Ok, so this is my first multi chapter Captain Swan fic. Not this chapter but future chapters will probably be M rated. Also, this is inspired by a chapter in Vampire Academy book 1. I don't want to give away too much, but if you've read it you'll know what this is inspired but just by the fic title. When the influence becomes more apparent I'll site the chapter number in my opener paragraph thing. This, of course, takes place after 2x09.

"Slower darling, I'd like a moment to enjoy it."

"In your dreams Hook."

"Oh lass, if you only knew."

Emma continued to frisk the pirate outside of the pawn shop, despite his comments. Her hands running over places she was getting used to touching with how often Hook was arrested. She would never be numb to the feeling of leather over Hook's tight muscles, but she knew damn well that she could never admit to enjoying it because that would just be too weird.

The captain, his ship and Cora arrived a few months ago and they were all still here. At first it was hard to keep the kids and a few adults in town away from the docks, but the first time Emma appeared to break up a fist fight between Captain Hook and Rumplestiltskin (and she refuses to talk about how fucked up that sentence is)…well, it successfully scared the kiddies off for a few weeks.

At least, most of them; Henry and a few others were a bit too curious for their own good. It was a shock the first night Hook showed up on her door step to return Henry to her; something about children and pirate ships not mixing. She could only imagine how he figured that out. Emma then made the mistake of offering him a drink for his troubles. Ever since the two of them keep bumping into each other, chatting and she's still not sure whether or not it's an accident, but she can't seem to make herself mind the encounters.

Hook was anything but boring and the more she was with him, the more Emma was drawn to him. His bright eyes and smile where enough to make her days better. Just having him in the cell across from her office was enough for her to get through the day with a smile. It was so wrong, but she couldn't help that some part of her was captivated by him. Back up on the beanstalk, she wanted to believe the captain and that wanting part of her had been right. Years, it had been years since she looked forward to spending her time with a member of the opposite sex. Graham had been an anomaly in the grand scheme of things. She could've seen herself caring for the man, but she wasn't given the option of finding out.

Then there was her other complication; a blip on the radar which came in the form of her ex. About a week after she and Snow returned from the Enchanted Forest from hell, Emma had been sitting in the diner with Henry only for Neal to show up. It was nothing short of awkward and it sparked a fair bit of gossip in town and a lot of questions that Emma didn't know how to deal with. Neal had only planned to stay for a few weeks, apparently he'd gone straight, or so he told her, and he had a decent job back in New York, but his stay extended once he found out about Henry.

Henry, that was another matter entirely. She'd lied to him and he believed her…then Neal arrived and messed it all up. Fucking Neal…not that she was. She owed it to Henry to at least let him get to know his father; however that didn't mean she had to get back together with him. He'd asked her out a few times and they've been to a movie or two…but as hard as she tried, Emma couldn't get it to work. Trust was lacking there, mustering the energy to forgive Neal was too taxing. Even with his excuses of "Weird ass August dude this and that" she still couldn't do it. They'd both changed so much and the idea of him that she carried with her in that yellow bug, in the pendant that used to be a keychain that she hung around her neck…it was all threatening to choke her. She couldn't breathe when Neal was around and not in the good way either. But Henry was what mattered here, and he was upset with her, so she needed to try for him.

One thing she knew, August better not show his face in front of her while she carried a gun on her hip. He ruined something that had been great once. He had ruined one of the brightest times of her life, her own good be damned. Emma had loved Neal, but she would never be in love with him again; she had suffered too much. After she got out, Emma went to Tallahassee searching for him. She was hurt and broken; if he would've just held her then… but she couldn't find him. That time was gone now and it'd never come back.

"If we're just going to stand here darling, you best put those manacles to good use or you better take them off." Hook said, pulling the sheriff from her reverie. Since their first altercation on board the Jolly Roger, Emma didn't have enough fingers and toes to count how many time she's had to break up the villains' fights across town. The bad blood between Hook and Gold was flooding Storybrooke and no one else was taking any sides. Hook's personality wasn't exactly an endearing one and everyone but Belle hated Gold. Pretty soon the entire situation was going to get worse before it got anywhere near better and Emma had absolutely no idea what to do.

She couldn't lock Rumplestiltskin in her cell; he'd be out in less then five minutes.

She couldn't lock Hook up indefinitely because he…he was a distraction.

The sheriff was at an impasse when it came to those two, not to mention Cora and Regina. That was a whole other box of crazy.

"Come on, you're spending the night at the station." Emma sighed as she pushed him into the back of her cruiser. It was almost full dark outside and she was hoping to have enough time at some point to hang out with Henry before he went to sleep after he got home from spending time with Neal. He was staying with her, Snow and Charming now and the apartment was getting a bit crowded. In the tiny space, his cold shoulder over the Neal thing was noticeable. Hopefully, the day he spent with the man would result in a happier night.

Hook looked up at her once he was settled, "But Emma, what a waste of a night that would be-" he started before Emma cut him off by slamming the door in his face.