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Captain Swan Christmas Reruns presents: Ghost of Christmases Past
Written by: @snowbellewells
Recommended by: @kmomof4
Summary: {mid-season three divergent holiday angst and fluff}
Emma visited by one very special ghost while she and Henry are in New York; you guides her through the Christmases of her past to see what could be waiting in her future... if she will only let herself have it.
What we love: Just a WONDERFUL canon divergence!!!
read it here!
#captain swan#christmas#killian jones#emma swan#ouat#once upon a time#fic rec#cs fic rec#fanfic#csff#snowbellewells#ghost of christmases past
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Heads Up, Seven Up!
Tagged by @snowbellewells! Thank you so much!!
RULES: Post the last 7 sentences that you wrote.
I'm cheating because the actual wip I'm currently working on is top secret, but this is another thing I've been dabbling with this week. It's a sequel to Involuntary (SAB, Darklina):
My alarm! She shot up with a gasp, suddenly alert. How had she slept through it again? And…wait. She took in her unfamiliar surroundings, her heart stuttering in her chest. This wasn’t her room. What—? Her bleary gaze landed on her boss.
He sat in an overstuffed chair next to the bed, ankle crossed over his knee as typed on a laptop. “You’re awake,” he said without looking up.
Tagging: @bywayofmemory, @jomiddlemarch, @vesperass-anuna, @orlissa, @coraleethroughthelookingglass, @pursuitseternal, @scriberated, @demonscantgothere, @hollyethecurious, @belovedcreation, @more-better-words, @talshiargirlfriend, @curator-on-ao3, @somebirdortheother and you, yes YOU (if you wanna). No pressure as always!
#tag games#snowbellewells#heads up seven up#i hated that game in elementary school#but this is a version i can get behind
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The Girls' Trip Fairy Tale Ending--Chapter 3 of 5
Summary: This is my combined birthday gift for Joni ( @jrob64 ), Marta ( @snowbellewells ) and Krystal ( @kmomof4 ). Happy birthday ladies! Four fandom friends are nearing the end of their annual girls’ trip when they’re suddenly visited by Isaac, the author before Henry. He gives them an each a gift–an opportunity to jump into any scene in the storybook they want and fix it. Large focus on CS, although other characters and relationships will be explored. A big shoutout to @hollyethecurious and @winterbaby89 for betaing!
Word Count: 2897
Other chapters: (1) (2) (4)
Can also be found on: (ao3) (ff.net)
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Note: Happiest of birthdays to Marta, @snowbellewells! I hope you enjoy your trip into the book! (You might want to sit down when you read this; there is a decent chance you'll swoon, hehe.)
Chapter 3
The book deposited Marta somewhere in the middle of the Storybrooke cemetery as dusk settled over the town. She grinned, knowing she was exactly where she was meant to be–and because against all odds and logic, she was about to actually meet and interact with Graham. Best. Girls’. Trip. Ever.
She wasn’t going to fulfill her purpose by standing here and thinking about the surrealism of her situation, though. She needed to find Regina’s vault, and she needed to find Emma and Graham before Regina did.
She scanned the cemetery past rows and rows of completely ordinary tombstones, some with loving epitaphs and others rather nondescript. She even saw one on which was etched three bears standing side by side. The epitaph for this stone read “Jesus saves.”
Finally, in the distance she saw the large mausoleum with its twin pillars and its circular crest, emblazoned with antlers or curved vines. Marta wasn’t entirely clear what they were supposed to represent.
Even more significantly, she saw the three figures of Emma, Graham, and Regina standing before it. They spoke for a few moments, and then Regina threw a punch, which Emma quickly returned, before slamming Regina up against the vault.
Marta’s heart sank; she hoped she wasn’t too late.
As Emma began walking purposefully toward her cruiser, Graham not far behind, Marta knew she had to make her move.
“Graham was right,” Marta said quickly, catching up to Emma. “Regina is keeping his heart in the vault!”
Emma stopped and stared at her for a long moment. “Is there something in the water today? Have I dropped into some bizzaro world where I’m the only person who hasn’t lost my mind? Do you realize how you crazy you sound, Marta?”
“Yeah, I’m sure I sound insane,” Marta said, “and normally I’d give you the opportunity to figure all of this out on your own, but right now… it’s literally a matter of life and death. We can’t let Regina get to that heart!”
Emma closed her eyes for a moment, growling in frustration. “Okay, say I believed you,” she finally said, encompassing both Marta and Graham in her glance, “we searched the vault. There’s nothing there but a coffin.”
Marta didn't know how much she should or could intervene. It was probably best to be a little cryptic and circumspect.
"It seemed like you were interrupted in your searching," she said. "I'm sure there's more to be discovered there than you realize."
"She's right, Emma," Graham insisted. " I can still feel it. It’s there somewhere."
"Look, Graham," Emma said gently, taking his face in her hands and looking into his eyes. "It’s been a difficult and emotional day for you. Please just take a breath and trust me. Everything is going to be alright."
Marta saw the moment Graham conceded, and she began to panic. “You have to listen to me!” she tried again. “I know it sounds crazy, but it’s true!”
Emma shook her head. “Look, we already tried searching for it, and that led to an encounter with Regina that I don’t think either of us is ready to repeat anytime soon. If there’s something there, we can always come back and look for it another time, but until then, there’s a first aid kit in the sheriff’s station that’s calling my name.”
“But–” Marta tried one last time, but they were already gone.
Now what?
She considered heading back to the vault and confronting Regina herself, but she wasn’t entirely sure she was ready to go up against the Evil Queen–even in the Land Without Magic. What she needed was an ally.
And then it clicked. Henry. Who better than the truest believer, who had been working so hard on Operation Cobra, to help her stop his mom from doing something irreversible?
She needed to get to Henry now … wherever he was.
She’d no sooner had the thought than she was at the front door of the mayor’s mansion. She could really get used to traveling at the speed of thought like this! Knowing she didn’t have a moment to lose, she rang the doorbell and then waited impatiently until Henry opened the door.
“Marta?” he asked, his brow furrowing. “What is it? What’s wrong?”
“It’s an Operation Cobra emergency!” she said. “We have to get to your mom’s vault A.S.A.P.”
Without a word, Henry grabbed his coat and followed her out the door. As they rushed back to the cemetery, Marta filled Henry in on what was happening–being careful to heavily edit the situation, not entirely sure it was suitable for ten-year-old ears.
“And so,” Marta finished, just as the vault came into view, “I thought you could distract your mom, and then I’ll grab the heart and take it back to Sheriff Humbert.”
To Marta’s profound relief, the plan went off without a hitch. When they got to the mausoleum, Marta hid behind a nearby tree while Henry called out for Regina. She came rushing out, and Marta slipped in behind her just as Henry started in on a tale of how he didn’t know where Regina was and he’d been worried.
Thankfully, Regina hadn’t had time to push her father’s coffin back into place before rushing out to her son, and Marta ran down the cold, stone stairs, heart pounding, fearing to find a pile of dust instead of a heart, but to her relief, she saw it right away, bright red and glowing from inside the small box in which Regina had kept it. Marta took a moment to peer into the box to make sure she truly had her prize before closing the lid and making her way back outside.
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The next thing Marta knew, she was standing in the doorway of the sheriff’s station just as Graham leaned in and kissed Emma. No sooner had his lips touched hers than he pulled back with a gasp, his eyes blown wide.
“Emma,” he said in wonder, “I remember!”
“You remember … what?” Emma asked carefully.
“Everything,” Graham answered.
Marta stepped forward. “Then I’m sure you’ll be pleased to see this again.” She extended the box toward him.
Graham gasped. “You got it? You really found it? How?”
“Let’s just say…” Marta said, “I knew where to look.”
For a moment, Emma merely looked back and forth between the two of them, her confusion and unease plain to see all over her face, and then she threw up her hands and headed for the door.
“Look,” she said, “I don’t know what the hell is going on around here tonight, but it’s just … too much. I forwarded the station phones to my cell; I’m going home. Graham just … take care of yourself, okay?”
He smiled at her gently. “See you tomorrow? Maybe we can talk.”
“Yeah, sounds good. Promise you’ll get some rest?”
“You have my word.”
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When Marta blinked again, she found herself just inside the door of Granny’s diner. She glanced around, confused. She didn’t remember this scene from the show. Maybe it was something new created because of her changes?
Marta noted that it was dark outside, so it must be evening. Was it the same evening as her previous scenes had taken place? What was she meant to do here? Just as she considered stepping out the door, she spotted Graham sitting alone at a booth near the back of the diner. He slowly brought a porcelain cup to his lips and took a sip as he looked pensively down at the wooden box in which Regina had kept his heart.
With no idea what she was intended to do, Marta decided she might as well join Graham. He looked up as she approached the table, and a smile lit up his face at the sight of her. He gestured to the opposite seat of his bench, and she took the offered seat.
“I owe you a debt of gratitude, Marta,” Graham said. “If you hadn’t been there, hadn’t believed my wild tale, I shudder to think what might have happened.”
Marta felt a shiver go up her spine, remembering what really HAD happened in the original storyline. “It was no trouble,” she assured. “I knew you were right, and I didn’t want anything worse to happen to you.”
He reached over and squeezed her hand with another gentle smile. “Thank you, nonetheless. I know the things I’ve said and done over the past day have been–difficult to believe–but you’ve had faith in me even so, and I appreciate it more than you know.”
“Well,” Marta said, “I … know more than you think. I believe you. On all of it.”
“Do you?” he asked, surprised.
Marta nodded. “And I know that you’ve been controlled entirely too long. You need to get your heart back in your chest.”
Graham sighed, and glanced sightlessly out the window. “Then you know I need a magic wielder to make that happen. The only ones currently in this town are Regina and Mr. Gold, neither of which I trust to help me.”
Marta thought for a moment and a specific scene came to mind: Mulan returning Aurora’s heart in Rumplestiltskin’s cell.
“I’m not entirely sure that’s true,” Marta said. “I’ve, well, I’ve seen a non-magical person return a heart.”
He glanced at her quizzically. “Just who are you, Marta?”
“Wouldn’t you like to know?” she asked with a small, secret smile.
His returning smile could light up an entire room. “Perhaps I would.”
For several moments, Marta couldn’t speak, could barely remember her own name or why she was here. That smile was lethal.
“Anyway, that’s … not important,” she answered, still more than a little flustered. “The point is, I think it can be done. I could try, if you’d be willing to let me.”
He was silent for a moment, considering it, and then he nodded. “It’s worth a try.”
Graham got to his feet, and Marta gave him a questioning look. “I’d assume you shoving a red glowing object into my chest might attract… attention. I thought it would be best to go somewhere a bit more secluded.”
Nodding at the wisdom of that, Marta got to her feet and followed Graham to the back hallway of Granny’s, where he gave her his heart. (Marta was sure for the rest of her days she would never forget the warm fuzzy feeling that gave her.) Holding it carefully, she hesitated for a moment, before quickly plunging her hand into his chest.
Graham gasped, closing his eyes and grimacing in pain for a moment.
“Are you okay?” Marta asked quickly.
After a moment, he opened his eyes, and the smile that came over his face would put the sun to shame. “I’ve never in my life been better,” he said, “and I have you to thank for it.”
Taking her hand in his, he brought it to his lips, placing a quick, grateful kiss on its back.
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Marta was fairly certain she’d swooned after Graham kissed her hand, and this time when she came to, she found herself in Mary Margaret’s flat. Emma sat at the kitchen table, pushing around the cereal in her bowl rather listlessly.
Breakfast time, then–must be the next morning.
“Emma?” Marta asked, taking a seat on the other side of the table, “I just wanted to make sure you’re doing alright. Last night was kind of a lot.”
Emma snorted. “Yeah, you could say that. I have a knock-down, drag-out fight with the mayor, who also happens to be my son’s mom. My boss kisses me and then has some sort of … break with reality. All in a day’s work in Storybrooke, right? I’ve only been in this town a few weeks, but already I realize things are just … weird … here.”
“Well that is one way to put it,” Marta replied. “But … maybe try to keep a bit of an open mind about Graham. Obviously he was going through … something … yesterday.”
Emma rolled her eyes. “Not you too!”
Marta’s brows furrowed. “Not me … what?””
“Mary Margaret’s already been all over me this morning about closing my heart to love and not giving Graham a chance, and being afraid, and, well, whatever other crap she mentioned.”
“So I take it you told her about your kiss,” Marta prodded.
“Yeah, and she jumped all over it,” Emma said with a frustrated huff. “Got all excited, talking like I’d just started dating my true love or something. It was just …way too much for this early in the morning”
Marta chuckled. “Knowing her, I can imagine. She means well; just wants you to be happy.”
“I know she does,” Emma sighed. “I just wish she’d back off a little sometimes. I’ve been a loner for a long time. I’m not used to… friends.”
“Well you have them now,” Marta said, “and that’s a good thing, right?”
“Yeah,” Emma said slowly, “except when they're jumping to too many conclusions about my love life.”
“Okay, I could see that,” Marta conceded. “So what are your thoughts about Graham and what happened last night.”
“I don’t know,” Emma said, looking down at her bowl of cereal and continuing to drag her spoon through it. “I do have, I don’t know, feelings of some sort toward him. I do care about him, but … well, for one thing, he’s clearly going through something right now. I don’t know if he’s sick and delirious, or something else, but all that crap he was saying back at the office–”
“Yeah, I know it strains credibility,” Marta said carefully. This was harder to navigate than she’d anticipated. If she said too much would she change the future? Was Emma even ready to hear it? “Maybe he just needs a little time. You probably do too.”
Emma barked out a laugh. “That’s for sure.”
For a few moments, the two were silent, thinking about the conversation and the events of the past day. Finally, Emma spoke up again.
“It’s not just Graham’s … issues, though, to be honest.”
“What else is bothering you?” Marta asked.
“It’s just … those feelings I feel toward Graham? I don’t think it’s love. I just don’t think I feel for him what I should feel for the man I’m in love with. I don’t want to start something and hurt him later. I know I’m the last person who should have this, I don’t know, romanticized view of love, but I just feel like there should be more to it than this.”
Marta smiled gently, thinking about a certain leather clad pirate Emma was only weeks from meeting for the first time. She thought about their epic love story that even death itself couldn’t stop. “Emma,” she said, “I have no doubt that epic, passionate, all-consuming true love is out there for you, and I have a sense that it’ll find you sooner than you think. Until then, there’s nothing wrong with keeping things with Graham at the friendship level.”
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Emma thanked Marta for the talk and then headed for the station. Left alone in the loft, Marta wondered what else she was meant to do.
Then she noticed the storybook–the storybook Lucy had at the start of season 7, the one that contained all of the events of canon along with the past fairy tales.
Maybe she was supposed to flip through and see what changed thanks to her ministrations?
She paged through until she found the events of the past day, and then she moved forward. Regina, angry with being thwarted and concerned with how much of the truth Graham might know, came up with a creative–and particularly cruel–way to solve her problem. After convincing the town that Graham had suffered a mental break and was no longer fit for duties as sheriff, she had him committed to the Storybrooke mental asylum in the hospital basement.
It appeared the rest of season one continued largely the same as canon. Curious what would happen following the breaking of the curse, Marta kept reading.
After the curse, Graham was freed from the mental hospital and went on to team up with Ruby to head up the task force to reunite people with their missing loved ones. Working together brought the two of them closer, and it wasn’t long before they began dating.
Through the seasons, Graham continued to help the heroes as various villains showed up and were subsequently defeated. Eventually, he and Ruby decided to pull back from the craziness and enjoy their life together, even as the world continued to crash around them.
It was all Marta could have hoped for her favorite first Storybrooke sheriff.
She’d no sooner closed the cover of the book than she felt a tug in her midsection, and the room around her began spinning. She closed her eyes against the sudden dizziness. When she opened them again, she was back in the living room of her cabin, looking at the eager faces of her friends.
“I can’t wait to tell you what just happened!” she said excitedly.
“Well, you’re gonna have to,” Isaac said irritably. “Come on; I don’t have all night. Who’s next?”“I think it’s my turn,” Krystal said, a blood-thirsty gleam in her eyes, “and I know exactly what I’m going to do.”
Notes:
--I hope you enjoyed your birthday gift, Marta! Your affinity for a certain handsome Storybrooke sheriff who deserved so much better is well known to all of us. Since we got so little of him in canon, I thought I'd give you more one on one interaction with him!
--Up next: A bit of a longer hiatus. The next chapter will be posted on October 15, Krystal (@kmomof4's) birthday. We'll be moving on to the missing year between 3a and 3b, and Krystal will get a chance to give Neal the ending he deserves. (Cue evil laughter)
NEXT CHAPTER-->
#ouat fanfiction#girls' trip fanfiction#fandom friends' birthday fics#1x07 The Huntsman fanfiction#sheriff graham#snowbellewells#my fanfiction
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Krystal, I am so glad you reblogged this, because I loved this set of questions and wanted it to get circling. Apologies if I ask you several…
For the Bookish Asks: A, C, H, T, U, V, and Y
I’ll never forgive you for this, Marta 😜 kidding!! Thank you so much for the ask! This really did look fun so I’m thrilled to answer so many!!!
A Author You've Read The Most Books From
Probably Stephen King. I started reading him my freshman year in college and by the time our first was born in ‘97, I’d read pretty much everything he’d written up to that point.
C Currently Reading
Does fanfiction count? 😜 but seriously, I guess you could say I’m currently reading When He Was Wicked, Francesca Bridgerton’s book by Julia Quinn, since I’m adapting it to a CS fic…
H Hidden Gem Book
So, I went back to my homeschooling days for this one. In the Reign of Terror by G.A. Henty. We only read a few of his books when the kids were growing up and they were all wonderful, but this was our first one we read aloud and it was just phenomenal !!! All of his books followed a young person living during momentous times in human history. This one was set during, you guessed it, the French Revolution. HIGHLY recommend.
T Three Of Your All-Time Favorite Books
The first two are easy peasy… It and The Stand, both by Stephen King. From the first time I read them to when I started having kiddos and no time, I read them both at least once a year. It’s now been well over 2 decades since I read either one and I could probably give you a pretty detailed description of what happens in each and every chapter.
For the third, I really don’t know… but I’ll list several that I LOVE that jump immediately to mind.
The Horse and His Boy C.S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia Book 3, takes place during the reign of the Pevensies in Narnia.
The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien yes, it counts as 1 book, sorry, not sorry…
The Viscount that Loved Me and An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn. Anthony and Benedict Bridgerton’s stories, respectively.
And finally, Nora Roberts O’Hurley’s series, that, as you know, inspired my A Family Affair fic series. I read the series, except Trace’s story (the older brother), before I was married, and when I found the last book, it rekindled my love for the entire series and it held a very special place in my heart all these years.
U Unapologetic Fangirl For
Bridgerton series
V Very Excited For This Release More Than Any Other
If you’d asked me that about 9mos ago, my VERY LOUD and EXCITED answer would have been the Special Edition release of the Bridgerton series in hardback that Chris ordered for me for Christmas, which also answers your last question. But, since you didn’t ask me that 9mos ago 😜 and it’s been so long since I’ve bought any real-hold-in-your-hand-book, I don’t really have an answer for you. Sorry?
Y Your Latest Book Purchase
See above.
Thank you again for all these, Marta!!!
Send me a bookish ask
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For the Writers Ask Game that you put together would you answer #2, 9, and 18?
Also, I think you know that "What Lies Beneath the Mask" is probably always going to be my Number One Unbeaten Favorite of all your stories -- It's just SO GOOD!!! But as far as scenes that live rent-free in my mind, I think about wolf form Killian curling up in the bed with Emma for protection and comfort in "Varcolac" an awful lot. <3 (And I'd be lying if I didn't say that I go into high school the teacher's lounge to get more coffee some days and chuckle to myself thinking about that little school-set one shot you wrote - though nothing nearly that exciting ever actually happens! ;p)
You are the sweetest! And I am the worst for taking so long to reply.
I also love that scene from Varcolac, and can't help but think about the art @flipperbrain made for it (I MISS YOU, KRIS!!!)
And you going into your Teacher's Lounge for a cup of coffee and thinking about THOSE SCENES makes me want to simultaneously cringe and laugh out loud!
And of course... HAPPY SIGH that you still love WLBtM so much 💖, and shoutout to @cocohook38 for all the amazing artwork she made for that fic. It still makes me giddy!
But now... on to your questions!
2. Share the first line of a WIP yet to be posted
From my Land Run AU that REALLY needs a title!
Stars exploded behind Killian’s eyes as the force of the punch knocked his head back.
9. Do you have a mood board / inspiration image / artwork for any of your WIPs? Share at least one.
Unfortunately, no. Perhaps I ought to correct that.
18. What can your followers / readers do to help you stay motivated or help overcome writer's block/burnout?
I answered that on a previous Ask. Basically, I just want to engage with my followers / readers / fellow crewmates more in 2024. I know many have moved on, but I see new fans coming in all the time and I miss some of the silly fun we used to have on the regular here.
Send me a Writer's Ask!
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CSSNS Get to Know Me!
Let’s warmly welcome @snowbellewells to the 2023 CSSNS event!
How long have you been in the CS/OUAT fandom?
Since the summer before Season 3 began, so about 2013.
When did you start shipping Captain Swan?
I would say right about then, the start of the Neverland arc. I was of course intrigued by Killian from the start, but shipping them as a couple? It was probably there at the beginning of Season 3.
What drew you to this event?
I was drawn in through talking with Krystal (@kmomof4) about wishing there were more werewolf fics and being able to finally bring an idea of my own I’d had to life for the event. Plus, I was VERY excited for all of the other stories and new friendships that would surely come from it!
What inspired your topic?
The MC I am writing this year was inspired by the book (and TV movie adaptation of the book) Carolina Moon by Nora Roberts. Emma’s character in it will have psychic/clairvoyant abilities, which I have been assured is supernatural enough to qualify, and there will be some mystery and suspense thrown in with the romance if I balance it all as I hope!
My one shot was inspired by a story prompt idea I saw floating around on Tumblr.
If you would like to share a snippet/sneak peek/summary of your fic or artwork, please use the space below.
From the Prologue of Carolina Moon: “But, more than all of that, she had come back to this place to find peace, to lay to rest the ghosts that followed her everywhere else she’d gone in the years between, once and for all. If she expected others to leave the past in the past, she’d first have to manage it herself. She’d had no way to know as she and Rose parted that afternoon with promises and plans for later that it would be the last time she would ever see her friend. Emma had harbored the pain and the guilt and the unanswered questions ever since. Finally, it was time to meet the gazes of all of those who’d stared at her in suspicion before she’d been packed up and moved away once more, and it was time she found answers. She wasn’t the scared, whipped, mistreated adolescent she had been at 13. What she had lived through then wasn’t her fault, nor was what had happened to Rose that muggy July midnight. And if she had to return to Storybrooke, South Carolina to lay that burden down… well, it was long past time she did.”
For our betas: Who/what have you beta'd before, or is this your first time? Feel free to give as much info as you like.
I have beta’ed a bit for authors in this event in previous years, and occasionally for other fic writer friends if they need someone to glance over a story for them before they post it. I love doing that. The collaboration and idea sharing is so much fun, and I feel like I am getting a special sneak peek!
What are you looking forward to most about participating in this event?
Digging back into this story I’ve been anxiously waiting to put my full attention towards, and seeing what everyone else will create and post!
We’re looking forward to TWO stories from @snowbellewells - the OS dropping on August 2nd and the MC on August 18th!
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For your WIPs listed, I really want to ask about the Mermaid Captain Book fic, but I saw you already answered that one (Let me just tell you, if you refind the trajectory, I would be standing in line to read that one!!! <3 ) Instead, tell me about the DwtS AU :)
Hey there!! Well, maybe I'll stare at that one next to see if anything happens 😉
As for the DWTS AU, I honestly forgot that existed until I was making that list, lol. It's pretty much what it sounds like: a Dancing with the Stars AU, where Emma is the pro dancer and Killian her celebrity partner. I LOVE DWTS so it was fully inspired by that and I think I spent more time plotting out all the partners and dances than I actually did writing anything, but was happy to see there's more than a bit in there, lol. Maybe next season will give me the inspo to get going again (if I can get over my heartbreak over Len, RIP). (I think I also abandoned working on it because someone else did a full-fledged AU but I feel terrible because I'm blanking on who right now!)
This is the opening I had written:
“Just follow me—left, right, left-right-left.”
“I’m used to leading, love.”
“When you show me you know what you’re doing, I’ll let you lead.”
“Oh, I assure you, I know exactly what I’m doing.”
This was Emma’s life now: sighing and rolling her eyes to innuendo after innuendo. Thank goodness she loved her job, or else she would have thrown in the towel on this particular project ages ago.
But she didn’t win that mirrorball by giving up or by being a crappy teacher. If she could teach a soccer player to dance, and dance well, surely a rock star was no different.
It wasn’t that Killian Jones, lead singer and guitarist of the Dashing Rapscallions, had two left feet or anything; he was actually quite graceful, a fact not hindered by his lack of left hand. He was just a cocky SOB and flirted with anything on two legs. Including, of course, Emma.
WIP game (again)
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Hey there! You said to message you about what we're reading, and I felt like chatting about that (hopefully you won't mind). I really love hearing your thoughts on various books.
I've been reading the Rokesby series by Julia Quinn (Bridgerton prequels) which I am really having fun with. I'm also reading The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig, Darling by K. Ancrum, Impossible by Nancy Werlin, The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams, The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson, and An Unexpected Earl by Anna Harrington (second of a series called Lords of the Armory) As you can tell, I am really bad at picking just one book at a time!
What are you reading at the moment?
Please come here to talk about books with me whenever. I promise absolutely never mind. And gosh, do you have a lot of things to talk about! I am impressed, honestly. I would never be able to keep all those plots and storylines straight!
I'm a strictly one-book-at-a-time kinda lady. Which is not great for the number of books on my Kindle, actually. Because I have this horrible habit of just downloading them, so I don't forget that I want to read them, and then I wind up with, like, 15 books on there, and I make Justin pick a number as to what I read next or give him a general idea of what the genre is and make him pick from that.
I am horrible at making decisions, you see.
As to what I've been reading recently, I've been a bit all over the place. I mean, there's been kissing in.... all of them, but the type of kissing varies. Some of my recent ones ,though:
the last in a series where someone on this football team falls in love with some quirky™ girl, and the sports descriptions are only kind of incorrect
a historical romance that was truly TOP TIER where the main characters used to flirt in their first season, but then she got married because her father was going to die and he wanted her protected™ but the guy was an unfeeling, uninterested jerk and then he died and now his sister is threatening to take her children away and so she needs to prove there's a responsible male presence in the home, so she and her lawyer!brother devise a scheme to fake an engagement, and who is the perfect candidate for this fake arrangement than her former flirting partner who is now a decided rake and in need of funds???
a set of short stories set in the daevabad verse, which is a fantasy trilogy i read last year and LOVED, but it is INTENSE and the world building is vast and i'm still not sure i understood the first book at all, but the stories were gorgeous and some of them made me cry
the sequel to a modern-day supernatural book that has witches and demons and werewolves and everyone falls in love and i liked the first one way more
another sequel, but this one is part of a series that's a spinoff of a different series and is focused on this one candian family and they own a ranch and everyone is decidedly emotionally stunted and needs heaps of therapy but they fall in love really well and kiss even better and the last one was my favorite because they were idiots! and pining for years! and the dude played hockey
If you can't tell, I've been traveling a lot. And spending a lot of time on team buses. And planes. And, so, I read. When I'm not making more Instagram reels.
#laura reads books#snowbellewells#laura rambles#happy conference tournament week guys!#i will be on another team bus this week#and presumably reading more trashy books 10 feet away from a bunch of college kids
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I hope it’s okay to send you all OuaT characters for the 10 character ask game. I wasn’t sure what all other fandoms to branch out into…
Here goes: deckhand!Hook, Dark Hook, Pan, Tinkerbell, Robin Hood, Mulan, Cora, Zelena, Ruby, and August
It’s absolutely okay! And thank you! 😊❤️
Send me 10 characters and I will tell you who I would…
Marry - deckhand!Hook for sure
Drink tea with - Tinkerbell
Party with - August, but I’m not a party person so hopefully we’d just read or write instead lol
Kiss - Pan (Robbie Kay is a little less than a year older than me 🫠)
Go out on a date with - Ruby 🖤❤️
Push down the stairs - Cora
Slap - Zelena
Invade the dreams of - Mulan, to give her some better, kinder ones (…I don’t even mean that in a dirty way, but…)
Take a nap with - Dark Hook in hopes he’ll wake me up in some sort of dirty way 😏
Rob - Robin Hood because I’m sure I’d get caught 😏
Send me 10 characters
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This is just to say that I have been thinking of your writing a LOT lately - particularly "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt". It left off in such an intense place and I am seriously dying to know what happens next. I should also add that I am so impressed at the success you have with your original writing as well, and know there must be an insane about of work to being as prolific a writer as you are.
Still, I had to let you know that several of your CS stories are still in my head and just how good I think they are -- Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Feels Like Home, and Miss Fix It, just to name a few!! Lots of love and best wishes for a great November!!! :)
You are the sweetest, thank you so much!!!!! 🥰🥰🥰 You have no idea how much I appreciate and needed to see your message. (And also I needed the reminder to work on those fics you mentioned ☺️). I've been focusing on my other stories so much they kind of have been put on the back burner but I would definitely like to update these soon. Thank you so much for your kind words and for being so sweet ❤️❤️❤️
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Captain Swan Christmas Reruns presents: Over the Realms and Through the Woods, to Arendelle We Go
Written by: @snowbellewells
Recommended by: @kmomof4
Summary: Emma and Killian take their crew on a holiday road trip to visit old friends and make new Christmas memories…
What we love: Since I head canon that Emma and Elsa kept in touch with mirror magic after Elsa returned home, this fic made my heart VERY happy!!!!
read it here!
#captain swan#christmas#killian jones#emma swan#ouat#once upon a time#fic rec#cs fic rec#fanfic#csff#snowbellewells#over the realms and through the woods
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For the fic title ask:
We could have had it all
Tell me Lies
I'll be there
@lenfaz I'm really glad you sent me an ask. This looked like a fun ask game, and I hoped I would get a few. Sorry it took me a couple days to answer.
Here goes:
"We Could Have Had it All" In my mind that's either a whole different way to diverge from the 3a midseason finale. I wanted to see Killian take Emma and Henry back to their family, but in the Enchanted Forest - Emma getting a chance to be a Princess in her homeland, but still be herself, Henry to get to be a knight, all of that. The Wish Realm also gave it to us and then like threw it in a blender and mixed it all up.
The other way I might go with that, would be having LIam in the Underworld marry Killian and Emma by the wishing well there, in a small wedding - maybe with just Henry? - like Snow and Charming's first little wedding performed by Lancelot. That would have been a much better use of having him there in 5x15, in my humble opinion.
"Tell Me Lies" I've had an idea in my mind for some time that somehow Hyde (or some other baddie) doses Emma with either the splitting serum or a truth serum. All the painful, hard truths that Emma doesn't dig up or rub in people's faces in canon to keep the peace come flooding out almost against her wishes. But in the end, she has to get it under control, find a balance, find a way to accept or make peace with those who've wronged her. She can't force it all done and just shoulder all that's happened to her, but she has to forgive and protect those she loves when she's able as well.
"I'll Be There" My first thought on this one is a modern AU where Emma and Killian meet at some sort of support group or recover group meeting. They bond, share a lot with each other, and begin to help each other heal, and the vow is made. Whatever happens, they will be there for each other. And when the time comes, when one or the other is in need, the other is there for them, just like they said they would be.
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One Thrill Ride Leads to Another - Sneak Peek of Chapter 4 (More Thrilling Rides)
I apologize for not having Chapter 4 ready to post this week. I have three valid reasons for the delay: 1) One of my best friend’s husband died last weekend and the visitation and funeral were this past week, so it’s been very emotional 2) both people who are the betas for this story were on vacation at least part of this week and 3) the chapter is currently over 10,000 words long and I still have several more scenes planned to add to it. I hope you’ll forgive me for not living up to my promise of posting the new chapter today.
This story still looks like it will have a total of five chapters, unless I decide to split Chapter 4 in half since it’s becoming such a monster. If you would like to start reading or get caught up, you can find the story so far here:
Tumblr: Ch 1 Ch2 Ch3
Ao3 or ffn
Story Summary: While working at Universal’s Islands of Adventure, Killian Jones meets Emma Swan, slips his name and number into her phone, and later sends her a text asking her out. His snap decision could lead to her blocking his number, or to an adventure much more thrilling than a ride on a roller coaster.
Rating: M (for smut in Chapter 4)
Words: (Chapters 1-3) 16,790
Thank you @kmomof4 and @hookedmom for your beta skills and a special thank you to @snowbellewells for your wonderful, heartwarming reblogs! I’m so glad you’re enjoying this story!
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They quickly stored their belongings, keeping their towels, sunscreen and sunglasses, and went in search of beach chairs in a convenient area of the park. It didn’t take them long to find four chairs together, where they spread out their towels. The guys tugged their shirts over their heads while Emma and Ruby removed their cover ups.
As soon as Killian laid eyes on Emma in her high cut swimsuit, his mouth went dry and his cock twitched in his trunks. Catching her eyes, he could see the hunger in her gaze, too.
Tendrils of heat were coursing through her as she took in his body, now clad only in low-slung swim trunks. She’d gotten a brief glimpse of him after his shower earlier that morning, but standing this close to him made her long to run her fingertips over the defined muscles of his chest and arms.
“Now we’re all gonna do the responsible thing and put on sunscreen before we do anything else, right?” Ruby stated emphatically, handing the bottle to Graham, who was taking in her suit with hungry eyes. “I don’t want to get so sunburned that it hinders other, more enjoyable activities tonight. I’d like to maintain the option of being flat on my back.” Graham returned her wink, then eagerly took the bottle, squirted some into his hands and started applying it to her exposed skin.
Killian looked at Emma. “I can put some on your back, if you’d like.”
“Sure,” she said, plucking the bottle off of her towel and tossing it to him. Then she sat on the end of the chaise lounge and pulled her ponytail over her shoulder.
He straddled the seat behind her and popped open the lid, pouring a generous amount into his palm. After rubbing his hands together, he began smoothing it over her upper back, spreading his hands toward her shoulders.
Emma closed her eyes and bit her lower lip as his fingers massaged her skin. Every swipe of his hand spread a warmth through her that had nothing to do with the sun, and everything to do with her attraction to him. It was all she could do not to moan at his touch.
At the same time, Killian was fighting with his libido, too. Her skin was soft and silky beneath his fingers and he wanted to explore more of it. A lot more. When he finished liberally applying the lotion, he was disappointed not to have an excuse to keep touching her, at least for the time being.
“All done,” he informed her, rising from the chair.
She gave him an appreciative smile and took the bottle from him. He bent to retrieve his own bottle and when he turned toward her again, the feelings he had just fought down rose to the surface again. She was slathering lotion on her chest, her straps pulled down a bit so she could get underneath, giving him a tantalizing peek at the top of her breasts.
Swallowing hard, he sat down on his own chair to hide the evidence of his reaction, and busied himself with applying sunscreen to his legs and the tops of his feet. Every once in a while, he would sneak a glance at Emma, just to see her rubbing lotion on the glistening skin of her arms and standing to apply it to the front and back of her legs. He knew sunscreen was supposed to protect people, but he was beginning to think it was going to be the death of him.
“Want some help with that?” her voice cut through his thoughts.
Her question caught him off-guard, wondering if she was offering to help him with the issue she was responsible for causing. Surely she wasn’t suggesting what his mind was picturing? He shifted in his seat, hoping his trunks weren’t noticeably tented. “Um, with what?”
“Putting sunscreen on your back.”
“Oh, uh, yeah. That would be great, thanks.”
Only it wasn’t great when her hands touched his heated skin, causing his problem to continue to grow. By the time she was finished, he was well past half-mast and was wondering if he was going to be able to hide it when he stood up.
The contact was affecting Emma, too. She spent far longer than necessary rubbing her hands across the broad expanse of his back, over his shoulders, and down his biceps, her fingers on his bare skin sending sensual and pleasurable shivers throughout her body.
“Are you guys ready?” Graham asked, bursting the bubble of lust around the couple. Emma gave Killian’s shoulders one more squeeze, then stood up on wobbly legs.
“Where,” Killian began, his voice cracking on the word. He cleared his throat and tried again. “Uh, what do you want to do first?”
“I think a nice, cool dip in the wave pool sounds good,” Ruby said. “Why don’t we start there since we’re close to it anyway?”
“Makes sense to me,” Graham agreed. “How about you guys?”
Killian sighed in relief. Cool water within close proximity was just what he needed. He looked at Emma, who nodded with an eager look on her face. “We’re in. Lead the way, Ruby,” he said.
Waiting until all of them turned to walk away, he stood up, adjusted himself the best he could in his swim trunks, and waddled after them.
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Please hang in there. I will definitely post Chapter 4 next Sunday!
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#cs ff#one thrill ride leads to another#sneak peek-chapter 4#jrob64#cs fanfiction#CS fic#captain swan fan fiction#cs fluff and smut#captain swan modern au#birthday fic for snowbellewells
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For the "Kick in the Pants" Writer Ask Game, I realize you told @jrob64 not to ask for the amnesia/beating one ("The Risk of Remembering") but I can't help but do it instead. I hadn't heard anything about this one, and my whumpy, hurt/comfort loving heart needs to know more.... ;)
If you absolutely refuse, how about "A Lady in Distress"?
Thank you! <3
I am still shaking my finger at you, missy… but here you go! From The Risk of Remembering.
Killian Jones crested the rise and immediately swerved his bike to avoid a huge chunk of metal in the middle of the road. It was too close and he lost control, laying the Harley on its side before skidding fifty feet and coming to a stop in the sagebrush that lined the state highway.
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@imperpetuallylost did this and it seemed like fun so i thought i would do one too
(tagging some mutuals but of course absolutely no pressure to do it especially if you don't celebrate christmas and also even if i didn't tag you i'd still love to get a message from you so feel free to do it!)
@escapadeist @poptart-cat-78 @harrietmjones @not-all-the-prayers @percabethfangirl @obsessivedaydreamer @eponine119 @blue-cookies-and-wise-owls @unorthodox-oblivion @umm0lly @moonysuglysweaters @starlikesilences @on-the-outside @inhale-fandoms-exhale-asdfghjkl @roeyliteratiforever @romantic-elegies @nerd-geek-etc @learningtokeepmyownsecrets @bitchboylinus @grimf4erie @teamhook @theycallme-thejackal @snowbellewells @finneganhart @sagesfandomspot @hamster-on-fire @skatiet @ivebeendressingforrevenge @justanotherconfusedautistic @charismatic-writer @enchantedlandcoffee @octoberconstellation @stripesysheaven @apoppyinmyhair
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Get to Know Me 2022
Our last author introduction for this year’s CSSNS event is the ever-lovely @snowbellewells ❤❤
How long have you been in the CS/OUAT fandom?
Since around 2013
When did you start shipping Captain Swan?
You couldn’t miss the chemistry from “Tallahassee” on, but I would say I started seriously shipping them about the start of Season 3.
What drew you to this event?
Initially the was the opportunity to read more CS werewolf ff in particular, as well as try my hand at writing it. But it quickly also became a fun way to work with, encourage and be encouraged by, and stay in touch with fandom friends as well.
What inspired your topic?
I saw a Tumblr post with a picset and the original idea. It rooted itself in my brain until I really wanted to do my own take on it.
For our betas: Who/what have you beta'd before, or is this your first time? Feel free to give as much info as you like.
I have beta’ed for various friends on individual stories upon request here and there, and I have also beta’ed for other participants on this event in previous summers.
What are you looking forward to most about participating in this event?
I am always excited to see my artist’s interpretation of the story I share. It’s so exciting to see a visual image of what I imagined come to life with their help! And I always look forward to the wealth of new stories the event produces!!
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