Hiatus Musings, #1: Reunited, and it Feels So Good (my take on Emma getting her memory back, based on spoiler pics)
Rating: E for Everyone
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Frowning at the earnest (and possibly crazy) man in front of her, Emma uncapped the little bottle of disturbingly bright pink fluid.
"Bottom's up," she mumbled.
The blue-eyed man's lips twitched up into a smirk at her comment. His eyes were even prettier when he did that.
Emma took a deep breath and tossed back the crazy-town Kool-Aid. It burned like bad booze, and not just in her esophagus. Fire radiated out from her chest, up through her head and down through her limbs. It only took a moment, but it was intense. She swayed on her feet. Blinking, she saw the blue-eyed man—Hook—had his hand out to steady her if she needed it.
"Oh, my god," she gasped at him, searching his eyes.
He saw the recognition in her expression and his face lit up for a moment. Then he shuffled nervously and his brow furrowed.
"Emma," he said with embarrassment. "I'm sorry I had to disrupt your hap—"
"Shuddup," she said gruffly, throwing her arms around him.
He inhaled sharply in surprise, his arms tentatively coming to rest around her like she was a fragile, precious thing that might evaporate from his grasp.
"Swan," he said, his voice full of emotion.
"Shut up," she repeated, enunciating clearly this time. She huffed a sound that was half-chuckle and half-sniffle. "Just give me a minute, okay?"
"As you wish," he murmured into her hair, squeezing her tighter to his chest and running his fingers through her hair.