Emma knew she had screwed things up. She knew from the way Regina avoided her and all the words that weren't said. But the journey she had hoped would fix things between them, instead confronts them with a force of nature threatening to tear apart everything they care about. (SQ-BigBang fic, post Going Home)
"Cut off his hand." "Your Highness!" Emma narrowed her eyes and tilted her head towards the side and at the Captain of the Guard. "Is there a problem?" (Evil!Emma AU story for SQ-week)
"Everything still looks the same to you, doesn't it?" By the time it dawned on her what Emma meant it was already too late. (Season 3B rewrite in a sense)
"Not a fan of David Bowie, Madam Mayor?" He looks up from the blob of food he just placed into his napkin to see his mother glaring back at Emma with an unimpressed look. Though he can tell, from having watched their conversations in the past, it is more for show than anything.
"Regina?" Vaguely, she hears her mother's voice coming from somewhere behind her, but her attention is on the woman standing in front of her instead. Her eyes find Regina's own and then they dip. They dip and find the little girl wrapped up in a pink baby blanket and Emma's breath catches.
Emma tries to fix something...with magic. And it seems to be an universal truth that things rarely go to plan when Emma tries to fix things with magic. (SQWeek entry: Truth Serum)
Emma knew by now that all magic came with a price, but this was ridiculous.
She watched as they left, through a haze of tears; with choked off sobs shaking her frame as she tried to keep herself together for a while longer. She watched them until the car was nothing more than a blurry yellow speck. And then there was nothing left and yet she was unable to turn away. (Post 3B one-shot)
Emma and Regina and a magic mirror. It goes a little differently this time.
When Emma arrives late at night at Regina's door, and asks to be taught, Regina never imagines learning a thing or two in the process as well. (One-shot based on spoilers for the upcoming episode: It's not easy being green)
With the Wicked Witch banished to Oz, everyone's memories got restored. Everyone's, except for one person. (Post: Witch-Hunt one-shot)
She stares at them in disbelief and shock. Stares at them, at their anguished tear-streaked faces and doesn't know what to say.