"So it looks like they are staying in town for a while." I updated my family as soon as I stepped into Mary Margaret's apartment. I really needed to get in the habit of calling it my apartment but I had never had much of a concrete place to live and I was still struggling with the idea of having a home. I glanced around. Regina looked out of place in Mary Margaret's home and David looked like the cat that ate the canary.

"What is it?" I asked him. "And where's Hook? I didn't see him down at the docks."

"Killian is changing." Regina said tersely.

"Since when are we calling him Killian? Especially now, that could get confusing. And changing what?"

"He's requested that we stop calling him Hook. I think he doesn't like how his brother glances as his hand, or rather his lack of a hand every time someone says it. And he would be changing his clothes." Mary Margaret clarified.

"He has more than one set of clothes?" It slipped out before I could sensor my words. "I just mean that he's always wearing pretty much the same thing, does it really matter? And if we call them both Killian how are we going to tell them apart?"

"Well we are just going to need to figure that out aren't we love?" Hook's voice cut into my question before the words had completely left my mouth. I spun around and upon taking in the tableau before me I had to desperately try to keep my mouth from falling open. He had raided David's closet and put together something David would never wear but in which he looked, well, incredible.

"Hook," I began.

"Killian, please." He corrected.

"Right, Killian, um, care to explain why the sudden aversion to leather?"

"I simply looked at my younger self and my brother and took in the effect of their period style clothing in comparison to the modernized looks of the citizens of Storybrooke and thought about how ridiculous they look. Then I thought about it and decided that you lot most likely think that my garb looks quite strange as well so I asked Dave here for a bit of help."

"Help that he will withdraw if you keep calling him Dave," David muttered under his breath. "Ow!" He added aloud as Mary Margaret kicked him under the table. I took Ho-Killian in and I was decidedly impressed. He wore a simple grey t-shirt but had spruced it up with a double breasted vest from one of David's suits. He paired all that with a pair of dark washed jeans and some fancy leather shoes I had never seen David wear before. He had left on some of his necklaces and while the overall look tipped towards the hipster end of things, he looked good. Like really good. All that leather really covered up an awful lot of muscle mass.

"See something you like Swan?" He asked. And he was back.

"Just taking in the new Killian." I said before turning around. "So as I said. They don't have another bean and they plan on staying here."

"For how long?" David asked.

"Um, indefinitely, I think."

"Indefinitely?" Ho-Killian asked borderline angrily.

"As in that pompous, arrogant and self-righteous ass will be staying here, without an end? As in possibly forever?"

"He does realize he's talking about himself right?" David muttered to Mary Margaret.

"Dave does realize that I'm going to keep calling him Dave if he keeps talking about me like I'm not here, here?" Killian muttered to me quite loudly. I stood up before they could continue their passive aggressive arguments any longer.

"Regina can I talk to you for a minute?" She stood with me and we stepped out into the hallway. "You were right. They know a hell of a lot more than they're telling us. I think we need to figure out who put them up to this. I mean for all we know this person has sent them here and is going to use them to hurt someone."

"I see your point. I can approach it magically if you can try to befriend them and get their trust. Did you get anything at all?"

"I mean there was," I paused. "No. No it's nothing."

"What? What's going on?"

"It's just something Killian said. It's kind of freaking me out." I turned to go back inside. Regina grabbed my arm.

"Oh no you don't. Not when this could have an effect on how long my son is away from me. What happened?" I sighed.

"Just, don't tell anyone. I'm getting really sick of Mary Margaret and David trying to parent me." She nodded and I internally thanked her for not pointing out that they were, in fact, my parents. "You were right. They think they're here to save me."

"And you're afraid of what could potentially be threatening you in the first place?"

"What? No. I just, I'm not used to people looking out for me. I look out for myself. I'm the Savior. Needing someone else to save me…" I trailed off and looked up at Regina awkwardly.

"I should really apologize to your parents." She said throwing me completely off guard.

"What?"

"If I hadn't cast that curse they wouldn't have sent you off and then their daughter wouldn't be so emotionally screwed up." I laughed and looked down at my feet.

"Yeah, well. Se la vie."

"Mhmm. Well my lips are sealed. We can just say we were discussing Henry." I nodded appreciatively.

"Thanks Regina. I really appreciate it." We returned to the apartment. "Okay. So we don't really know what's going on here so I think the key is going to be to keep living our lives as though nothing is out of the ordinary and let this play out. In the meantime we stay on our guard for any signs of danger and look out for one another."

"Exactly. And the sooner the threat gets here and we work it out the sooner Henry can come home so let's get going." Regina added.

"How long is this little united front thing going to last?" Killian asked smirking. "I mean it's adorable but I have a feeling that Evil may overcome and send us all back to square one."

"Shut up, Hook." I returned, stressing his moniker as I noticed the look of hurt on Regina's face.

"We are united by our son and that isn't going to change. Regina is on our side and until we figure out what possible threat these people pose she will be keeping near to help protect all of us."

"I thought they were here to protect someone, why are they suddenly the threat?" Killian asked raising one eyebrow.

"They might think that they are here for the good guys but that doesn't make it true. They could be controlled by someone more powerful than anyone here, like Aurora was by Cora in the Enchanted Forest. She may have thought she was helping but all of a sudden she turned on us and we were locked in Rumpelstiltskin's cell. They might think they're about to save me but in reality they could be about to kill us all."

"You?" Killian's voice cut in, breaking slightly on the end of the word. "They're here to save you?"

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