““Mmmhmm,” O’Donoghue confirmed. “I picked the engagement ring and then they showed me this [wedding band] and I was like, ‘Yeah, that’ll do.’” To which Morrison added, “They’re very inclusive with us around here. It’s really nice.” Kitsis and Horowitz explained that they have always encouraged the actors to “take ownership of their characters,” and allowing them to select things like the right gowns or props is a natural extension of that. “I think our props department is awesome and I’m sure that they had some great rings,” Horowitz said. “Nobody knows the character of Hook better than Colin, so of course he’d be the one to figure out what it should be.””
— Colin picked out Captain Swan’s rings?!!! Major swooning over here!
“Hook, you can’t leave that as your outgoing voicemail.”
“Why not?” His tone is innocent. His smile is anything but.
“You’re supposed to just leave something that says your name and tells people to leave a message.”
“Everyone knows they’re supposed to leave a message. Is that not the entire purpose of the voicemail?” He grins even bigger.
This is too much. She takes the phone from him. “Then I’m – here, what’s your passcode?” The screen has blacked out and she can’t get back in.
“I’m afraid I can’t do that, love. You made me choose a password in order to protect my phone from thieves and skulduggery, and I suspect you of intending to commit both.”
Emma groans.
“Oh, wait! Do that again, I’ll make that my outgoing message!”
*
That afternoon, she calls him to invite him to dinner at the Charmings’ and he doesn’t pick up his phone. She suspects he is doing this on purpose, just so she will have to listen to it.
His voice begins, crackly in the recording. “So, ah, is the communication device with the Emma button, and-”
“It’s called a phone,” her own recorded voice interrupts.
“Yours is called a phone. Mine is called the device with the Emma button.”
“But not on your voicemail.”
“Very well. What should it say, Swan?”
“Something like, ‘Hi, this is the phone of Captain Hook, I’m currently occupied with chasing these bloody annoying magical villains around Storybrooke so please leave a message at the beep.’”
“I could also be occupied with spending time with you. I wouldn’t dream of answering my phone then.”
“No one else knows your number except me.”
“What about the villains and skulduggerers who you claim are after my phone?”
“Yes, I’m sure the villains and skulduggerers will politely wait if they know it’s because we’re together.”
“I most certainly will make them!”
“Fine, fine, add it.”
“I believe I just did.”
“What? Hook!”
BEEEP.
She smiles. She’ll never admit it to him, but it’s actually perfect.
When an evil witch kidnaps their daughter, Emma and Killian gather their kingdom’s army in order to vanquish the witch and rescue their daughter. With help from their magical friends, they defeat the witch’s subjects and find their daughter. However, the witch escapes their wrath, hopefully never to be seen again. Whatever the case, they will be prepared for her next time.
Okay let’s break this down and go through it because honestly it works perfectly for Captain Swan.
Enemies
They meet when Killian is pretending to be a blacksmith, allied with Cora, who is definitely their enemy.
to Resentful Allies In A Time Of Crisis
They team up in order to climb the beanstalk and find the compass; Emma isn’t too happy about it, Killian delights in winding her up.
to Grudging Mutual
Respect
Emma betrays Killian, Killian betrays Emma, but they did make a pretty good team in between, and it seems that they’ve both met their match.
to Growing Fondness Concealed By Snark
Killian shoots Belle, Emma is exasperated but still helps hide him, snarks at him but then agrees to accompany Gold to New York in order to keep him away from Killian.
to Hurtful Betrayal
Killian steals the magic bean and sails away from Storybrooke. And Emma was so sure they’d had a moment and she’d got through to him.
Bloody pirate.
to
Slow Reconciliation With A Greater Understanding Of Each Other
Killian turns his ship around because he owes it to Bae, and Henry, and maybe there is something to this whole hero thing after all. Emma sees that, yep, there is more to him than just the pirate, after all.
to
Strange But Solid Friendship
They sail the ship together, and making their way through Neverland, and their moments involve him snuffing torches for her and asking her about his Disney alter ego but Emma always seems to stand very close to him and they trust each other and work together without even realising it.
to Unexpected Feelings In A Time Of Crisis
Emma kisses Killian, who realises that oh crap, he’s already more invested in this non-relationship than he ever planned to be; Emma’s magic flares to life when Killian is having his shadow ripped from him, saving him.
to Denying Their Feelings While Growing Closer As Friends
Emma insists that it was just a kiss, Killian promises to back off and tries to charm Tink, but somehow their eyes are just drawn to each other in every scene they share and they keep instinctively working together.
to Epiphanies
Of Love In The Worst Possible Circumstances
Oh no, everyone is getting ripped back to the Enchanted Forest and this might just be goodbye forever, and it hurts a hell of a lot more than it was supposed to, and he’ll think of her every day, and she kind of likes the sound of that.
to Mutual Pining
The entirety of 3B, pretty much, and in Killian’s case, also the missing year; it turns out that they are excellent at pining and longing and yearning, and getting more practice every day.
to
Unbearable Sexual Tension
The last few episodes of 3B, especially the finale; he can’t kiss her, she kind of wants to kiss him, she’s planning to leave, he really doesn’t want her to but can’t stop her, and then they get trapped in the past and there’s more teamwork and snark and flirting and then she does kiss him, only it’s the wrong version of him and he’s very annoyed, and they dance together, and she’s captured and she rescues herself which he finds hot as hell, and he comforts her when she cries, but nothing comes of any of it because she’s still holding back and he’s a gentleman.
to Lovers
He traded his ship for her, and she just realised that she has a real home now, here, with her family, thanks to him, and…
It All Starts With a Dance 