The Honeymoon–ch. 3

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Rating: T

Summary:  With the Black Fairy defeated
and the Final Battle won, Emma and Killian are able to focus on the
important things—like their honeymoon.  Thanks to a souvenir from the
latest curse, Killian comes up with a way to give Emma the wedding trip
of their dreams.

Missed the Beginning? (Chapter 1) (Chapter 2)

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One month later

Killian woke slowly,
stretched, and then turned onto his side to toss an arm over his wife…only his
arm met empty sheets.  Odd.
In the entirety of their marriage, had Emma ever woken before him?  He didn’t think so.

Killian sat up, ran a
ragged hand through his hair and then tossed on a pair of jeans and a blue
shirt.  He couldn’t deny the slight
shiver of alarm that coursed through him.
It was ridiculous, he knew, but after all that had happened to them, all
that had come between them, all the villains who had tried to harm her, he
couldn’t help a spot of unease when his wife was not where he expected her to
be.

As he opened their
bedroom door, the delightful scent of coffee and what he supposed to be
pancakes wafted up to him, and Killian smiled.
The mystery of his wife’s whereabouts was effectively solved.  Emma was not much for preparing meals
normally, but she rather had an affinity for breakfast.

Padding lightly down
the stairs on bare feet, Killian stepped up behind Emma as she slid her spatula
under the final pancake and tossed it on the plate.  He snaked an arm around her bathrobe-clad
waist and buried his nose in the nape of her neck.

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