Summary: Many years after peace settles in Storybrooke, a struggle with drinking threatens Killian’s happy ending with his family.
This story includes depictions of alcoholism, alcohol abuse, binge drinking, you name it. Heed the trigger warnings if you need to.
Rated E. Beta’d by @j-philly-b. Word count this chapter: 3.6k.
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Chapter 6
After Killian left, Emma went through the motions of her evening, going so far as to get into bed when it was bedtime. As if she would be able to sleep. By the time morning came, she’d slept fitfully for a few minutes here and there, reliving the argument over and over, trying in her half-dream state to make it go differently. To make it so Killian wouldn’t leave. To make it so that she hadn’t driven him away.
When dawn broke, she was staring at the ceiling, wondering where she’d failed him.
“Where’s Dad?” Maureen asked when she stomped downstairs in her ever-present hoodie and school uniform.
Enough of Feeling Like This (6/7)
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