New Fic: If I’d Known We Were Dating, I Would Have Baked a Cake

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Title: If I’d Known We Were Dating, I Would Have Baked a Cake
Fandom: Once Upon a Time
Pairing: Emma Swan/Regina Mills (Swan Queen)
Words: 6,800
Summary: Regina is completely unaware that she’s dating Emma Swan, even though Emma actually says the words “It’s a date” pretty early on.
Notes: There are, no joke, three separate meals described in this 6,800 word fic, plus a mention or eight of donuts. There is no cake. If you want the recipe for the entree Emma makes, it’s here: Seared Scallops With Snow Peas and Orange. My thanks to @shinewithalltheuntold, without whom this would not have a title or a summary.

Read it: AO3 or FFN

Bonus! Summaries I rejected:

1. If Regina had thought about it, she would have said that of the two of them, Emma was the one more likely to be seduced with food. She was wrong.
2. In which Regina is sure Emma will lose a bet and completely unaware she’s already lost something herself. (It’s her heart.)
3. Emma bets Regina that she can cook, and Regina falls in love with her before dessert.
4. Regina subjects herself to Emma’s company for really good food, the smug satisfaction of being right, and the hope of Henry eating more balanced meals.
5. Regina takes a sucker’s bet, is pleasantly surprised at the result, has the world turned upside-down on her, and manages to traumatize someone before breakfast.
6. Can it really be called dating when only one of them knows they’re doing it?