Hey, guys! Just a curious question about chapter 3?! Will it be centered around Louis seeing Clem again or maybe giving a run down of Clem's life, too? Louis being her knight in shining armor is just the cutest. You know, a boy who has everything and a girl who doesn't have much, but is still satisfied with life.
Sorry, I missed this story so much and those questions came out of nowhere. I miss you guys đđ
heyyy! dee here!
chapter three is going to be focused a bit more on clem's life, since chapter two focused on louis and his living situation
i won't say much, but their paths with cross again in this chapter! we appreciate the support sm :))
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Iâve been getting some asks about IWAFY, and I wanted to give you all a heads up.
The story, now a solo venture for me, has been reposted to AO3 - err, well... the first chapter at least. The first chapter, and the fourth chapter, will be the original versions you saw in the previous iteration of the story. Of course before I can post the fourth chapter, Iâll have to write the 2nd and 3rd, and that wonât be happening until after I finish my CS Movie Marathon story... but I felt bad leaving everybody hanging, so the first chapter is back up on AO3.
Iâm gonna be editing the first chapter post here on Tumblr with the updated link/info after I post this message to you all. The fourth chapter post will also be edited to reflect all this (and when the 2nd/3rd chapters are done, iâll add that relevant info too).
Sorry for all the... possible confusion about all of this! But the story lives and can be enjoyed by all again (and I hope you all do enjoy it as much as you did the first version... totes cool if not, though).
(Oh, and comment moderation is once again on for the story on AO3. Just rather be safe than sorry about that, ya know?)
Hi Dee and Scully! I'm so happy you guys made this collab account. It really helps being able to contact you both at the same time about your story. Anyways, I wanted to ask some questions about the story, but I'll only ask 4 for now. (ALSO, I LOVE YOU BOTH VERY MUCH) <3
1) What time period is the story based on?
2) Where exactly does Clem live? Does she live by herself in the bakery or in a smaller separate home?
3) How old are the characters?
4) Will Louis visit Clem again in chapter 3? đ„Žđ„ș
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hey there friend!!! dee here :)) since scully is drunk off their ass but shh
we both LOVE ur support on our story; it warms our hearts up so much! making this collab acc wasnât something we originally had in mind, but by request here we are! and iâm not mad about it one bit ;))
and now, to answer your questions!
1) the story is set within medieval ish times, a short time after the plague ages; we didnât really think that much into it, we just wanted readers to get into the royalty era vibe yknow
2) clem has a home beside the neighboring ocean! itâs a small lil cottage covered with flowers galore :)) even tho clem practically lives at the bakery with how often sheâs there, she still owns a separate estate where she can catch her zzzâs
3) like time setting, we didnât really think this one through: we definitely know most of the characters thatâll be within the story will be their s4 ages (unless any other characters that are different seasons will have an age/age range stated) but just know clem n lou are at that point in life where they can make out ;))
4) mayhaps, mayhaps not; youâll just have to wait and see! ;))
i am SO sorry for the late reply, iâve been busy finishing my junior year. the next chapter should be (no, WILL be) available sometime this summer! :))
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I Will Always Find You, Part 4 - Not So Impossible
Summary: One well-intentioned wish is all it takes to send Rogersâ life into a tailspin.
Rating: T (for now)
AO3
Part One Â
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Rogers stalks past Killian, making his way into Emmaâs office. His doppelganger is soon to follow, quietly closing the door behind him as he enters the glass room. Placing his hands down on the banister running along the bottom of the window, Rogers glares out at the pair of Emmas quietly talking by the still-open jail cell.
âI donât bloody buy it.â He mutters with a shake of his head.Â
âYou just saw for yourself...â Killian pipes up from somewhere behind him.Â
Rogers spins on his heels to find the other man resting back gently against the desk, his good hand casually gripping his belt buckle.Â
âI saw a handful of dirt do nothing.â Rogers argues back, crossing his arms tightly over his chest. âThat doesnât mean a damn thing to me.â
An agitated look crosses Killianâs face. âThat dirt was a spell recommended by Regina and Zelena,â He enunciates their names deliberately. âI know you trust their magical abilities since itâs obvious those of my wife arenât enough for you.â
A cold wave of guilt hits Rogers at Killianâs words, making him suddenly realize just how terrible his doubt reflected on Emma. He feels embarrassment flush up hot around his neck and drops his gaze away from the understandably defensive pirate glaring at him.Â
âApologies, mate.â He says contritely. âI wasnât trying to demean Emmaâs exceptional skills.â He looks up and finds blue eyes identical to his own. He shrugs slowly, helplessness weighing him down. âItâs just⊠this whole thingâŠâ He sighs and turns back to look out the office window once again.
âIt not possible.â He mumbles sadly, hating the sudden flutter his heart gives as he takes in the other Emma yet again. âThere canât be two of them.â
Killian steps up beside him. âI believe the fact that you and I are standing here having this conversation shows that there can be.â
Rogers sighs again, shaking his head. âAye, but what brought me here was an entirely different set of circumstances. Itâs not like somebody wished for herâŠâ His voice trails off as his own words sink in. Eyes going wide, he turns them slowly towards Killian.
His other self wonât look at him.
âNoâŠâ Rogers whispers. âShe wouldnât. She didnâtâŠâ
Again, Killian wonât meet his gaze, instead choosing to stare intently out at each of the Emmas still engrossed in their own intense conversation.Â
âBloody hell!â Rogers gasps as he turns away from the window and trudges over to the desk. He closes his eyes and shakes his head, running his good hand through his hair. âWhy would she evenâŠâ He turns, at a loss for words momentarily. He slumps down onto the desk, giving Killian an even more helpless look this time. âWhy would Alice do something like this?â
Killian, who has finally returned his attention to Rogers, gives him a shrug and a patient glance. âYour daughter is the purest soul I have ever met in all my years.â He offers. âShe wants goodness for this world unlike any other⊠is it any wonder she would want something good for her papa too?â
Rogers gives his head another shake. âAlice is my good, mate. I accepted some time ago that what you have,â He gestured to Killian with a wave of his prosthetic. âWasnât in the cards for me. That for as similar as we are, your happy ending and mine are vastly different. Youâve got Emma and Hope, and Iâve got Alice andâŠâ He looks past Killian at the woman he now understands his own daughter wished into existence. âI didnât expect or ask for this.â
âAnd I certainly didnât expect or ask for an amazing blonde spitfire to pull me from under a pile of carcasses and rattle my entire reason for existing,â Killian confesses quietly as he slowly approaches the desk Rogers is still perched on. He turns and lowers himself down beside the other man and sighs almost dramatically.Â
âAnd yet here I am, some years later, married to that spitfire. The same spitfire that is the mother of my child.â He smiles softly while gazing out the window at his Swan.
âEmma has a way of sneaking up on you like that.â
Rogers goes quiet as he follows Killianâs gaze. For the first time since Reginaâs spell had brought them all back to Storybrooke, he finds his attention isnât immediately drawn to the Savior. Instead he feels a pull to the woman beside her, who has Emmaâs face but has her own demeanor about her thatâs all her own. The flutter in his heart comes again. It suddenly reminds him of all the years of agony he went through after being cursed by Gothel. Not because itâs similar, but because itâs so vastly different. Itâs pleasant⊠almost intoxicating.Â
And it terrifies the bloody hell out of him.
He suddenly rises from the desk, clearing his throat as emotions threaten to take over. He brushes past Killian as he moves towards the door on the other side of the room. The one that leads to the stationâs exit.
âWhere are you going?â Killian calls after him as he yanks open the door and steps out into the hall.
Rogers stops and spares a glance to the pair watching from the jail cell. Again his eyes are instantly pulled toward Emmaâs own doppelganger and his heart does the thing. He swallows and turns to give Killian a shrug.Â
âAlice and I need to have a bit of a father-daughter discussion.â He mutters somewhere between disappointment and sadness before spinning on his heels and stalking his way out of the station.
Summary:Â .One well-intentioned wish is all it takes to send Rogers' life into a tailspin.
Rating: T (for now)
AO3Â
A/N:Â The second iteration of a CS 2.0 idea that started as a meta I had a couple years ago, now a solo venture. This first chapter is the original first chapter, no changes. All thatâs changed on the post now is the summary, AO3 link, and this note here. Everything else (besides me now writing it on my own, of course) is the same, including comment moderation on AO3. :)
I hope you all enjoy this second iteration of the story as much as you did the first!
It was impossible not to notice the way his alternate self watched Emma. Killian had always been very aware of the men who were drawn to his true love, other versions of himself included. Heâd never been possessive of her - she was never some trinket and certainly could make her own choices. But there had always been some underlying current of attentiveness that coursed through him, most obviously when another Killian Jones was in the picture.
Because if there was one thing he had come to understand in his mind boggling journey with Emma Swan, she loved Killian Jones. Every part and every version of him.
Detective Rogers was no exception.
For it was another impossibility that the deaged version of himself from the Wish Realm wouldnât end up in their lives. It had been strange at first, having a second Killian around Storybrooke at all times. Trying to a degree. But it had been all too obvious very quickly that Rogers didnât have many people in his life he could consider close. And who could one be closer with than his own self?
They werenât identical. Not even remotely. For one, Rogers had lived well beyond Killianâs Cora-cursed years. Heâd had a daughter of his own, now grown and with her own true love. Heâd gone through the hell of a poisoned heart, a curse Killian couldnât even begin to fathom now that Hope was in his and Emmaâs lives. Not to mention the giving up on rumâŠ
And yet, down to their core they were kindred spirits. Shared the same past, were taken under by the same vices, and ultimately were driven by the same motivations and forces. Revenge, loyalty, stubbornness⊠love.
Perhaps it was Killianâs journey with Emma or perhaps it was because he was finally confident and comfortable with his life, within his own skin, as a married man and now father. But the attentiveness he now had towards Rogers with Emma hadnât given way to the usual jealousy all other versions of himself had provoked in the past.
It had given way to understanding.
âA marvel, isnât she?â Killian murmured as he lightly rubbed Hopeâs back with his blunted wrist, Emma having just handed her off post-feeding to go change. He was seated in the kitchen, where the three adults had been eating dinner before Hope had cried out in hunger, eyeing his doppelganger across the table.
âWhat?â Rogersâ head whipped around from where he had been staring at Emma trail up the stairs, startled. Blue eyes identical to Killianâs went slightly wide.
Killian nodded his head in the direction his wife had gone. âEmmaâŠâ His eyebrow raised up knowingly, but Hope chose that moment to finally spit up and and he carefully adjusted her over to the other side and shrugged the dirty towel onto the tabletop. When he was certain she was settled in comfortably against his left shoulder, he returned his attention to Rogers. The man looked like some prey being cornered by a predator. âBloody brilliant, she is.â
âAye,â A red hue broke out over Rogersâ cheeks and he dropped his gaze to the table. âShe⊠Iâm...â He winced and shook his head, the shame in his voice matching his chastised look. âMate, Iâm sorry.â He looked up again, eyes now expressly apologetic. âI have no place to⊠I mean⊠sheâs not⊠Emma is your true love-â
âAye,â Killian repeated the same affirmation, effectively cutting off Rogersâ rambling. âShe is.â He gave a nod. âAnd if there is anything my harrowing adventures these past several years have taught me,â He paused a moment as Rogers watched nervously. Killian shrugged the shoulder Hope wasnât sleeping against and offered a soft, knowing smile. âCaptain Killian Jones is unquestionably drawn to Emma Swan.â
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âSo you wanna tell me what happened?â
Killian paused while exiting the still slightly steamy bathroom, his hand stopping the towel he was brushing through his damp hair. He took in his wife lounging on the bed. She was on her side, head propped up in her hand with the baby monitor resting next to her, eying him expectantly.
âWhat happened with what?â He questioned back. He had an inkling he knew what she was referring to, but wanted to be sure they were about to broach a particular subject before he admitted to anything. He draped the towel over the edge of the hamper and moved over to his nightstand. He could feel Emmaâs slightly exasperated gaze on him as he maneuvered his wedding ring back onto his right ring finger.
âYou know exactly whatâŠâ Emma shifted over towards his end of the bed, tucking the monitor against her side as she went, to try and catch his attention. It worked, Killianâs eyes drifting over to her slowly. âOr more like who Iâm talking about. What did you say to Rogers tonight?â
âWhat makes you say-â
Emma rolled her eyes. âKillian, he barely got out an awkward goodbye before he booked it the hell out of here after I came back downstairs. Please donât tell me you let your silly jealous side out tonightâŠâ She whined as she flopped back against the pillows. âYou know with Alice moving in with Robin, Rogers doesnât have a lot of people to really spend time with and itâs not his fault that-â
Placing a gentle hand over her mouth to quit her unnecessary speech, Killian gave Emma a patient look. âI know, darling. I assure you my âsilly jealous sideâ was not in play tonight.â She made a face behind his hand and he raised an eyebrow challengingly. âAre you doubting my honor?â
She rolled her eyes again and pushed his hand from her mouth. âNo, of course Iâm not.â Killian eyed her a moment then stepped back to pull his side of the covers down. âAt least, Iâm not doubting your sincere intentions.â Killian paused to give her a slightly affronted look. âBabe, you know what I mean.â She whined again as Killian returned to climbing in bed beside her. âI know you.â
Killian nodded as he settled back against the pillows and headboard. âAye, I know me too. I know how I feel about you, Swan.â He turned his head to give her a serious look. âThatâs what happened tonight.â
Understanding shifted the look on Emmaâs face immediately and she bit her lip as she glanced down at the top of the comforter.
âSo Iâm right in assuming youâve noticed the way Rogers looks at you?â
âYeahâŠâ Emma sighed awkwardly. Then her face grew wistful, and her tone matched as her words continued. âReminds me of a pirate after saving Henry from Neverland.â
âMy point exactly, Emma.â Killian leaned in closer to her as her green eyes glanced upwards at him. âOnly this time, there wonât be some quiet moment outside of Grannyâs where what he has so agonizingly been hoping for comes to pass. Thereâs no happy ending for him.â He stopped as a gurgle comes over the baby monitor.
They both looked down at it, waiting to see if Hope was waking or simply making noise in her sleep. When it became clear it was the latter, Killian continued talking again.
âHe has his daughter,â He murmured softly, still looking at the device. âAn important piece to the puzzle of his life, without question.â Tears were stinging in his eyes, and he didnât feel it right to wipe them away, as he returned his focus to Emma. His heart felt lighter instantly seeing her eyes were watery too. Not for her pain, but for the understanding and connection they always shared. It compelled him to keep going.
âAnd you know I would do anything I had to for Hope. Nothing could ever stop me from giving her my very best,â The conviction in his voice made Emma smile despite the serious moment. âBut even the very thought of trying to get through this life without you at my side destroys me. Has quite literally destroyed me in the past, come to think of it.â
Killian smiled slightly as she shoved at him, lightening the mood a little. He looked slightly guilty as the moment passed. âI didnât mean to make him feel uncomfortable tonight. I was merely expressing an understanding andâŠâ He shook his head and reached over to take her left hand in his, letting his thumb brush over the two rings there. âHurting for something he can never have.â
Pulling her hand from his, Emma carded her fingers up through his still-damp hair and then brought them to rest on the back of his neck. She pushed herself up and pressed her forehead to his. Killianâs eyes fluttered closed, tears dropping down his cheeks, as she kissed him softly.
âI wish it didnât have to be this way.â He mumbled after a quiet moment passed between them.
Emma pulled back and offered him a sad smile. âMe too, babe.â
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It turned out, they werenât the only ones who wished things were different.
âMy papa likes you.â
Killian instinctively reached out to steady Emma as she almost fell off the edge of his desk at the station at the sudden intrusion of Alice Jones in her personal space.
âWhat the-â
Before Emma could get out whatever expletive he knew was likely coming, Alice continued on while throwing herself into the chair a desk over.
âBut he canât have you because of the other him,â She waved her hand at Killian this time. âWhich is you. And I know heâs sad and alone. Not sad and alone like he was, of course, because we can be together now, but not like together like before because Iâve got Robin and⊠ Heâs not unhappy, mind you⊠heâs just not what he could be. Should be. Heâs notâŠâ This time Alice waved her hand to indicate both of them with a frustrated huff before collapsing back against her seat again and crossing her arms like she was five.
Emma glanced over at Killian, who still had his hand on her back. They shared a look before glancing at Rogersâ daughter.
âGood morning, Alice.â Killian offered at the same time Emma said âBeen in the coffee again, huh?â. He gave her a slight pinch at the sass, causing her to swing back and slap him unseeing on the shoulder.
Alice sprung forward in her seat again, holding out her hands towards them. âThis is what I mean. You have each other, like Robin and I have, and,â She pushed up from her seat and paced across the floor, tapping her fingers on her lips. âMy papa never really had⊠I mean, there was the Milah ladyâŠâ
Killian instinctively tensed at the name and this time Emmaâs hand reached around and squeezed at his hand still on her back.
Oblivious to the moment, clearly lost in her thoughts, Alice kept rambling. âI just⊠I want him to be the very best he can be. I wish-â She seemed to lose steam suddenly and both Killian and Emma started to move to provide whatever support the girl needed. But then she jolted just as suddenly, head snapping up and eyes wide. âI wish!â
âAliceâŠâ Emmaâs voice was hesitant, almost warning. âYou donât wanna-â
Grinning, Alice practically skipped past them. âThanks for the chat, favorite not-mama and not-papa!â As quickly as she had appeared before them, she was gone from the station.
Emma immediately started to go after her. âAlice, wait!â
But Killian was just as quick to grab a hold of her wrist and gently pull her to a stop. âHold up, darling.â He said slowly, his mind working through the scenario he was sure was about to play out. âPerhaps we shouldnât be so hasty.â
Green eyes flashed sharply. âYou canât be serious, Killian?! We canât let her use magic to-â
âTo make something come to pass?â Killian finished with an eyebrow raise. âAnd what if someone had stopped Neverlandâs magic from keeping me alive for centuries? Or the treeâs magic from sending you to this world?â Emma slouched, her lips pursing and arms crossing as she caught on to what he was implying.
Still, Killian continued. âOr Coraâs magic from once again keeping me from aging? Or the hatterâs portal from dropping you in the Enchanted Forest?â
âOr two enchanted cuffs that helped us climb a beanstalk.â Emma nodded petulantly. âYeah, I get it, Hook.â
Ignoring her obvious annoyed jab, Killian stepped in closer to her. He brought his fingers up to brush under her chin. The childish look she fluttered up through her lashes at him only warmed his heart more.
âMagic has always played its part, my love. I think we need simply need to step back, let it and a littleâŠâ He pressed a small kiss to her nose. â Hope run its due course.â
Emma rolled her eyes at what he was making quite clear, but still reached up and tugged on the collar of his jacket playfully. âYouâre awfully fucking persuasive, you know that pirate?â
Grinning cheekily, Killian scrunched up his nose slightly. âI know.â
With a grin herself, Emma pressed up on her toes and smacked a quick peck on his lips. Then her look grew serious once again as she settled back to the floor. âThis is gonna be big damn trouble for everyone, though.â
âAye, wellâŠâ Killian squinted and glanced over her shoulder thoughtfully. âIt wouldnât be us if it was easy. â