So, here I go, starting another CS fic because apparently my mind works better when I have too many things going on! I've been seeing many roommate fics and I wanted to give it a go. Let me know what you think :)

Killian Jones lived a simple life. He had three roommates; Ruby Wolfe, David Nolan and Mary-Margaret Blanchard who he had formed close bonds with over the years. A job he was in love with working as a stagehand on Broadway. One brother, Liam who had his back through anything and he had his in return. He had dashing good looks and this accent that he learned could make any woman (and even a few men) fall to her knees in a matter of seconds (Well, any woman who didn't know him know him). On the outside, Killian Jones had a great life but just below, things weren't so put together.

Emma Swan had a routine; wake up, shower, bagel, work, home, dinner, evening television, brush teeth, bed, repeat. It might seem boring but it was how she got by. She had a troubled past and her routine kept her from falling through the cracks it had left her. She was working as a detective in Boston but was about to be transferred over to NYPD. Up rooting her life was no problem, Emma had been used to it for most of her life but for once, this trip might be even better, she actually knew someone in New York. It was a friend (Emma's only friend to be exact) Mary-Margaret. She knew Mary lived with her boyfriend, David, but she figured the two could catch up while apartment hunting. It would help that David was already on the police force in NY, not the same unit Emma would be in but knowing people was good.

"Emma, that is nonsense! We have an open room in our apartment, you will just move in here with us!" Mary-Margaret was talking on the phone when Killian arrived home from work.

"Who's she inviting to live with us?" Killian asked David who was reading a report on his computer.

"An old friend of hers. She's moving in from Boston." David hushed his tone so only Killian could hear him, "Plus, I might be planning on popping a certain question to Mary and if she accepts, we might be looking at our own place. You and Ruby could use the help with rent."

Killian loved his job, that was no understatement but that didn't mean it paid him well. And Ruby was still going to school during the day and working as a bartender at night, they were going to need all the help they could get, "Congratulations, mate. I'll be sad to see you go but you know she's going to say yes."

"I can only hope." David smiled over his shoulder as he watched Mary pace back and forth the way she did when she got over excited about something.

"Great! I will see you Friday!" Mary squeaked into the phone just before ending the call, "Emma's in! She's moving to New York! David, I haven't seen her since high school, can you believe that? Well, I haven't seen her in person, you know, we Skype and stuff but that's seven years!"

"It's eight. Emma left Franklin when we we're all still juniors, never made it to our senior year with us."

"Wow, how could I forget something like that? It's those darn kids, they are making me loose my mind." She smiled placing a kiss to her boyfriend's temple, "Lucky I have you to keep me on track!" She glanced to Killian who'd be quiet for the entirety of her conversation, "Oh darn it! I should have checked with you and Ruby before just inviting Emma in! I just thought we have the extra room and she's a very quiet person, people hardly notice her around—"

Killian held his hands to silence her, "Mary-Margaret, it's fine, love. I'll welcome her in with open arms."

"Not too open, Killian, she needs her own room and not to share one with you." She gave him a cross look.

Killian smiled wickedly and turned for the stairs, "I don't have a clue what you could be talking about."

The rest of the week seemed to fly by; Mary-Margaret had been picking up little things here and there that she thought Emma might like to have around. She bought red curtains for the room, they were Emma's favorite color and she made sure to have the cupboard stocked with hot coco, her favorite non alcoholic drink. She made a mental note to ask Ruby if she was okay with another person living with them but as expected, Ruby had no problems with it at all she even bought a bottle of Jack Daniels from work to celebrate her new home with them.

Killian had Thursday night off work and it was just him and Mary in the apartment, "Love, I'm interested, how do you know this Emma?"

"She went to school with me for two years. Very quiet girl but then again, so was I in school. I was walking home after school one night when some unruley boys cornered me and were not-they weren't-" Mary had a hard time being mean.

"They were being assholes?" Killian offered her.

"I was going to go with pigs but I suppose your choice of words works too. Anyways, Emma had been walking by and threatened the boys, they didn't take her seriously. Emma was shorter, blonde hair and bright eyes but she was much tougher than anyone gave her credit for. The boys started in on her, when she beat one of the to the ground with a bloody and clearly broken nose the others retreated. I don't know what would have happened to me if Emma hadn't been walking by."

"And you two were just friends since?"

Mary laughed, "Oh no, not at all! Emma was very quiet and kept mostly to herself but after that I always tried to talk to her and one day, I was leaving a grocery store when I found her crying outside of it. I sat with her while she cried but she never to me what was wrong, she hasn't even told me to this day. About a week after that, Emma left my school but we kept in touch. At first it was just a text here or there, then it was a phone call, and now we skype every few weeks. She's an odd one but she has a good heart. Kind of like you." She smiled warmly at him. He hated it when she did that, smiled like she knew something that no one else in the world had a clue about.

"She sounds, puzzling." Was the word he settled on.

"That she is. But, you can meet her and figure all that out for yourself tomorrow. I'm off to bed, sleep well, Killian."

First chapter! I know it's rough but it was just a thought in my head and I decided what the heck.

If you like it/if you hate it, either way, let me know! :)

Thank you for giving it a read!

NL