Emma's alarm clock buzzed and was followed by grumbles as a single hand sprang out from the covers to shut it off.
It was Emma's first day back at work from being on maternity leave and though she was happy to be back, she was not happy to be away from her husband and their babies.
"Ugh," Emma groaned as she started to get up.
Before she could sit up, Killian grabbed her waist and pulled her back to him. "Where do you think you're going, love?" Killian asked her, voice groggy and eyes still closed.
"I have to go to work," she whined in a sleepily voice, but her body disobeyed her words as she snuggled closer to him and nuzzled her face into the crook of his neck.
Killian wrapped his arms around her and rolled on top of her. "I have a better idea." He began kissing her neck in a very suggestive way, she almost couldn't refuse.
"I can't. I have a lot of work to do," she rebutted as she leaned her head back, desperately trying to keep her composure as she tried to nudge him off of her. She didn't try very hard though.
Killian didn't budge as he continued kissing down her neck to her collar bone.
"Killian, you're not making this easy."
"Hmm, that means I'm succeeding then." Killian smirked and added a tongue to his seductive kisses.
Emma moaned, helpless and unwilling to refuse him at this point. "Okay, five minutes."
"Five minutes?" Killian complained, his voice muffled against her skin as he trailed kisses to the uncovered tops of her breasts. He tugged her satin nightgown down with his teeth, exposing her nipples and suckled and licked them.
"Oh god." Emma closed her eyes and arched her back.
Killian chuckled as he realeased her nipple. "Does that mean I get more than five minutes, love?"
"You can have all damn day if you keep that up." She bit her bottom lip in anticipation.
"Oh, it's definitely up." He dragged the hardness in his boxers against her pelvis and growled. "And you know I always accept a challenge from my lady love." He recaptured her stiffened nipple in his mouth and tweaked her other nipple with his hand.
Heat went straight to her core as she felt his hot, needy mouth on her. She moaned softly and willingly let him do as he pleased. All intentions of going into work early were quickly thrown out the window.
He moved his hand below the covers to her thigh and slipped it underneath her nightgown. As he moved his hand along her skin, she tangled her hands in his hair. His hand slipped under her panties and his thumb brushed along her flaps. She gasped as he feathered her clit with his finger, her arousal coating him. "You're already soaked, love. Have you been dreaming about this?
She nodded her head unshamefully as she answered. "Yes." She dreamed about him every night. Her love and need for this man only grew stronger everyday. And she could tell by the way that he touched her and kissed her that he felt the same way about her. Their love for eachother and their passion never died for even a second. When they fought, which wasn't very often, it only lasted briefly and ended with endless apologies for making the other upset and then mind-blowing sex that made them forget why they were even arguing in the first place.
He grinned and slipped his finger inside of her and she thrusted her hips against him, begging for more. She had to stop herself from moaning too loudly, so as not to disturb the rest of the house.
Killian added another finger as he released her swollen nipple and made his way to where she needed him most. He pulled off her underwear, tossed it to the floor and opened her legs.
He teased his tongue along her opening and slowly inched his way in. She bucked her hips as his warm tongue fused to the inside of her and flicked her clit tenderly. He swirled his tongue around her walls and sucked her as his fingers thrusted harder and deeper into her. She had to cover her face with the pillow to keep from screaming loudly as she came. He lapped up her juices and licked his fingers clean as she tried to catch her breath.
Her face was still covered with the pillow as he he leaned over her. He grabbed the pillow and threw it aside as he released himself from his boxers and entered her. She winced as he easily slipped into her warm, wet center. He kissed her deeply and they both moaned and groaned as he thrusted into her, their sounds muffled into eachothers' mouth. His hand went to where they were joined and he fingered her clit as he releleased her lips.
"Oh god." She gripped his shoulder with her teeth, desperately trying not to scream. She almost resented him for doing this to her while they had to be quiet.
Killian gave her a wicked smile as thrusted deeper into her. "What's the matter, Emma, should I go faster?"
Her eyes begged him to but she shook her head. He picked up the pace with his finger vigorously rubbing her and before she knew it, a loud yelp escaped her as she came a second time, triggering Killian's orgasm as he groaned.
"You are so mean," Emma told him as he laid on top of her breathing heavily, his head resting on her chest. A smile forced itself across her face as she tried to suppress it.
"Sorry, love, I couldn't help myself; you're a bloody temptress." He lifted his head, smiled and kissed her forehead.
"Do you think they heard us?"
"Well, I don't hear any crying and if Henry heard us I doubt he would say anything anyway."
"Oh god, I'm sure he heard us. He's going to be scarred for life."
"Emma, it'll be fine, I'm sure he'll understand someday," he said as he sat up.
Emma flashed him a death look that made him laugh.
"You're very cute when you're mad, love." Killian swung his legs over the edge of the bed with his back turned to her as she grabbed a pillow and wacked him over the head with it.
"Oye." He grabbed the pillow, pulled her to him and wrapped his arms around her waste. She laughed as he swung her over to his lap and kissed her. She put her arms around the back of his neck as he held her close against him and tasted her tongue on his. After a minute, he pulled away and whispered "I love you, Emma."
"I love you too." She smiled and pressed her forehead against his. "I really have to go now."
"I know, love." He sighed before he reluctantly released her.
She stood up and walked toward the adjoining bathroom door, his eyes following her nightgown-covered bottom. "You can join me in the shower if you can behave yourself."
"We both know that's not going to happen, love. I told you, you're a bloody temptress."
"I know." She looked at him over her shoulder as she opened the bathroom door and smiled at him teasingly.
Killian growled as he got up and followed her into the bathroom.
When they finished their shower and got dressed, Emma let Ailey out of her crib changed and fed Liam and carried him downstairs while holding Ailey's hand. She put Liam in his basinette as Henry was about to leave. Killian joined them by the door after he came downstairs.
"Hey kid, you coming here after school?"
"Actually I'm staying at Regina and Robin's tonight if that's okay."
"Sure, I'll see you tommorrow then?"
"Yeah. Can we have lasagna for dinner tommorrow?"
"Sure thing." Emma smiled.
"Okay." Henry turned around to open the but then paused. "Oh and mom?"
"Yeah, Henry?"
"Can you maybe not be so loud in the morning?"
A look of horror washed over Emma's face. "Oh, um I just stubbed my toe, sorry if I was loud. It really hurt." She turned to look at Killian who was grinning ear to ear.
Henry rolled his eyes. "Mom, I'm not a kid anymore, and I'm not stupid."
Her face flushed with red and before she could say anything, Killian chipped in. "My apologies, lad. We'll be more quiet next time." He tried to sound serious and but couldn't get rid of the smirk across his face.
Oh god, she thought. Her face was beat red and tried to end the conversation as quickly as possible. "Okay, Henry, you're going to be late. We'll see you tomorrow."
"Okay, bye Mom and Dad."
"Goodbye, lad."
After Henry left, Emma gave Killian a playful punch in the shoulder.
"What was that for?" He asked as he rubbed his shoulder, pretending it hurt.
She put her hands on her hips and leaned her head to the side as she frowned at him. "You really had to jump in there, didn't you?"
He chuckled and put his arms around her waste. "Come on love, you heard the lad, we weren't fooling him."
"But still, this is your fault." She put his hands around the back of his neck.
"Oh really? And why's that?" He asked as he leaned his head in and nuzzled his nose against hers.
She gave him a wicked smile as she replied. "Because you're the one who made me scream in the first place."
"Well, love, I didn't make you do anything. If I recall, you were awefully willing."
"Because I can't resist you and you know that. See, your fault."
Killian laughed softly. "Well then I'll take all the blame." He looked down at her lips before kissing her sweetly.
As Emma pulled away from his lips, she felt a light tug on her jeans.
"Mama. Dadda." Killian and Emma looked down to see Ailey with her arms up stretched up towards them.
Killan smiled at his daughter as he still had Emma in his arms. "Our daughter needs us." He released Emma, bent over to pick Ailey up and kissed her forehead.
"I think someone's hungry." Emma smiled and kissed her cheek before she went to kitchen.
Killian grabbed her hand to stop her. "Let me. You should go to work."
"Oh, now you want me to go to work?"
"Of course not, love, but I know it's what you want."
She smiled at him and placed a kiss on his lips.
"I love you Killian."
"I love you, Emma. Very much."
"Okay, I should go."
"Oh and remember I'm taking Ailey over to Belle's later for a play date with Collete."
"Yeah, that's right. Do you want me to pick her up after I get out?"
"No need, love. Belle's bringing her here."
Ever since Belle and Gold had a baby girl they a few months after Ailey was born, Emma and Belle spent a lot of time together with the baby girls. As they became toddlers, both seemed to get along exceptionally well, so Emma and Killian made it regular thing to bring Ailey over to play with Collette or to have Collete come over to their house.
"Okay. Have fun Ailey. Mommy loves you." Emma kissed her daughter on the forehead, making her giggle.
Emma came home from work to the sounds of laughter and splashing of water from the downstairs bathroom. She walked over to the partially opened door to find her husband kneeling outside the tub bathing Liam.
Ever since they got back from the Underworld, her life with Killian has been like a dream, one that was so amazing she never wanted to wake up. For the longest time, she thought that at any moment she was going to wake up and it would be all over. She never did, though. Killian was real, their family was real, their life together was real. And it wasn't a stroke of luck that had brought them to this place. They had to fight the darkness, make sacrifices and search through hell to find eachother but somehow they made it. She didn't feel lucky; no, it was so much more than that. She felt blessed and she thanked the stars everyday for those blessings.
Emma stood in the doorway watching them. Liam was all giggles as Killian slowly poured water over his head to rinse the suds out of his little patch of hair. Emma walked over to them and Killian turned his head around when he was aware of her presence. He had the biggest smile on his face as Emma approached him and bent down to kiss him on the lips.
"Hello sweetheart," Killian greeted her.
"Hey. It's so nice to be home," Emma sighed. "Where's Ailey?"
"I dropped her off at Belle's house so she could have a play date with Colette. I thought I reminded you this morning, love."
"Yeah, you did, I just forgot."
"How was your day at work?"
"I'll tell you later after you've finished bath time." Emma didn't want to spoil these precious moments between Killian and their son with the woes from her crappy day at work.
Killian could see the distressed and weary look she tried to bury in her eyes. "Okay love, we're almost finished."
Emma sat on the toilet seat cover, just watching them. Killian's eyes lit up when he watched his son. It was like being with him brought out the child in him.
Since the day he held Liam in his arms for the first time at the hospital, they formed a special father-son bond that he knew could never be broken. It was like when he held Ailey for the first time, he knew that she would always be his baby girl no matter how old she was.
Killian lifted Liam out of the tub and Emma stood up with a towel and they wrapped him inside. Killian kissed Liam's forehead as he snuggled him in his arms and carried him upstairs, Emma following behind them. Killian laid him on the changing table and unwrapped the towel and put a diaper and pajamas on him. This was one of those times when he wished he had two hands. He had learned to adapt though and was able to change him with one hand and always took his hook off when he was around him and Ailey.
He picked him back up and cradled him in his arms for a minute as Liam quickly fell asleep. Emma leaned her head on Killian's shoulder as she put her arms around him and he kissed her forehead. They stood like that for quite some time before Killian put Liam in his crib. He rubbed Emma's back as they left the room and walked into their bedroom.
Killian sat on the edge of the bed and patted his knee for her to sit. "Come here, love."
He grabbed her hand and pulled her into his lap, his arms hugging her waste. "Now, why don't you tell me what happened today at work?"
"Well, this morning I received a call about a missing child. The parents said their daughter had been missing for twenty-four hours. Her father saw her get on the bus and she never came home after school. She's only eight years old." Emma felt tears well up in her eyes like it was her own daughter who had went missing.
"Did you try a location spell, love?"
"Yeah, but it didn't work. Which means she has to be in another world."
"Well, there are other ways to find her, right?"
"Yeah, but even then, how do we get to her?" Emma looked down as she tried to hold back her tears. "What if something like this happened to Ailey or Liam. I don't even know-"
Killian put his hand under her chin to meet her eyes with his. "Then we would scour every realm a thousand times over if we had to until we found them."
"I know, I just... I don't know what I would if anything happened to them."
"I know, me neither. But thankfully we don't have to worry about that right now. And this girl that is missing, you'll find a way to get to her, love. You always find a way. And I'll do whatever I can to help. Remember when Henry was trapped in Neverland. We found him and brought him back to Storybrooke, didn't we, love?"
"Yeah, we did." Emma nodded her head and Killian wiped the tears that had reached her cheeks. She smiled, feeling reassured and knowing they would do whatever it took to get her back. Killian always knew how to make her feel better, he always knew the right things to say.
She kissed him on the lips before she called to check on Ailey. Belle dropped her off shortly after and Emma made them dinner before she put her to bed. She then sat on the couch with her husband watching I love Lucy and leaned her head on his shoulder. Killian kissed her forehead, his arms wrapped around her as she slowly drifted off to sleep.