A/N 1: as a writing exercise, I developed a system where I asked for a pairing and random numbers from four different variables (bookcase, book in bookcase, page, line), and then set a timer to 15 minutes and wrote. This is the result of the second set of numbers.

Prompter: amaryllisblackthorn on tumblr

Ship: Gremma

Bookcase: 3

Book: 30

Page: 125

Line: 15

"They had dreamed up this plan together, made it a reality together, and set it in motion together." - The 39 Clues: Unstoppable, Book Four – Flashpoint, Gordan Korman

A/N: I think the AU setting becomes pretty clear upon reading, but basically it's that Gremma kissed after 1x05 (it was somewhat heat of the moment), and Graham's memories were restored and Emma takes a bit of a leap of faith and believes him and they've come up with a plan to get back his heart and it's her kind of... thoughts while the plan is gong down.

Getting Graham's heart back is the most important thing right now.

She can't think about the fact that fairytales are real, that she is apparently a princess, that the man she loves is perhaps in the most danger of all as he distracts Regina, pretends he is still his cursed self and loyal to the Queen while she goes into the vault and attempts to take his heart back for him.

The plan is simple, and efficient – but there's no guarantee that it will work. That Regina won't see right through their ruse somehow. And that- That terrifies Emma, more than she would like to admit.

So she can't think about it. Can't think about anything other than the task at hand.

When Henry told her about the curse, she didn't believe. But things in Storybrooke had turned out to be stranger than she would like to admit, and then Graham had come to her, explaining that when he was near her… Things were… Different… And she'd thought it was a really bad line, but then he'd explained. Strange dreams and feeling when he'd been empty for so long (and not just feelings for her, he said, feelings at all). And then Henry had been trapped in that mine and when they'd gotten back to the station she'd been caught up in the moment and kissed him and he'd-

Remembered. Started talking about the curse and the Queen and Mary Margaret and David and she knew that Henry had told him that Cobra was need-to-know and he didn't need to know. She also knew that he was closer to Henry than either of them let on, but if Henry wasn't telling him about Cobra in front of her than she doubted it was happening when she wasn't there.

And… Her lie detector hadn't gone off. He had believed it.

So after hearing out his story and being absolutely disgusted at the implications of Regina having his heart and control over him through it, they'd come up with this plan. He was the distraction. She was the thief of hearts.

In a way, it is familiar. She'd stolen before. That had been her life after foster care and before prison. But she'd never gone after something this important, and it was frightening, in its own way.

But she has to do this. Has to save him.

Him first. Everyone else, the entire town that Henry says is depending on her – they can come later.

Maybe she's supposed to be a Savior, a hero, someone who prioritizes everyone who needs her. But her priorities lie in the people she cares about, and maybe she shouldn't care about Graham yet but she does. Henry is her first priority, always has been, but Graham is already a close second.

They matter, and she will save them.