Emaya

Emaya is the femslash ship between Emily Fields and Maya St. Germain from the Pretty Little Liars fandom.

Canon
Emily and Maya first met when Maya moved into Alison DiLaurentis's old house. Emily's mother sent her over with a gift basket to welcome the St. Germain's to the neighborhood. Maya asked Emily to help her move the last few boxes into the house, which Emily agreed to despite it being an odd request. Once inside, the pair discussed their boyfriends, as Emily was dating Ben at the time and Maya had just broken-up with her previous boyfriend. Maya managed to convince Emily to smoke marijuana for the first time and showed her how to smoke it properly. They continued to hang out after they met. When Emily arrived home from school days later, she saw ambulances, police cars, and firetrucks outside Maya's house which scared her. She rushed to Maya and was relieved that she was okay, and Maya sadly told her that they had found Alison's body.

After Alison's funeral, Maya visited Emily to see how she was doing, and the two bonded over their mutual feelings about Alison's death. Emily also introduced her to her mother for the first time. Due to the city having turned her house into a shrine for Alison, Pam invited Maya to stay with them in Emily's room. That night, they bonded over stories and Maya flirted with her about where she liked to sleep in the bed, as they both sleep in the middle. That night, Maya rolled over in her sleep and placed her hand over Emily's.

At school, Emily learned that Noel Kahn was throwing one of his infamous parties, and that Ben wanted to go with her. As he kissed her and showed PDA, Emily seemed bothered and uninterested, and turned the conversation back to Maya. She then invited Maya to attend to the part with them, which Maya agreed to. However, Emily broke-up with Ben after he was rough in his sexual advances, and attended the party with Maya instead. In a photobooth, they prepared to do a sheet of pictures, and flirted heavily. When the pictures started, they posed a number of fun ways, before looking at each other. They shared a moment before they kissed, their kiss and moment before captured on camera.

Moments
PILOT
 * Emaya met for the first time.
 * Their hands touched while they were walking down the sidewalk.
 * Maya tried to kiss Emily on the cheek and Emily tried to do the same and it ended awkwardly, as they almost accidentally kissed.
 * They shared a hug after Emily feared that something had happened to her when ambulances and police cars were around her house.
 * Maya was the one that told Emily that they found Alison's body.

THE JENNA THING
 * Maya checked on Emily after Alison's funeral.
 * They shared a drink.
 * Emily opened up about her feelings regarding Alison's poster.
 * They hugged for the second time.

TO KILL A MOCKING GIRL
 * Maya flirted with Emily over how she rides her bike.
 * Emily invited Maya to Noel's party.
 * Maya supported Emily at the party as Emily was nervous about attending after her break-up.
 * They kissed for the first time.
 * Emily expressed concern over the fact that someone stole the pictures of them kissing.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
 * Maya gifted Emily with a scarf.

Behind the Scenes
"There are some intimate scenes with them, more intimate than Emily has ever had on the show. But the thing with Maya is that she’s been away for a while, and Emily didn’t just stand still while she was gone. She’s been growing and embracing her sexuality and owning who she really is. And so it’s a neat connection because it’s almost like they’re meeting each other for the first time. Maya is going to be a little shocked at how forward and how comfortable Emily is with herself now. Emily is a new Emily, and we’re going to find out if Maya likes the new Emily as much as Emily likes the new Emily. There are some pretty steamy scenes."

- Shay Mitchell on Emaya

"Maya... First. I think that's kind of like, what I think about. Those Emaya fans are very - yeah, they're huge fans."

- Emily on her thoughts when someone mentions Maya

Quotes
"No way! What could be wrong with yours? You're... Crazy beautiful"

- Maya to Emily

"I care about you, so I’ll wait. You don’t need to say anything. You just need to know that."

- Maya to Emily

Fandom
AO3

Trivia

 * Maya was the second girl that Emily kissed, following her kiss with Alison DiLaurentis.
 * Maya was the first girl that Emily ever dated and helped Emily through her realization that she was gay.