firstbeanstalk:

Just a quick fluffy dabble that popped in my head…

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“Do you ever regret it?”
David asked out of breath as they both collapsed on Killian’s couch after a
hard fought battle with a nasty beast that currently roamed Storybrooke.

He didn’t have to ask what he meant…he knew he was talking
about the choice he made a few years back.  The choice that had him now
wincing in pain as he touched his sensitive ribs…the little fucker threw him hard against a parked car when he was trying to distract it.  “And miss
all this fun?”

David snorted before picking
up the bottle of the much deserved beer he fished out of their refrigerator and
taking a long swig.  “I’m serious,” he
repeated after a moment, watching Killian wince as he took his own sip of
beer.  “Do you ever wonder what would
have happened if…”

“I
did step into the light with my brother?”

David
gave a nod.  “Yeah.”

“Aye,”
he finally said as he leaned over to put down his beer.  “I do, mate…I wonder if I’d be nearly as
happy as I am now.”

David
lifted a brow.  “You don’t think you
would be?”

Killian
opened his mouth to answer, but a pitter patter of little feet and a joyous
laughter interrupted him.  He turned and
smiled when he saw his princess….his little girl with her raven black hair and
sea green eyes rushing towards him.  He
split the cut on his lip when he grinned, holding out his arms and winced out a
laugh when her body slammed into his aching ribs.  But he didn’t care…his little miracle was in
his arms.  “There’s my lass!”

Emma
gave him a soft smile.  “She needed to
make sure her daddy was okay,” she said as she went to her own daddy so she
could heal him.

“I’m
just fine, love,” he said as rubbed her small back with his hand.  “Just fine.”

Hope leaned back and gave a little pout as she
touched the cut on his lip.  “Hurt.”

“A
bit…maybe if you give me a kiss it’ll be all better.”

She
leaned forward and ever so gently, ever so sweetly she touched her small
delicate lips to his cut, completely warming his heart.  “Much better,” he said as he tucked her chin
with the curve of his hook, causing her to giggle.

“Do
you want to help me heal your Daddy?” Emma asked as she left her now healed
father to join them on the couch.  When her
little girl nodded with excitement, she smiled as she covered her hand with
hers and placed her tiny hand over Killian’s ribs….she knew that’s where he
ached the most.  “Now, remember how I
taught you…think about your daddy and how much you love him….let that feeling
go through you, okay?”

Killian
watched her little brows furrowed in complete concentration as she nodded, closing
her eyes as she let Emma guide her hand to his aches and pains.  His heart was full as she watched the glow
between their hands shine and felt the warmth spread throughout his own body as
the pain slowly eased away until it was completely gone.

When he
was fully healed and the light faded, she opened her eyes and grinned at him
with a proud look in her eyes.  “Well
done, love,” he said, smiling when she leaned down to sprawl across his chest,
nuzzling her little cheek against his chest, fiddling with his necklace with
her tiny fingers.

He
then looked over at Emma, reaching for her as he pulled her down for a kiss
before she settled next to him.  He sighed,
lifting his arm so she could tuck safely at his side and then looked over at
David, who was watching him with a grin.

“No
mate,” he finally said as he brushed his lips against his wife’s hair.  “Not nearly as happy.”

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