32. “I think I’m in love with you and I’m terrified.”
Emma’s strolling the streets of Storybrooke when she hears the rumble of a car pull up next to her.
“Emma?”
Looking over her shoulder, she sucks in a stuttering breath when she sees Rogers leaning across the passenger side of his Chevelle with a look of confusion on his face.
“It’s freezing out, love. Come on, I’ll give you a ride.”
The wind picks up just as finishes but she continues to walk.
“I’m fine.”
A shiver runs through her as she hears his car turn off before the door opening and closing.
“Emma, love, wait.” She stops at the feel of his hand on her elbow but doesn’t turn and it’s not until he appears in front of her that she finally looks up. “About what happened–”
“How’s Alice? Is she alright?”
Rogers nods. “Aye, she’s fine. Tough lass, she is… always has been.”
“Good,” Emma mumbles. “I’m glad.”
There’s a moment of silence and when she moves to walk around him, he stops her.
“Emma, please, talk to me.”
“There’s nothing to say, Rogers. It’s fine.”
“There’s plenty to say.”
A large sigh passes his lips and he shakes his head. “If you would allow for me to explain…”
“Explain, what, exactly? I think you explained yourself pretty well earlier and–”
“I think I’m in love with you.” Her head snaps up at his confession and the look of raw emotion in his eyes makes her stomach flip. “And I’m terrified.”
I actually wouldn’t mind it. Heck, maybe I’d even like it.
For the petty reason: it would piss so many people off and I would drink their tears (kay maybe not that far but I would enjoy the “wahh! Emma is the mistress of all evil and every time she goes near Killian he becomes a one dimensional lamp!”).
For the second reason: look I’ll just be real with you and y’all can see my flaws out in the open; one of my favourite things about CS is that no matter what realm or timeline, they’re always in love (slight tangent, but that trope is the shit). So yeah, a WishWorld CS would be an extension of that, and I would love it.
I don’t think I’d love WW!CS as much as OG CS but hey, still mega into it.
Rogers sits on the steps, the cool wind of the night blowing against his face and he takes a deep breath. The giggles from inside the house–his daughters followed by little Hope’s–make him smile and he almost moves to wait in there with them, but he stays. It’s better if he tells Emma and Killian without the others around–Alice feels terrible enough as it is.
Looking up at the sound of voices, his body reacts the way it always does when he sees the man baring the same face as him approach with his wife. They aren’t looking at him, they are too busy looking at each other with small smiles and whispered words and it makes Rogers ache just a bit. Because while he would never for one second want any life without his Alice, he’s found since moving to Storybrooke and having to see the True Love between Emma Swan and this Killian Jones everyday, he’s now, for the first time in three hundred years, wishing he there was someone out there for him to share his life with, as well.
Re: last reblog. For anyone who doesn’t want to see any Wish Hook or Wish CS content I may reblog, you can blacklist the following tags: CS 2.0 and Wish CS which I would be using for any content I reblog about it.
about shipping this hook with another Emma bc he is so much more than a love interest or HER love interest, as a hook stan does that make u feel bad? Like oh I shouldn’t be shipping him with Emma bc they’re right or even if u don’t believe they’re right does it make u feel like no stop I love him? Sorry idk I’m just curious bc I see these posts and I feel shit sometimes and hook’s not even my #1 (2)
fav (it could be that I feel bad for that reason) but idk sorry just wanna know how u deal with that or if u just go nope u wrong I stan him with a woman who makes him incredibly happy WHICH I MEAN ITS NOT LIKE U WRONG ITS NOT A CANON THING Y PEOPLE PRESSED LMAO (like u do u I do me nobody has a wrong interpretation) idk lmao? SORRY THIS GOT LONG LMAO (3)
You don’t have to apologize, we all get curious! And no, I don’t feel bad about shipping Wish Hook/Rogers with a Wish Emma, I don’t allow those people to think for me. I’m my own person and how I feel about something doesn’t change just because they want to scream and act like assholes. (If it did, I wouldn’t be so vocal about my hatred for Milah lol)
Here’s how I look at it, Wish Hook/Rogers wasn’t given a love interest for Season 7, his story revolved around his daughter. There was no hint of him being and/or ending up with any of the female characters, so I’m not ignoring a canon couple by shipping him with Wish Emma. I love him, and I want him to be happy, and I see him happy being with a version of the woman, as you said, that made OG Killian incredibly happy.
To me, True Love means all versions at any time will find each other and fall in love, which means that goes for Wish Hook, too. There’s a Wish Emma out there and I’m going to ship the hell out of them because why wouldn’t I want to see my OTP fall in love all over again?
My nervousness about writing this is because of both sides of the fandom. The BA Pro Wish Hook’s and the BA Anti Wish Hook’s, because you got the one side that screams Emma ruined OG Killian, so a Wish version would ruin Rogers, too and you got the other that foams at the mouth at just a mention of him. Both BA’s have attacked people and have sent vicious anons (every time I post about CS 2.0 I get an anon that I have to delete screaming at me) and I’m just trying to mentally prepare myself for it.
I don’t feel like shit at all for shipping Wish Hook with Wish Emma and you shouldn’t either, just because we do does not mean we think he’s no more than a love interest. I watched Season 7 (started late but still watched it) and I was 100% fine and satisfied with his story line because we got to see another side of him.
As for how I deal with it, I use the block/filter/black list feature. I don’t even have to see the usernames of the people I don’t want to.. It really does work wonders!!! 😀
You bet I’m going to be first in line to read tour fic, and bless you for all you said. I didn’t love S7 by any means to be perfectly honest, but of course I want to read about another version of my OTP falling in love. I’m sorry you get nasty anons about this, and I know I have some followers who don’t like Wish Hook but are not BAs, so I will tag accordingly so they can blacklist if they want; we would all get along so much better if we all learned to filter or blacklist and move on or keep scrolling if we don’t like something, life is stressful enough to also get stressed about your entertainment I say, lol.
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