once upon a time: somewhere east of taliesen, by empty_marrow

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FANDOM: Once Upon a Time
FIC LINK: Somewhere East of Taliesen (Can't Get There From Here)
AUTHOR LINK: empty_marrow
RATING/WARNING(S): R (language, adult situations)
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 8,330
MAIN CHARACTERS: Ruby, Granny

FIC SUMMARY: She can still feel the longing of the little girl she never was as she fell in love at first sight with the skyline of a city she never set foot in. Irony, not!Ruby whispers in the back of her brain, can be a real bitch.

RECCER'S NOTES:

This is wonderful - it captures Ruby and her relationship with Granny so, so well, and ties Ruby and Red together in a way really fitting to canon. I love that it acknowledges Ruby's backstory when Ruby doesn't have a backstory, and it shapes Red and her relationship with Granny both before and after the curse.
There are some pairings scattered throughout, but this is a story about Ruby and Red, and the pairings can be easily skimmed over if you don't want to read them at all.