" made by -sanascribbles "

do not expect to live a fairytale
for fairytales come with costs
just as all magic
comes at a price

" made by @/chloebelovas "

"THEY'RE MEANINGLESS." If anyone does ask her what she thinks of fairy tales, that is her answer. Every. Single. Time. The wildly flamboyant dreams that others chase after mean nothing to her. She chooses to look at the real things in life. The friends she has been lucky enough to have stumbled upon. The success she has been working her arse off to gain for years. To Callie Rivers, even hope is just a figment of imagination that some grab at with desperation for what they want, not what they have. Life does not hand out lemons, it squeezes them in people's eyes the moment they think they've found it. Happiness, peace, money. Or anything else people desire so badly these days.

"AND TRUE LOVE?" Callie almost laughs, sparkling blue orbs rolling playfully. Only another thing that does not exist. True love is an allusion, she muses to herself as she watches a couple her own age walking by holding hands "in love" she scoffs. I love you, it's what we say to those we care for to let them know we care even a little bit. Another couple her age hurries past in the opposite direction, hateful words falling from their lips despite the twinkling bands that symbolize love on their fingers clenching tight in loathing of the other. That was what she knew well.

"HE'S YOUR NEPHEW." She can still hear the echo of the three little words in her ears. Her own best friend hadn't told her she had always wanted a child. The little boy with brown hair and brown eyes is small, hardly a few months old at this point. She does not understand, children are small and loud and possibly fun when not your own. But the screaming baby in the mayor's pristine house is her nephew now. Callie has no idea what she will do, keeping space between her and Regina at the moment.

"HE'S MY NEPHEW." She boasts the fact as often as she can. Four months down the road since the adoption, three months from when Callie approached her best friend to hold him for the first time. And Callie changed as the lad grew. She read fairy tales about princes and dragons and far off places. Callie memorized every word to the movies 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' and 'Sleeping Beauty'. True love becoming a fantasy of her own, all because of her nephew. People who knew her well and not at all could see the change in her as well, eyes softer and words sounding like gentle dew on blooming velvet petals. The glimmer of belief and hope building up in her chest as though she would soon burst with love. But pasts are a karma, meant to come running when you find that peace you fight so hard for. Oh, and Callie's pasts ( along with all those in the little town of Storybrooke, Maine ) are coming to catch up with her sooner than she expected. . .

" made by @/chloebelovas "

" the main cast "

CALYPSO ELISABETH STILTSKIN
captain, lover, pirate
BROKEN MEMORY

portrayed by alexandra daddario
"call me a villain all you like, but say pirate in that tone again and i'll show you why they call me Captain."
CALLIE E. RIVERS

" made by @/chloebelovas, -WORKOFGOD , and hecatespells "

CAPTAIN HOOK
captain, lover, pirate
COMPLICATED SAVIOR

portrayed by colin o'donoghue
"how am i supposed to leave you knowing you'll just get hurt?"
KILLIAN JONES

" featuring "

the once upon time
cast as they are

old author's notes

[ 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐨 (𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫), 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠/𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬! 𝟏𝟏-𝟒-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 / 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝟏𝟏-𝟏𝟗-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 / 𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐛 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞! 𝐀𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐈 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 - / Guess what's being rewritten again? What is this the third, fourth time now? You guessed it Stuck in my Head isn't just getting a little editing, it's getting a full remodel starting with this chapter! I plan on going back and making the entire book in 3rd person to give more insight into others characters too! / 2/14/21]

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Once Upon A Time, nor do I claim to. Once Upon A Time belongs to ABC, Disney, and the many writers and those involved with the making of the show. I do HOWEVER have full rights to Callie Rivers/Calypso Stiltskin as well as her character, arcs, and individual plot. I own all other ocs and a large portion of the plot. This book will diverge from canon and characters are not depicted exactly as they were in the show. This is for a purpose, and you can either deal with that or not read this fic. (I will gladly take criticism as long as it is given in a polite, non-threatening way).

WARNINGS: This book does contain mature themes such as verbal abuse, physical abuse, child abuse, fighting, blood, references to s*xual activities with consent, character death, small mention of s*lfh*rm, cursing, and possibly more. If any of this could trigger or upset you please do not read!!

LISTEN UP:: Cali and Killian's story is incredibly important to me, and as much as I love to write them I don't always have the energy for that. I have always been thankful for the attention and reads this book has received, but the lack of comments and votes is killing my inspiration. I simply do not care if you comment as reactions, emojis, or literally paragraphs of why you love this book. do it. a major reason that this book often gets ignored is because people are actively interacting with my other books and they deserve the updates more than people who hardly interact with me.

you can judge me for disliking ghost readers, but I can just as easily delete any book that I want if it doesn't get any activity in it. keep that in mind and please, please be supportive of all fanfiction authors!!

author's note

and in the end, it returns again. the official return of stuck in my head begins, and I hope that you guys are excited!! my writing has grown in ways I never knew it could when I first started writing this book, and so has the way that I write. I am so excited to shake some things up and get back to the first fic I ever published!!

thank you all so much for going on this journey with me, as long as it's been. whether you're a new or old reader, welcome!! enjoy the pirates and angst, the fights and love story, the twist on twists, and the little world I've had the privilege the shape into my own. I will forever love you all and forever be grateful <3

started: 7/18/2020
last revision: 5/24/2022
ended: tba

dedications!!
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to the chaos trinity <3
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