CS + “So, I found this waterfall…”

kittennharington:

Neverland arc.

send me a number and pairing. [gendrya, jonerys, captain swan]

“Where have you been?” He comes crashing through the jungle like a man possessed, his hair half a mess and his coat twirling about his ankles. He has his sword drawn like he intends to do battle, his entire body hurdling to a stop when he finally take her in – pants rolled to her knees and feet dangling in the water. 

“I, um,” she wiggles her toes in the water, suddenly feeling stupid for the indulgence. But the jungle was just so damn humid, and she hasn’t been able to breathe for a second, and – 

“I found a waterfall,” she explains. 

He drops his sword by his side, blinking at her. Silence stretches between them and she looks over her shoulder for her boots, suddenly feeling like crying, though she doesn’t know why. The exhaustion, probably. Worrying about Henry and – god, Henry. He could be anywhere and here she is – sitting with her feet in the water. Lounging like she’s on a holiday vacation. 

“I’ll just be a minute,” she mumbles, pulling her legs from the water. “I need to get my – “ 

His hand is gentle on her shoulder, his sword back in it’s sheath and his leather jacket in a neatly folded bundle next to her boots. He looks smaller without the coat. Less pirate captain, and more – 

More Killian. 

“Nonsense, Swan,” he doesn’t toe off his boots, but he does sit next to her, angling his face into the cool spray of the water. She’s never noticed the line of his jaw before, the flip of his dark hair at the nape of his neck. “We can spare a moment more.” 

They sit in the silence together, and she doesn’t overthink it when her head finds his shoulder.