sixthiterationlogs | When you wish upon a star

WHO: Emma Swan
WHERE: All over
WHEN: backdated to December 20th
OPEN TO: Killian Jones
WARNINGS: possible adult content and fluffiness
STATUS: closed

Emma was still in sort of stunned disbelief that she had gotten presents for Christmas. It wasn’t that she was a particularly a bad girl this year, it was more that she had never really had a reason to celebrate until now that is.

Killian jones had changed Emma’s whole world. Who was she kidding? He flipped it on its ass and watched in amusement as she tried to acclimate. They really had been to hell and back and somehow survived everything intact. Well, completely intact might be stretching it, but they were still together, still had their memories, and they were on the same page.

Under normal circumstances, Emma would have been grateful for that and left well enough alone, but here? In this place? Emma wasn’t sure they both would stay here, or what would happen once they returned home. She decided to make the most of the time that they had here, which made her smile at the dream that she had last night.

She had a dream about promises made, promises that she never thought that she would make with anyone and as she woke she realized that there was no one else that she could imagine making those promises with.
She laced their fingers together, resting her cheek against his shoulder as they passed a cave.

“I wonder what’s in there?” She asked, looking at Killian without moving too much.

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It was a surprise to him simply because he'd never celebrated Christmas before. He'd spent most of his life in a place where it didn't exist. At least wintertime celebrations are something he's heard of. He'd gone through the stack with his name on it already and hadn't noticed anything from Emma, but they had both found maps indicating that there are still a few out there somewhere. So they'd decided to go looking together.

The cave isn't marked on his map, so it must be on hers. "Go in and take a look."

Emma glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, a shy smile playing at her face. "Are you up to something Captain?" She asked, in a teasing tone that she reserved just for him. She got a funny feeling in the pit of her stomach that she couldn't quite place. She laid her hand there, but moved into the cave.

She trusted Killian more than anyone else, so she looked around before spotting something glinting in the darkness.

"What is this?" She asked, creeping over to the glint, and reaching out for the box.

"Why must I always be up to something?" Steal one ship and everyone thinks the worst of you. Maybe he just likes taking walks with Emma. Through the snow.

"I don't know what's in there or how it got there." Which is why he follows her in, so he can see what it is.

Emma just looked at him and grinned, because did she really need to make a list? She laughed softly, threading their fingers together as something glinted out of the corner of her eye.

Her brows furrowed together as she drew closer to the glinting. She leaned down and picked up a small box turning it over in her hand before looking at Killian with wide eyes after spotting the tag.

"What is this?" She whispered softly.

She could make a list, but he'd end up making excuses for all of it anyway. Or pointing out that it's what she likes about him, because if she didn't, why would they be in the situation they're in right now?

"There's an easy way to find out. Open it and see."

Emma stared at him for a moment longer before giving him a small smile, a smile reserved only for him. Her hands were shaking just a little bit, her stomach doing this nervous little flippy thing that it always did when she really truly didn't understand something.

She opened the box, and stared at the ring in wonder. Her eyes going from Killian to the ring and back again. She didn't understand, well she did, but she didn't let herself use that part of her brain that often.

He steps closer to watch her open it. By now hes figured out how it seems to have worked, based on what he remembers thinking and the packages that others opened. He's been thinking of a future with Emma almost since he arrived here, and now there's a ring in a box.

"Huh. That's how that worked out."

Emma looked up at him sharply, but there was absolutely no heat in her gaze. She didn't understand, and she wanted an explanation... now. She looked at the ring again and had to admit that it was beautiful and perfect.... and her.

"What do you mean?" She asked, not daring to hope but hoping anyway.

"I've been thinking about the future," he admits. "It's tough, in a place like this, but I have. The future here, the future anywhere. It doesn't matter what the place is. I always imagine you in it."

Emma smiled, glancing at Killian's map for a second before pointing. "It seems like you're not the only one," She admitted softly.

"I never could imagine myself having this, until you taught me how to love myself just as I am. I'm a little battered but that's okay right?" She said smiling.

"Isn't there usually a question?"

He glances down at the map where she's pointing. "Perhaps we should check there next."

He reaches over to cup her face. "I've known was I was getting with you from the start. I'm not exactly unblemished myself. It's why we work." They can accept each other as flawed individuals.

"Emma, I want to spend the rest of my future with you. Will you spend it with me?"

Emma couldn't help but laugh just a little bit, because she couldn't help but think of that little lost girl she was, and the woman that she was now. Emma was a woman with purpose, one who was settled and not fearful and it was because of the man now asking her to spend her life with him.

"I love you Killian Jones. Yes, yes I will."

He leans in to kiss her, not one like the first one they shared in Neverland, but rather like the smaller, more intimate ones they've shared since.

"It sounds like we have some more exploring to do."

Emma returned the kiss, smiling into it, as she wrapped her arms around Killian tightly. She couldn't believe that this was her life now. That after all these years she finally got her happy ending. It was all thanks to Killian.

She pulled back still smiling, as she linked her fingers through his again. "We do. Where to next Captain?"

He thinks over the places he'd seen marked on his map, and picks one. "I have a good feeling about the waterfall. Shall we go there next?"

She smiled, having a feeling about the waterful too. She wondered though, if it would be a letdown given that she had found her gift first.

She couldn't worry about that now though, because it was done and decided. There was nothing that she would change even if she could. "I think that is the best idea you've had today. Shall we?"

"An even better idea than this one?" he asks as he indicates the box with the ring in it. Though he hadn't really had that idea just today. "Off we go. To the waterfall." He leads the way out of the cave and off in the direction of the waterfall.

When you wish upon a star

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