Title: All I Need
Author:
stelladelnordxdPairings/Characters: Captain Hook/Emma Swan; Rumplestiltskin/Mr.Gold, Henry Mills
Word Count: 740 Words
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: None of this belongs to me, sadly.
Warnings: Spoilers for all aired season four episodes and future episode speculation.
Notes: Written for
onceuponaland.
He misses his ship. Emma can tell that, sometimes, when she catches him staring out at the water with a faraway gaze on his face. She understands that feeling, too. But what she doesn't understand, currently, is him.
She thought that their date went great, even after the thief interrupted it for a moment. Hell, she wanted to continue her date, let him come inside for some coffee, maybe some tacos. But she remembered she lived with her parents, and damn, did she need a new place to live.
Nothing seemed wrong the next day. But the day after, everything seemed different. A little more tense than before. And Emma could only pinpoint it to one thing - that god forsaken hook. She bites her lip in thought, not paying attention to anything her parents were saying. She was at the loft, and Henry was with Regina doing god knows what.
And Killian has been avoiding her, stuck in his thoughts all day.
"Emma?" She hears, and she glances briefly towards her Mom and Dad before sighing and standing up from the stool she was sitting on.
"I'm going to go find Killian," She mumbles, leaving the loft quickly and heading to the docks, knowing that he'll probably be there, still lost in his thoughts from before. She walks slowly, appearing to be in no rush as she lets her own mind wander.
She doesn't know what changed in Killian. She knows he went and had his hand back, they went on their date, and then he had the hand taken away.
"So what's the common thread," She mutters to herself, passing by Gold's shop before pausing and narrowing her eyes.
In order to get his hand, Killian had to go to Gold to ask for help. And in order to get rid of it, he needed to go to Gold. Maybe, she should go to Gold, do a little digging. With a nod, Emma frowns before turning and heading into Gold's shop, crossing her arms as she does so, surprised to see Henry there, and not with Regina like she thought.
"Henry?" She asks taken aback as her son smiles up at her. "What on earth are you doing here?" She questions as Henry still smiles at her. When he's about to reply, she notices Gold come out of the corner and scowls.
"Tell me later, kid. I need to talk to Mr. Gold," She says quickly, moving over to Gold and crossing her arms.
"What is it dearie?"
"What did you make Killian do for the removal of his hand?" She watches as Gold looks up at her and knows that he won't tell her.
"Why don't you ask him, dearie?" He spits and Emma sighs with a shake of her head.
"I will be. But I wanted to ask you first. In hopes that maybe Belle is right about you. Maybe you have changed, but I don't see it. It's clear you did something, said something to him, Gold." She replies before leaving in a huff and heading towards the docks, knowing exactly where to find Killian.
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She finds him ten minutes later, staring out at the ocean, just like she thought he would be. His body is slumped and he has an untouched bottle of rum next to him. She falters slightly upon seeing it but lets out a smile.
"Killian," She murmurs, sitting down next to him and grabbing his right hand, clenching it lightly. "Are you -"
"Yes." He replies, looking at her with a small smile. "Love, you have no idea. For the past two days, I've been thinking over what happened and-" He trails off, shaking his head.
"I can't keep this from you love. I don't even want to try, to be honest. Because in the end, I'll need your help." Killian murmurs and she clenches onto his hand tighter, letting the silence take over them.
"Killian, we might have come from two very different times but well - we're in this together." Emma says with a shrug as Killian looks over to her.
"Yeah love, we are, aren't we?" He chuckles, looking down and back at the water.
"One day, I'll get you your ship back." Emma grins as Killian chuckles.
"No. It's okay. All I need is you, Swan."
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"We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now" - Martin Luther King Jr