3) Replacement (Swan Queen)
When Regina finally did find Emma, the blonde was curled up half asleep against the swelling belly of her bay mare in her pen in the castle stables. The queen was well aware her fiancée had taken a liking to the horse since their arrival in the new land, the creature being a last strap of familiarity in an otherwise labyrinthine world.
"I see I've been replaced," Regina mused as she took in the image of the savior lying in the unsure embrace of an animal, much like it had always been between them.
"I… she makes it feel like home," Emma shook, startled by the queen's presence in her state of semi-slumber. She expected nothing but mockery from Regina as, in fact, she would be the first to mock such a puerile fixation to a nonexistent bond were their places switched.
Knowing she held the girl's heart in her hand, Regina caught the hesitation in Emma's eye, but said only: "Shall I join you?"