Captain Book friendship, ~1700 words, during 6×02 (this isn’t particularly Rumple-friendly, as Belle herself isn’t right now)
Thanks as always to @j-philly-b for the quick beta!
He starts to offer her his flask, gets halfway to holding it out to her, and then he remembers.
“Sorry,” Killian says sheepishly, tucking it away in the pocket of his leather jacket. “Forgot for a moment that you’re with child.”
Belle gives him a smile, pulling herself up to sit on his narrow bunk next to where she’s set her suitcase down. “It’s okay,” she says with a laugh. “You haven’t spent much time around pregnant women, I assume?”
“Indeed not.” He sits in the chair opposite her. “A bit of time around Snow White when she was pregnant with Neal, I suppose.”
Belle cocks her head at him. “Have you ever had a child?”
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