This picks up right after Emma becomes the Dark One, from the moment the dagger hits the ground. Swan Queen... I'm not saying anything else :) Read and find out :)

"Emma, what are you doing?", Regina asked carefully, not sure if she should be afraid. Her heart was hammering loudly in her chest, her cheeks were hot and the situation itself was more than surreal. Emma – no – the the dark one, had kissed her and… some part of Regina wished she'd do it again... [Dark and smutty take on what might happen in season 5!]

"I have hated you, liked you, loathed you and loved you, but not once have I thought you not to be a fool." Regina takes pity on the Sheriff when she finds her out in the storm; inviting her inside to escape its wrath. What starts as an aggressive game of sexual one-upmanship slowly evolves into something a little deeper; perhaps even a liking for one another...

Set in season 2, after Hook and Cora have been dealt with. Regina is rattling around in her lonely life and Emma is struggling to handle the strangest year of her life, with unfamiliar support systems and too many responsibilities. Is it possible the one person who'll understand is the person she can't quite bring herself to trust? TW: suicidal ideation, gunplay, substance abuse