EMMA
Getting him in the car was a 15 minute ordeal. As much as Killian Jones adapted quickly to new situations, Liam panicked. A military Captain, he loved structure and rules and had been stuck in the same daily routine of servitude for 300 years. He did not do change well.
The yellow car was a mysterious beast to him, and he had to inspect it in detail before he was finally, reluctantly prepared to enter. Emma tried to be patient, showing him the engine, explaining it to him the best she could, and another fight ensued when he realized she intended, not him to captain it. If Killian was old fashioned, well his brother was worse.
When she finally had him settled and buckled in the ordeal started all over again when her radio turned on with her engine.
Trying to explain how a radio worked was too much for her temper by then, just letting him his misapprehension that it was magic.
Food from the gas station when she needed to refuel was worse, with most items rejected until the more familiar sight of dried beef or jerky. You would think that a man who had not eaten in ten years would be grateful for what he got.
She was irritated enough to give him a coke and a bag of ranch Doritos just to laugh at the look on his face as he tried to consume it.
And bluster about making a lady pay what to him seemed insane prices.
But he choked it down for her, and her patience returned with his genuine effort.
And suddenly, perhaps only to break the silence he began to tell her about their childhood,not the tragic bits but the funny in between moments of adventure. Killian the little brother, who in his loyalty would follow him to the ends of the earth.
She shared as well the good bits, the Killian who followed her across realms and even time. Him punching himself out in the past out of jealousy, her habit of cuffing him and trying to leave him behind.
"When did you realize you loved him..."
"it crept up on me, and I loved him long before I admitted to myself... I could not form the words until..."
"until I watched him die"
"He knew, I am sure of it, and loved you in return to follow you so"
Emma was grateful for his attempt to comfort and was warmed by his words. Then he tried to eat another Dorito, and the disgusted look on his face broke the tension in the car and they both broke into laughter.
When they reached the apartment about 30 minutes later, it was fully dark, the sun set,and the apartment was empty.
They were out looking for her likely, she realized, a bitter part of her thinking it served them right for they were the ones that confiscated her phone once she got it back from Gold, just because she may have played the message she discovered from Killian before his death more than once, more like ten times (an hour)
They did not think it was heathy, and she vanquished it to appease them, as long as she still had his heart, returned to her as well by then without their knowledge.
As they entered the apartment, the size of the task she still faced hit her, and she poured herself and Liam a large glass of rum, to relax them and in honor of his brother.
She just assumed he would pay attention to what it was first, but after the "horror"of Coke, and ten years of thirst, he tried to gulp it down in one huge mouthful, spewing it back up and all over his white Captain shirt when understanding of the contents Hit him.
"this is devils drink, what are you doing" he cried horrified and Emma quickly swallowed her own rum before she laughed it up to a similar fate. From the wrinkle of his nose the man clearly did not approve of alcohol.
"Are you sure you are related to Hook, he drinks this stuff like its water" and she smiled as he stared down at his shirt in horror, clearly not able to tolerate the stain. As if to emphasize the difference further he declared "I need a change of clothes" when his brother was content to wear the same thing for decades.
She showed him to her room to change, and without much thought pillaged David's clothing for him. She picked a wrinkled shirt for fun.
He was too prude (really?) to change his shirt and compromise a "lady" so he was still upstairs when Snow and David and Elsa trailed into the apartment suddenly.
"Emma" Snow cried relieved, hugging her, and then "whatever you are up to, this needs to stop Emma, he is gone "
At the same time Liam made a thump from her bedroom, coming down the stairs, unable to navigate a simple modern zipper.
He paused at the sight of them, halfway down the stairs, and tried to cover his chest in real modesty, where Killian would have likely wiggled his eyebrows and said something suggestive.
She sighed, quickly turning to zipper up the front of Liam shirt, before Elsa managed to stare any harder, or David lost enough shock to be capable of motion. His hair stuck up likely from him simply running it through in frustration, but..man... It looked like...
The silence in the room was deafening and Emma held up a hand to gesture for everyone to stay put, quickly retrieving and downing the remainder of her rum before continuing, oh god even the rum glasses looked bad.
And finally it started all at once
"Emma how could you" from Snow
And
"I will kill you" not meant literally of course from David.
"I wish you luck with that, but alas, I am already dead" from Liam who then executed a formal bow declaring
"Captain Liam Jones, at your service"