"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."

Emma couldn't deny the feeling that had taken root in her. But the intensity of it was just a glimmer, and then it was gone. (Emma's road to telling Hook "I love you").

"A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea." (Series of one shots and drabbles for Captain Swan.)

Robin began to wonder if this would always be her life, this constant in between of being in love with Barney. It seemed no matter where she went, or for how long, there was never enough time or distance that took her away from this bizarre tug of war. (A post-finale fic that gives my own take on Swarkles after the divorce.)

The kiss threatens to consume her, and for a moment she wishes it would. She wishes she could be washed away by Killian's kiss, that something about it might stop the curse before it starts. (Emma's head during the goodbye kiss; spoilers for 4x09)

They both had a lot to make up for, and a lot to teach. (Robin will get to tell the story of how she met their father, after all. AU, obviously).

"Then a thought popped into my head, kids. The same thought that will pop into your heads the first time you see your best friend holding their baby. That guy's a dad." (Spoilers for 9x20)