Chapter 51: Shining Sea
Killian had just gone through a blanking spell...still didn't stop her from surprising him. She could feel his trepidation...idiot. She wasn't going to push him away or reject him because he had come back to her. He was worried though, worried about how she would react and uncertain of just how much she knew, so she just blurted it out and she almost smirked from how blindsided he was.
When he asked how, it was her turn to be frightened. She had to tell him, she needed to tell him and when he said that he would believe anything she told him, she was so unsure. Then he said that if she told him that the sky was orange and the grass was red that he would believe her.
Gallifrey.
He had just described two aspects of the planet that the Time Lords called home; a burnt orange sky, fields of red grass, and trees with silver leaves. Two out of three gave her enough courage to blurt out the knowledge of the tv show called Once Upon a Time. Then it was her turn to be blindsided...because he believed her.
As they continued to talk, he reminded her more and more of the Third Captain, her shield, her beloved Poseidon and when he asked her to use her magic to remove the wretched tattoo with that bitch's name, her thoughts of her God of the Sea translated into giving him a new tattoo on the back of his right hand.
The trident within the prism.
It was the mark of Poseidon of the Prism Guard. She tried to apologize and explain, only for him to kiss her so passionately that she almost jumped him for round two. It didn't help that he kept looking at her like she was some kind of angel or goddess. His emotions were so strong...it frightened her, the intensity was staggering and she knew...hell he knew...he was in love with her.
She wanted to say that she felt the same, but she couldn't. She didn't know what it was supposed to feel like inside of herself. She could barely identify it in him because it kept overpowering her own heart and making her head all foggy.
Then reality went back to being the fucking bitch it was and she told him. She told him what she did or rather what she didn't do and again she was crying, staring down at her glowing hands and drowning in guilt, grief, and shame. His next words surprised her, saying that she had done the right thing.
He started rambling about what happened at the encampment, about what he saw, how he felt...it all came tumbling out, his emotions running so high and so deep that he actually started crying. Sweet Menti Celesti...now she understood why it had hurt him so much to see her cry because she was feeling that way now.
His eyes were closed and she felt everything he was feeling. Images flew through her mind...she made him watch as she killed them all. She could see it in Kora's eyes...she had known how it would affect him. She had done it on purpose… she made his heart shed tears of blood, made him suffer such terrible pain just so that he would break...she tortured him without ever laying a finger on him.
No! She wasn't going to let that stand! Yeah she was going to save Kora from Snow White...just so she could beat the living hell out of her! But first...her captain needed her, needed to know that she didn't hate him, that she didn't blame him, that she understood...that she wasn't going anywhere without him.
The question was whether or not he still wanted revenge so she asked. He had spoken the truth...mostly. His emotions told her the rest. He didn't want revenge, he just wanted her but she wanted his word, that he would stay with her, that he would always listen, and that he would always believe and when he gave her his word, using both her first and last name to show his sincerity and honesty….she had to kiss him.
And kissed him she did...with a huge ass fucking smile on her face. That moment… it meant everything to her and she could feel her magic shooting out of her as he made love to her again. She wasn't sure what it was doing...she was just so happy.
He chose her.