Desperately
Words: 390
Couple: Killian Jones and Emma Swan
TV Show: Once Upon A Time
Disclaimer: All characters you recognize do not belong to me.
Post 4.02
Established Killian/Emma.
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The tips of her fingers were still cold, keeping a tight grip on his leather vest. Killian Jones was like a human radiator, expelling heat as she curled closer against him. Henry had gone to bed, her parent's had led Else in the direction of Emma's bedroom before retiring for the night. This left Emma Swan alone with Killian Jones, holding herself as close to him as humanly possible.
Emma Swan was not sorry for how desperately she cling to the pirate, she'd almost died of hypothermia today, and if she wanted to cling hopelessly to a 300-year-old pirate she damn well would, and anyone who went to question it could leave.
The man in question had been tracing circles on her arm for the better part of an hour, wrapped securely around her, his arm held her to him. After her parents had left, he'd moved the pair of them to the floor in front of the couch, cushions propping them up in a sitting position with the mountain of blankets stretched to cover them both.
If she was being honest, half-an-hour ago, she would have let go of him. The saviour had regained enough warmth to let him go and sleep alone on the couch. But Emma understood that he'd almost lost her, and he was struggling with the idea of moving.
Emma feels a bit of the warmth escape their cocoon through a gap in the blanks and curls father into him, hiding her face in the crook of his neck.
He presses a kiss to the top of her head, moving his now brace-less wrist to wrap both arms around her, "May I suggest something love?"
"Hm?"
"For our next date, shall we exclude near death experiences?"
A laugh bubbles inside her and she shakes her head slightly. Uncurling her fingers from the vest, Emma moves one hand to press against the side of his neck, and the other to wedge it between them.
"Perhaps breakfast?" he suggests carefully.
Emma smiles, "In the morning, just you and me."
I would hope it was just us," Killian chuckles, "Having you father there may make it quite the experience I would never wish to live through."
She rolls her eyes and closes them, and the body heat enveloping her is enough to lull her into a comfortable sleep.
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Yes it's been done. But I had to. I couldn't help myself. Just. Ugh.
And yes. It says established at the top because "be patient with me" isn't enough for me to not claim them as canon. They are now canon. They are it. It is done. Captain Swan is canon. No one will deny me this.
Thank you!
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