Prompt: Emma saves Neal from Underworld. Maybe they finally go on their date that Pan’s curse so rudely interrupted.
Emma arrives in the Underworld, Neal’s warning lingering in her mind. Disbelieving his claim not to be in the Underworld, she seeks him out, and is offered a choice. Her decision could lead her down a dangerous path, but, somewhere along the line, she decided, it was worth it.
Written for Kay_Drew/ @swanfireheart. I was tapped to be pinch hitter on this fic for the @nealfirexchange since the gifter never contacted the giftee. At all. So instead I had fun writing this monstrosity. Thanks to @hungover-angel for the beta. You’re the best
When they finally reached the underworld, it was nothing like she’d expected. Still shaken by visions of Neal warning her off the path, Emma found herself feeling cold and empty, like something had gone out of her. Impulsively she hunched her shoulders up, as if it would ward off the chill.
It did not.
The others around her were unafraid to speak their opinions, and began putting forth game plans and ideas, but Emma felt distant to all of it.
“Don’t, you’ll regret it,” His voice echoed in her head, though he hadn’t said the words that way exactly. It was the meaning that carried through.
They shouldn’t be here.
“We shouldn’t be here,” She said, out of the blue, in the middle of their chaotic disembarkment. “We shouldn’t be here,”
