Liam and Killian

by Degby

Liam and Killian are young brothers, living a quiet, ordinary life, shuttling between their divorced parents in a small town in Ireland. After Killian is injured in a traumatic accident involving the boys' father, their mother takes them overseas to her cousin's place in California to recuperate. AU!Realworld Scenario with kid!Liam and kid!Killian, no magic

1. Chapter 1

Killian was not supposed to be in the passenger side seat. He was supposed to be in the back. Kids under a certain age weren't supposed to ride in the front at all.

But the back of his dad's car was full of stuff he needed to sell at the second hand shop they were going to, so Killian got to "sit up front like a big boy."

Killian liked being the big boy for a change. Usually his older brother Liam got to sit in shotgun next to their dad, but today Liam was competing at the Junior Sailing Regatta in Dublin out of town and their mum had taken him there, leaving Killian with his dad for the weekend.

So far Killian had already done lots of big boy things with his dad, like going to the pub, trying to play darts and trying beer for the first time. His dad and all his mates thought it was hilarious when Killian spit out his first taste of beer. More for me then, his dad laughed and drank the rest of Killian's cup as well as his own.

Sometimes Killian was glad he wasn't a grown up. Grown up life seemed to be really boring. Whenever he hung out with his dad all they seemed to do was go to pubs and watch football matches and then watch his dad bet on them and lose more money and play cards.

At least he had been able to convince his dad to take him to Toys R Us if he was quiet and stayed put when they were at the pub. Personally, Killian thought his dad owed him the entire shop for how long he made him spend in the pub being bored, playing with his DS. He couldn't believe it when they finally got out of there. At least his dad was in a good mood, letting Killian sit up front like Liam when he asked and singing to the radio as they rocketed down the street. Maybe he had won some money.

Killian's dad was so distracted singing to the music in the car that he rocketed right through a red light.

The windows were down and Killian had his hand out, riding it in the air, making it surf on the current in time with the music. The wind whistling by felt so good.

The driver coming from the other direction thought they would stop at the light like anyone else. When they didn't the car plowed straight into Killian's father's car, right into the passenger's side.