A/N - I'm so sorry, I couldn't help myself! These SAMCRO guys and Emily are just too much fun to write. So it's Chibs' turn, and he's trying to make things right... Enjoy!

Chibs sat on the window ledge in Nero's hospital room. Neither of them had spoken to each other for over an hour, Nero was flicking idly through a magazine and, every few minutes, flicking his eyes up towards Chibs to check he was still there. He was. He was staring at the glass panel of the door, waiting.

"Now I just know you're not here for me," Nero teased, licking his thumb as he turned another page. Chibs glanced away from the door for just a moment and smiled a little.

"Sorry," he said. "I am, I just-"

"She's on her way." Nero pretended to read over the page but he was far more interested in Chibs' intent wait for Nina. "Be surprised if she's okay with you, ese. Shit you put her through last time?"

"Aye, it's not like I don't regret it." Chibs looked mournfully down at his hands, how could she ever trust him again after he had treated her like that more than once? "I just want to make it up to her."

"Start with Em," Nero advised wistfully. "She's beautiful, mano, loves the boys," he added with a laugh. "She'll be more hassle than her Mom when she's that age. Seattle, it was lonely for them. Both of them."

Chibs laughed at himself. Of course Nero would have known where she was the entire time, why was he surprised? He tugged at his beard as he thought on it.

"I still love her, Nero." He looked him in the eye as he spoke, tugging at his own fingertips. "Have since I met her."

Nero chuckled and tapped his chest. "You don't show it, ese. From here. That's what it's all about." Chibs nodded, he was right. He hadn't risen to the challenge the way he should have done. Nero glanced towards the door as he heard Emily chattering in the corridor and murmured, "Tell her her jeans look nice."

Chibs stood up in an instant as Nina came in. In tight skinnies and a little spaghetti strap top, she looked casual and beautiful. Emily set off with her usual bullet-speed to clamber up onto Nero's bed.

"Grandpa!"

"Don't squash him," Nina instructed, watching Emily's boisterous attempts to jump up. She moved to help her but Chibs stepped in and picked Emily up in one smooth move, popping her on Nero's better side. Nina nodded. "Thanks. Are we interrupting a business discussion."

"Kinda," Nero said as Emily unfolded a piece of paper and showed him a drawing she had brought for him. "Kind of transaction talk, but it's okay." He winked at Chibs and motioned for him to try the line he had suggested. Chibs swallowed and smiled.

"Your, uh, arse looks great in those jeans."

Nina stared at him and Nero felt himself shrink down beneath the covers, he hadn't quite meant like that. Once the heat had gone down from her ears, she managed to respond.

"Thanks." She fidgeted a little. "They're new."

"Suit you." Chibs smiled, pleased to have managed to deploy Nero's suggestion. Nero tried not to laugh as the two stared at each other like awkward teenagers on a first date. "Have you eaten? Has she?" He motioned towards Emily and Nina shook her head.

"We kind of rushed out," she murmured, pushing her hands into her pockets. "She was quite taken with your little friend Juice this morning."

"Really?" Chibs felt quite disappointed, he wanted Emily to be taken with him. He moved over and sat on the edge of Nero's bed, just near enough to Emily to pique her curiosity. "Hello little one."

"Say hello to Mr Chibs," Nero said encouragingly. Emily blinked up at him.

"Hello Mr Chibs," she said politely. Chibs took her hand and kissed it before doing an exaggerated, princely bow. Emily giggled and his her face in Nero's side shyly.

"You have a daughter, don't you?" Nero asked, trying to encourage the two to talk.

"Aye, my Kerrianne. In Belfast though," he said begrudgingly. "Even when Fiona was here, she'd never bring her. Kept me hooked that way." He shook his head regretfully. "At least that demon's gone."

"She left town?" Nina asked, trying to play it cool. Chibs nodded.

"Aye, not long after you. Business, she said." If only he knew Jax had manhandled her back to Belfast now he no longer needed her. "Haven't heard from her since."

Nina tried to seem disinterested but it was clear to everyone that she was. She played with her lower lip with her fingertip. Chibs rubbed his hand over his hair and looked at Nero, clueless. Nero gestured for him to keep trying, and Emily copied him.

"The canteen here's okay," he offered. "It you haven't eaten. Good coffee, puts hairs on your chest. Not that you want that," he stammered awkwardly. "Just a saying, you know."

"If you're going to pitch it like that," Nina murmured with a little smile. "Emmy, you going to keep Grandpa company?"

"We'll be just fine," Nero said encouragingly. "Go with Mr Chibs."

Chibs put his arm around Nina and guided her out of the room. He walked her down the corridor, desperate to touch her but knowing she'd probably punch him if he did. Instead, he ventured,

"You do look really good in those jeans." Nina rolled her eyes. "You'd never believe you had a daughter, you must have been really working out."

"I have. You should see me naked." She smiled a little as she saw Chibs' eyes widen at just the thought. She tapped his jaw, pushing his mouth shut. "Don't get too excited, Prez." She tapped his badge, the one she had stitched on for him, and Chibs felt his heart skip a beat at the playful look in her eyes.

Taking a chance as they passed a storage cupboard, Chibs tested the handle and whisked Nina in there. She squealed and he pushed his hand against her mouth as he fumbled for a light switch to reveal the little room, packed with laundered sheets and hospital gowns. Nina scowled at him as he slowly let go of her.

"I miss you." He didn't know how else to start, it was all that he had and he needed her to know. "I was a stupid shite when you left and I tried to find you after but you were gone. Your Da wouldn't give me a goddamn thing." He pinched his nose as he looked at her in the dim, swinging light above them. "I should never have threatened you, or her." He looked towards the hall. "Nina, she's beautiful. Your little girl is beautiful."

Nina didn't speak, she simply looked down bashfully and shifted from one foot to another in her heels. Chibs tilted her head up so he could look in her eye, stooping a little. The urge to kiss her was overwhelming but he was pushing it as it was.

"I was going to tell you, that night. I was going to tell you to keep it, her. That I wanted to be with you anyway, that we would make that work, however complicated it was. Then Gemma, she let it slip about Tig and..." He was shaking his head, he had been so regretful. "My suspicions got away with me, I thought you had lied when I should have known you were protecting me. I was just an idiot." He cupped her face in his hands and stared at her pleadingly. "Nina, I'm sorry. I, just, I fucking love you."

Nina's hand fell against his cheek in a hard slap. Chibs yelped and pressed his palm to the spot which she had smacked, and Nina stood up on her tiptoes, pressing her lips against him hard. They felt soft against his own and Chibs murmured with longing, she felt as perfect as ever on him. He didn't dare put his hands on her whimpered softly as she took a step back from him.

"Don't you ever distrust me again," she said sternly. "Ever." Chibs nodded and leaned into her, pressing her to the wall as he sought another kiss. His fingers tangled in her hair in his eagerness to taste her on his tongue, his whole body needed to feel connected her in case this was some sort of dream.

"I swear," he whispered. "Ever."