Summary: Just after Emma gets torn from her family, she forgets them. Killian goes back to the Enchanted Forest and has to remember every minute detail of the woman he’s just lost. During the Lost Year and beyond, the pieces and parts that are missing add up to two mending hearts.
Rating: T
A/N: So I’m not very good at canon divergence, so I’ve taken on some missing scenes/divergence from the missing year and when Killian goes to find Emma to bring back her memories. Title today from Adele’s “All I Ask” because I haven’t cried enough, apparently. (Yeah, try listening to this thinking about Killian watching Emma crossing that town line. Do it, I dare you…)
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The moments driving away from Storybrooke are so painful because there
in her rear view mirror, she has to say goodbye. She memorizes the details
quickly before she forgets them forever: her parents crying, Regina sullen and
heartbroken, Neal wistful and sad over what could’ve been, and Hook… She
swallows down the sob that threatens to break free.Her family, her past, her future, all huddled together at the town line
as the curse comes to take them away. She turns it into a joke as she puts the
Bug in gear and drives forward. My
parents, my ex, and a pirate walk into a bar… and the absurdity pushes a
smile onto her face. She’s wearing that smile when they cross the town line
and…She doesn’t know why she’s smiling, other than her son is in the
passenger seat taking in the scenery like he’s never seen it before. Which is
ridiculous, of course, because he saw it on the drive up. This was just what
they needed. A small escape from reality before starting fresh. She’s not
excited about finding a new place to live, or buying new clothes, or finding a
new school for Henry, but she knows it is all stuff that has to be done when
they get to New York.
CS ff: “My Eyes, They Speak for Me” (Sneak Peek)
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