Living with Hope

CS Genre: Deleted Scene from 7x22

"Swan!" came Killian's panicked shout up the stairs, "have you seen Hope's favorite pacifier? Love, you know we'll never make it through the ceremony without it!"

Emma groaned, running a quick brush through her hair and artfully tousling her curls. They didn't have time for this! The coronation was in fifteen minutes and she still needed to feed the baby before they left.

"Try the bassinet in the nursery, babe," she called, riffling through her makeup bag. "Killian? Did you take my eyeliner again? We talked about this!"

She heard him lay the baby in her little bouncy seat, murmur some nonsense to her, and then go in search of her pacifier. "This time, I'm innocent, darling," he called, as he rushed toward the nursery. "Try the top drawer of the vanity. It seems to me I saw it there."

This was what her life was now. Constant rush and chaos trying to get ready to go…well…anywhere. No one warned her she'd need to bring half the nursery every time she and Killian took Hope anywhere. And then there were feeding schedules and diaper changes. Naptime had to be strictly observed. If the baby didn't get her morning and afternoon naps, she'd scream like a banshee all evening. If she got her naps too late, she'd be up half the night.

Life with a baby was crazy.

Life with a baby was the most beautiful, fulfilling adventure she could have ever asked for.

Emma smiled as she applied her mascara and then heard Killian's shout of triumph when he finally found the pacifier. Twenty-eight year old her would never have believed this life she was living, but she loved it with every fiber of her being.

"No!" Killian groaned from downstairs.

"What is it, hun?" Emma asked, fluffing her hair one last time and then rushing out of the bathroom.

"The little lass has soiled herself again," Killian lamented. "Perhaps you'd best grab another garment before you head down, love. She's soiled her entire dress. How can so much excrement come out of someone so small?"

Emma groaned. Oh they were definitely going to be late to Regina's coronation now. It would probably take both her and Killian to get the baby cleaned up and presentable again.

But in the grand scheme of things, it was all worth it. Emma wouldn't trade a moment of her messy chaotic life. She had her husband, she had her son back, and she had Hope.

Life was good.

Notes:

-So this isn't a new story. This was actually written to fulfill a prompt sent to me by sherlockianwhovian just after the OUAT finale, and it's really short, but life has been crazy lately. I've been under the gun at work all month to finish a project for work that is taking basically every moment of my free time, so fandom things have had to take a backseat. I didn't, however want to delay posting for yet another week, so I decided to go with this one. But hey, it's fluffy, and it's mommy Emma and daddy Killian so that's good, right?

-Next up: fingers crossed I can finish this for next week! I have an outline finished for a season 7a series of short deleted scene vignettes about CS throughout Emma's pregnancy with Hope.