captainswanouat:

i looked at you like the stars that shine in the sky (ao3)

a/n: merry christmas to my fave, @lieutenantducklings​! i was your secret santa this year! thank you so much for your friendship and for being such a wonderful addition to this fandom (you know how much i love your stuff!). sorry i was the WORST at sending you messages but i didn’t want you to figure out it was me lol. i hope you had a wonderful day with your fam bam and hubby and that you enjoy this little lieutenant duckling ficlet (and graphic)! i wanted to do more for you but i got way more busy this week than anticipated, so i hope this works <3 

a/n 2.0: this fic is based on “mary’s song” by taylor swift. which is the cutest dang song ever. 

Emma was 4 when they first met. She had convinced her father, the king of Misthaven, to take her with him on a trip down to the royal naval docks. Not that it was hard; all she had to do was look at him with her pleading green eyes and he caved. So a normal trip to check that the ships were up to code turned into a tour around “the big pretty boats”, as Emma liked to call them.

Killian was 6 when they first met. He had just been put under the care of his older brother, Liam, after their father had been picked up and arrested for petty crimes he had committed. Liam had recently enlisted in the royal Navy after his 16th birthday, but he didn’t want Killian to be left on his own; so he took responsibility of taking care of him. Thankfully for both, the navy was more than accommodating, due to the circumstances; the perks of fighting under a true and noble king.

But that didn’t make wrangling Killian around any easier for Liam, as he would frequently take off running at a moment’s notice.

Which, naturally, is how Emma and Killian met.

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