One More {Part Four}

Oh goodness, Melanie @searchingwardrobes This is still your birthday fic (even though I apologize for taking so long to finish it that we could now be celebrating your half-birthday!) One more chapter after this - and I think by the end of this one, things will finally feel like they are looking up for our younger Emma and Killian…

Also available on AO3, if that’s your preference - 

Or from the beginning here on Tumblr

iv. 22 years old (three years old)

“One more move, Henry,” Emma murmured, glancing at her little boy in his carseat behind her as she adjusted the rearview mirror to start out. “We’ll try one more town, okay?” She offered the happily babbling toddler a reassuring smile - really as much for herself as Henry - though he couldn’t agree in words or fully understand her. His gummy grin bolstered her courage all the same.

“Yep,” she repeated with a bob of her chin, putting the loaded car in gear. “This will be the one.” She pulled away from the curb near the small fourth floor apartment she’d rented for the last few years, almost since bringing Henry home from the hospital, and after carefully making sure there was no traffic coming, eased her beat-up yellow VW onto the two lane road out of town.

Despite what she had told Sabine, a friend she had made through Tink Green and whose mother had rented her the apartment she and Henry had called home, Emma didn’t truly have a good reason for moving on . Things had been tough at first - her money certainly stretched to the limit - but she had also found true friendships and gotten as close to putting down roots as she had ever come. Bless Tink’s sweet, mothering soul; the nurse had stuck to her side from the delivery room all through Henry’s infancy and beyond, allowing Emma to finally feel what having a bestie, or even a sister, might have been like. Tink had introduced her to Sabine - no-nonsense, wryly hilarious owner of her own Creole food truck and maker of the best beignets east of Louisiana, and thankfully with a family in all levels of real estate. Between the two of them, they kept Emma afloat, pinch hit as babysitters, and were the only reason she hesitated when the urge to go began to stir within her bones once more.

Despite the small semblance of roots she had established, no place had ever quite felt like where she was meant to stay. Emma couldn’t explain it; she only knew that an itch would start to prickle beneath her skin, restlessness to stir until she couldn’t focus, couldn’t help but think about where she might go next, and then she’d be packing her bags again. Largely due to Henry, and wanting him to have a more stable childhood than she’d had, and the support system she had gained, these three years since his birth had been the longest Emma stayed anywhere since she had lost - 

“Nope,” she hissed under her breath, shaking her head fervently as she glanced back to be sure her sharp reaction hadn’t disturbed her little boy’s quiet doze. “We’re not going there,” she admonished herself, forcing away images of the wrung-out despair on Liam Jone’s face as he’d come to deliver the earth-shattering news, the hopeful excitement in Killian’s bright blue eyes when he had left, those front porch steps where they’d both met and said goodbye, and the cozy den at Liam and Killian’s house, where all three of them had laughed and talked and stuffed their faces full of popcorn as they’d journeyed the world via tv travel shows, all scrunched onto the brothers’ small overstuffed couch together. That was only place she had ever left that she truly missed.

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@snowbellewells this last chapter is looking GOOOOD!!!!

A Cottage by the Sea {Part Five}

Here we are at last! After months off (I’m truly sorry for that wait, by the way!) I’m back with the next to last addition to this @cssns20 story - only the final part/epilogue left to go.  I meant to have this up much earlier today, but I had several different things come up that made me later.  I hope you all who are still reading will enjoy… :)

Summary: Princess Emma has always been drawn to the shores of Misthaven, where the sea meets the sand near her parents’ castle. When an unknown boy washes up on the beach, with eyes as fathomless and blue as the waters that brought him to her, he soon becomes Emma’s best friend, her partner in crime, and her other half.  But the tides give and the tides take away, and as her blue-eyed boy sails in her father’s navy and risks all in defense of those who made him family, unexpected danger and challenge will try to tear them apart, and might well show him just where he came from that day he first appeared to her from the sea…

From the beginning on AO3, and here on Tumblr

Part Five

Calypso looked on with a mother’s concern and doting affection, treasuring the chance to see her son happy.  After so many years separated from her children, to have one of them here on her island where she could speak to him each day, brush back the wild dark hair from his face as she had done when he was just a little boy, no longer having to miss him, and knowing he would always be safe. It was nearly inducement enough to put a protective barrier up around her hidden home - an enchantment as she’d had before letting it down to allowing Killian’s princess passage, that would keep others out, and her son and his beloved in.

Yet, tempting as it was, the sea nymph knew better than most that she could do no such thing. Killian might find contentment here, now that Emma was by his side, but she could never force him to stay in such a manner. She would be parting him cruelly from the life he had worked hard to make for himself, and from the people who had taken him in - those who had become hs family when Davy had taken he and Liam from her arms. Having been forced to live with such loss, she would force no such thing on anyone else.

No, she would not make her beloved boy - long since become a man - remain here. She knew he would go, and even as she feared what might await him on his journey back to Misthaven; almost sensing that the threat from the deep was not yet over, she could only treasure this interlude she had been granted, to see Killian again, and to let him know he and his elder brother had always been loved and wanted.

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Wow, what an epic chapter followed by a hot reunion! Loved it!!!

A Cottage by the Sea {Part Five}

Here we are at last! After months off (I’m truly sorry for that wait, by the way!) I’m back with the next to last addition to this @cssns20 story - only the final part/epilogue left to go.  I meant to have this up much earlier today, but I had several different things come up that made me later.  I hope you all who are still reading will enjoy… :)

Summary: Princess Emma has always been drawn to the shores of Misthaven, where the sea meets the sand near her parents’ castle. When an unknown boy washes up on the beach, with eyes as fathomless and blue as the waters that brought him to her, he soon becomes Emma’s best friend, her partner in crime, and her other half.  But the tides give and the tides take away, and as her blue-eyed boy sails in her father’s navy and risks all in defense of those who made him family, unexpected danger and challenge will try to tear them apart, and might well show him just where he came from that day he first appeared to her from the sea…

From the beginning on AO3, and here on Tumblr

Part Five

Calypso looked on with a mother’s concern and doting affection, treasuring the chance to see her son happy.  After so many years separated from her children, to have one of them here on her island where she could speak to him each day, brush back the wild dark hair from his face as she had done when he was just a little boy, no longer having to miss him, and knowing he would always be safe. It was nearly inducement enough to put a protective barrier up around her hidden home - an enchantment as she’d had before letting it down to allowing Killian’s princess passage, that would keep others out, and her son and his beloved in.

Yet, tempting as it was, the sea nymph knew better than most that she could do no such thing. Killian might find contentment here, now that Emma was by his side, but she could never force him to stay in such a manner. She would be parting him cruelly from the life he had worked hard to make for himself, and from the people who had taken him in - those who had become hs family when Davy had taken he and Liam from her arms. Having been forced to live with such loss, she would force no such thing on anyone else.

No, she would not make her beloved boy - long since become a man - remain here. She knew he would go, and even as she feared what might await him on his journey back to Misthaven; almost sensing that the threat from the deep was not yet over, she could only treasure this interlude she had been granted, to see Killian again, and to let him know he and his elder brother had always been loved and wanted.

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@snowbellewells , I am so happy to see another update on this story and look forward to reading it!

The Long Lost Brother

Captured, ransomed and lost at sea, Prince Killian was thought dead by his beloved brother, King Liam.

But little did he know that his brother had washed away into shore in a faraway land, found by Emma Swan as she was collecting began for her secret healing potions.

She nurtured the strange man back to life, drawn by his blue eyes and striking features. She didn’t know if she could trust him but it didn’t matter as her magic potions brought him back to life. She’d risk her life to save his.

Grateful, Killian looked into those forest green eyes and promised to keep her secret. He wouldn’t turn against the woman that used her gifts to save him. His mind blank, his memories long forgotten, he picked up work as a blacksmith in the village, not wanting to drift far away from where he was found. He could claim it was because he didn’t know where to go if not there, but it wasn’t fear what kept him there, it was something much more powerful. It was the pull he felt towards the secret forest witch that had saved him, binding his life to hers. Soon, he was coming back to her at the end of each day, his hands and lips mapping the nooks of her body as he lain with her each night.

It was to everyone’s surprise when the King Consort of Arendelle stopped his horse in the middle of the parade, dismounted and ran towards the town’s foreign blacksmith. But as Liam pulled Killian into his arms, it was as if a dam had broken and his memories started to pour in, his former life coming back to him.

Later, when Killian found Emma knelt by the hearth on her house, there were tears in her eyes. He was a prince and she was nothing but a secret witch disguised as a poor peasant. He was out of her reach and she had to let him go.

But the wouldn’t let her. He was hers to keep from the moment she’d breathed life back into him and she was his to run away with him to live no longer in fear, but treasured as the magnificent woman she was.

CSSNS: “A Cottage by the Sea” /// Part Four

I’m terribly sorry once again for the delay, but I can see the end in sight on this on now, and I have a good vision for where the rest of this story is going. I hope you will enjoy some of the happy developments in this installment, and (as always) I’d love to hear what you think!

~***~ Excessive thanks and flails once more to @searchingwardrobes​ for this lovely cover art! ~***~

Summary: Princess Emma has always been drawn to the shores of Misthaven, where the sea meets the shore near her parents’ castle. When an unknown boy washes up on the sand, with eyes as fathomless and blue as the waters that brought him to her, he soon becomes Emma’s best friend, her partner in crime, and her other half.  But the tides give and the tides take away, and as her blue-eyed boy sails in her father’s navy and risks all in defense of those who made him family, unexpected danger and challenge will try to tear them apart, and might well show him just where he came from that day he first appeared to her from the sea…

Previous installments, from the beginning, on TUMBLR and on AO3

Part Four

Princess Emma had not been alone at sea for long when self-doubt and questions began to gnaw at her confidence and left her wondering if she should really have set out on her own. She was keeping the small vessel afloat and on course (she couldn’t wait to show Killian she really had been listening to his scattered lessons in their moments alone, even if she had been trying to steal glancing touches and quick glimpses at his unknowing features at the same time), but all the same, once the sun was overhead, beating down hot and unmercifully and she could see only unbroken ocean as far as the horizon in any direction, some of her fearless resolve left her. Why had she not tried to convince or bribe someone who knew more about navigation to come along? What if she were sailing further away from her beloved, instead of closer to him? How would she even get them back if she did locate Killian? What if he were hurt and she didn’t know how to help? She should have brought a healer!

The plaguing worries circled round and round, wreathing her head like a swarm of gnats, and Emma was unable to bat them away. Though she felt the gentle rhythm of the waves beneath her small craft, and knew that they were moving, there was no sign that she was closer to land - or any living thing at all. If she hadn’t been so desperate, so swept up in her emotions and determined recklessness, she would have brought more food and fresh drinking water than the couple of jugs and the bread and cheese she had grabbed. She could be out here for days or weeks, unable to find her way back - or to locate where Killian might be.

By the time the sun had fully risen, and she was well out of sight of Misthaven’s shore, and any other in any direction, Emma had worked herself into enough of a state that the adrenaline which had propelled her down the side of the castle walls, to the docks, and out to sea, was flagging in earnest and she sunk to the rough planks of her vessel, finally feeling the need for rest which had completely eluded her all the previous night. Despite that, she fought valiantly to keep her eyes open and to stay alert. She was sure she couldn’t even imagine all the danger she might face if she didn’t remain on her guard. Still, as time crawled forward, the steady rise and fall of the calm waters served to nearly rock her gently closer to slumber, her eyelids continually growing more and more weighted, until they fell closed and she leaned against the boat’s side in a doze.

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@snowbellewells this is what I thought of when reading this chapter:

Loved it!

A Cottage by the Sea: Part Three

Hello there, lovely shipmates and readers! I truly never meant to keep you waiting so long for this next installment, but there we are. I went back to school, and then somewhat over-committed myself in other fic events and ideas as well, and time just flew by before I could get this update to you! I hope that you will still enjoy all the same. I’ll stop making excuses and just let you read.  This may seem like a bit of a “talky”, slower chapter, but I needed to let Killian learn and work through some things, and to set Emma on her course… 

** So many thanks as always to @cssns​ for the opportunity to participate in such a fun and amazing event, and to @searchingwardrobes​ for the gorgeous and stunning cover art I simply adore.  And a special shout out in this chapter to @winterbythesea​ for the suggestion of a name for Emma’s horse that sounded just right as soon as I heard it! :)

Summary:  Princess Emma has always been drawn to the shores of Misthaven, where the sea meets the shore near her parents’ castle. When an unknown boy washes up on the sand, with eyes as fathomless and blue as the waters that brought him to her, he soon becomes Emma’s best friend, her partner in crime, and her other half.  But the tides give and the tides take away, and as her blue-eyed boy sails in her father’s navy and risks all in defense of those who made him family, unexpected danger and challenge will try to tear them apart, and might well show him just where he came from that day he first appeared to her from the sea…

Read it from the beginning HERE or on AO3

Part Three

“My mother?” he questioned, voice hesitant and perplexed as he scrambled to stand and face the ethereal being who had stepped gracefully from the pool, and after just a moment appeared miraculously dry with not a hair out of place - as if she had never been underwater at all.

Killian blinked, half expecting her to disappear when his eyes reopened. When the beautiful nymph - for that was what she must be - still stood before him, watching curiously, he shook his head and wondered vaguely if he had hit it after all, either in the wreck or once washed to shore. “My mother died… long ago… when I was a mere babe, according to my father. It cannot be possible for you… that you… I mean…” Gesturing helplessly with awkward hands, Killian finally let his words trail off, beseeching her with a look to understand.

The mysterious lady’s eyes seemed to darken their blue shade with the sadness glistening in their depths. Shaking her head, she stepped closer, practically gliding over the ground between them. “Killian, my dear,” she crooned, her cool, soothing hand caressing his cheek with the lightness of a butterfly’s wing. “There is so much you do not know…” she shook her head sadly, beckoning him to follow her to a spot in the shade of the trees around the clearing. “Come, let me explain. It has been kept from you long enough. And…” she swallowed some deep emotion. “I’ve waited so long to talk to you.”

Biting his tongue against more indignant and disbelieving outbursts, Killian found he was greatly comforted by the soft press of her fingers on his own, and followed her dutifully to a large, flat rock at the clearing’s edge and took a seat. He had a thousand questions on the tip of his tongue and nearly as many rebuttals to her claim. Yet, he found he also wanted her to stay there - whoever or whatever she might be. He needed to know what she had to say.

When the woman’s large eyes turned to meet his again, she asked, “What do you remember of the time before you came to Misthaven?”

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@snowbellewells being your artist for this fic, I knew about the "big reveal" but that didn't make it any less emotional! I was moved to tears 😭 And your descriptions are all so vivid, I felt I was truly living in the moment with the characters. And I am hoping maybe Liam is still alive?

1 - CS Season 4B AU Canon Divergence

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I’ve always wanted to rewrite this story, it was my first CS MC, I was just coming out of the Olicity fandom and wanted to write my two OTPs together. I can’t thank @captainswanbigbang enough for giving me this opportunity. You ladies rock! Also, to @scientificapricot – I can’t thank you enough for your AMAZING BETAing skills and your flailing. This story wouldn’t be finished without you. <3

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Captain Swan Supernatural Summer

Thanks again to @kmomof4 for organizing the thing…

Thanks to @hookedonapirate for her Beta services.

Thanks to @kymbersmith-90 @revanmeetra87 @searchingwardrobes for their support and help cause I tend to freak out. :p

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Chapter 3:

The road so far…

Liam grows up fast to take care of his little brother. Years pass in servitude of a cruel captain. Killian gives in to his first vice. Liam makes an unsavory deal to save his brother. The brothers join the Royal Navy and the elder Jones embarks on a fool’s quest.

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A new chapter of My Fate Is Darkness by @teamhook! Enjoy everyone!

Aw, it was no problem @teamhook !

Run to Me (in the Dead of Night)

Hello everyone! I’m truly sorry this is a day late, but here’s the next chapter of my MC for the CSSNS event.  We learn a lot of new truths, the good guys come up with a plan, and the CS flirtation heats up more than a few notches (which was fun to write!)

Many MANY thanks again for the amazing banner by @wingedlioness for this story!! I simply adore this!!

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chapter two ~ into the light

Emma was still watching through the large front window of the diner, stunned that even though Mr. Gold was slowly making his way back to his shop - no doubt still watching, but leaving them nonetheless - Graham was still leading an unresisting Killian Jones to his squad car parked at the curb outside, a firm hand on the man’s arm and hand guiding his head down as he opened the door to put him in the back seat. She could barely process what was right before her eyes, knowing Graham wasn’t any more convinced of her new friend’s guilt than she was. If she hadn’t still had Henry pulling on her other hand, looking up at her with frightened and disillusioned young eyes, she would have run out to the sidewalk right then to reason with her boss.

She felt more than saw that Ruby had come to stand at her other side, even before the leggy brunette laid a staying hand on her upper arm.  Her clear gaze was trained to the same place as Emma’s; her solemn dark eyes watching her brother’s movements as he closed the door behind his passenger and moved slowly around to the driver’s side of the cruiser.

“There’s more to this than you know, Emma,” she stated calmly, holding Emma’s doubtful stare when she turned to glare at Ruby in challenge.

“Really, Rubes?” Emma retorted, her exasperation clear, “because it looks like the guy I work with - the friend and boss I’ve come to respect - just arrested someone without cause and is about to wrongfully hold them in jail.”

Her friend didn’t answer right away, her shoulders slumped slightly as she let out a sigh.  Her eyes fell to Henry for a moment, holding out a hand to the boy with bright red painted nails.  He took her hand without hesitation, familiar with and genuinely fond of the usually bubbly, exuberant waitress.  “Henry,” she spoke sweetly, gesturing over her shoulder to her own grandmother who had just come out from behind the counter, wiping her hands on a kitchen towel and giving Emma’s son as warm a smile as Emma had ever seen the tough old bird produce.  “Granny’s taking off until the lunch rush - nobody’s gonna come back in here until then at least.  And you need to get to school.  Will you let Granny take you?”

Henry was more than astute enough to know when he was being shielded and kept in the dark, but to his credit, he didn’t make a fuss or argue. It made Emma’s heart swell to think that maybe - just maybe - no longer than she had known and had a relationship with him, her son trusted her to do her best to right this wrong.  He wrapped his skinny arms around her waist, burrowing his face in her stomach for just a moment while she ruffled her hands through his soft, brown air, then he stepped forward and gave Ruby a quick, impulsive hug too, and went to Granny willingly.

“Come, come, my lad, let’s get you to school,” Granny fussed as she ushered him out the door with just a brief, searching look back at her granddaughter and the deputy.  Emma heard her saying something about, “…and the sooner you get to your classes, the sooner you can be right back here at the counter with that Paige of yours, and Nicholas and Ava maybe, for after school ice cream…” then the door swung shut behind them and they were gone.

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Ha ha, well that's awkward! And this is what I was picturing:

I look forward to the rest of this!

Captain Swan Supernatural Summer - Second Contribution

Hello! Well, before the cssns was announced I was already thinking about writing this story but I wasn’t sure, I needed a sign and then Krystal posted the signup for the event. So I went with it. It’s a supernatural story that I had been playing with.

Thank you @kmomof4 for enabling all us, and organizing the event.

Thank you, @hookedonapirate for being my Beta.

Thank you, @revanmeetra87 for your support even though supernatural fics aren’t your thing.

And last but not least @kymbersmith-90 for being there for me, when I freak out at the craziest times.

Originally my idea was fusing in a few things together. I loved the storyline for Dracula 2000 and to be honest I think Captain Swan should be all movies. I was going to use a few points of the story but it evolved into something else. It has hints of some of my favorite movies and tv shows.

Sadly, after my computer crashed I felt lost, for a moment the story was eluding me. I confess it was hard to get back to it because so much of what I had planned had vanished and now I’m slowly getting my groove back. There will be mentions of different types of creatures but I will not go into great detail about all of them.

I give you Captain Swan Supernatural Summer my new multi-chapter story.

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My Fate is Darkness

A/N: Is there light in darkness? Throughout the realms, there are all sorts of supernatural creatures roaming the lands. And there are those who are tasked with protecting the innocent. Fated to be enemies, can true love find its way through time?

Chapter 1

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In the outskirts of the small town was a small cabin with a loving mother singing to her baby boy as she gazed into his loving blue eyes. Her soft voice carried throughout the home, soothing the little bundle in her arms.

“-And fondly I watched her

Move here and move there

And she went her way homeward

With one star awake

As the swans in the evening

Move over the lake-”

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A Fairytale Beginning (Epilogue)

Hey, strangers! Remember me? You all don’t know how sorry I am that it took me such an embarrassingly long time to turn out the last bit of this story. The guilt of not having finished it has been hanging over my head for over a year, but between real-life stressors and the near-complete absence of a muse, well, words have been really hard. Still, I promised myself I would finish this sometime this spring, and it felt right to release it around the time of the series finale as a way of paying tribute to the show and the fandom that helped shape the last few years of my life. You guys have been amazing. Your words of appreciation and encouragement mean more to me than you’ll ever know, and I’ll treasure them always. Thanks to those of you who have stuck with me for all your love and support. 

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Summary:  Killian Jones, the notorious Captain Hook, has been on a quest to kill the Dark One and avenge the death of his first love for over one hundred fifty years. But when he crosses the Evil Queen, he’s magically transported to New York City, a strange land full of fascinating wonders, the foremost of which is Emma Swan, a cynical single mother with no time for fairy tales, real or imagined. A Captain Swan Enchanted AU.   (Captain Swan modern AU, Captain Swan Enchanted Forest AU.  Romance & Adventure.  Rated T.)

Tags as (long ago) requested: @timetravelingpotatoast, @piratesails, @storybrookeswans, @optomisticgirl, @juneqparis, @lenfaz.  Also tagging some others who have been kind enough to show this fic some love: @cat-sophia, @lillyanjones, @swanscaptn, @the-captains-ayebrows, @ms-babs-gordon, @bleebug, @spartanguard, @bethacaciakay, @phiralovesloki, @couldnthandleit, @katie-dub, @fairytalesandtimetravel, @idristardis, @lillpon, @nightships, @kmomof4, @princesse-swan, @shady-swan-jones, @happinessisblooming, and @stunningswan.

The stainless steel door slides open with a cheerful ding to reveal another cookie cutter hotel hallway, and Emma smiles sweetly at the middle-aged couple that steps off the elevator – this pause on the 14th floor marking the fifth stop it’s made on its way toward the roof.  She heaves a sigh as the door closes once again and she finds herself alone.  Finally. The elevator hums to life, and she shifts her weight, now free to utter a dissatisfied sound in the back of her throat in response to the pressure of the floor on the balls of her feet.

“What is it, darling?” Killian’s voice is soft.

She sighs, examining her reflection in the mirrored walls, her gaze dropping regretfully to her heels. “These shoes were a mistake,” she grumbles, wincing at the waves of pain that the sexy, four-inch stilettos are also starting to impart on her toes.

“I thought you said they’d be fine.”

“Yeah, well, I may have misjudged.”  She tips her head slightly and reaches beneath her hair to adjust her earpiece.

Killian’s voice comes back to her a little clearer this time.  “It’s not too late to back out, you know.”

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Summer’s flown by, and this week marks the final installment of the re-release of this fic for @searchingwardrobes‘ CS Rom Com ‘18!  Thanks to those of you who have given this little tale a read or a re-read and have shown it some love.  You all are the best.  XOXO

This epilogue is the beautiful cherry on top of this Enchanted AU!

A Fairytale Beginning (9/9)

I can’t thank all of you enough for being so patient in waiting for this final chapter! Between attending the OUAT convention in Vancouver, working on my newest fic for the CS Big Bang, and normal life, it’s been a very busy four weeks. I promise to work on an epilogue for this next month, but I need to turn my attention back to the Big Bang fic STAT, LOL. Thank you all so much for your amazing support and encouragement. I hope you enjoy.

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Summary:  Killian Jones, the notorious Captain Hook, has been on a quest to kill the Dark One and avenge the death of his first love for over one hundred fifty years. But when he crosses the Evil Queen, he’s magically transported to New York City, a strange land full of fascinating wonders, the foremost of which is Emma Swan, a cynical single mother with no time for fairy tales, real or imagined. A Captain Swan Enchanted AU.   (Captain Swan modern AU, Captain Swan Enchanted Forest AU.  Romance & Adventure.  Rated T.)

Tags as requested: @timetravelingpotatoast, @piratesails, @storybrookeswans, @optomisticgirl, @juneqparis, @lenfaz

“Emma!”

“Emma!”

Killian and Walsh’s dual cries fall on deaf ears as Killian cradles Emma’s limp form in his arms and awkwardly eases her to the ground.  “Emma? Love?” Her normally rosy complexion goes slightly ashen before his eyes, and Killian’s heart beats frantically. “Emma?”

“No!  No, no, no, no…”  Smee cups his head in his hands.

Killian looks up sharply at his first mate while Walsh drops down to the floor beside them.  He hastily transfers Emma into the other man’s arms.  “Get her to the sofa.”

Walsh hoists her away with a grunt, and Killian leaps to his feet and rounds on Smee, backing the shorter man against the counter.  “What did you do?!” he hisses, mindful to keep his voice down.  Steel flashes as the tip of his hook finds Smee’s jugular.  

“I’m s-sorry, I’m sorry…” Smee stutters.  “I didn’t… didn’t mean…”

“Tell me what you’ve done!”

“S-sleeping curse,” Smee manages, his voice strained.  “The Queen ordered me to give it to you… if you wouldn’t come back…”

Killian pales.  “It was meant for me.”

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For once, Emma’s a true damsel in distress.  Can a pirate masquerading as a prince save her?  An action-packed Chapter 9 is here as part of @searchingwardrobes‘ CS Rom Com ‘18!  See you guys next week, when the re-release of this fic wraps up with the Epilogue!  Thanks for reading.

Here's the fantastic final chapter of this Enchanted AU! But don't be sad because the epilogue is great too :)

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A Fairytale Beginning (8/9)

A thousand apologies that this chapter took almost a week longer to turn out than I originally anticipated. It just kept getting longer and longer, and, OMG, the editing alone took three or four days, LOL. Thank you to everyone who waited so patiently and sent me words of encouragement as I tortured myself with this thing. I’ve been very anxious about this chapter in particular, in part because I know how much some of you have been looking forward to a certain ballroom scene. I desperately hope it was worth the wait. Thank you so much for reading!  

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Summary:  Killian Jones, the notorious Captain Hook, has been on a quest to kill the Dark One and avenge the death of his first love for over one hundred fifty years. But when he crosses the Evil Queen, he’s magically transported to New York City, a strange land full of fascinating wonders, the foremost of which is Emma Swan, a cynical single mother with no time for fairy tales, real or imagined. A Captain Swan Enchanted AU.   (Captain Swan modern AU, Captain Swan Enchanted Forest AU.  Romance & Adventure.  Rated T.)

Tags as requested: @timetravelingpotatoast, @piratesails, @storybrookeswans, @optomisticgirl, @juneqparis

Smee’s head swims as he watches the Queen slip his heart – his heart – into a little velveteen pouch.  It’s been a hundred and fifty years since he’s witnessed magic like this – since the Dark One killed the Captain’s love on the day that changed their lives forever – but never once has he considered what it would be like to be on the receiving end of it himself.  He blinks as his breathing slows, the seconds ticking by with surreal sluggishness.  He feels… hollow; like himself and yet somehow oddly detached.  As excruciating as it was to have his heart torn from his chest, nothing hurts now – quite the opposite.  Everything just feels… a little less. And maybe, given the nightmarish situation he suddenly finds himself in, that’s just as well.

“H-how—” He stuns himself with his ability to speak.  “How will I find him?”

To his relief, the Queen isn’t enraged by his question.  Indeed, ripping his heart out seems to have quenched her anger for the time being, as though she’s derived some great, twisted satisfaction from it.  She reaches into the plunging neckline of her dress and pulls out a small glass vial, looking smug.  Smee’s eyes widen when he recognizes the contents.

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Captain Swan gets gussied up and attends a big romantic ball.  You guys like that sort of thing right?  Right?  It’s not just me?  :D  Here’s Chapter 8 of AFB for @searchingwardrobes‘ CS Rom Com ‘18.  Thanks for reading!

Love CS at a ball, any time, any where!

Enjoy!

A Fairytale Beginning (7/9)

Here it is, friends - Chapter 7! Apologies for making you wait, as always. We had a death in the family last week and had to make an emergency trip out-of-town in order to say our goodbyes in time, and the muse was rather slow for a while after that. In addition, these chapters just keep getting longer and longer! For those of you (all of you, it seems) waiting for The Ball, we’re not there yet, but we’re definitely building toward it, and you’ll still find some goodies here that I think/hope/pray you’ll like. 

Find it on AO3 and FFN.  Missed a chapter?  Get caught up here.

Summary:  Killian Jones, the notorious Captain Hook, has been on a quest to kill the Dark One and avenge the death of his first love for over one hundred fifty years. But when he crosses the Evil Queen, he’s magically transported to New York City, a strange land full of fascinating wonders, the foremost of which is Emma Swan, a cynical single mother with no time for fairy tales, real or imagined. A Captain Swan Enchanted AU.   (Captain Swan modern AU, Captain Swan Enchanted Forest AU.  Romance & Adventure.  Rated T.)

Tags as requested: @timetravelingpotatoast, @piratesails, @storybrookeswans, @optomisticgirl, @juneqparis

Pizza, Killian soon learns, is food, which, like the sandwich he had for lunch, is hot, smothered in melted cheese, and utterly delicious.  His mouth waters in response to the aroma that hits his nose when he follows Emma and Henry into Marco’s, a little establishment housed in an aged red brick building a few blocks from their home.  The interior of the restaurant is a mixture of warm lights and cozy shadows, the walls consisting of exposed brick or wood beams, and between the happy chatter and the heady scent that hangs in the air, it’s little wonder why Henry enjoys coming here every week.

Just as it was at Granny’s, they’re warmly greeted by the owner, an wiry older man with a polished head, a short white beard, and a kind smile.  “Henry!” he says with a rich accent as he meets them at the door, “You’ve grown another inch this week!”  He glances up curiously at Killian.  “Brought a friend?”

“Marco, this is Killian,” Henry explains.  “He’s staying with us, and,” he leans closer to the old man conspiratorially, “he’s never had New York pizza before.”

Marco’s gray eyebrows go halfway to the top of his head with mock astonishment.  “Oh?”  He chuckles genially and shows them to a corner table.  “Well, we can certainly fix that.  What should I get you today?”

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As Killian and Emma draw closer to one another, trouble brews a realm away.  Here’s Chapter 7 of AFB for @searchingwardrobes‘ CS Rom Com ‘18!

This is a very busy day for #csromcom18! I just posted my fourth chapter of my Adventures in Babysitting AU, and here's another chapter of @pocket-anon Enchanted AU re-release. I'll be back with another post in a bit!

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A Fairytale Beginning (4/9)

So sorry to keep you guys waiting on this. This monster of a chapter completely kicked my butt, and I stayed up so late every night last week trying to get it done by my silly, self-imposed deadline that I’m terribly sleep-deprived right now and spiraling into that place where I’m headachey and coasting on caffeine fumes and second-guessing everything I’ve written. All of this is to say thank you for your patience with me! And sorry for any typos. LOL. I really hope it reads alright and that you enjoy it. And thanks ahead of time, as always, for your comments! They really keep me going on days like today when I feel like a hack.

I’m going to go pass out now (well, after the usual adulting nonsense). I’ll try to get Chapter 5 out in a timely fashion, but we’ll have to see how it goes with the holiday. For those of you in the U.S., Happy Thanksgiving! And no matter where you are, I hope you all have a lovely week!

Find it on AO3 and FFN.  Missed a chapter?  Get caught up here.

Summary:  Killian Jones, the notorious Captain Hook, has been on a quest to kill the Dark One and avenge the death of his first love for over one hundred fifty years. But when he crosses the Evil Queen, he’s magically transported to New York City, a strange land full of fascinating wonders, the foremost of which is Emma Swan, a cynical single mother with no time for fairy tales, real or imagined. A Captain Swan Enchanted AU.   (Captain Swan modern AU, Captain Swan Enchanted Forest AU.  Romance & Adventure.  Rated T.)

Tags as requested: @timetravelingpotatoast, @piratesails

The hot shower is one of the best things he’s experienced in a long time, and Killian lingers under the heavenly spray long after he’s done using the pleasant-smelling soap and shampoo to wash all traces of sea, blood, sweat, and grime from his body.  His fingers prune while he stands with his back to the water, relishing the warmth cascading over his skin and reflecting on his current situation.  He has no idea how (or if) he’ll ever get home or what will become of his ship if he doesn’t, but he knows there are things to be grateful for.  He’s still alive, and his injuries are minor.  The Sea Star is out of the Evil Queen’s grasp, and she cannot cast her curse without it.  And he’s made new allies in Emma Swan and her son.  

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Happy Sunday, friends!  Here’s Chapter 4 of the AFB re-release is here as part of @searchingwardrobes’ CS Rom Com ‘18.  Have a great week!

I am so sorry I missed this, ya'll! Stupid tumblr! Love this story so much!

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Reposted for @searchingwardrobes summer event - 

Captain Swan is my favorite Rom Com

This is what you get when you take You’ve Got Mail, Superman, The Princess Bride, and bits of Sleepless in Seattle and toss them together.   Enjoy. 

Summary: Doctor Emma Swan, a psychology professor at the University of Miami, is looking for her Superman.  Doctor Killian Jones, a sociology professor, on sabbatical from Cambridge University, is looking for his Buttercup.   What happens when well-meaning friends and family gift them memberships to an online dating site?

Magical Match

Can be found on FF and AO3 and on Tumblr 

So excited about this movie mash-up for our CS Rom Com summer event!

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