Best CaptainSwan Adventure Fanfics
The best adventure CaptainSwan (Killian Jones/Emma Swan) fanfiction on AO3, curated by popularity. Adventure fic scratches the itch for more of the world a canon built, letting readers wander maps the original story only glimpsed.
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Finding You Always 2
Adventureby LilacMoon83
Sequel to Finding You Always. Gothel lied about Flynn's true origins. The truth is much more complicated and fantastical. When his origins are revealed and hidden power is uncovered, it comes just in time, as he steps into the fray to fight a new evil with the Charmings, his new family.Snowing. Cano
Happy Beginning Captain Swan
by isaballerina89
After Emma Swan finished the final battle with the adult Gideon, Storybrooke changes for the better. Emma and Killian finally have a life that they both can enjoy together without fighting the town's villains.
The Evil Queen Yearns for Love
by Eeveesforever
Join me as we watch Regina Mills try to navigate a world where her True Love is Emma Swan. We will follow her (sometimes Emma) as she deals with emotions and chaos surrounding those she loves and those she hates. Other members of the cast shall make guest appearances. Some more than others! Will Reg
Into the Night
by OnceuponaSwan
FBI agents Emma Swan and Killian Jones are not friends. That is until they're forced to go undercover as husband and wife to take down the Gold Empire of New York City.
The Lighthouse At Heaven Bay
by Elinie
Heaven Bay is a town where everyone knows your secrets but still saves you a seat at the table.Emma returns home, thinking she has lost everything. But sometimes, all it takes is one rainy evening, a cup of coffee, and the beam of a lighthouse to understand that life isn't over—it's just beginning a
Henry Attempts to Play Match Maker
by Eeveesforever
Regina is crushing hard on the savior. The savior is crushing hard on Regina. Neither woman know of the other's crush. So, they go on with their lives trying not to give in to the feelings that might ruin their friendship. Henry knows and keeps trying to get them together.
Time-Travelers in Fairytale Land
by audisawesomesauce
Emma Swan managed to break the curse, and everyone regained their memories of their previous ‘fairytale’ lives, except they still remain in Storybrooke, unable to leave the town’s borders or return home back to their world. Blaming Regina for the curse, the townspeople all gather to punish her, but
When a Saviour Falls…
by Ember23
What if instead of turning Hook into a Dark One, in Camelot the Dark Swan discovers the price of being the Saviour? She must choose to either embrace the darkness or accept her destiny, sacrificing her future.
No Light, No Light
by samiiiii46
At the opera house, everyone wants something from her. Some want a show, some want the truth, and some want her entirely. When a sharp-tonged young singer, Emma Swan, is suddenly thrown into the spotlight, she quickly catches the attention of those around her. Above the stage is a charming man with
Between June and August
by eventualprocrastination
Like everyone in Storybrooke, June Wallace was cursed—ripped from the Enchanted Forest, ripped of her memories of who she was before. She goes about her days, none the wiser and frozen in time, knowing nothing different than her existence in The Land Without Magic. But, unlike many of her fairytale
Valuable Commodities
by AlwaysWankershim
There is a town, in Maine… Where one resident awakened to recall… Nothing. As everyone else first realized their lives were lies, discovered who they really were before this world… she, cursed to be one of 'Xavier's girls', only ever got the first half. When starting work at grieving Mr Gold's shop,
More Than Yesterday- A Captain Duckling romance
by ajb279
Princess Emma and her secret romance with Captain Killian Jones.
Golden Brown
by seoll3miwrites
The curse was broken, all of Storybrooke remember who they were. Yet, memories isn't all that returned. Clara Buckley soon arrives into Storybrooke with a long lost past, and growing connection with certain pawnbroker.
The Chronicles of the Dark One: Heart of the Beast
by Montreat11
Are heroes born? Or can they be made? 13th in the Chronicles of the Dark One Series, a series that explores the life of Rumpelstiltskin. This fiction follows Rumple through 5A, from his time under the preservation spell up until Emma asks him to go the Underworld.
Enemies to Lovers in Storybrooke Maine
by Eeveesforever
Emma is in town to fight for her son. Regina is doing everything in her power to stop her. Will their fight tear apart the town or bring it closer? Will Henry lose both of his moms or gain them both? Follow both Emma and Regina as they fight for a love neither of them knew existed. Story will be u
The Joy And The Chaos [Slow Updates]
by Books_With_Promise
In S4 E5 of OUAT, Emma Swan hopped onto a bus, went to Hopkins, Minnesota, met Lily, the daughter of Maleficent. This is not that story. While Emma still hopped on a bus, she ended up in Albany, New York instead. Where one Billy Russo live in a group home by the name of Ray of Hope. How will things
What happens after the end?
by jupiterasf
And the Final Battle was won, now everything could go back to normal, but nobody knew what normal even could look like and that was half the fun. Things started to be calm, almost alarmingly for those who have been through unimaginable chaos for decades, chaos that never seemed to end but the end fi
Runaway Swan
by 4getfulimaginator
Modern AU. Emma Swan has been to the altar three times but has never tied the knot. Known in Storybrooke as the "Runaway Bride," she has broken several hearts - and one of them found his way to Killian Jones, New York Times journalist. After her letter to the editor gets him fired, Killian is determ
A Hook in the Wishing Well
by ajb279
Alternate version of Season 6 episode Wish you were here. Instead of Regina going after Emma, Hook goes. He kidnaps the princess and then he spends their journey trying to get her to remember who she is. Not a flower picking singing princess but red leather wearing sword and gun wielding Savior, his
Twice Upon A Musical
by Girl_of_Many_Fandom
The sequel to my previous series of one shots "Once Upon A Musical". This series will not be tied as closely to the canon as the previous series. Songs can and will showcase canon divergences or even complete alternate universes. I will provide context at the beginning of each chapter. Let me know o
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Why Adventure CaptainSwan Fanfiction Works So Well
Killian Jones/Emma Swan — Captain Hook climbed a beanstalk with the savior, recognized a fellow lost soul, and spent the next five seasons proving a pirate could be worth believing in. Their canon wedding mid-musical-episode crowned Once Upon a Time's most popular het ship.
Adventure — Quests, journeys, and expeditions: fic where characters leave home, face dangers, and come back changed — or don't come back at all. Adventure tags everything from epic original quests to road trips through canon settings the source material never explored.
A villain who does the work — fans love that Killian earned Emma's walls coming down one ordeal at a time. Adventure fic scratches the itch for more of the world a canon built, letting readers wander maps the original story only glimpsed. That's why adventure CaptainSwan fanfiction is one of the most consistently popular combinations on AO3.
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