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Chapters: 1/28 Fandom: Once Upon a Time (In Space) - The Mechanisms (Album), The Mechanisms (Band) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Cinders/Rose (Once Upon A Time In Space), Rose & Snow | General White, Cinders & Snow | General White Characters: Rose (Once Upon A Time In Space), Cinders (Once Upon A Time In Space), Snow | General White, OC: Odelia Swan, various OCs Additional Tags: toxic yuri, Pre-Canon, Power Imbalance, Complex Redemption Arc, Prisoner abuse, Prisoner of War, Imperialism, shithead rose, content warning: rose grimm, Complicated Relationships, Solitary Confinement, Guilt, (said in gonzo voice), t4t cinderrose, Other Additional Tags to Be Added Series: Part 15 of Dog Star in Ursa Major Summary:
The story goes like this: a princess is trapped in a tower guarded by an undefeatable dragon until one day, a fabled hero in shining armor arrives and they live happily ever after.
There are no heroes in this tale.
After a highly decorated decade-long military career, Rose’s much-needed time off is thwarted by a new assignment as commander of a space prison, of all things. Inside languishes Cinders, the victim of a burned-out planet who has been left to rot in solitary confinement. Rose sees a chance to right a long-ago wrong; Cinders sees the only kind hand extended to her in years. Pity she does not know Rose’s true colors…