Everything I Do, I Do It For You

Chapter One

In Storybrooke…

Emma and Killian had fought for days trying to amend their mistakes upon falling through the Wicked Witch's time portal into the past once they unintentionally prevented Snow White and Prince Charming from meeting for the first time, as well as to get back to their own home and time. It wasn't easy, but at last the pirate captain had helped Emma to admit to herself that she had finally found a home where she truly belonged and with people she never wanted to leave again. Convinced her that she has a strength in her more powerful than anyone he's ever known. And in doing so, Emma's powers were restored which allowed for her to open up the portal again so they could return to where they belonged.

Killian lifted Marian's prone form in his arms and passed through first, then the Savior attempted to follow after him, until the past version of Rumplestiltskin nearly prevented her from escaping his prison had it not been for her being brave enough to break through to his humanity as she spoke to him about his son.

Once they were home again, Emma asked Killian to talk with Marian to try to explain to her where she was and why it was so important that they brought her back with them after they had stolen her away from her own time and her life in order to save it from the Evil Queen, as well as to keep her from changing the past any further simply by living longer than she was meant to live. In the meantime, the Savior ran off to Granny's Diner where she knew Henry and her parents were still waiting for her to come back without knowing of her and Killian's adventure so she could finally tell her mother and father how much she truly loved and missed them, never really having the courage to do so before.

When she realized some time later that Killian hadn't entered the diner behind Marian even though she'd been among the crowd for some time, Emma finally turned to look out the large window behind her and saw that Hook had taken a seat at one of the empty tables outside in the patio area instead of coming in to join her and their loved ones for her brother's naming ceremony and celebration once he finished speaking with the stranger to their town, and she knew she had one more thing she needed to do that evening before the celebration ended, so she walked out to join Killian as she took a seat across from him, then she spoke to him out of concern in regard to their effect on the past timeline saying, "So... do you think Rumplestiltskin is right? I'm in the book now. He said everything, besides our little adventure would go back to normal. Do you think that it is?"

He chuckled while he put his flask down on the table in front of him and then he answered, "He's right. Otherwise I'd remember that damn bar wench I kissed."

"How would that prove anything?" she asked as she smiled because of his swagger.

"I know how you kiss," Killian cheekily responded again as he smiled at her, even though he twirled the rings on his fingers, truthfully feeling uncomfortable for admitting such a truth to her. "I'd have gone after her. But I didn't. My life went on exactly the same as before."

Emma teased him as she smugly replied, "Yeah, must have been the rum."

Hook smiled once more, then continued somberly, "Everything's back to normal. You're a bloody hero, Swan."

"So are you," the Savior sincerely answered him upon noticing his humility about being there for her when she needed him to be, and tenderly rested her hand over his arm once Killian only chortled while he looked away from her again. "I wanted to thank you, Killian. For going back for me in the first place in New York. If you hadn't…"

He quickly interrupted, "It was the right thing to do."

Emma continued to notice something was off with him as though Killian was still hiding something out of shame or embarrassment and so in hope of getting him to open up to her, she asked softly, "How did you do it? How did you get to me?"

"Well, the curse was coming," the pirate Captain responded casually. "I ditched my crew and took the Jolly Roger as fast and as far as I possibly could to outrun it."

"You outran a curse?" she asked out of disbelief.

She chuckled herself when Killian went on by saying, "I'm a hell of a Captain. And once I was outside of the curse's purview, I knew that the walls were down. Transport between the worlds was possible again. All I needed was a magic bean."

Emma replied, "Those are not easy to come by."

"They are if you've got something of value to trade," Hook answered while he lowered his head to look down at his hand.

"And what was that?" she asked him, having no idea that what he was about to tell her would make her see just how much he truly cared for her, and she for him.

Almost as if he was teasing her even though he truly spoke with sincerity, Killian then responded, "Why, the Jolly Roger, of course."

The Savior looked for any signs of a lie within his eyes as they softened and then out of astonishment, she questioned, "You traded your ship for me?"

"Aye," he uttered softly with a simple nod of his head and then Emma leaned into him to kiss him, deeply and passionately.

They continued to kiss for some time, until Killian was the first to pull back against his dire longing to continue to kiss her, not wishing to push the woman he had come to love too fast or too far. Emma was still grieving over Neal's death and it hadn't been more than a few days since he'd been killed because of Zelena and his own act of love which brought his father back to life. And Killian didn't want to be just the man she used to help herself feel better, despite a small part of him knowing that her kisses this time meant so much more to her too.

"Hey… are you alright?" Emma finally asked him when she began to sense how uncomfortable he suddenly became upon pulling away from her, especially when he looked down again to stare at the rings on his hand. "If you're worried about whether or not I wanted this… I did, Killian. Although, maybe now isn't the right time. There's a lot going on and my parents will most likely interrupt us soon if I don't get back inside. Please… come back inside with me. This celebration may be for my brother, whom my parents named Neal to honor… well to honor Neal, you know. But we're also celebrating our return from the past. I've already told my parents and Henry, and they're waiting for me to finish sharing them everything we went through."

He raised his eyes to look upon her again and in sincerity he replied, "I just didn't wish to impose on the celebration in case… Well, I wanted to give you time alone with your family, and you are after all the one who got us home."

The Savior reached up to touch his face, then tenderly caressed his cheek while she answered, "I couldn't have done so without you, Killian. You didn't just trade your ship and give up the only home you've ever really known for centuries, but you also followed me through Zelena's portal to protect me and to guide me in an unknown world for me, like my mother had the last time I fell through a portal. Even though I know that your hook would have kept you from falling through like I had. And you risked your life to try to save me from Regina's castle after I was caught. You did it all… without any expectation of you and me. I know I made it clear before we could be nothing more than friends and I kept pushing you away, but you still did it. All of it. You gave everything up for me. Why?"

"Because… because I… I love you, Emma," Killian apprehensively responded in complete honesty, no matter how worried he felt about admitting the truth he's held in all this time to her at last despite all he's done to try to show her, especially when she suddenly pulled her hand away and began to stare at him in shock. "I'm sorry. But any other response couldn't be further from the truth and you would have known if I tried to lie to you. I don't expect you to reciprocate my feelings in the slightest. Believe me, I know I haven't made it easy for you to trust me. You're also still struggling with Neal's death and accepting your place in this town, as well as who you are…"

"I already told you I've accepted all that," she replied before he could continue on any further. "I've also forgiven you for anything I might have held against you all this time because you're far more than I can tell you struggle to accept about yourself. I care about you, Killian. I really do. And I'd like something more to come between us, but if something does… If something does, I need to take things slow. I rushed into a relationship with Neal before and even though I know now why he abandoned me and allowed me to wind up in prison, I still ended up getting hurt. But I also think a part of me knew even back then we weren't meant to be together. I just couldn't admit it until we shared our secrets in Echo Cave, and even more so now. With you… I don't know if we're meant to be together or not either, but I would like to find out. Can you be patient with me?"

Killian smiled at her then lovingly whispered, "Aye, love. I can do or be anything you need me to be. Everything I do, I do it for you. Shall we head back inside to rejoin your parents and your boy then? They're probably wondering where you are."

She let out a small chuckle and smiled at him as well while she put her arm through his before taking his hand into her own, then Emma stated, "Right. Come on then."

At last, they walked into the diner together to join back in on the celebration most everyone in Storybrooke had come out for. Little did the Savior or the pirate know that they were being watched while they had spoken and once they disappeared inside, the woman who owned the ice cream shop, Any Given Sundae, stepped out from the shadows underneath the streetlight just beyond the fence surrounding Granny's Diner.

No one in town knew Ingrid was about to show her true colors by becoming the Snow Queen she really was. A number of people entered her shop for ice cream every day, and yet no one ever seemed to pay her much mind or even remember who she was. However, soon enough no one would ever forget her again.

The Snow Queen's eyes darkened as she looked through the window and continued to watch Emma and the man who had just proclaimed his love for the Savior, so long as they remained in her view while she remained out of sight. The handsome Captain clearly in love with the Savior posed a threat to her plans for Emma. If Ingrid hoped to succeed, she would need to find a way to rid the town of him for good, but she had to be careful about how she went about doing so.

Elsewhere… another imposing threat started walking towards town from the barn out at Zelena's farmhouse, after the urn another being with ice and snow magic had been trapped in for thirty years also had come through the time portal behind Emma and Killian, then at last freed her on impact.

However, inside the diner, a big reveal was about to occur as well, that would soon turn Regina's and Robin's lives upside down in a way no one expected. A reveal which would come in the form of the woman whom Emma and Killian brought back with them from Rumplestiltskin's castle that very night. Someone who appeared to be an innocent woman, but whose true identity was protected by a glamor spell and the six leaf clover hanging around her neck.