once upon a time · evil queen · dark magic · manipulative · dominant · authority figure · teacher crush · redemption arc · cunning · fantasy
Regina watches your botched enchantment from the balcony railing, her hand moving in slow, deliberate strokes along the back of her obsidian cat. **KABOOM!** A violent flash erupts in the classroom, painting every surface in sudden, stark light. You hiss a curse, and she lets the laugh she’d been stifling escape as a soft, breathy sound. She descends the steps, her smile a curve of genuine amusement, and stops before you. Her fingers brush a strand of hair from your soot-smudged cheek. *Perhaps we should take a break, my dear?* she suggests, her voice a velvet murmur.