Captain Swan One Shots

Come Back to Me

Title: Come Back to Me

Author: Steph

Rating: G

Pairing: Killian/Emma

Characters: Killian, Emma

Category: Drama/Romance

Spoilers: 5x20 and promo for 5x21

Summary: Emma grieves for Killian at his funeral, while he searches for a way to move on from the Underworld. But then something unexpected happens that changes everything.

Note: So I have not recovered from last night's episode. It broke my shipper heart. The only way for me to cope was to write how I wish next episode would go, even though I know it won't. Hope you enjoy it! ~Steph

...Come Back To Me: Part 1/1...

Emma stared at her reflection in the mirror. She wore a simple black dress to mark the terrible occasion. Her eyes were swollen and red rimmed from crying.

She no longer had a choice. She had to find a way to say goodbye to the man she loved today.

His ring hung around her neck. Emma clutched it in her hand and squeezed her eyes closed, as tears began to seep below her lids.

This was wrong. After everything they had been through, after everything she had gone through to get him back, things shouldn't have ended like this. She had failed, truly failed, for the first time as the Savior. And now not only had that left her alone and grieving, but it had allowed a villain to enter Storybrooke. There was no telling what havoc Hades would wreak and it was all her fault.

"Emma?" she heard her mother's voice come from the doorway to her bedroom. "Are you ready?"

Emma slowly opened her eyes, her hand still grasping his ring. She turned around to face her.

"I'll never be ready to say goodbye to Killian. I don't know how to do this," she said, her voice breaking.

Snow walked over to her daughter and placed a kiss to her forehead.

"We'll help you through it," she said.

...

It had been two days since Emma had left Killian in the bowels of the Underworld. He had waited a couple of hours before venturing back up.

He had told her to go, to leave him here, but there was a small part of him that hoped she hadn't listened again. There was a piece of him that hoped when he stepped off that elevator, he would find her standing before him with a heart melting smile.

She'd shake her head and say, "I never listen."

And he would run into her arms and hold her tight, whispering, "Stubborn, lass," in her ear. "Never change, love."

But he knew he shouldn't hope for such a thing. If she stayed, then she would surely be trapped down there forever too. They had no means to create another portal and no way to bring him back. Wanting her to stay with him was purely selfish. He imagined them having a life together in this screwed up version of Storybrooke. Just the two of them.

It was a selfish notion and he was glad he had suppressed it during their final moments together. Emma deserved to live a long, rich life, one filled with love and happiness. And her son and her family needed her. Storybrooke needed her.

But such knowledge didn't stop him from still hoping deep down inside that she would be there when the elevator door opened. So when he was faced with nothing but a vacant room, his empty chest felt even emptier.