holyrusted-metalbatmansaid: hi i love your writing and i was wondering that if still taking prompts how about emma and killian watching the princess bride for the first time
A/N: I'd like to point out it's been a good bit since I've seen Princess Bride, so that's why not a lot of detail and just main key points of what I could remember.
"Hey mom what are we watching tonight?" Henry called from his room as he put away the worksheet he had been working on for the last hour while Emma had cleaned up dinner and made movie time snacks.
"I dunno kid. Anything in particular you want to watch? I picked last week." Emma called back, the sound of popcorn popping following her words to the teenager's room.
"Is Killian joining us? I know he wasn't too happy with the movie last week." Henry grinned at his words, remembering his mother's boyfriend yelling and threatening the television with hook and sword until Emma had to remove both magically. Needless to say, Killian pouted and was momentarily angry after finding out it was Emma's wish for them all to watch Disney's rendition of Peter Pan. The occasional "I'm not a codfish" being muttered had prolonged both the savior's and the truest believer's laughter for much longer than it should have.
"I haven't heard otherwise. Besides we know he got over it once we showed him what Robin and David's Disney counterparts looked like as well."
Laughter announced Henry's entrance into the kitchen as he walked up to his mother to take the popcorn bowl to the living room.
"Go pick out a movie, kid. I'm sure Killian will be here soon."
"Awesome," was all he responded as he started perusing the diverse DVD collection. Ever since they had moved into their own apartment a few weeks ago, the DVD collection had slowly but steadily began to grow from the miniscule amount Emma originally had. Suddenly one title jumped out to Henry that he knew was perfect for tonight. It was one that Killian would like and was an absolute favorite of Emma's as well as basically anyone who had seen the film. Henry even had memories of Emma reading him the story when he didn't feel well.
Just as Henry was placing the disk in to the DVD player, he heard a knock at the door and the light, quick footsteps of his mother. Soon the accented tone of the pirate's voice mingled with Emma's drifted over to where Henry was setting up his camp.
"Hello lad. Settling in for the evening?" Killian asked as he entered the room.
Henry looked up towards Killian from the blankets he was beginning to pile on the loveseat. "Oh hey Killian. Yeah, I thought I'd like to have lots of blankets tonight. Excited for another movie night?"
"Sure am, m'boy. Did you or your mother pick it out tonight?"
"I picked it out. I think you'll like it. It's got action, sword fights, magic, pirates, and even true love. It's like the ultimate movie. Everyone in this land loves it."
"Sounds like quite a thrill. At least it won't be that monstrosity with the codfish" Killian scoffed. "So what is this movie called?"
"The Princess Bride," Emma answered for Henry as she entered the room as well, taking a couple of Henry's blankets to put on the couch for her and Killian's seats.
Killian and Emma then piled on to the couch as Henry burrowed himself into his nest and grabbed the remote to start the movie. Henry was excited to say the least, watching Killian more than the movie so he could see the reformed pirate's reactions.
When the narrating family came on to the screen and the grandfather begin to read the story of Westley and Buttercup, Henry watched as Killian smiled softly with a glance towards Emma when Buttercup first appeared on screen.
When it came time for the revelation of the 'As You Wish' meaning in this world, there was only one pair of eyes on the screen, both Emma and Henry knew the pirate's fondness for that phrase and Emma especially wanted to see his reaction towards it. So as the grandfather narrated Buttercup's realization, the Swan duo watched as the realization also lit up on the Killian's face.
"Swan, back in Neverland as well as every time after, is this what you thought of when I used those words?" Killian asked softly, not wanting to speak over the movie.
Emma just leaned over and pressed a soft kiss to the temple before whispering, "Wouldn't you like to know?"
"Perhaps I would love,"
"Guys, shush" Henry scolded them teasingly.
The trio then watched as the initial tragedy struck and Buttercup's grief begin, the only sounds coming out of the pirate were the occasional sighs of understanding the sadness befalling the heroine.
Soon the beloved and inconceivable trio arrived and Killian clearly took an immediate liking to Inigo. For whenever the Spaniard would talk, especially about his father, Killian had a sympathetic look in his eye. He also seemed very intrigued by the black clad pirate that was following the kidnapping trio and their princess.
The sword fight between the pirate and Inigo was something Killian apparently decided needed to be commented on extensively, whether it was on the sword technique or who he thought would win the fight or admiration for both of them changing hands during the fight, Killian did not stop until the fight did as well. Emma and Henry just smiled and let it happen, clearly reveling in the pirate's reactions and not really watching a movie they had seen a dozen times at least.
During the giant's fight, Killian made one comment about the giant's good form and that was that. He had quite a few swear words for Vizinni and the iocane test, most of which were not appropriate for Henry's ears and earned Killian quite a few popcorn kernels to the face by the blonde princess sitting beside him as they watched the blonde princess on the screen confront the masked pirate.
Upon the monumental reveal of Westley being alive, Killian did the unexpected and immediately jumped up on to the couch shouting "I KNEW IT!" Henry even had to pause the film.
"How, how on earth did you know that Westley was alive?" Emma asked, after pulling the pirate back down into a seated position.
"Swan, don't you know love. Death cannot stop true love, but only delay it for a while. If this Buttercup is Westley's true love then I'm sure he would have walked through heaven and hell to get back to her." Killian answered sincerely, a look of seriousness touched with love in his eyes as they bored into Emma's.
"Okay, you have to have seen this film before. That's like an exact line for the movie about the true love not being stopped by death.
"I promise Emma love, I've never seen this film before. Though I may have known some people very similar to this Westley and Buttercup. Especially the Dread Pirate Roberts, that name seems vaguely familiar."
"Wait, are you telling me that these characters are real too, and could possibly show up in Storybrooke like everyone else?" Emma asked, flabbergasted.
"I'm not sure, lass. I just know these characters seemed very familiar and it's not often you hear of a man faking a death and becoming a pirate to one day reunite with his true love." Killian shrugged.
Emma just looked away speechless, her words gone as she processed this new information.
"Guys, can we get back to the movie?" Henry asked after a few minutes.
"Of course lad," Killian responded, smiling.
The rest of the movie went off without much of a hitch. Killian tisked at Buttercup when she decided to save Westley by abandoning him; had a few choice words for the Count upon seeing the torture device in store for Westley after having warned Henry of the words, laughed at Miracle Max and his wife's antics, looked lovingly at Emma at the mention of True love once more and it's honorable and noble attributes. Killian even smirked at some of Westley's one liners, clearly making note of a few of them to use in the future. His favorite, shockingly enough, being about the shortage of breasts.
Once the movie had ended, Henry turned towards the couch after turning the DVD off. "So what did you think of the movie, Killian?"
Killian looked towards the blanket burrito'd teenager from his place on the couch with Emma in his arms. "I quite liked it lad. I can see why so many people have a fondness for it."
"I'm glad. I know it's mom's favorite as well as mine. Well I'm gonna head to bed. Night Killian. Night mom."
"Good night lad,"
"Night kid" Emma called to the retreating teen before turning to the pirate. "Ready to head to bed?"
"As you wish, love"
