Mainly just silly fluff but that's what my brain was supplying today... so that's what you got :)

Happy Hogmanay my little Oncers

Enjoy

"Ahoy" someone shouted from up on deck and David could hear footsteps heading towards the stairs, he looked to Snow and gave a shrug when he didn't immediately recognize the voice but Junior apparently knew exactly who it was as he gave a gasp and jumped up from the table to do a little happy dance.

"It's Ginny!" he giggled before rushing to the door and yelling "WE'RE IN THE GALLEY"

And true enough a few seconds later she walked through the door with a wide smile on her face "Hey guys... I'm here to see the patient. He still in bed?"

"Aye" Junior cried out rushing forward to take hold of Ginny's hand "I will show you the way, he is with Momma. Come on Henry, we can get dressed once I have shown Ginny where to go, Momma said that we are to visit Belle and Grandpa Gold... then we will visit Granny and Ruby"

Henry gave a chuckle as he shoved the last of his cereal in his mouth before dropping his spoon into his empty bowl and getting up "Right behind you Shorty"

David got up and grabbed the bowl, he turned to dump it in the sink just as Snow was getting up too. As she pulled Neal from his high chair the kid gave a squeal of excitement and started to babble.

"I think he missed us" Snow grinned as she looked over at David with such a look of love that his heart actually skipped a beat.

"Jun Jun" Neal squealed and David shook his head with a laugh

"Not as much as he missed Junior apparently"

"Don't take it personally, he's just calling everything Jun Jun at the moment, it doesn't mean anything"

"Yeah, Keep telling yourself that" David chuckled as he made his way over to his wife and baby boy, taking hold of Neal's tiny hand "You going with Emma or are you heading back to the loft?"

"Emma" Snow smiled, hitching Neal onto her hip "We're going to see Belle then Junior insisted that we just HAD to go see Granny"

David laughed "I heard... now is it Granny or the ice cream that he is more interested in really? That kid is something else"

"That's not fair, he does love Granny. She always makes such a fuss of him and he gets to play his whistle for her and you know what? After the last few days he can have all the ice cream he wants" Snow replied seriously

"You're right, he does love Granny. Sorry." he sighed before giving her another smile "Just make sure and bring some ice cream back for Old Peg Leg otherwise he'll pout all day"

"We will" she smiled coming up onto her tiptoes and kissing his cheek "You going to keep Killian company while we're gone? I think Junior had ideas of him coming with us but Emma convinced him to let his Papa rest today... I just hope Ginny let's Killian have his IV line out, that way he could at least sit in the hold for a while later. You know, join the rest of us for some normal conversation. I think I'd be going stir crazy if I had spent as much time in bed as he has over the last year"

"I'll go see what's happening... I'll send Emma out"

He made his way down to Hook's cabin and was happy to find that Ginny was taking the Pirate's IV out after all...under the scrutinizing gaze of Junior. Once the thing was free she stuck a band aid on Hook's arm before handing him a couple of pills that he eyed suspiciously.

"Relax Hook it's just antibiotics... you're still running a slight fever so I want to make sure that things don't go down hill fast. You need to take two of these three times a day for the next five days. Make sure you finish the whole lot, do not just stop even if you feel better OK"

"It is so that the infection is really gone Papa... if you stop before the end of the course the infection can become resistant to the antibiotic and we do not want that"

Ginny's eyebrows raised up as she looked at the kid who was still just looking at Hook like he was the adult in this scenario and Hook was the kid.

"I'll make sure he remembers" Emma laughed as she took the bottle from Ginny and stuck it on the side before ruffling Junior's hair "Go get dressed Doogie Howser, if you want to see Granny this side of Christmas we need to get going soon"

Junior giggled as he left with Henry and David briefly wondered if he knew who Doogie Howser was but he was soon distracted when Emma stood up and stretched out her back.

"God Pip... if this is what you are doing to me already God only knows what I'll be like in a few months... and great... now I have moved I need to pee"

Ginny chuckled "You should come into the clinic, we should really get you checked over and we can measure the little one, see when your due date is"

Emma grinned down at Hook "Yeah, we should shouldn't we... at least I'll kinda be able to see her, even if she'll only look like a jelly bean"

"I don't understand Love" Hook replied with a frown "How?"

"Too complicated to explain right now but I promise I'll go through it with you later"

Hook smiled at her, he hadn't noticed David was there and now that Emma was getting ready to leave he had just started watching Ginny as she packed up her things and smiled down at him.

"Take it easy. I mean it Hook, I so much as hear that you have been over doing things and I'll stick you in the psych ward with Ratchet"

Hook gave a little laugh and replied "You wouldn't do that to me"

"Just try me" Ginny replied raising an eyebrow at him

David suddenly stepped forward "I'll keep him out of mischief."

Emma laughed as she jammed her feet into her boots "Not really making us feel any better... you two are as bad as each other when it comes to mischief"

David just gave a wide grin and stepped out of the way to let Emma and Ginny through the doorway before he walked over to the bed "You want to go to the hold? We could watch a movie"

He had expected Hook to agree but instead the Pirate shook his head and closed his eyes "Not right now Brother, I am still a might tired...Perhaps in a while."

"OK, I'll get out of your hair then." David said as he grabbed the dirty breakfast bowls from the table and turned to go back to the galley figuring that he could do the dishes while Hook slept but he didn't get too far before his Brother spoke again.

"Is it really over David? Is Pan truly gone? Everything in my head is very muddled"

David let out a sigh as he turned back to look at the bed "The Kraken took him Hook I swear. I saw it with my own eyes and if the look on his face was anything to go by he knew it was the end too. He can't hurt anyone anymore."

Hook let out a sigh and moved his gaze to the ceiling "I thought I'd feel better once we got back but I still feel like death warmed up. I just want to get on with my life"

David dropped the bowls back on to the table and walked over to the end of the bed, he crawled his way up the empty side and flopped down onto his back to lie next to his Brother "You will. Just give it time"

"We've had this conversation before" Hook replied tipping his head to look at David with an eyebrow high on his head "But every time I think things are getting better they get worse"

"So what? You just gonna give up?" David threw back unwilling to join the pity party

"Not at all" Hook replied with a deep frown "I just wish that it was a month from now. I would be feeling better, my hip would be fixed and you could be helping me plan Swan's day of birth celebration... then we have all hallows eve, then thanks giving... then Christmas along with our wedding. Then once that is all done we have New Year and Henry's Birthday to celebrate too. I have entirely too much life to live to be stuck in bed for weeks"

"Well we can do some of that planning now if you want. I can grab a few things and we can start tossing about some ideas. What you thinking for Emma's Birthday?"

Hook let his eyes slide closed and a smile spread over his face "Oh that one is easy. I plan to take her and the boys out to sea where we can feel the wind on our faces as we sail until we can sail no more."

David gave a smile "Sounds like bliss. What you planning on giving her as a gift? What do the kids want to give her?"

"I have not really thought on it" Hook frowned as he opened his eyes again "Any suggestions?"

David grinned "A few. Let me go deal with the washing up. You have a nap and when I come back I'll bring my laptop, we can have a look online"

"Sounds good to me" Hook replied with a sigh closing his eyes and when David was free from the bed again his Brother added "When you return can you bring one of those shake things with you? I need to regain some weight fast otherwise Morgan will not be happy with me"

"Sure, no problem" David chuckled as he walked from the room, it would seem that Ginny knew how to get Hook to do exactly what she wanted.

He glanced at the clock as he entered the galley and noted that it was only a little after nine, he decided he'd just leave Hook for as long as he slept but as the time ticked on he started to regret that decision once he'd finished clearing up the kitchen... galley... whatever. He'd grabbed his laptop and a pad of paper laying them on the side but after that there was little else to do. He looked at the clock again... ten thirty and the Pirate was still out for the count! He wasn't surprised being honest, Hook still looked awful and from what he had said earlier he still felt pretty bad too but David was not willing to let his Brother fall into the trap of never feeling any better because he simply lay in bed all day with nothing to do so with determination he grabbed his things, collected the protein shake and some apple juice...( it couldn't do any harm right?) and headed back to Hook's cabin but he couldn't bring himself to wake the Pirate when he saw the idiotic smile on his face as he slept. Hook was obviously enjoying his dreams unlike throughout the night when David had heard him yelling... yeah, no wonder he was still tired, he'd been having nightmares again. David couldn't do it, he couldn't wake him so instead he settled himself at the table and got to work. Hook slept for about another half an hour before David heard him give a long inhale, his eyes popped open only to give a deep frown as he looked across the room.

"Why are you watching me sleep? That is a little creepy you know"

"I wasn't, you idiot, I was just using your table to set up the stuff we need" David chuckled back as he got to his feet. He wasn't about to give Hook an option here so he just headed over to the bed "Come on, let's get you to the bathroom then you can tell me what you want and we'll see if we can find the stuff online"

Hook just nodded his head slowly but David didn't miss the pained wince the Pirate gave as David got him upright "You alright? You need me to come with you?"

"I am fine Brother, stop fussing like an old Mother Hen" Hook chuckled back tapping his knuckles playfully on David chest "But if I cannot pee straight I will give you a call, I promised Swan that I would try to improve my aim"

"Gross" David cringed "Don't even try it, you make a mess you clean it up"

"Strangely enough that's what Swan said" Hook mused as he headed out the door "Be right back"

David settled back down on his chair and pulled out the one next to him so that Hook could sit down easily when he came back but David found himself heading down the corridor before that even happened when Hook yelled out his name.

"Yeah" he called back "You OK?"

"I am fine" Hook replied as he stepped out from the bathroom "But I looked outside and saw the beautiful day. Can we do whatever you had planned on deck?"

David physically relaxed and gave a smile "Sure, let's get you up there first, then I'll come back for the laptop and stuff. You want a shirt? Might not want to catch too much sun."

"Aye, might be a good idea"

As it turned out Hook mostly got himself up the steps with David only helping a little and he was happy to see that his Brother was grinning widely as he lowered himself down onto one of the lounger chairs that Emma had bought for them to sit on out here.

"Ah..." Hook sighed dramatically looking up to the sunny sky "This is the life eh Brother? Sun and some fresh sea air will do me the world of good"

"Along with some apple juice and a shake, you'll be back to full strength in no time at all. I'll go grab the stuff then we can get started"

"Take your time" Hook sighed out as he closed his eyes and pulled in some deep breaths

"Yeah right" David laughed "And come back to find you sleeping again, I don't think so"

The corner of Hook's mouth twitched but he didn't say anything... he just let out another contented sigh so David took that as his cue to leave and even though he was away for less than five minutes by the time he had got back Hook really was sleeping again. David gave a chuckle before just dumping the stuff on the table and grabbing the parasol so that his Brother didn't get toasted. They hadn't put sunscreen on yet and David wasn't about to try wrestling Hook into the shirt that he had brought up, no, he'd give him a few minutes before he woke him up then he could do it himself. David was just starting to set up the laptop again when Gold stepped off the gangplank and headed towards where they were sitting.

"Everything alright?" David immediately asked standing up to meet him

Gold raised his hands in a reassuring way "As far as I am aware everything is fine. I merely came to give you this"

The Dark One pulled a vial from his pocket and held it out to David who eyed it suspiciously "What is it?"

"An elixir made from a few things that I thought might help our Good Captain... and perhaps after a few days... once he starts to really feel the effects... well perhaps it might just help with his heart issue. " Gold gave a simply smile as David accepted the vial before the Dark One suddenly lowered his eyes and turned to leave.

"Wait" David said, quickly stepping forward and stopping Gold in his tracks "Why are you doing this? What changed?"

Gold didn't look back but David saw his shoulders drop slightly. The Dark One simply stood still for a second before glancing over his shoulder and sighing out.

"Me... I have changed"

With that Gold just walked away leaving David staring after him... what the hell was going on with him? David looked at the vial in his hand and gave a frown, why would Gold still be trying to help Hook? They were home now, he could easily have just gone back to ignoring the fact that they lived in the same town... it had worked for years so why change that now?

He looked back at Hook who was still out cold, his head had lolled to the side and he wore a pained expression on his face... yeah, even in sleep David could tell that his Brother was still suffering from the effects of the last few weeks and yet even this sight did not convince him to just give Hook the elixir.

He looked back at the vial in his hand and muttered "I'm not buying it... once a Dark One always a Dark One"

He briefly considered just hiding the vial but he knew that he couldn't do that, it wasn't his decision to make... he needed to wake Hook.

"What's wrong?" the Pirate cried out immediately trying to haul himself to his feet when David gave him a rough shake... yeah maybe he should have been a bit more gentle, Hook was still kinda jumpy!

"Sorry... nothing. Well nothing's wrong but there's something you need to know" David babbled dropping down into a crouch by Hook's side

"You are not making much sense" Hook huffed out leaning back onto his cushioned lounger, he opened his eyes and met David's gaze "Well... are you going to share or are we just going to stare into each other's eyes all day?"

"Gold was here"

"Aye?" Hook replied raising an eyebrow but something in the way he looked had David thinking that he knew something more than he was saying

"Yeah" David carried on "He brought you this"

David held up the vial but found himself yanking it back when Hook immediately made to take it from him "Whoa there cowboy... are you not even going to ask what's in it?"

Hook gave him a death glare "No... and quite frankly I do not care. The last mixture he gave me had a lot more lumps in it that this one and I'm still here... just hand it over David, he is trying to help"

"Yeah and that's the part that's confusing me" David mused still eyeing Hook suspiciously and when his Brother wouldn't meet his gaze he added "You know something, don't you? Come on, what's going on with him?"

Hook gave a sigh and finally met David eyes "Aye... I do know something but it is not my tale to tell David. Trust me when I say that I know that the contents of that vial will do me no harm and please ask no more of it"

"You're keeping his secrets now" David almost whispered not quite believing it

"Aye" Hook replied with a nod "It would seem that I am"

They stared at each other hard for a minute until David finally gave a chuckle "You know I trust you Hook so if you say that it's alright I believe you"

He uncorked the vial and handed it over. He watched as his Brother swigged the contents down his throat and swallowed thickly. Hook actually gave a dry heave which he managed to contain with another thick swallow before descending into a coughing fit that practically had him hacking up his lungs.

"Good God and here was me thinking that the last one tasted nasty..." Hook blurted out between gasps for air "what the bloody hell was that?"

David took the vial back and gave it a sniff before yanking it away and coughing harshly too as the putrid smell seemed to stick to the lining of his lungs "Oh my God, you drank that? Gross... if you puke that up I am NOT cleaning it up"

"You sound just like Henry" Hook chuckled leaning back in his chair now that the coughing had passed.

"Well he's a smart kid" David grinned sticking the cork back in the vial and putting it on the table before sitting back on the chair that he had been using when Gold had arrived. He grabbed the protein shake that he had brought out for Hook, twisted the cap off and held it out

"Snack time" David grinned

"Yummy" the Pirate dead panned

David watched as Hook took a few sips of the shake, swishing it about in his mouth obviously wanting to get rid of the taste of Gold's elixir before just gulping down the rest and putting the empty bottle on the table.

"You might regret that!" David cringed when Hook's hand made it's way to his gut

"Perhaps but it may just help take the burning sensation away"

David frowned and lent forward "You really trust him? You don't think he would do anything to hurt you?"

"I do and no, I don't" Hook replied with a sigh "Now can we just drop this? I thought we were going to look on the internet for ideas"

David held his hands up in mock surrender "OK, I can take the hint. You don't want to talk about it... I get it... but if you turn into... I don't know... a snail or something don't complain to me"

Hook smirked "Hate to state the obvious but snails cannot complain"

"Yeah yeah yeah" David threw back grabbing the laptop "It would probably improve you mobility anyway, they also don't have hips"

"Very amusing" Hook mumbled but then he was sitting himself forward "Can you raise the back of this thing up so I can see?"

"Sure" David jumped up and adjusted the seat. Hook pulled himself up and shuffled the chair forward before dropping back down and settling his arms on the table.

"So how does this thing work?" Hook asked looking at David innocently

"Don't give me that crap... you know exactly how the internet works. I've seen you navigate it perfectly well on your iPad when you think no one's looking, I know both Belle and Henry showed you how to use it ages ago"

Hook just grinned "Perhaps you are right but you will still need to do it today"

"Why?" David groaned knowing that the answer was going to be anything but straight forward

"I would not want to get snail slime on your keyed board"

David shook his head and chuckled "Keyed board?! You aren't fooling me anymore Hook, I know that you know what it's called... this stupid act may still work with others but I know the truth. Hell, you probably know more than the rest of us put together"

The smile slid from Hook's face and he gave a frown "It is not the gift that you believe it to be David"

David sighed and sat back in his chair "Sorry... I didn't mean anything by it. It's just that you've lived for a looooong time and I see how much Junior's picked up in just five years. How has your head not exploded?"

Hook chuckled then sighed "Sometimes it feels so full that I don't think I can possibly bear it anymore but I suppose I have just learned to... I don't know... file it away I suppose."

"How does that work?" David asked with genuine interest

Hook tilted his head and gave it some thought "Just imagine you have a... say a huge vault that you put everything that you ever collected into. If you just opened the door and simply threw stuff in as soon as you acquired it, well after a while it would just be one giant jumbled mess"

"A bit like our closet at home" David chuckled before adding "Go on, I'm listening"

"Well instead of just throwing it in, take it in and group it with other things of a similar idea or from a similar place... perhaps use a key system...like the system that Belle uses in the library... the Dewey decimal system and do not even bother asking me how I knew what the system was called, just close your mouth and listen" Hook paused as David snapped his jaw closed and raised an eyebrow, how did he do that? The Pirate gave a knowing chuckle then carried on "Everything I learn, I associate with something else... I use a picture system if you are interested and then I, I don't know... I store it away I suppose. If I need it again all I have to do is go to that area of my mind where I stored it and pull it back out... simple really"

"Oh My God" David breathed out as he understood what Hook was talking about "You have a memory palace!"

"A what?"

"A memory palace" David burst out reaching forward and typing it into the search bar of his laptop "Sherlock Holmes uses one"

"I am unfamiliar with this Sherlock person, is he an old friend of yours?" Hook asked leaning forward to look at the screen

"No, he's a fictional Detective that was from London" David replied glancing at him sideways before frowning and raising an eyebrow again "But you and me were both fictional characters too so who knows... anyway, he used a memory palace. Have a look for yourself"

He turned the laptop around so that Hook could read the screen and watched as his Brother devoured the passage then looked up with a look of bewilderment on his face "Aye... this is quite unnerving as to how close this is to what I do in my own mind... how is this possible?"

David just shrugged and grinned "I don't know but I think I understand Junior a bit better now. It's a wonder you two can function with all that going on inside your head"

Hook just shrugged and sat back "It's not a conscious thing David, it just happens. The information is taken in and stored without thought. Do not over think this, it will only give you a headache"

"Maybe but I need to tell Mary-Margaret about this" he suddenly stopped grinning and looked to Hook "Only if that's OK with you I mean but now that we know that this is how Junior's mind is working I'm sure she can find him something a bit more challenging to do at school. I mean the last thing we want is for him to get bored but with this information we could really get him thinking"

Hook gave a smirk and nodded "He would like that"

David's grin was back "Maybe he can be the next Sherlock Holmes"

"Perhaps" Hook chuckled "But I get the feeling that he is leaning more towards medicine than crime solving."

"He does seem to like that stethoscope that Whale gave him... and then there's Ginny of course, he's really taken a shine to her" David grinned "My Grandson the Doctor, I like it."

"If that is the path that he chooses then so be it but that choice is his and for now he is just happy being a boy..." Hook suddenly gave a sad smile "He will have a childhood full of good memories David, I will make sure of it"

"We all will" David replied before grabbing the laptop back "So what do you say? You ready to plan a few things? We so need to see what Halloween things we can get. I know it's still a couple of months away but we can look right?"

"Aye" Hook grinned before quickly looking to David with a look of horror on his face "My "Memory Palace" is not on this bloody thing somewhere is it?"

David burst out laughing "God I hope not, someone could go in there and never get out"

Hook sighed in relief "Good, I thought that I would have to find another place to hide my... stuff!"

David's eyebrow rose up high on his head "Stuff huh? You told Emma that her ring was made from your last piece of treasure"

"And I did not lie, that was the last piece I took" Hook replied indignantly before adding in a much more cautious tone "But I was a Pirate for a very long time Brother... and even though I no longer choose to follow that path I have accumulated a few things along the way, many of which came from Neverland I may add but as we all know, one cannot simply store ones wealth on board ones vessel when ones children are sleeping on board... that would be unwise"

"You have wealth?"

"Of course I do" Hook scoffed back "Probably more than we will ever need. I will show you one day, some of the things I have will have your head spinning"

"Good to know" David nodded approvingly before asking "And you've got it hidden... here... in Storybrooke"

"So to speak" Hook chuckled "No one will ever find it David. I am the best damned Pirate there is... when I hide something no one can find it but me"

"Is that a challenge?" David asked with a chuckle

Hook gave a wide grin "If you want it to be. I tell you what. If you find my stash I will give you half... how is that for a challenge"

"Sounds good to me" David grinned and when he looked back at Hook it was to see him grinning too, he looked so much better that he had not even half an hour ago and David didn't want to ruin the moment by asking how he was feeling so instead he just went back to the laptop and started bringing up ideas for Halloween.

"Look up Vampires" Hook suddenly said with a grin "I have an idea for a really good costume"

"You're only saying that because you want Emma to be Buffy to your Angel" David chuckled doing what Hook had asked anyway

"And why would I not want that?" Hook replied raising an eyebrow "He wears leather so well and Swan could easily be a Vampire slayer"

"I swear I'm getting your Netflix disconnected" David chuckled "All that potential for learning and all you're learning is that you like blonde cheerleaders who kick Vampire ass"

"Not true" Hook replied sincerely before adding "I also found that I like Black Impalas... why do you not have a car as good looking as that one?"

"REALLY? You watch Supernatural too? Do you ever sleep?"

Hook gave a deep frown and shifted uncomfortably for a second before meeting David's gaze again "For a while not really but it is getting better. I found it easier to just get up and watch something that would distract my mind rather than disturb Swan with my tossing and turning. I liked the suspense, it helped keep my mind from what was happening with me"

David smirked "So you watched the likes of Bloody Mary to take your mind off what happened to you?!"

"Aye" Hook replied with a grin "And do not worry, she really is gone. I tried to summon her in the bathroom mirror but as you can tell by the fact that I am still here, Sam and Dean really did manage to dispose of her"

David laughed and shook his head in total disbelief "You are an idiot"