No Gentle Breaking (4/? - "non parebo")
Chapters: 4/? — "non parebo"
Fandom: Once Upon a Time (TV)
Relationship: Captain Hook | Killian Jones/Emma Swan
Characters: Emma Swan, Captain Hook | Killian Jones, Elsa (Once Upon a Time), Prince James (Once Upon a Time), William Smee (Once Upon a Time), Baelfire | Neal Cassidy, Widow Lucas | Granny
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Regency, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Enemies to Lovers, Angst with a Happy Ending, Dark!Killian Jones, Scarred!Killian Jones, Badass!Emma Swan, Captain Hook | Killian Jones/Emma Swan Smut, BAMF Emma Swan, BAMF Killian Jones, Banter, Angst and Romance
What do you get when a sharp-tongued spinster strikes a bargain with the most fearsome duke in England?
Lady Emma Swan is not most women. With her beloved sister dangling on the edge of a disastrous engagement to a predatory earl, she does what she does best — she thinks three moves ahead and charges straight toward danger with very little regard for consequences. If that danger happens to be the infamously terrifying Duke of Hookshire… well, she’s faced worse. Probably.
Killian Jones, the Duke of Hookshire is scarred, snarling, and perfectly content to terrify every soul within a ten-mile radius of his estate. He doesn't want company. He doesn't want a wife. And he absolutely, categorically does not want Emma Swan storming through his doors and refusing to be intimidated.
She needs him as a means to an end. He tells himself she is nothing but a nuisance. They are both, spectacularly, wrong.
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As always, a huge thanks to my wonderful beta, @xarandomdreamx, for correcting my mistakes and encouraging me with her thoughtful comments ❤️
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