Beautiful Lily

Street lights and clean dishes

Extra chapter specially for:jessnhall98

"Storybrooke... you know that sounds awfully similar to storybook," pointed out Hercules as they were rounding onto main street. The sun was setting and dusk was quickly approaching.

"Yeah, according to Emma we're all fairy tale characters of stories from this world," said Elsa.

"While Henry was telling me about his place, he told me I was a hero from this book he was carrying around with him. I guess I... kind of belong here too," he said looking fondly over at Elsa. "...which is strange because I've never felt that way before."

He felt cold as a shiver crept up his spine. Hercules looked over at Elsa and figured she was cold too.

"Aren't you cold?" he said as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders to warm her.

"I've never had issues with the cold."

"Oh, yeah. Right, I forgot. The ice thing," he remembered, lifting his arm and retracting it smoothly to avoid an awkward moment.

"But it is quite refreshing to be comforted by someone who isn't afraid of my powers. Even if it is just for moment," she said reaching for his arm and placing it back around her shoulders again, "I'm glad that you see me first as a person and not a monster."

"I never thought once that you were a monster. And believe me, I've fought my fair share of them to know the difference," he said smiling at her. "What's that building?"

"That's... the town's tavern. The Rabbit Hole."

"Ah," he said while looking up at the street lamps. The one they were approaching was flickering on. "What are these torches? They look magical."

"They're not torches. They're called street lights and from what I'm told it's not magic, they get their power from what's called electricity."

They both stopped walking and stood underneath one, looking up at the lamp's light. Hercules looked down and away from the light to look at Elsa who was still looking up. He couldn't help but admire the way the light made her face glow. The way she looked captured his gaze and enchanted him again, and he couldn't help but remark, "Well, I think it's magical."

She looked down from the light and suddenly found herself face to face with his kind sky-blue eyes. It was like she was in his tractor beam and she felt herself slowly drawing closer to his lips. She looked at his lips and then up at his loving eyes and before she could think of anything else, her eyes closed and their lips locked in place.

The cold he was feeling earlier completely melted away and although the sun had set, their intimate bubble felt like a warm summer day. When their lips separated, he opened his eyes slowly and discovered hers still closed; still reveling in the moment. He looked around them and chuckled.

"What's so funny?" Elsa asked softly as she slowly opened her eyes.

"Look," he said, looking all around her. A light snow fall had precipitated, which dusted the entire street with snow except the little spot of ground they were both standing in under the street lamp.

"Oh," she said smiling bashfully. She waved her hands over the snow dusted streets and in an instant the snow dissolved before their eyes. "I'm sorry... that, um... doesn't normally happen here," Elsa said trying to recover herself by pretending to act natural.

"What doesn't normally happen here?"

Right when Hercules finished his question a terrifying shriek from a foreign beast erupted at the opposite end of town. With each thunderous step, the new monster could be heard drawing closer to the town.