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"Don't do it crocodile"

"Oh I am, and you ARE going to watch me crush Miss Swans heart just like I crushed Milahs"

"Please don't!"

Rumplestiltskin crushed the beating red heart in his hands, until all remained was ash. The remnants blew off with the wind, like snow in a storm. Emma slumped to the ground, eyes dull and lifeless.

"Noooo! Emma!"

He sat up, gasping, sweat covering his forehead. His breathing was laboured and his hands shook. He threw off the covers, yanked on some clothes he left on the floor, and ran to Emma's flat. When he arrived, he hammered on the door. The door creaked open and a sleepy Emma looked through the gap in the door.

"What do you want Killian, it's two in the morning?"

"I- nothing, I should go. I'm sorry for waking you at this early hour"

"Hey hey, I'm up now, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I don't know why I bothered"

"Tell me Killian" Emma said firmly, wide awake now.

"Is the boy here?"

"No he's with Regina"

"Ok, I just had a dream that your heart was crushed and I just needed to see that you were ok" he wouldn't look her in the eye and his feet were shuffling on the spot.

"It's really nothing so I'm really sorry for waking you and-"

"It's fine, really, I have bad dreams too and I wish someone was there to comfort me when I had them"

"Really? You get them too"

"Of course, everyone does. Now come inside and you can tell me about it"

"We were trying to defeat Gold and he had frozen everyone else so they didn't know what was happening, but he made me watch. I couldn't move. He plunged his hand in your chest and pulled out your heart. It was exactly the same as what happened with Milah. I had to watch him crush your heart to dust. I lost you Emma and I was powerless against it"

By the end he was whispering the words and a single, perfect tear had slipped down his cheek leaving a wet trail behind it.

"You do know my heart can't be taken right?"

"No, I thought it could be"

"No, it has something to do with me being the product of true love or something"

"So you're safe?"

"In that way, yes"

"It was a bit silly then"

"No it wasn't Killian. It was a nightmare. I can't and won't blame you for being scared or worried. The same happened to me when you almost drowned. I kept dreaming that I couldn't get you out and the kiss didn't work. It was horrible"

"You had a nightmare about losing me Swan?"

"I care about you"

She leant towards him and captured his lips in a soft, sweet kiss. When they pulled apart, she rested her forehead against his.

"Now, let's go to bed"

"I don't really fancy sleeping Emma"

"I'll lay next to you"

"I don't want to be a burden and force my troubles upon you"

"You could never be a burden and would like to calm you and chase the dreams away"

They left the couch and walked to the bedroom. They lay down next to each other, facing one another and whispered,

"Goodnight Swan"

"Goodnight Killian, sweet dreams"