Wilson cringed, gripping at the bed as Jack finished his work on his injuries.

"That should do it." Jack started wrapping bandages around Wilson's chest. "You'll need to take it easy for a month so the injuries can heal properly. Thankfully, you didn't suffer any serious burns so there won't be any scarring once you're fully healed."

"Noted." Wilson sighed, slumping his head into the pillow of the bed he was in. "Guess I'll have to worry about chores and other matters in the Shadow World later."

"Darn right." Jack gave a serious look. "You so much as try to get out of here and do something labor intensive, I'll come running in here and smack you so hard your head will spin. Got it?"

Wilson swallowed hard.

"Y-Yes sir."

"Good. Though, honestly, I don't have to do anything to keep you in line." Jack finished applying the bandages, putting away the tools before heading for the door. "I got two fine ladies and two little girls to do that for me." He opened the door, Cecelia and Willow coming in as soon as he opened it.

"Wilson!"

Wilson cringed.

Oh no, Mother found out.

Cecelia marched right up to his bedside, a look of utter fury in her eyes.

"What the HECK were you thinking!?"

"M-Mother, I can explain, honestly!"

"Do you even see what you look like right now?" She crossed her arms, as Wilson got an alarmed look.

Oh no. Not the foot tap of disappointment!

"Wilson." She narrowed her eyes.

Wilson looked at himself, cringing at how bad the injuries were. He even noted his favorite vest and shirt were laid out on another bed, burn marks clearly visible on both.

I REALLY hope Woodie can fix those.

He lowered his head.

"Mother… I'm… I'm sorry…"

Cecelia sighed, letting her arms drop, her anger being replaced with concern.

"It's okay." She reached forward, running her hand through his hair. "But I'm still going to worry about you. Even if you're an adult."

"Mum…"

"But you are still a bad poofer."

Wilson groaned.

"Mother, not in front of Willow…"

Willow snickered.

"Poofer, huh?"

Cecelia grinned, ruffling Wilson's hair as the man tried to swat her hand away lightly.

"Yep. Cause he's got all this poofy hair. He was a little puffball when he was a lad."

"Mooother!"

Willow laughed, covering her mouth.

"That's so dorky and cute at the same time!"

Wilson turned bright red, burying part of his face in his pillow.

Please, make it stop.

Cecelia giggled, smoothing Wilson's hair down.

"He's a good poofer. Sometimes."

"I'm remembering this next time you hurt yourself."

"Like you're in any position to do so. I love you, Wil… But it's my job to embarrass you too."

"M-hm…" Wilson sighed, bringing a hand over his chest.

But who was that man we ran into? That's what I want to know.

"Stop."

Wilson blinked, looking to Willow.

"Huh?"

"You're thinking. Stop it."

"Willow, it's kind of hard not to think about what just happened. We need to figure out who attacked us and what their game is. There's clearly something bigger going on here that we don't know about yet."

Willow narrowed her eyes, making her way over to Wilson, sitting on the edge of his bed.

"We should be concerned, yes. But you know what I'm more concerned about?"

Wilson sighed, lowering his gaze.

"Me."

"Darn right." Willow tipped his chin up, kissing his forehead. "We'll catch that crook later but right now, you need to focus on healing. We'll let Wickerbottom know what happened and I'm sure Jack is going to look into it too but you are in no condition to do so yourself. For my sake please, just rest."

Wilson sighed, smiling a little, kissing her cheek.

"If you insist, M'lady." He cupped her cheek. "Are you alright?"

"I got a few scrapes but I'm okay. Jack was surprised at me not having burns but he just shrugged and figured it was some kind of shadow magic thingy if he had to guess. Weird things always happened when people made deals with Maxwell. Mainly people getting weird powers that would correlate to their deal with the guy. Like how you have your weird knowledge powers in regards to science."

He nodded, bringing his arm around her, trying to be careful.

"Very true and it's not surprising. I guess we would've found out one way or another." He nuzzled her, burying part of his face in her hair. "Just please don't scare me like that again. I love you too much to lose you."

Willow frowned, gently forcing Wilson to lay down, laying beside him, bringing her arms around him.

"No promises but I'll try my hardest." She cuddled closer, resting her head on his shoulder. "Is this okay?"

Wilson smiled gently, bringing his arm around her, stroking her shoulder.

"Perfectly fine, my dear."

She sighed happily, nuzzling him.

"Good."

Wilson sighed happily, keeping her close, blushing a bit.

"Long as you're comfortable too I don't mind."

"And I am." Willow kissed his cheek. "We'll get this figured out. So, it turns out maybe things aren't all well like we thought but least we know now. We'll get it solved when you're all better and we'll beat that guy within an inch of his life for what he did. Right now is just not the time."

Wilson nodded, holding her closer.

"You're right… I admit… I… I was really terrified today." Wilson buried part of his face in Willow's hair again. "I… I really thought I lost you for good."

Willow frowned, nuzzling him gently.

"I was scared you were gonna die." She whispered, keeping close.

"And I almost broke my promise again." Wilson stroked her hair. "I'm so sorry."

Cecelia kept quiet, sitting on the bed close to them. She wanted to speak but she felt now wasn't the best time.

Willow nuzzled his hand, sighing a little.

"It's okay. Just… promise to not scare me so badly like that again?"

"I can promise to try. Willow… In that moment, I had so many regrets."

"Huh..?"

Wilson cringed a bit, getting an uneasy look.

"Just… We finally… I finally got the courage to tell you how I really felt only just a few months ago and… I... I really do love you with all my heart, Willow. You're a huge part of my world and… I… I would be devastated if I ever lost you. You mean so much to me and… I… I just feared I would never get the chance to… to take things further…"

Her eyes grew wide as she turned, looking right into his eyes.

"Further…?"

What does he mean further…?

Wilson glanced to the side.

"I don't know if I should even be talking about this. Like I said, we've only been courting for a few months and I don't want to make it awkward or seem like we're going to fast. I'm injured after all so maybe I'm not thinking right just… Ugh… I don't know…"

"Wilson, look at me."

Wilson did as told, Willow noting there was nervousness present in his blue eyes.

"Wilson, whatever it is you have to say, just say it. I don't care what it is. I just want to know what you would've been regretful about in regards to taking things further."

Wilson sighed.

"... By further I mean… us being more than what we are now. Not just courting… but… partners."

It clicked as she sat up quickly, giving him a stunned look. He gave her a sheepish one in return.

"A-Are you asking..?"

Wilson sat up carefully, taking both of her hands into his.

"Willow… you don't have to say yes but… Will… Will do you me the honor of being Mrs. Higgsbury?"

She squeezed his hands gently, an excited look coming to her eyes.

"Oh my gosh." She breathed. "Y-Yes! Yes!"

Wilson's eyes lit up.

"You… You will?"

"I do!" Willow planted a kiss on his lips, bringing her arms around him carefully.

Wilson's eyes were wide before they relaxed as he brought his arms around her, kissing her back.

Willow closed her eyes, sighing happily as they parted after a minute. Wilson pressed his forehead against hers, chuckling.

"You sure you want this crazy scientist?" He asked her.

"More than anything in the world. In all the worlds that could exist."

Wilson smiled gently before kissing her again, holding it a little longer than last time, sighing in content before pulling away gently.

"Thank you, Willow. I love you."

"I love you too, Wilson." Willow giggled, gazing into his eyes. "We're gonna get married."

"Yeah…" Wilson glanced behind him, seeing his mother had her hands over her mouth, tears streaming down her face. "Mum?"

Cecelia lowered her hands, a look of utter joy in her eyes.

"Oh Wilson… I'm so happy for you." She sniffled a little, wiping her eyes. "My baby's all grown up."

Wilson smiled, looking to Willow.

"Heh… That means you're getting a daughter in law now, Mum. I hope Willow is to your liking."

Cecelia smiled, making her way over, kissing Willow on the head.

"She's perfect."

Willow smiled, wiping a few tears of her own away.

"Thank you Cece. That means a lot.."

"Anytime."

"You're getting married, Papa!?"

All looked to the doorway to see the twins were present, their blue eyes wide.

Wilson chuckled.

"I am."

They squealed, running over, climbing up to hug them both.

"THAT'S SO COOL!" Abigail squealed, hugging Wilson's arm. Wendy was hugging Willow tightly.

"Does this mean we can call Willow "Mama" now?"

Wilson blushed.

"I-If you want. I mean, once we are officially married she would be your mother by law."

Willow smiled softly, hugging Wendy close with one arm, offering her other one to Abigail.

"I already love you two like my own kids. So, why not?"

"Yay!" Abigail cuddled up to her. "Mama!"

Willow smiled, her heart warming up at being addressed as such.

"My girls."

The twins sighed happily, keeping close. Wilson brought his arms around them, kissing the twins on the head.

"Our girls."

Cecelia squealed, making her way for the door.

"I'll go tell everyone the news!"

Wilson shook his head before looking to his daughters and Willow.

"We're really going to do this. We're going to become a family."

Willow grinned.

"What a family it'll be."

"Can we be the flower girls? Please?"

"Yeah! Like for Aunt Charlie's wedding?"

"Of course!"

"Yay!" Wendy giggled. "We got plans to make then, Sis!"

"Yeah!" Abigail grinned. "And we gotta tell Webber too!"

"Yes!"

Willow laughed, ruffling their hair.

"So, this is what it feels like to be the bride."

"We're going to make it a good memory."

"The best!"

Wilson smiled, kissing Willow's head.

"And right now, I think that's just what we need."