The Jolly Swan Surprise.

[itsapirateslife]

Ever since he'd started putting the finishing touches on his boat, Hook had been planning this party. When he realized it would line up perfectly with a certain someone's birthday, the plan was immediately modified.

The food he'd arranged from a local cafe was fairly simple, cut up fruit and vegetables with a variety of different sandwiches and meat pies, as well as some modern snacks like potato chips and the curly fries from the boardwalk. To drink, there was a juice and sodas as well as a fully stocked bar, all courtesy of funds from Hook's new job...not that he'd told anyone he'd gotten a job. It wasn't like there was any piracy to be had in Darrow and he would rather not have to put Emma in the position of having to arrest him.

He'd conspired with Henry, Charming and the others from their realm to make this a surprise for Emma. Some of the food was sitting on the table on deck but must of it was in the galley by the bar. In the center of the table under the deck was a cake made by Henry surrounded by cupcakes (There were some apple tarts, donated by Regina, but that had mysteries disappeared. Overboard. It's what the queen got for trying to clean his boat. It was perfectly clean thank you very much).

Hook had made sure to invite has many of both of their friends as possible and had them all gather on deck at the time Henry was supposed to bring Emma to the docks. There was a drape covering the name on the back of the boat. He was dressed in his pirate best, with his red waist coat and hook polished to a shine as he stood on the dock, two glasses of champagne perched next to him on a post.

[backdated to October 23rd. The boat looks like this yacht though the furnishings inside are much more rustic and only half the cabins have beds, the others are storage. The plumbing and electricity do work, but there are no TVs or anything by way of modern convenience outside of the galley.]

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[infamousdelsin]

He grins and hugs her. "So, you like it?" he teases. "It was just one of those things, y'know, it kinda reminds me of you." He feels a little bashful, but he's glad she likes it so much. For once, he'd actually put thought into it.

[storybrooke_savior]

"I really, really do," Emma assured him, grinning and giving him another quick hug. It's the thought that matters more to her than anything else, after a lifetime of having none of that--but it's also really pretty. She'll probably wear it every day, or nearly. "For future reference, if you give a girl something wearable and she puts it on right away, she definitely likes it."

Her grin turned teasing as she eased back. "Might be valuable information for you in the future. With a certain girl. Just saying."

[infamousdelsin]

He laughs. "Oh-ho. Wow. Nice, way to just—" He twirls his hand in a circle, finger extended. "Way to just turn that around on me, very smooth." He grins and nudges her with his elbow. "But, uh, I'll keep that in mind."

[storybrooke_savior]

"Eh, needling you about it's not as fun as it used to be," Emma grinned, nudging him back. "You don't get quite as flustered. And it's not easy to tell if you're blushing. That means things are going well?"

[infamousdelsin]

Delsin grins a little wider, a little more bashfully. "Yeah. It's going really well." He smiles and shrugs. "She's really great, Emma. Really sweet. Kinda makes me . . . want to be a better me." He huffs a laugh and presses his hand to his face. "Fuck, was that corny as hell?"

[storybrooke_savior]

"Yeeeaah, yeah it is," Emma drawled, grinning and giving Delsin a quick side-hug. "Sweet, though. Gotta say though, I like default Delsin just fine, he's pretty great. I bet she does too."

[infamousdelsin]

Delsin grins a little and shrugs as absolutely not shyly as he can manage. Which isn't much. "Think so? I'm a pretty okay guy, huh? Save the world, paint awesome pictures, not too bad on the eyes, either." He grins.

[storybrooke_savior]

"All that and then some, though I feel like agreeing with that last part is borderline incestuous," Emma quipped, wrinkling her nose. "So subject change. You do realize you're technically standing on Captain Hook's ship, right?"

[infamousdelsin]

He laughs. "I gotta say, that is pretty fucking cool," he says. "But I'm more fascinated by the fact that you and Captain Hook are, like, seeing each other." That is pretty fucking interesting, in Delsin's opinion.

[storybrooke_savior]

"How do you think I feel," Emma pointed out, blushing slightly. "I grew up watching the same movies you did. I mean, you get used to it, for the most part, but every so often there's a moment or two." Usually they hit when they were making out (which was not something she needed to burden Delsin with). It was great, and then from nowhere, Captain Hook just squeezed my butt.

She just hoped Killian interpreted her barely smothered giggling as ticklishness and not borderline hysterics brought on by the realization of how ridiculous and insane her life was.