This collection was originally scenes that I wanted to go into Together, but couldn't find a way to work them in. Now, it's just one massive collection of one-shots about the universe I created in Where We Belong and Together. They range from fluffy...
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This was originally supposed to take place in "Mother". It was why Killian was going to be gone, and Emma was left with Anna Elizabeth. However, I felt like it would be too much going on at one time, so I cut it. And I had nowhere else to fit it in.
For the sake of this scene making sense with the rest of story, it will take place in the six-year interlude between "Mending Fences" and the Epilogue(s).
Killian had just pulled into the garage after a long day at work. He got out of his truck and walked around to the front door.
When he walked inside, he went over to his wife and greeted her with a kiss on the cheek.
"Hello, love. How was everything at the police station?"
Emma smiled at him before she replied, "The usual - piles of paperwork."
Killian hummed in response just as they heard, "Liam spit up!"
Emma began to move from her place setting the table when Killian told her, "I got it, love."
He then moved into the living room and scooped up his six-month old son from his playpen. He asked Anna Elizabeth, "Will you hand me that cloth, love?"
Anna Elizabeth nodded before reaching into the playpen and grabbing the cloth. She then handed it to Killian.
Killian wiped Liam's face before taking off his bib and carrying it to the laundry room, where he also changed his son's onesie.
"There you go, little lad," Killian told Liam, who had taken to playing with the ring around Killian's neck.
Just as Killian began walking back into the kitchen, his phone rang in his jeans pocket. He placed Liam in his high chair before he answered it.
"Hello, mate," Killian began. He listened for a few minutes before he said, "Thank you for letting me know. Talk to you later."
As he slipped the phone back into his pocket, Emma asked, "Who was that?"
"My future brother-in-law. He had some news," Killian answered.
"I can tell by the look on your face that it wasn't good news," Emma supplied.
Killian sighed before he told her, "Belle is having surgery the day after tomorrow to have her gallbladder removed. I knew she'd been having problems with it, but I didn't know it was that serious."
"Aunt Belle needs surgery?" Anna Elizabeth piped up worriedly.
"She'll be fine, kid. Don't worry about it," Emma told her as she ran her hand through those blonde curls before casting a look over to her husband, offering him the same assurance.
She then asked him, "Do you want to go to New York?"
"Love, I can't just leave you and the kids," Killian started. He took a deep breath and continued, "Besides, Belle has August - her fiancé. She doesn't need me there."
