He looked at his wife, pale and exhausted, but more beautiful than she had ever been. He reached out to caress her cheek, drawing gentle strokes across the softness. Their eyes met, a tired smile playing across her lips as together they gazed at the tiny bundles in her arms, one as dark as the other was fair. Two precious boys who would mean their lives would never be the same.
"Look what we've done, Killian," she breathed, her voice full of love and hope for the future.
"You're a bloody hero, Swan," he replied as he circled his family in his arms.