A/N: If it's not obvious already, Marian didn't come back with them so Regina and Robin are still together, and they didn't bring back the urn Elsa was in either.
'Killian, it's not opiates; it's a bag of dried flowers to keep everything smelling fresh.' Emma sighed and shook her head, but she couldn't stop the smile that made her lips curve. Her pirate boyfriend was opening the drawers in the bedroom and sneering at the small white bag inside.
'Okay, Swan, but when we move in here, we're taking them out. I can't be a fearsome pirate when I smell like roses.' He gave her a look she thought was supposed to be sexy, but he just looked adorable.
'When we move in? You like this place, huh?' She teased, raising her eyebrow to match his.
'I like any place that has you in it, love.' He said smoothly, sauntering over to her and using his hook to play with her hair.
'Be honest, Hook. You want to try the Jacuzzi bath tub, don't you?' She rolled her eyes when he stuck out his tongue.
'Swan, I'm over 3 centuries old, when a tub has jets of water that relax your muscles I definitely want to try it. Plus, it's a big tub; I can share if you wish.' His hook had moved to her hip and they were swaying together as they shamelessly flirted.
'Hmm, sounds like a plan.' Emma whispered before kissing him, smiling into the kiss when he let out an appreciative moan.
She couldn't quite get her head around the fact that yesterday she fell through a portal back in time and now she was picking out an apartment with Captain Hook.
'Ew, gross. Nowhere is safe these days.' Henry groaned from the doorway, which made Emma pull away before snorting.
'Suck it up, kid. You were all too happy to find out who your fairytale family was; you gotta deal with the fact that you're surrounded by True Love couples.' Emma joked, ruffling her son's hair in the way that he frowned at but secretly liked.
'Okay, well you guys are a little more bearable than Regina and Robin, and definitely more bearable than Grandma and Gramps.' Henry laughed as he flattened his hair back down to the swept over look he had taken a liking to recently. Emma and Killian both looked at him in a mockingly offended way with their mouths open.
'Are you saying we're not embarrassing enough, lad?' Killian asked, and with a gulp Henry clearly knew where this was going.
'Nuh uh guys, I did not say that so you could be more cringey.' He rubbed his temples as he groaned and Emma had to laugh at how her 13-year-old son was acting like an old man.
'Okay, tell you what, kid. If you help Killian and I set this place up today, you and Roland can hang out here tonight, seeing as we're the less cringey parents to be around.' Emma said with a smirk.
'So you're getting this place then?' Henry exclaimed, clearly excited that his mom had picked the apartment he had suggested.
'Sure, everyone loves it and it's already got most of the furnishing we need. It's perfect.' She smiled as Henry's grin widened. 'How about we go to the store to pick up some extra stuff to make it more homely, and then on the way back we can stop for some candy for tonight.' Her son may have entered his teen years but that didn't mean that he stopped liking sweet treats and game nights.
'Awesome!' The kid called out before running out of the room to put his shoes on.
She turned to face Killian, who was raising his eyebrow comically at her. 'To be honest, Swan, I did have other plans for us tonight.' Even as he tried hard to keep the suggestive tongue movement and cheeky glint in his eye at bay, she knew full well what he meant.
'Yes, well, I'm being considerate and letting Regina and Robin carry out their 'plans' tonight. Regina still hasn't fully forgiven me for wanting to take Henry back to New York so maybe getting laid will calm her down.' Emma had another one of those 'what is my life' moments when she realized she may end up having a schedule with the Evil Queen so they could have sex with their boyfriends.
'That's all very considerate; Swan, but what about you and I?' Killian asked, and she couldn't help but be amused by the whiney tone of his voice.
'Patience, Jones. We haven't even been dating a week yet.' Emma scoffed as she busied herself looking in the walk in wardrobe again. Killian followed her in, wrapping his arms around her waist and embracing her from behind.
'And yet we're already moving in together, something I've heard to be some sort of 'big step' in this realm.' He whispered in her ear, and Emma pressed her lips together at the annoying amount of smugness in his voice.
'Alright, who was it?' Emma sighed as she caved and rested her head against him.
'The she-wolf waitress, Ruby. She told me that people usually move in together a lot further down the relationship road. Why didn't you tell me how important it was?' He asked softly, his smug attitude now gone.
'Honestly? I knew that you would have made it about me. I knew that you wouldn't have agreed to it if you knew how big of a deal it was for me, but it was never about me. I wanted you to feel like you had a home, and maybe it was partly out of guilt because you gave up your ship for me, but it was also because I care about you and I didn't want you to feel like some visitor here instead of being a part of my family.'
Killian chuckled and Emma smiled as she felt the vibration against her back. 'Always thinking of others, Swan. You know, you deserve to be selfish sometimes. Like perhaps asking the lad to stay at Regina's tomorrow night. It seems only fair, lass.' His whispered words were bringing goosebumps to the surface of her skin, and she instinctively pressed herself closer.
'You're incorrigible.' She giggled before closing her eyes and leaning back against him.
'Come on, guys, let's go!' Henry called from the hall, and they both groaned at the interruption.
'Tomorrow, Swan. We'll have tomorrow all to ourselves.' Killian promised in her ear before taking her hand and leading her out of the bedroom. Henry was practically bouncing off the walls and Emma wondered if he really needed any sugar to hype him up further, but then she realized she he was just happy, and it made her heart warm to know that her son felt that way.
Emma shut the door behind them and watched Henry and Killian laughing as they walked down the hall. My family Emma thought to herself with a smile, pocketing the keys to their new home in her jacket.
'Emma, I don't think the popcorn will be necessary.' Killian whispered as he walked into the kitchen holding empty candy bowls and soda glasses.
'Killian, it's pretty much a tradition here to eat popcorn when you watch a movie.' Emma smiled as she emptied the corns into a bowl ready for popping.
'Aye, but both the lads have fallen asleep.' Emma raised an eyebrow at him and he nodded his head in the direction of the living room for her to have a look for herself. Sure enough, both of them were lying on a sofa, completely passed out with their arms hanging over the edge. Emma pulled a blanket over each of them, smiling when she noticed Roland sucking his thumb. She brushed Henry's increasingly floppy fringe out of his face before noticing what he was using as a pillow.
'So that's where my coat went.' Killian laughed gently from behind her.
'Well, you're not wearing it anymore.' Emma grinned as she turned to face him, her hands slowly sliding across the black sweater he now wore, her eyes appreciatively scanning over his jean-clad legs.
'The things I do for you, Swan.' He joked, running his thumb over her jaw (he still kept his rings and chains on, which Emma was rather happy about).
'I know.' She replied softly, and their eyes locked in the dim light of the living room.
They finished clearing up the mess their night had created, picking up fake money and game pieces, stray sweet wrappers and pizza boxes. It reminded Emma of when Henry had friends around when they lived in New York, and while she missed that for Henry, wishing he had more friends his own age here, she definitely preferred it here in Storybrooke. She never imagined Walsh playing board games with her son and letting him take a video of when he tried sour sweets for the first time, but Killian did those things.
He was a great sport when Henry teased him about not understanding this world, and when Roland asked to swing from his hook, and when Emma bought the Jolly Roger when they played Disney Monopoly ('Swan, it says "Captain Hook's Pirate Ship", surely I should get that card').
They soon made it to their bed (Emma shook her head in disbelief at that, she had never really shared a bed with someone before, not one they would both return to at the end of every day anyway) and both sleepily crawled under their fresh sheets. The bed was practically three times the size of Killian's bunk in the Jolly Roger, but they still cuddled up beside each other and ignored the ample amount of space on either side of them.
'I had a great time with you and Henry today.' Killian mumbled, his fingers running through her hair lethargically, and even in her tired state Emma's heart picked up at his words.
'He thinks you're worthy you know, of joining our family. I was worried about his reaction to us dating but he really likes you.' Emma replied as she moved her head to rest on his chest.
'Aye, I talked to him earlier. You had gone to look for those red things he likes at the store, and he sort of had the 'protective talk' with me.' Killian laughed and Emma rolled her eyes before laughing herself. 'He said that he could see how happy you were, but if I ever hurt you they would be writing a new story about how Captain Hook was scared of another little boy.'
'Just remember this is the kid that borrowed his teacher slash Grandmother's credit card and hopped on a bus to Boston to meet his biological mother at the age of ten, he is not to be underestimated.' Emma deadpanned before giggling when Killian quickly turned them over in bed so that she was on her back.
'Oh, I don't underestimate him, lass. But it won't ever come to that.' He said confidently before leaning down to kiss her. Neither of them had quite gotten used to the ease with which their lips now touched, and every time they did Emma always felt her skin tingle with heat like it was that first time in the Neverland jungle all over again.
'I love you.' Killian whispered as he pulled her back into his arms.
'I love you, too.' She replied with a grin, relishing in how easy those words were, how easy everything with Killian was now. She had kept him and everyone around her at arm's length for so long, but all her walls ever did was keep out their love. But thankfully she wasn't scared of love, not anymore.
A/N: This is the last actual chapter but I'm going to include an epilogue as well :) I've had a lot of fun writing this and I'm so grateful to everyone who has taken the time to read it!