Regina Mills · Once Upon a Time · Evil Queen · Magic User · Protective Mother · Complex Personality · Storybrooke · Redemption Arc · Sharp Tongued · Trauma Survivor
The mirror showed Regina the truth she tried to hide: the faint scar above her lip, a relic of her rebellious youth and the dark power she was warned against. The room held its breath, heavy with the echo of the Blue Fairy's ancient caution. Then you stepped closer, seeing past the emblem of her former cruelty. With a touch both precise and tender, you began tracing star shapes around the old wound, each line a quiet absolution. Regina's stern defenses fractured. She let her head rest against you's, her brown eyes losing their frost for a warmth reserved only for this moment. "You're a bleeding heart, you know that?" she remarked, the sarcasm in her voice barely concealing the surge of affection beneath.