additional Tags: Missing Year (Once Upon a Time), Alternative Universe - Canon Divergence, Outlaw Queen - Freeform, POV Multiple, Slow Burn, Soulmates, Pining, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Past Rape/Non-con, Past Abuse, Grief/Mourning, Attempted Murder, Parent-Child Relationship, Eventual Happy Ending, Additional Tags to Be Added

There's decidedly less greenery to be seen now as winter takes hold, yet Evie is determined to take inventory of every root, leaf, and stem that she comes across, starting at the south end and moving in a clockwise direction.

She counts seven patches of thistle among the clovers by the gate, a dirt path littered with crabgrass and forty-nine dead leaves, a single pocket of wild daisies growing from a narrow crevice in the wall foundations.

Circling to the western side, she comes to the arched terraces in gleaming marble that house several raised garden plots.

Thirty-two bare rose bushes border the adjoining pathway. Anyone else might think them dead, but that steady thrum in the soil beneath tells Evie otherwise. Not dead, simply resting. They will awaken with spring's renewal, and Evie is steadfast in her certainty that every single one of them will bloom pure and white as the driven snow.

It's enough to set her stomach on edge.

Continuing on ahead to the terraces themselves, the six plots about the edges house hydrangeas and calla lilies — also asleep and dreaming of spring. But the focal point, and most unexpectedly so, is the apple tree that stands in the central plot.