Will I Ever Be Enough?

by ThatOneKrys

Killian, Emma, and Neal grew up as an inseparable trio. Nothing could tear them apart. Until Emma and Neal struck up a relationship, leaving a heartbroken Killian as the third wheel. What happens when, a couple short years later, Neal disappears, leaving a pregnant Emma behind? Will Killian be able to hold her together?

1. Prologue

Emma, Killian and Neal were near inseparable. All through middle school and high school, the three were rarely seen apart from one another, and it was practically impossible to try and get between them.

Despite the happiness they found together, their lives weren't always this good.

Killian was the oldest of the three, a year and a half older than Emma and Neal. His mother died from cancer when he was 5, leaving him and his older brother, Liam, in their father's care; a man who wouldn't be winning any Father of the Year awards anytime soon. As soon as Liam turned 18, their father disappeared, leaving him to take care of an 8-year-old Killian on his own. It was difficult, but they made it work. A year later, he met Emma through his classmate David, and not long after that, Neal.

Emma was an orphan. Left on the steps of a hospital, forgotten as quickly as she arrived. Bouncing from foster home to foster home, Emma thought she'd found a family who would love her in the Swans, only to find herself being sent back when her adoptive mother discovered she was pregnant. Having given up on finding a family at barely 7-years-old, she was amazed when a boy at her new school befriended her and one day invited her to his house. As soon as David's mother learned about the girl's circumstances, the woman decided then and there to adopt the blonde. It took a while for her to accept she had a family, but once she did, David took on the role of big brother. Which allowed Emma to slowly open up to her classmates, where she befriended another boy named Neal. A few months later, she met one of David's classmates, Killian, the two of them clicking instantly; she introduced Killian and Neal not long after that.

Neal's mother walked out on him and his father when he was 6; his father did the best he could, but could rarely provide for his son, leaving Neal to fend for himself more often than not. Half a year and a new school later, the boy refused to befriend any of his classmates. Except the one other new kid, a girl named Emma. Though both were cautious at the beginning, their shared abandonment was what finally brought them together; something Killian could relate to as well.

Despite all three having been left behind by at least one parent, the three vowed to never leave each other. A promise they kept for 11 years. Until Neal disappeared without a word, leaving behind a heartbroken Emma and a pissed off Killian.