Summary: Emma Swan has worked hard to escape her troubled past and start a brand new life. But with that brand new life now involving a new fiancé, there’s something in her old hometown that she has to go back for: a divorce.
Rating: T
Notes: Sweet Home Alabamda AU commissioned by and written for @mishasbabyminion. Thanks to @lifeinahole27, @optomisticgirl, @brooke-to-broch, @caprelloidea, and @swankkat for beta-reading, assistance, and support. Updated on Thursdays.
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The Jones’ house was right where Emma had left it all those years ago, down by the seashore, a half-mile’s walk from her parents’ house. She and Killian had worn a pathway between the two houses as young children, and when they’d gotten a little older, they’d gotten help from Dad and Killian’s brother Liam to clear the path better and even build a little official bridge over a small creek.
Emma felt strange taking the path. It felt fraught with meaning, like she was coming home to him or something. In reality, she just really didn’t want to drive the Bug during daylight hours, so everyone and their mother could gossip over the fact that Emma Jones née Nolan was back in town after running away for ten years, and she was seen driving over to her estranged husband’s house, probably to ruin his life even more.
So if Killian wanted to read too much into her method of travel, so be it. That was his problem.