setting in a honeymoon | (1/1)

swanisms:

They’re both rather good at this self-sabotaging thing, neither able to muster up even the pretense of caring about the dates they set each other on. They can’t manage the energy for it. It’s difficult to care about your date when all you care about is the person that set you up with them. Too difficult to fall in love when you already are.

notes: @blondecrowns requested Emma & Killian setting each other up on dates while pining for the other, and so this (too long) pining modern roommates au was born. 

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It feels a tad pointed that when he
collapses on the couch, sinking into the well-worn groove born from his and
Emma’s slumping, and flicks their brand new 4K UltraHD on, he comes into that scene in Star Trek: Beyond.

It’s telling that he truly feels that
the movie is speaking to his soul.

For one, it means that this day has
really pushed him past his limits. Things don’t tend to speak to him when he’s in a healthy frame of mind. Perhaps
his bottle of rum whispers to him, but that’s as far as it goes. Two, it means
that he’s already brooding, which usually doesn’t start until an hour or so
after a failed date. Sabotage, yes,
he’s aware that he’s doing that to himself. “Is that classical?” Yes, he
believes it is, a classic he’s been pulling ever since Emma flopped into that
leather couch in his office – not nearly as used as this one – and asked him if
he needed a roommate because living with the thin walls of her single wasn’t
working anymore.

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