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   Becoming Phoenix by Caden_Parker

   Fandoms: Once Upon a Time (TV)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/F
   • Complete Work

   27 Mar 2019

   Tags

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   • Evil Queen | Regina Mills/Emma Swan
   • Emma Swan
   • Evil Queen | Regina Mills
   • Elsa (Once Upon a Time)
   • Maleficent (Once Upon a Time)
   • Prince Charming | David Nolan
   • Snow White | Mary Margaret Blanchard
   • Red Riding Hood | Ruby
   • Snow Queen | Ingrid | Sarah Fisher
   • Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold
   • Belle (Once Upon a Time)
   • Robin Hood (Once Upon a Time)
   • Captain Hook | Killian Jones
   • Queen of Hearts | Cora
   • Regina's Father | Henry Mills Sr.
   • Lily | Lilith Page
   • Grumpy | Leroy
   • Anna (Once Upon a Time)
   • Wicked Witch of the West | Zelena
   • Abigail | Kathryn Nolan
   • Baelfire | Neal Cassidy
   • Mad Hatter | Jefferson
   • Swan Queen - Freeform
   • Disabled Character
   • Cerebral Palsy
   • intimacy issues
   • Self-Esteem Issues
   • Falling In Love
   • Overcoming your own Demons
   • Self-Doubt
   • learning to love again
   • Musical References
   • Using Music as a Coping Mechanism
   • Homophobia
   • Past Frozen Swan
   • Past Dragon Queen
   • Red Beauty - Freeform
   • Song fic
   • Protective Evil Queen | Regina Mills
   • Book References
   • Acceptance
   • Mention of Suicide Attempt
   • Depression
   • past suicidal ideation
   • Angst
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Alternate Universe
   • Friendship/Love
   • Loving Sex
   • Non-Sexual Intimacy
   • Romance
   • Eventual Fluff
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Slow Burn
   • Explicit Language
   • Love Confessions
   • Body insecurity
   • Slice of Life
   • Passion project
   • mention of cutting

   Summary

   Emma Swan is a writer with Cerebral Palsy, and a bruised heart. Regina Mills is a singer who unknowingly helps heal said heart.

   When Emma is hired to write Regina’s biography, the blonde’s world is turned upside-down, and she finds herself asking a question that terrifies her: Can she love again?

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   42,662

   Chapters:

   16/16

   Comments:

   261

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   525

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   Bookmarked by Dyl_Pickle_6

   03 Jan 2026

   Bookmarker's Notes

   It’s such an amazing work. Beautiful set up, plot, and it elicits so many emotions. I would read this with any characters, not just Emma and Regina. I just love the dynamic between them in this. Regina changing Emma’s perspective and helping her love again and Emma unknowingly helping Regina as well. Emma having Cerebral Palsy just makes it feel so real. Most fics are dramatized or maybe can’t happen in real life (not a bad thing) but this just feels so real and raw.