#memory cloud fic

[wily-one24]

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“Of course it’s not true love!”

The words echoed around the room, louder than he’d meant them. Louder, he was sure, than he had actually said them. The effect of them reverberated around the flinch of Emma’s face, the stuttered gasp of his mother, the way Emma stepped back as if on instinct drawing her limbs in close, and the way Regina’s face shut down, eyes closed and lips drawn taut. 

“Right.” Emma’s voice wobbled. “Because that would be ridiculous, huh? Someone loving me?”

Fic: Memory Cloud, ch 9.  Rating: M (changed from Teen) Pairing: Emma/Regina

[wily-one24]

Last. (whichever wip you worked on most recently.)

The last two sentences of the most recent WIP I’ve worked on. (Okay, so this is three, consider it three for the price of two, it makes more sense that way). 

That would be “Memory Cloud”. 

“It wasstupid.” Emma’s voice crackled, as if she hadn’t spoken in days. “So stupid.” 

[Regina] quirked her head, but did not have time to ask as Emma continued. 

“I knew itwouldn’t work.” A scoff, derisive and pitiful. “True love. Yeah, right.”

[wily-one24]

"Well, look who we have here: the Evil Queen and newly anointed Savior. Although I do sense some dissension in the ranks, trouble in paradise.”

Pairing: Swan Queen.  Fandom: Once Upon A Time Series: Memory Cloud Rating: Teen and Up. 

[wily-one24]

I Began Writing At An Early Age

Aka... Just how long does it take you to finish a fic, ffs Jacqui?!??!

So, Word closed down on me the other day and when I just reopened it, I discovered it had autosaved Memory Cloud. Yay! BUT, apparently, the original had been created... much earlier than I had first thought. 

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“You’ve been watching me. “

It came out like a statement, but it was a question.

“Yes.” One he answered, like it was perfectly normal to admit to stalking someone. “Both of you.”

Emma blinked again. Her traitorous brain kept coming up with smartass answers she was also sure were a quick way to get shot. There were a lot of times in her bail bondsperson role, both of them although admittedly one wasn’t real, that her mark had teetered on the edge of sanity or violence and she had learned quickly enough not to antagonise.

“Both of…?”

“Both Emmas.” He explained easily, stepping back and allowing fresh air to cleanse the heat of him from her skin. “Timid little Regina’s girlfriend Emma and tough cookie Boston Emma.”

Her neck nearly snapped with the speed she turned her head to find him.

“You know?!”

He had the gall to laugh at her as he stepped around the table, coming to stand in front of her.

“Of course I know. You know, she knows, I know! We all know!” Then his laughter stopped, his face deadly serious as the gun gestured to the layers of felt in front of her. “Now make my hat.”

She winced.

“Okay, but…” Her shoulder shrugged as she eyed the shelves of hats all around her. “Which Emma were you watching that made you think I know about hat making?”

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Regina stepped closer, her hand out, and Emma felt the touch on her abdomen like a brand, hot and sudden and painful.

“I want you, Emma.”

Her breath choked her, stuck in her throat and pushed to get out, even as five fingers flattened above her belly button in a cruel and sick parody of the man Regina had chased away. When she gathered enough courage to look into her eyes, Emma’s breath flew out in one long gust. Regina’s pupils were darkened with lust and anger and jealousy.

It was overwhelming, too much, and she wanted to both give in and run, run as fast and as far as she possibly could. In the midst of her inaction all she could manage was to bring her hand from her chest down to wrap around Regina’s wrist. Not pushing her away, but preventing her from moving one way or the other.

They glared at each other, barely a foot between their faces.

“I’ve always wanted you.”

Chapter Six is up.  Emma/Regina.  Teen and Up Audiences. 

[wily-one24]

Memory Cloud is breathtakingly heartbreaking. Thank you so much for updating!

Thank you, Anon!!

The last chapter was quite full of angst, wasn't it? I do tend to break my bbs a little. Sorry. Hopefully the next chapter won't be so angst heavy. 

That's the plan, anyway. Let's all pray the muses behave!!

[wily-one24]

Title: Memory Cloud Author: wily_one24 Pairing: Swan Queen Comments: This fic is made on the same machinery used to process angst. May contain traces of mind fuckery and tears. 

Excerpt...

“I was scared, Emma.”

The sound of Emma’s chair screeching across the floor and hitting the wall behind her echoed through the office. Regina flinched at the fury in the woman’s face.

“You were scared? You were fucking scared?”