Too often we under estimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

For six months Santana has been living in New York City with Kurt and Rachel, but now Brittany has received her diploma and is finally coming to join them. Can new relationships accommodate old ones? And can the past ever really be recaptured?

Brittany Pierce is kidnapped by the cut-throat pirate Santana Lopez and fears she will never see her old life again. Can the beautiful Captain make her forget all she knows and embrace a new life? Will love bring them together? Pirate Britanna. Three-shot.

When survival feels like all there is then love can take you by surprise. Fate, gold and railroads bring two women together in the lawless mining town of Clothier changing both their lives forever.

Brittany takes the subway every day. She often sees a brunette with long, black hair and amazing clothes. Brittany wonders if that brunette likes girls, but Brittany's gaydar has never been her strong suit.

"My name is Emma. I know how strange it is that I don't have a family name but I don't. My name has always been just Emma. I have decided as it were to write down my life's story. Perhaps it's time I start at the beginning and hopefully by then you'll grow to understand just what it is that has made me into what I am; the dark queen's favorite pet."

Princess Emma was meant to meet her true love at the ball, it just wasn't meant to be her. Swan Queen AU in FTL. On Hiatus until I decide if this ship and this show is worth all the toxic hurt that come with it. Thank you to all that have read, it remains up because despite everything I love this story.

Britt is a shinobi, a perfect killer, trained to feel nothing and let nothing get in her way. But when a job goes wrong and propels Santana Lopez into her path, all of the training in the world can't stop the collision between the darkness of the only life Britt's ever known and a life in the light with Santana. AU!Brittana. COMPLETE

AU fic set in ancient Rome. Regina, a Vestal priestess, crosses paths with a mysterious gladiator. Suddenly, her life is not quite the same. Historical!Swan Queen.

Collected mini-fics/drabbles for Maiko Month (2013 and 2014). Ratings and warnings with change with each chapter.

She was married to a savage and yet she never felt safer; laid out on a bed of silk with emeralds, diamonds, rubies and pearls covering various parts of her body. She was an offering to some sort of pagan God of old and here in their marriage bed she'd find herself and quite possibly something else.

Everyone goes through puberty - even the Avatar. Snapshots of Aang's treacherous journey through adolescence. Summer Kataang Week 2013. Chapter 5 rated M.

My [very late] contribution to SwanQueenWeek. A student/teacher SQ AU. Regina is Emma's college professor and Emma's got a wicked crush. Rated M for language and smut.

AU: Set in a fictional 18th century Europe. At age 10, Santana Lopez, born into the wealthy and influential Lopez family, comes to acquire a peasant girl by the name of Brittany. And despite class differences, Santana falls in love with her.

Emma, not exactly the world's best cook, tries to apologise to the mayor through food. But it doesn't exactly go to plan. Pure fluff. Post curse. Pre SQ (then SQ).

Vampires and werewolves own the night, feeding off humans without recourse. As a Hunter, Emma Swan is dedicated to their destruction for her own reasons. But after the son she thought dead appears at her door sprouting fangs and walking in daylight, everything she thought she knew is thrown asunder. Especially in Storybrooke, Maine, governed by a mayor who is more than she seems.

Pine Needles. Need I say anymore?

many have asked that I upload this here from tumblr. it does not have a name. it is very, very close to my heart. Please treat it kindly.

U.S. Marshal Emma Swan desperately needs a break, but there's just one more job before she can hang up her gun for a month: get NYC lawyer Regina Mills safely into witness protection. But nothing is a simple as it seems, Emma soon realizes, as the two women are hunted from New York City to a cabin in the Rockies by men who always seem one step ahead.

Maura goes to a conference and meets the man of her dreams. It tears Jane apart, and she leaves to take a position in another city. After being severely injured in an accident, Jane comes back to Boston, and finds out things are not how she left them. Rizzles Fan Awards WINNER! - Best Plot and Best Author! Runner up- Best Angst/Drama!

The lives I'll never lead / Couldn't make me sing / Could they? Could they? Could they? / As soon as she had stepped through the doorway, the door closed tightly. And only then, with Regina inside, did the lines, curves, and swirls shift and move, assembling themselves into words within the heart. 'The Road You Didn't Take'

AU from beginning of The Cricket Game. Emma thinks she and Regina are becoming friends, and it's... weird.

The five stages of grief as a love story. •Emma/Regina•

Swan Queen, AU, set in FTL: "When I was a child," Emma began, her voice sounding more genuine and human than it had since their reunion began. "You used to talk to me about true love...the magic of it, the poetry of it. I yearned for that as a child. I wanted someone to love as you two loved each other." Dark, including Evil!Emma and Evil!Regina. Warnings inside!

In the summer of 1898, Santana Lopez joined the J.P. Adams & Son Traveling Circus & Menagerie as it toured the states of the Upper American Midwest. She also fell in love with the knife thrower's daughter.

"I wasn't supposed to fall for you, but I did." Six vignettes telling the story of how Delphine Fell.

"I didn't even realize who it was until she was crouching in front of me: the woman I saw talking to Officer Puckerman before. Suddenly the rain wasn't pounding quite so hard against my body because she was sharing her umbrella with me, holding it up over both of us." Brittana A/U

"The bed dipped, then slowly evened out as she lay down, spreading her weight across it. She stilled, and I held my breath, feeling her eyes as they bore into the back of my head. It was so new, this wanting of her affection, that I dared not allow myself to desire, only to let things happen as they may." — Swan Queen, Regina's POV. Post S2 finale.

It's silly really, to think that The Evil Queen will be vanquished by nothing more than a small little thing, a tiny spot. A betrayal of her own body. Melanoma. Stage four. Major Character Death. Swan Queen. Heavy Angst. AU.

It's not just a pair of glasses that keeps Brittany S. Pierce from noticing that her hapless best friend and colleague is actually the superhero of her dreams.

Winter in Maine - cold, harsh, and unforgiving. Regina has lost her son to the family of her worst enemy. On a dark winter night, she makes the choice to lose herself to the outside world. Devoid of memories, she desperately seeks a new path. Emma follows, determined to bring Regina home to their son. Swan Queen.

"I have been sleeping with someone," Regina began tentatively, an acute awareness that once she said the words out loud that the madness behind her highly unorthodox situation became all the more real, "whom I absolutely loathe." •Emma/Regina•

"So, both of his mothers were liars, Henry concluded, just a bit sourly. Then, in the next second, he knew just what it was that he wanted most for his birthday. 'I wish,' he thought, and wished with all his might, 'I wish that for just one day, neither of my moms could tell a lie.' And then he blew the candle out." — Swan Queen. OneShot.

Brittany's not suppose to care, especially when it involves personal issues, but she finds herself caring about her boss way more than she should. EDITED.

Upon Regina's banishment, the small town of Storybrooke becomes protected once again by an enchantment that prevents anyone from leaving or entering Storybrooke. Emma and Regina find themselves on the edge of the town, wishing for a way to the other side.

Quidditch rivalries. Parties in the Shrieking Shack. OWLs and NEWTs. Life at Hogwarts is difficult enough without falling in love with your best friend. When Brittany and Santana are sorted into different houses, it is the start of seven complicated, magical years that will bring them closer together and tear them further apart than they have ever been before. HP!Brittana

Jane continues to chase after Casey and refuses to see things for what they really are. Maura tries to show Jane the facts, but Jane chases her off and breaks her heart. A long, angsty journey across two continents. Will Jane be able to find Maura and bring her home? Grab your passport and follow along, it's going to be a long, wild ride! Final chapter posted! Thanks for reading!

AU. Brittany didn't want a new 'Mom'. And she especially didn't want a new sister. But that's exactly what she got. Brittana. Three-shot.

Three weeks. That's all it took. Santana finds herself four thousand miles away from home with only a backpack and a feisty blonde for company. When you're nineteen, three weeks can change your life.

Ruby makes Emma a dating profile. The only catch is that she's listed as a guy. That wouldn't be such a problem if Emma hadn't found Regina's profile and begins communicating with the Mayor

Life throws curve balls at us every day... Heather just looked at this as another barrier in her journey that she had to leap over. What if Heather was never casted on Glee? A Heya RPF.

(and you can't afford to lie Fiona Apple) Twelve years from now life is very different for Emma and Regina. Henry returns home after college, and Regina has a proposal for Emma that she might not be able to refuse. Fairies, deals, and freeing those held captive. Sounds like the kind of magic that comes with a price. **CHARACTER DEATH**

AU. 1862, the North has started the draft. Santana follows her father to war, intent on proving her worth as a doctor. Brittany enlists in place of her father, intent on keeping her family safe. In this broken land, they find a home in each other.

When moody, guarded Santana Lopez meets perky blind girl Brittany Pierce, she is forced to learn that seeing and loving are the same thing! You just have to open your eyes to a world of possibilities. AU.

When wealthy Santana Lopez finds an injured Brittany along the path of her stately home, she takes her in and out of pure greed and lust decides to enslave her. Is this love, and how far will Santana go to keep her? Brittana. AU!

Santana has been a slave most of her life so when she is sold from her longtime home into the King's service she felt she knew what to expect. However upon arrival she finds that her position as the Princess' caretaker is more ominous than it seems. War brews on the horizon as she learns the truth about the Abrams kingdom and that carefree lives of the royals are anything but.

AU. Santana Lopez - geek, prematurely outed lesbian, and crushing on a girl that probably hates her. But as she settles into her final year at McKinley, Santana wonders: could there be more to Brittany Pierce than she thought? Nerd!Santana/Badass!Brittany

AU. Brittany is a new student who transfers to McKinley. She meet's Santana and the pair do not get along. Canon characterization mostly in tact.

And, okay, so maybe inviting Brittany Pierce-the blonde, spunky, perfect host of Animal Planet's most popular wildlife conservation show-to Africa to film an animal which may or may not even exist is the new stupidest thing that Santana Lopez has ever done, but, really, can you blame her? One-shot.

The prompt was 'Swan Queen: Father of the Bride Part II'. I can't resist a movie rewrite and here we are. If you haven't seen the movie, Steve Martin plays a man whose newly-married daughter is pregnant. He then finds out his wife is pregnant too. Snowing and Swan Queen. For takethisstep @ LJ

Nerd/Dork/Superhero!Santana and Popular!Brittany. No matter how much Brittany S. Pierce tormented her, Santana Lopez's undying and secret love for Brittany was never diminished. Being the school's top nerd, she knew that there was no way she would ever get a girl like Brittany to love her. That is, until a very unusual power developed in her and her life was turned upside down.

Written for the mass kink meme. High School AU. Shepard, the star athlete of her school that lacks any social graces, falls in love with quiet, bookish Liara.

This is a love story.

This is the sequel to The Debt. Read that story first or this will make little sense. Emma prepares to head home to Storybrooke filled with questions, anger and pain about Regina's actions, as she figures out what to do next. Swan Queen again ... eventually.

Emma and Regina have always followed a simple routine when getting together. What happens when Regina unexpectedly breaks it?

It seemed so simple. In return for her ancestral house sold by her scheming friends, Heather agreed to fake-marry Hollywood playgirl Naya Rivera and stay married for a year to tone down the actress' notoriety. Until real feelings got involved.

Santana and Brittany are happily married and expecting their first kid. However, an unfortunate event puts Santana in a coma for almost 4 years. When she wakes up everything is certainly... different. Can both of them deal with this new reality?

AU. They said she was just a pretty face, a model fed lines to sell a product. But if you squinted, there was more to Santana Lopez than they gave her credit for, and reporter Brittany Pierce was going to get to the bottom of it. Brittana/Faberry

Santana, this latter day power-girl, wasn't expecting this. She thought love at first sight was something pussies created to justify their lame romances. Her soul-mate was obviously another talented girl from her own stature she just hadn't met yet and it definitely was not some random girl selling tickets at the movie.

AU. Brittany is a hardened boxer and Santana is the arm candy of a wealthy politician who's involved in the boxing world.

With these words I promise to show you the passion behind our touches, the desire behind our kisses, and the intensity behind our love. Sincerely yours, Brittany S. Pierce.

Santana and Quinn's hopes of a peaceful and relaxing summer at Santana's grandmother's in Florida are dashed when the rest of New Directions invites themselves to join them.

When Effie reads Cassidy's name, it takes four Peacekeepers to drag Brittany back to her seat, and a fifth to press a cloth to the nail marks down Effie's cheek. All Brittany sees is Cassidy crying. Brittana & Sugar / Hunger Games crossover.

Brittany and Santana are engaged but Brittany wants to try something new. This story follows through their engagement with this change up until their honeymoon. Heavy Brittana smut and fluf with a side of Faberry. The story gets smuttier as it goes on.

Set in the fairy tale world where the Queen won. It's sick and twisted; they would call her a mother lover if they knew. Love, manipulation and survival all mean the same thing to Emma in love with her step-mother Regina. A darker look at SwanQueen.

Regina eyes the vest warily, recalling briefly the discussion she and Henry had had about laser tag after their video game adventure. "Laser tag?" / pre-Swan Queen; Emma/Regina/Henry family fluff

Eight years after being recruited into the NSA, Special Agent Santana Lopez, aka Molly Chambers, is given a new assignment: track down the stolen Government Intersect and protect it from harm.

AU. Based on a prompt at the GKM. Brittany is working at Victoria's Secret, Santana is a ridiculously hot customer who flirts a lot. One-shot.

"The scientists say they have approximately ten hours left, but somehow approximately turns into exactly and everyone starts counting down the minutes." One-shot.

At first the only person you see is a little girl standing there, her long blonde hair in braided pigtails. Then you finally see who is standing with her. Brittany nervously shifts her weight from one foot to the other, "Uh, hi Santana."

Santana's journey toward self-acceptance through love, loss, friends, career and family. Contains Glee history through "Original Song." Rated M for sex.

Fill for the GKM. Brittany Targaryen, manipulated by her brother Sam, reluctantly marries Khal Santana of the Dothraki. She didn't expect to fall in love with her. Warnings: G!peen, non-con, sexual situations.

Santana has everything she ever wanted, the house, the car, the clothes yet she is alone on Christmas Eve, she wakes to find everything is different. Everything.

Emma chuckles, again, because Regina is the sappy romantic between the both of them, a firm believer in happy endings and grand gestures. AU; Emma/Regina; Pilot reboot where Henry has divorced mothers

Companion piece to "The Only True Paradises." The evolution of Santana and Brittany's relationship from Brittany's perspective.

The tortuous evolution of Santana's feelings toward Brittany. See also "Pas de Deux," a companion piece from Brittany's point of view.

Brittany is perpetually cast as the dumb blonde, but the reasons behind her demeanor are more complex than that. She looks back on her childhood, her relationship with Santana, and the life-altering effects the decisions of her youth had on her future.

On the last weekend of summer, Brittany convinces Santana to come camping with her. For both bad reasons and good, it's a trip neither of them will ever forget.

AU Brittana. Faberry-ish. Artie's POV. Artie Abrams knew his marriage was a sham, but he never thought he'd be seeing this. Rated for mature language and implied girl!peen.

Once love is lost, can it be regained? For Santana, this is a question she must ask herself as she learns how to fall in love with Brittany a second time.

When Glee club loses a friend, everyone feels it. But one glee member feels it so much more than the others and embarks on her own journey to discover how to move on.

Slayer dreams don't always mean an apocalypse is looming, but they're still confusing as hell. •Buffy/Faith• •Buffy/Satsu•

**A REMAKE** There was a lot of emotions Faith thought she would see from Buffy, but jealousy was never one of them. •Buffy/Faith•

A continuation of "A Brave New World". Krista has returned to the remnants of Chthon with Chase, and an uneasy partnership between the two begins. Krista/Chase, Chase/Krista, femslash

When Alice left, Jill headed north in search of her. She found people that needed her and decided to stay. Claire follows Alice's advice and heads north. She finds Jill Valentine. Claire/Jill, femslash

tv series Serena and Blair's relationship continues to grow. Sequel to Audrey Can Wait and Here We Go. SerenaBlair, BlairSerena, Waldsen, femslash

[tv series] Blair and Serena's relationship continues to grow closer. Sequel to Audrey Can Wait. SerenaBlair, BlairSerena, femslash

[tv series] Serena pays Blair a surprise visit on the weekend. Set after “Bad News Blair” episode 1x04. SerenaBlair, BlairSerena, femslash

AUSlash, no magic. What if Grams sent Phoebe to boarding school because she couldn't handle her anymore at home? What if her roommate was a girl named Paige Matthews...?

AUSlash. What if Prue never died, and Paige was not a long lost sister- just a cute girl Phoebe meets at college?