this is a swan queen post
Fanmix for waywardmixes
Fandom: Once Upon A Time
Subject: Emma/Regina
Title: Kindle My Heart
Warnings/Notes: I'm a bit disappointed that my fanmix for Snow/Charming turned out better than this. I mean, I'm a die-hard Swan Queen shipper and I wish this was better, but it's after 2am now and I'm sick of this thing, lol, so I'mma just post it and be done with it. HEARTY RECOMMENDATION, THAT
1. Between Two Points | The Glitch Mob ft. Swan
The shortest distance between two points
Is the line from me to you2. I’m So Hard | The Jezabels
And maybe you're just too good for me, good for me.
Or maybe you're just no use to me, use to me
3. Ships in the Night | Mat Kearney
Like ships in the night, letting cannonballs fly,
Say what you mean and it turns to a fight
Fists fly from my mouth as it turns south 4. When You’re Evil | Voltaire
I do it all because I'm evil
And I do it all for free
Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need
5. Heart’s A Mess | Gotye
You just threw away the key (to your heart)
You don’t get burned (’cause nothing gets through)
It makes it easier (easier on you)
But that much more difficult for me to make you see6. Say It Right | Nelly Furtado
Oh, you don't mean nothing at all to me
No, you don't mean nothing at all to me
But you got what it takes to set me free
Oh, you could mean everything to me
7. When Did Your Heart Go Missing | Rooney
Love don't come so easily
This doesn't have to end in tragedy
I have you and you have me
We're one in a million, why can't you see? 8. It’s A War In There | Dar Williams
Well you have been kind, and I know it seems hopeless
You smooth the ground, tear the knots all apart
You're helping me move from the inside to the outside
You're trying so hard and I can't even start
9. Sentimental Tune | Tegan & Sara
You hate the tender-hearted torch song
You catch a flame to my sentiment, my sentimental tune
Hard-hearted, don't worry, I'm ready for a fight
Unnerved, the nerve, you're nervous, nervous that I'm right10. Shake It Out | Florence & the Machine
It's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So, shake him off!
And I am done with my graceless heart
So tonight I'm gonna cut it out and then restart
11. Pressure Suit | Aqualung
Violently clear the upper atmosphere
Raging out your heart
Somewhere far beneath
Your pointed tongue and teeth
Is where you really are 12. What If This Storm Ends | Snow Patrol
Just for a minute, the silver-forked sky
Lit you up like a star that I will follow
But now it's found us, like I have found you
I don't wanna run, just overwhelm me
13. Kindle My Heart | Abigail Doyle and Liesel Matthews
Take my heart, take my heart
Kindle it with your heart
And my heart cannot be kindled without you
Your heart will kindle my heart
Download here.
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Fic for onceuponaland
Title: Into the Woods
Word Count: 894
Rating: PG
Characters: Emma Swan, Regina Mills
Summary: To make a bad day even worse, Emma gets stuck with Regina.
“This is all my fault.”
“Yes, it is.”
Emma bit the inside of her cheek to keep from showing any vulnerability at that blunt confirmation of the doubts and fears she harbored. Instead she scoffed, “Nice. Why did I expect anything different from you?”
“No doubt we can chalk that up to your spectacularly bad judgment, Sheriff.”
“My bad judgment?”
“I certainly wasn’t the one encouraging Henry to believe in fairytales or embarking on secret missions to prove they existed.” Regina gave Emma a scathing glance. “Operation: Cobra, I believe?”
Emma floundered for a few moments. She and Henry weren’t exactly top secret agents, but she hadn’t realized their ‘operation’ had gotten back to Regina. Good thing the codename she’d given herself hadn’t stuck, otherwise Regina would be throwing ‘Pumpkin’ in her face right now. As if things weren’t awkward enough…
“Hey, I didn’t give him the book in the first place, and I never blurred the boundary between fact and fiction. But since he clearly wasn’t going to give up on this fantasy of his, I had to try and do damage control, that’s all that Operation: Cobra business was about.”
“Given that the outcome of your attempts at damage control is my son being lost in the woods, possibly scared and injured, we’d all have been better off if you’d left well alone.”
“Oh, you would’ve liked that, but it wouldn’t have helped Henry deal with his issues. And you definitely didn’t help by being so tough on him. Maybe if you didn’t act like-”
“What, the Evil Queen? I imagine most children out there paint their parents as villains for making them brush their teeth and do chores and finish their homework. Of course, you wouldn’t know a thing about that, since you gave up your child; you didn’t have to put in the legwork, all the hours spent raising and caring and worrying for him. And you have the nerve to lecture me on my parenting skills?”
“I didn’t come here to be Henry’s mom, but the fact that he felt it necessary to drag me here says a lot. That and the fact that he needs therapy. Sure, I don’t have your qualifications and experience as his mother, but maybe that’s for the best, since it’s clearly made him miserable.”
Regina flinched. “How dare you-”
“Have you even realized that if I wasn’t here, you wouldn’t have the first clue where to look for him? He sure as hell wouldn’t have left you a note, unless that’s something you neglected to mention all those other times he’s disappeared on you.”
That shut Regina up. Her lips almost seemed to tremble before she turned her head away to survey the patch of forest on her side in a blatantly obvious attempt to hide her emotions. Which made Emma instantly regret her harsh words.
A moment before she opened her mouth to spout some conciliatory phrases, though, she reconsidered and held her tongue. No. Regina’s given me enough crap about Henry and everything else besides. All this time, I’ve tried playing fair and making nice with her, and it’s done nothing except encourage her to keep attacking me. If she can’t handle a taste of her own medicine, that’s not my problem.
She snuck a look over at the uncharacteristically silent woman by her side. Damn, she was asking for it, and she deserves worse for what she’s put me through, and yet I still feel bad. How is that fair?!
“Um, we should probably keep calling out to Henry instead of…continuing our discussion,” she suggested awkwardly. “Wouldn’t want to walk right by him.”
“If he were anywhere nearby, I very much doubt he could avoid hearing our- discussion,” Regina said coolly. “But yes, it would be more useful to stay focused on the task at hand instead of wasting time with your self-flagellation and accusations.” She stepped up the pace til she was pretty much speed-walking away from Emma and once more began calling out, “Henry!”
“Hey,” Emma raised her voice, “this isn’t a marathon, you don’t get a prize for covering ground the fastest. Let’s be thorough about this.”
“Henry!”
Quietly hurrying to catch up to Regina without making it obvious she was running after her, Emma said, “I want to find him as much as you do, but if you fall and sprain an ankle, that’s not going to help. And I’m certainly not carrying you out of here.”
Regina turned her head and glared, “As if I’d-”
With brilliant timing, she skidded on something slippery, her foot went out from under her and she lurched forward. Emma took a second to consider letting her fall on her face, but found her reflexes already kicking in and she reached out, grabbing hold of Regina’s arms and pulling her upright.
“You were saying?”
Regina shrugged off her hands and stalked away, this time at a more reasonable pace. Meanwhile, Emma took a deep breath and glanced up at the heavens, praying for patience and a happy outcome to their search. And if she managed to lose Regina in the woods as well, she wouldn’t be too broken up about it.
With that hopeful thought in mind, she continued the search. “Henry!”
Get back here, kid, so I can scold you for running off and making me suffer Regina’s company...
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I wish I had forever to work on these things to my satisfaction...but then I'd prob never actually work on them and just procrastinate indefinitely. At least due dates force me to be productive, I guess!
Fandom: Once Upon A Time
Subject: Emma/Regina
Title: Kindle My Heart
Warnings/Notes: I'm a bit disappointed that my fanmix for Snow/Charming turned out better than this. I mean, I'm a die-hard Swan Queen shipper and I wish this was better, but it's after 2am now and I'm sick of this thing, lol, so I'mma just post it and be done with it. HEARTY RECOMMENDATION, THAT
1. Between Two Points | The Glitch Mob ft. Swan
The shortest distance between two points
Is the line from me to you2. I’m So Hard | The Jezabels
And maybe you're just too good for me, good for me.
Or maybe you're just no use to me, use to me
3. Ships in the Night | Mat Kearney
Like ships in the night, letting cannonballs fly,
Say what you mean and it turns to a fight
Fists fly from my mouth as it turns south 4. When You’re Evil | Voltaire
I do it all because I'm evil
And I do it all for free
Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need
5. Heart’s A Mess | Gotye
You just threw away the key (to your heart)
You don’t get burned (’cause nothing gets through)
It makes it easier (easier on you)
But that much more difficult for me to make you see6. Say It Right | Nelly Furtado
Oh, you don't mean nothing at all to me
No, you don't mean nothing at all to me
But you got what it takes to set me free
Oh, you could mean everything to me
7. When Did Your Heart Go Missing | Rooney
Love don't come so easily
This doesn't have to end in tragedy
I have you and you have me
We're one in a million, why can't you see? 8. It’s A War In There | Dar Williams
Well you have been kind, and I know it seems hopeless
You smooth the ground, tear the knots all apart
You're helping me move from the inside to the outside
You're trying so hard and I can't even start
9. Sentimental Tune | Tegan & Sara
You hate the tender-hearted torch song
You catch a flame to my sentiment, my sentimental tune
Hard-hearted, don't worry, I'm ready for a fight
Unnerved, the nerve, you're nervous, nervous that I'm right10. Shake It Out | Florence & the Machine
It's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So, shake him off!
And I am done with my graceless heart
So tonight I'm gonna cut it out and then restart
11. Pressure Suit | Aqualung
Violently clear the upper atmosphere
Raging out your heart
Somewhere far beneath
Your pointed tongue and teeth
Is where you really are 12. What If This Storm Ends | Snow Patrol
Just for a minute, the silver-forked sky
Lit you up like a star that I will follow
But now it's found us, like I have found you
I don't wanna run, just overwhelm me
13. Kindle My Heart | Abigail Doyle and Liesel Matthews
Take my heart, take my heart
Kindle it with your heart
And my heart cannot be kindled without you
Your heart will kindle my heart
Download here.
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Fic for onceuponaland
Title: Into the Woods
Word Count: 894
Rating: PG
Characters: Emma Swan, Regina Mills
Summary: To make a bad day even worse, Emma gets stuck with Regina.
“This is all my fault.”
“Yes, it is.”
Emma bit the inside of her cheek to keep from showing any vulnerability at that blunt confirmation of the doubts and fears she harbored. Instead she scoffed, “Nice. Why did I expect anything different from you?”
“No doubt we can chalk that up to your spectacularly bad judgment, Sheriff.”
“My bad judgment?”
“I certainly wasn’t the one encouraging Henry to believe in fairytales or embarking on secret missions to prove they existed.” Regina gave Emma a scathing glance. “Operation: Cobra, I believe?”
Emma floundered for a few moments. She and Henry weren’t exactly top secret agents, but she hadn’t realized their ‘operation’ had gotten back to Regina. Good thing the codename she’d given herself hadn’t stuck, otherwise Regina would be throwing ‘Pumpkin’ in her face right now. As if things weren’t awkward enough…
“Hey, I didn’t give him the book in the first place, and I never blurred the boundary between fact and fiction. But since he clearly wasn’t going to give up on this fantasy of his, I had to try and do damage control, that’s all that Operation: Cobra business was about.”
“Given that the outcome of your attempts at damage control is my son being lost in the woods, possibly scared and injured, we’d all have been better off if you’d left well alone.”
“Oh, you would’ve liked that, but it wouldn’t have helped Henry deal with his issues. And you definitely didn’t help by being so tough on him. Maybe if you didn’t act like-”
“What, the Evil Queen? I imagine most children out there paint their parents as villains for making them brush their teeth and do chores and finish their homework. Of course, you wouldn’t know a thing about that, since you gave up your child; you didn’t have to put in the legwork, all the hours spent raising and caring and worrying for him. And you have the nerve to lecture me on my parenting skills?”
“I didn’t come here to be Henry’s mom, but the fact that he felt it necessary to drag me here says a lot. That and the fact that he needs therapy. Sure, I don’t have your qualifications and experience as his mother, but maybe that’s for the best, since it’s clearly made him miserable.”
Regina flinched. “How dare you-”
“Have you even realized that if I wasn’t here, you wouldn’t have the first clue where to look for him? He sure as hell wouldn’t have left you a note, unless that’s something you neglected to mention all those other times he’s disappeared on you.”
That shut Regina up. Her lips almost seemed to tremble before she turned her head away to survey the patch of forest on her side in a blatantly obvious attempt to hide her emotions. Which made Emma instantly regret her harsh words.
A moment before she opened her mouth to spout some conciliatory phrases, though, she reconsidered and held her tongue. No. Regina’s given me enough crap about Henry and everything else besides. All this time, I’ve tried playing fair and making nice with her, and it’s done nothing except encourage her to keep attacking me. If she can’t handle a taste of her own medicine, that’s not my problem.
She snuck a look over at the uncharacteristically silent woman by her side. Damn, she was asking for it, and she deserves worse for what she’s put me through, and yet I still feel bad. How is that fair?!
“Um, we should probably keep calling out to Henry instead of…continuing our discussion,” she suggested awkwardly. “Wouldn’t want to walk right by him.”
“If he were anywhere nearby, I very much doubt he could avoid hearing our- discussion,” Regina said coolly. “But yes, it would be more useful to stay focused on the task at hand instead of wasting time with your self-flagellation and accusations.” She stepped up the pace til she was pretty much speed-walking away from Emma and once more began calling out, “Henry!”
“Hey,” Emma raised her voice, “this isn’t a marathon, you don’t get a prize for covering ground the fastest. Let’s be thorough about this.”
“Henry!”
Quietly hurrying to catch up to Regina without making it obvious she was running after her, Emma said, “I want to find him as much as you do, but if you fall and sprain an ankle, that’s not going to help. And I’m certainly not carrying you out of here.”
Regina turned her head and glared, “As if I’d-”
With brilliant timing, she skidded on something slippery, her foot went out from under her and she lurched forward. Emma took a second to consider letting her fall on her face, but found her reflexes already kicking in and she reached out, grabbing hold of Regina’s arms and pulling her upright.
“You were saying?”
Regina shrugged off her hands and stalked away, this time at a more reasonable pace. Meanwhile, Emma took a deep breath and glanced up at the heavens, praying for patience and a happy outcome to their search. And if she managed to lose Regina in the woods as well, she wouldn’t be too broken up about it.
With that hopeful thought in mind, she continued the search. “Henry!”
Get back here, kid, so I can scold you for running off and making me suffer Regina’s company...
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I wish I had forever to work on these things to my satisfaction...but then I'd prob never actually work on them and just procrastinate indefinitely. At least due dates force me to be productive, I guess!