Lovestruck

Hi guys, this is just a drabble I thought up the other night while feeding my baby at 5am (joy). I figured I'd put it down on paper so to speak during my baby sleeps so that I could share my imaginings with you all, however that does also mean that there won't necessarily be a regular schedule for updates as I will be writing whenever she's not crying (so could be super quick if she doesn't settle and I'm up at 2am, or it could be a day or two if she's ill or fussy! It's been years since I've written a fanfic (think the Sam/Jack SG-1 ship of the early 2000's) but hopefully I can get into the rhythm again. This story is rated M for potential scenes in future chapters, but this starts off nice and chilled .

Hopefully you enjoy! Please feel free to review/comment/critique!

Chapter 1

Just another day in Storybrooke.

Emma sighed as she lay in bed watching the light stream in through the curtain. Before all of this, "just another day" would have been boring and something to avoid, but a quiet day in her new life was something to be thankful for, a chance to take stock and spend time with her family -with Killian.

It was nice to wake up and know the only thing she had to do today was go to work and answer the inevitably inane calls from the residents of the town about dogs barking too loud or feuds amongst people that have yet to let go of their old lives in the enchanted forest. The only bright side was her lunch date with Killian, a chance to just relax and be herself. It was amazing how after avoiding what they had for so long, hewas now her rock; she couldn't imagine not having him there to confide in, or not being comforted by him, or even him not being there to help with the latest town emergency. As he said himself, they made quite the team. Better get up and face the day, the sooner she got to work, the sooner it was lunchtime.

Arriving at Granny's for her morning coffee, she glanced around to see who was about. The usual suspects were lurking, Whale leaned against the counter, gazing at Ruby like a puppy dog as she served customers. Emma quickly waved her down, Ruby grinned and walked over. "Hey Emma, how goes it?" Emma smiled back, "All good thanks Ruby, not much going on out there. Going to take advantage of the calm before the next big bad hits to put my feet up, do the quality time thing."

"Sounds like a great idea; we should have a girls night!" Ruby's eyes lit up with excitement as she spoke. "I hear there's a ladies night tonight at the Rabbit Hole, we should totally round up Snow and Belle and have ourselves a good time. Apparently there's even a stripper!"

Emma rolled her eyes at Ruby's excitement, "I dunno Ruby, that's not really my scene. Who the hell did they find to strip in town anyway? That doesn't seem like a job that existed in the Enchanted Forest?!"

Ruby just laughed, "well no, but I guess even the gorgeous guys need to earn money somehow."

Emma still wasn't convinced, "How do you know he's gorgeous? Every male stripper I've ever seen was definitely over compensating!"

"Please Emma, just give it a chance! We haven't been out, just the girls, in ages and now you and Hook are snuggle buddies and Snow and Charming have the baby we don't get a chance to just gossip anymore!"

"Fine, fine…I'll pop Mary-Margaret a text and see if she can get a sitter tonight for Neil; David is on call tonight so he can't help." Emma sighed, then smirked at Ruby, "I don't know how I'm going to explain to Killian that we're going to see a stripper tonight, I can see it bruising his ego."

"It'll serve the Pirate right! He needs to learn that he's not the be all and end all of hunks in this town" Ruby cackled. "I'll ask Belle when she comes in for breakfast and we can plan when we're meeting there tonight!"

"No problem, I'll let you know what Mary-Margaret says, text me with timings and I'll catch you later. Thanks for the coffee!" Emma smiled, grabbed her coffee off the counter and strolled outside towards the Sheriff station.

The morning didn't go half as quick as she would have liked, the days always seemed to go slow when she just had paperwork and phone calls over petty squabbles to deal with. Finally though, tell-tale footsteps could be heard from the corridor leading to the office followed by a gorgeously accented deep voice saying "afternoon love".

Emma looked up into the blue-eyed smirking face of her pirate and smiled. Killian bent down to peck her lips as he placed the bag from Granny's on her desk.

"Hey you, I hope you brought me something good?" she smiled up at him as he pulled away, fighting the temptation to pull him back down towards her for a more thorough kiss.

"Oh, am I not enough for you now, Swan?" he responded with a smirk, quirking his eyebrow and giving her a wink for good measure.

"You know what I mean, pirate," she shoved his shoulder.

"Just thought I'd check, grilled cheese and onion rings for milady" he bowed as he handed over her lunch with a flourish.

"and…", "and a hot chocolate with cream and cinnamon" he added as he brought his hand round from behind his back, giving her one of those rare genuine smiles he saved for her and Henry.

"Ughh..You're my saviour" she said between mouthfuls of her grilled cheese as he nodded and sat down at her desk with his lunch. They sat in companionable silence eating their lunch, occasionally chatting about their days.

When Killian finished eating he looked up, and cleared his throat. "So the wolf girl tells me that you are all going out for a 'ladies night' tonight…what exactly does one of these nights entail?"

Emma chuckled, thinking she could probably wind him up a bit with this. "Well.., a ladies night is a night where all us girls put on our nicest clothes, do our hair and makeup and meet up for drinks and gossiping, maybe a bit of dancing and perhaps some flirting, depending on the situation."

"Oh really? Now this does sound intriguing, I must admit I'm not such a fan of the flirting if I'm not on the receiving end, but perhaps I could join you specifically to provide the role for the required situation." He gave her that smile that showed he only had one thing on his mind, tongue sticking out slightly as he looked her directly in the eyes, his blue eyes hinting at what he'd be more than happy to do, and it was definitely more than flirting.

"Uh Killian, you coming along would totally negate the whole 'ladies night' plan, no men allowed, at least not our men! Anyway, I don't think flirting is going to be on the menu tonight. Ruby said there's going to be a stripper at the Rabbit Hole,so I think it's going to be more about the watching and cheering." Oh this should be good…she could already see the confusion on his face.

"A what, Swan? I'm not sure I know what a stripper is?"

"A stripper, a person who takes off their clothes to music for the entertainment of others, in this case, a male stripper."

Killian looked incredulous; he spluttered a bit, "What…uh…Swan…..why on earth would you need to watch a random man take off his clothes for you. Surely if this was some fantasy you've not yet told me about, we can go to the Jolly tonight and I can resolve that issue. I'm not sure I like the idea of these 'Ladies nights'..." His eyes were narrowing and he was getting closer, the jealousy in his eyes obvious. Jeez, how could she forget how territorial he could be, still it was always fun to push his buttons just a little bit.

"Relax Killian, the stripper was Ruby's idea. Every stripper I've seen before didn't hold a candle to you."

"YOU'VE DONE THIS BEFORE? Just how common are these strippers?" he looked offendednow; Emma couldn't help but laugh at the look on his face. This was going to be worth it, just for this conversation.

"They're a normal thing, you get women that do it too," he raised an eyebrow at this, "but it is strictly a look and don't touch kind of thing, so stop worrying, it's just a stupid tradition for these nights out. Nothing is going to happen, and at the end of the night I get to come back to you." She reached out and pulled him the rest of the way towards her. Her back was to the desk, just sitting on the edge of it, and he came forward at her pull and stood between her legs.

"Aye love", he murmured as he lowered his head towards her, "and I'll make you forget all about this damnable 'stripper' that you intend to watch. There's only one body you should be marvelling at, mine…" and then he pressed his lips to hers, deepening the kiss as she gasped. What started as a gentle, soft press of the lips, quickly turned into a fiery branding of her lips, with tongues dulling and passion burning as he ensured that the only thing she could think about was his lips, even if he had to put up with her staring at another man in a bar.

Well, that's it for chapter 1 guys; I hope that gave you a bit of a tease. I loved the idea of Hook getting peeved over Emma seeing a stripper…he just wouldn't be pleased with her gawping at another guy and it made me chuckle to think of it. I wonder what's going to happen next time when we get to the bar….

Thanks for reading, and let me know what you think! Xx

AN: Updated (03/05/2016) thanks to a quick read through from my awesome beta