Title: dulce and decorum (sweet and just)
Fandom: once upon a time (abc)
Characters: sheriff graham (hunter), emma swan
Pairing: emma/graham
Warnings: none
Summary: for these memories and for our mistakes.
+Regina? Regina?
He tries to r e m e m b e r.
Why would he... with Regina?
Memories turn in l o o p s and don't start where they should begin before finishing before they should end.
His mind is a series of unanswered questions that twirl into confusing palindromes.
What is his name?
Who is he?
And the wolf.
The wolf.
Emma breathes
a
i
r
into the town and the way things start to shake up, Graham feels like there might be change.
For the
better?
Regina doesn't accept defeat without a 2nd round.
He doesn't think the f a ll o ut will be pretty.
He's sure.
s
u
r
e
He thinks.
These memories feel real.
L oo k real.
But his head spins so fast that even reality seems blurred.
Regina p ulls a face.
Graham looks down at the door and remembers.
He can do it.
H e n r y believes.
Emma looks at him with that look.
'Really?'
'Positive.'
She doesn't believe. But she trusts.
Graham can't help but think that Regina walked in on something.
She just..
/appear.s
Odd.
He thinks.
Mending differences? - he feels like he's pulling stitches on half healed wounds.
Emma's touch is l ight.
His mind is
ab~
~la
ze~
It starts at first like a t ri ck le of
p-a-i-n.
And t h e n,
then
.suddenly.
Everything.
goes.
dark.