Our lives are stories, waiting to be told
In search of silver linings, we discovered gold
And judgment taught us that our hearts were wrong
But they're the ones that we'll look down upon
Ruby ran her hands along the carvings that Hook had once made for Baelfire. The true teachings lay beneath a large scratch that was an attempt to wipe out the memories, as Hook at told her. Killian had been too cowardly to tell Baelfire who he was before the young boy found out on his own.
Ruby saw the captain staring over the port side of the ship, his blue eyes gazing out towards Neverland. He had tried so hard for acceptance from Emma, and yet she wanted nothing with him besides a distraction and a tool. He had thought that Emma was his new love, but he was wrong. His love stood near the helm of his ship. His love had gone on an adventure with him for the sake of adventure.
Killian walked over to the beauty aboard his ship. He looked to her gorgeous eyes, drinking in the beauty that lay beneath the surface of them. After she found out about her wolf, she and everyone else told her she would never love again. Not after what she had done.
Still, the pair had proved everyone wrong. They had gotten through the curse, and even their sparky reunion, which involved lots of shouting, yelling, and a well-aimed slap to Killian's cheek. Ruby came along to save Henry, and she wanted nothing more than to get lost on the sea with the man she loved again. They didn't have to be under the thumbs of those who hated and judged them anymore.
He reached his good hand to gently touch his fingertips to her chin. "What are you thinking, love?"
She smiled. "About you."
The rules say our emotions don't comply
But we'll defy the rules until we die
"Killian, you can't be serious. There's no way that's what you feel! You know it, and I know it!" Ruby exclaimed on deck one day.
He looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "Why can't I, love? Since when is it impossible for me to still be in love with you? Because your Granny says I can't? No. I need you to listen to me, Ruby… I love you. I am in love with you with all I possess." The pirate chuckled. His blue eyes flashed in a challenge to the vixen he loved so much. "Is the big bad wolf afraid to break the rules? Afraid to be in love?" he challenged.
Ruby bit her lip out of habit as she felt his intense gaze on her. The look she knew so well was swimming in his ocean blue orbs; the look that she loved. And when she looked up at him, there it was. Her breath hitched. "No. I'm not scared to be in love. I'm afraid you'll leave again once I say I love you."
"Will never happen. I'm not leaving you again, I told you." Killian replied.
"Does that mean you're taking me with you, wherever you adventure to next?"
"I can do better than that," he said, disappearing into his quarters before returning with a map. "Pick somewhere, and we'll go. Anywhere." The couple's eyes were alight with mischief and adventure. No more rules for them. They had the Jolly Roger; they had each other; so they had freedom.
So let's be sinners to be saints
And lets be winners by mistake
The world may disapprove
But my world is only you
And if we're sinners then it feels like heaven to me
You showed me feelings I've never felt before
We're making enemies, knocking on the devil's door
But how can you expect me not to eat,
When the forbidden fruit tastes so sweet?
Wrapped up in lingering kissed and feather light touches, the two lovers knew they had won against the world. Their chance meeting had changed everything in their lives. Ruby's Granny didn't approve, and, as always, Rumplestiltskin had something to say about Killian being happy. They didn't care. They were immune to all of it, and that's because they loved each other. Everyone thought they would never last, and that it was the worst decision either of them had made. And yet, it never happened. Ruby taught Killian to move on from hatred, after he had failed multiple attempts of revenge, and he had taught her that she didn't belong in a cage.
The banning of one another by the world, and family members, had just made them want each other more. And, sure enough, they didn't give up on each other. They were each other's forbidden fruit, and they couldn't get enough of each other. They spent hours upon hours talking, kissing, and beyond in his quarters. She didn't want to look back anymore.
Our hearts are too ruthless to break
Lets start fires for heaven's sake
He was taken from her, too. She couldn't stand the idea of him not being next to her, and Rumplestiltskin had made it happen. Sure, the man was trying to be better for Belle, but that hadn't stopped him from taking Killian as soon as Belle's back was turned. Ruby wouldn't have any of it.
She tracked down the scent of Killian and the Crocodile through Storybrooke. She didn't know why they had returned here, but plenty of the Enchanted Forest gang had stayed in their new world. She finally tracked down to Mr. Gold's shop. She entered quietly, checking around for any sign of Mr. Gold. When she found none, she went to searching every nook and cranny of the building.
When there was no sign of her pirate, she swore loudly. She would find him if it was the last thing she ever did. Gold's manor, she thought. Following memory, she went off to find Mr. Gold's home. She moved around the house and peered through the window to the basement. Leave it to Mr. Gold to pick the most obvious place to keep his captive.
The skinny woman opened the window carefully. "Killian," she called out to him. He looked up at her voice. His smile at her presence was weaker than it usually was. The shackle that held him to the opposite wall must have been stronger than the handcuffs Emma had used so long ago.
"I'm sorry, love. I guess he wanted revenge on me after Belle…"
"Don't you start panicking, Captain. I'm getting you out of here," she said with a grin. "Just tell me where the door is."
The man pointed weakly with his hook. Ruby disappeared for a few minutes. There was a crash before she appeared in the basement. She gripped the shackle in both hands, and pulled with all her wolf strength. The metal cracked and gave way under her relentless force. "What did I tell you?" she asked, pressing a chaste kiss to his lips. "Now let's get out of here."
So let's be sinners to be saints
And lets be winners by mistake
The world may disapprove
But my world is only you
And if we're sinners then it feels like heaven to me
And if we're sinners then it feels like heaven to me
"Why did you save me?" he asked a day later. Ruby turned to him, her head cocked questioningly. "Why didn't you leave me? Life would have been easier. You were a good woman before I came along."
Ruby chuckled at him, the way he always did with her when she was spouting silliness. "I was a sinner before you found me, and you were a sinner before I found you. I wouldn't leave you behind. You're my world."
"Even after what I did to you?" Killian asked, referring to when he had left her behind during the curse.
"Yes. I told you, I still love you. It's you and me against the world, Killian."
He kissed her with passion, yanking her close to him. "Are you ready to set sail then, my love?"
"Always." They found heaven in each other.