Notes: I’m gonna ask you to trust me for this chapter and the next. Like it’s going to be a roller coaster from here. A lot of craziness happens and some of it is painful but I promise its worth it. In any case, thanks to @cssns for a wonderful event. Thank you to @shireness-says and @katie-dub for being amazing cheerleaders on this fic. And a special thank you as always to my beta @aerica13 – without you, I would just weep over a blank page. Summary: Emma Swan is looking for only one thing – answers. Abandoned outside a police station in Menemsha, Martha’s Vineyard, Emma has dedicated her life to finding out where she comes from and why she was given away. She finds an unlikely partner in Killian, a selkie she inadvertently summons in a fit of frustration over her cold case. Word Count: 5,100+ AO3: [LINK] Chapters:Prologue | One |Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Epilogue Rating: T+
Emma couldn’t stop running her fingers over the soft fur of the pelt on her lap. Every time she tried to take her hand away from it, an almost anxious feeling would take hold of her. It was a compulsion that frightened her but she couldn’t stop touching it.
Granny watched her intently, fiddling with her whiskey glass.
There were thousands of questions that were swimming in her head and she couldn’t figure out which one to ask first. So much had been revealed in the past five minutes that Emma felt whiplashed.
“My parents…” She swallowed, finding her throat dry. “They’re…they’re gone aren’t they?”
“Emma Swan is looking for only one thing – answers. Abandoned outside a police station in Menemsha, Martha’s Vineyard, Emma has dedicated her life to finding out where she comes from and why she was given away. She finds an unlikely partner in Killian, a selkie she inadvertently summons in a fit of frustration over her cold case.”
A/N: so @optomisticgirl discovered that there’s this stuff called Passion Dust that is basically glitter for your hoo-ha “to make sex more magical”. Obviously that’s ridiculous and unhealthy. So, obviously, CS had to get in on that. (But safely.)
A normal weeknight in the Swan-Jones household found Emma spread out over the sofa, scrolling on her phone, with her feet on Killian’s lap, who was reading a book on the other end. Dinner was put away and the house was quiet; it was their new normal, though life was still far from mundane.
At least, it had been quiet, until Emma came across something that was just so silly she couldn’t help but chuckle. And giggle. And then full-on laugh because it was so completely ridiculous.
“What’s so funny, love?” Killian finally asked; she looked past her phone to see that he’d set aside his book and had his attention on her, an amused smirk on his face.
“Look at this!” she blurted out as she sat up and scooted next to him, shoving her phone at him. She watched as he took in what was on the screen, his eyebrow raising in disbelief as he read.
“Surely, they can’t be serious,” he queried, giving her the incredulous side-eyed glance he gave her whenever he thought something in this realm was absurd.
“I mean, doctors say not to use them, but apparently people still do.”
“Just…” he started, then trailed off, shaking his head. “Glitter? Down there?”
“Apparently.” It was just one of those dumb things that popped up on Facebook, but evidently, someone was producing and marketing glitter-filled capsules for use during intimate times. Or, in other words: vaginal glitter bombs. “Haven’t these people ever had sex on the beach?” she added. “It’s gotta be like sand—it gets everywhere and it hurts.”
“Aye,” Killian agreed, wincing. “But sand at least washes out. Glitter…glitter stays with you.”
“Oh?” she asked, almost surprised. He sounded like he was speaking from experience. “And how would you know that?”
He blushed a bit, avoiding her gaze and scratching at that spot behind his ear. “There may have been an…incident in Neverland.”
“Oh, I’ve gotta hear this.”
He sighed, but she could tell it was more out of embarrassment than anything. “I’d bought a vial of what some charlatan was hawking as ‘pixie dust’ on an errand once; I thought it might amuse Tinkerbell. And it did. However, when we were…enjoying ourselves that night, one or the other of us may have been a bit too enthusiastic and the bottle toppled off the shelf. Right onto us.”
“I’m guessing it wasn’t actually pixie dust?”
“No, it was not. I’d imagine pixie dust would make you feel good.” She snorted at that; he didn’t realize the euphemism he’d made. He gave her that sideways glance again but continued on. “This…just went everywhere,” he said with disdain. “It fell right onto where we were, ah, joined, and floated around from there. It was in my chest hair for months and my balls sparkled for more than a year.”
“Aw, I bet you were so pretty,” she teased. “How did Tink fair?”
“Much the same, but without the balls.”
“I figured.” They both giggled, both at the story and at the ease with which they were able to talk about past encounters.
“And besides,” he continued, gesturing toward the insanity on her phone screen. “You and I certainly don’t need this contrived product to create magic in the bedroom, as it seems to be advertising. Not when all the magic we could ever need is already part of you, my love,” he concluded genuinely.
Now she was the one blushing, though that obviously wasn’t something new. But—it gave her an idea. “Hmm…what if we could do it without the mess?” she theorized.
He quirked an eyebrow curiously. “What are you thinking, Swan?”
“I’m thinking…” she started, then set her phone aside and slid her hand into the open V of Killian’s shirt. “…That I’d really like to see what you look like with glitter in your chest hair. And on your balls.”
“Only if I get to see you covered in it, too, darling.”
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.)
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.”
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!