a/n: CS Meeting Online AU

Emma was at a loss for what to do. This was a situation so unlike any she'd ever experienced before. What should she say? What should she do? She was falling hard and he was three thousand miles away.

It really was an odd situation. It had started as nothing, a simple comment on his blog. That was it. He was a photographer who took the most amazing pictures of the sea and she wished that she was able to have his life, the freedom he had to go where he felt inspired, to just travel the world and take in its beauty. She was stuck in a job she hated, just trying to support herself and her son. That was until she found Killian.

She lived vicariously through his pictures, imagining what it would be like to share in his adventures. One night after a few glasses of wine, she'd left a comment on a photo that she'd found particularly moving. She'd gone to bed without giving it a second thought until she woke up to find that he'd left a reply. It was far more than she'd expected, open, charming, almost flirtatious. And that was the beginning of the end, as it were.

Over the next few days, the two of them had overwhelmed the comments sections of his blog posts, the conversations growing ever more personal as the days went on. And after this became too much, a distraction from the rest of the comments, they'd moved to using emails, then phone calls and video chats. They talked everyday.

It had been a long time since Emma had felt herself growing this close to anyone. It was almost easier this way, no awkward first dates, no need to get dressed up to go out. She was just able to be herself. She was letting her walls down and it scared her a little. But she was ok letting things happen. Well she was ok until she decided that she really wanted more.

She could feel herself falling for him, falling fast and hard. She wanted to see him, see if what they had was even something worth the trouble, if it was something real. But she was a little scared to broach the subject. But she had and he had responded extremely well.

So now here she was, waiting by the baggage claim at the airport, waiting for him. She was struggling to stand still and not pace back and forth, the nervous energy inside her making her feel like she was about to explode. What if they only worked when they were apart? What if she messed it all up again somehow? She looked down at her phone again to check the time. He would be there any moment. She looked up and there he was. In that moment, she knew that those thoughts didn't matter. She saw the look on his face, the pure joy and was that love, in his eyes and she couldn't help but smile. She had a feeling that everything would work out just fine.