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#(*my mom doesn't want to and my dad tries to pressure her into shit. dude you clearly dont love her anymore i hate you)
s-ccaam-era-crepe · 3 months
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everyone kill my dad time
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crazy-lazy-elder-sims · 5 months
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Rambling: talking about my extended family and how 2 of my cousins just got divorced from thier abusive husbands, just expressing my happiness since i dont have anywhere els to do so rn so ignore it lol
Tw: abuse, physical abuse while pregnant, mention of marriage for minors, disgusting abusive men and thier moms, so be warry if you decide to read on
Im So happy rn i could cry tears of joy the young women in my family are so strong 2 of them finally broke out from that disgusting social and traditional pressure from thier parents of forcibly staying married to abusive men 😭😭
They both are so young still in thier 30's too im So happy for them one who is 35 my cousin from my moms side divorced her alcoholic physically abusive ex who used to hit her when she was pregnant, she went back to living with her mom (the one who destroyed her life in the first place by sllowing this grabage man to court her daughter but stopped after her pregnant daughter was bloody bruised by that filth she is now just focused on helping her daughter raise her son)
The second is even better she (36) was married to this man for 20 years or so had 3 children with him while building the most successful career in the family for herself but then all of a sudden he demanded cthat she quite her job and be a stay at home mom , apparently his mom got to his head because she hates my cousin and somehow convinced him that he is upset that she works and doesn't spend enough time with him or the kids he tried to force her to leave her extremely high paying successful job for him but she got her things and left and filled for divorce,this one was extremely hard to watch unfold because her piece of shit mom (my father's sister) actually sided with the ex was calling everyone yelling about how horrible her daughter was and how he is in the right and got my dad involved to try to call her and tell her to yeild (i yelled and cussed at both of them to leave her alone and got in trouble but who cares) my good woman cut contact with my father and her family and honestly i think the entire family too and is now happily divorced and very successful while his toddler tantrum throwing ass went back to his mom who arranged a marriage for him with a 20 year old (he is 45) ... Loser behavior lol
These two women in our family are the first married women to break the cycle and while we don't talk i couldnt be more proud (unlike thier parents (my aunts on both sides) who know very well not to voice thier shit opinion infront of me because they would be talking to the first and only girl in the family to break out of the traditional mold of being submissive to my parents and extended family fight tooth and nail out of an arranged marriage TWICE when i was 16 and 20 against my own mother who wanted to ship me off to some old dude at a young age among the other atrocious shit she put me through , stay unmarried past my "prime" and not be depressed about it and continue to refuse any talks of marriage, cut contact with all extended family and is openly childless and non religious, i will bite thier head off and they know it)
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ultraclops · 4 years
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Semi-Live Blogging: Finale Time!
With reaction images this time!
Adoradad
TRAINING EXERCIIISE
Adorabat's practicing her screaming! Bet that's gonna come in handy later.
"Fneh!" Wow what an introduction Eugene
His design is like? Really cool?? He looks practically nothing like Adorabat tho. And why does he have a spade on his stomach instead of a heart??
Badgerclops drew him with a giant ass mustache lol.
Adorabat takes banjo lessons? More importantly, Eugene thought she was at a banjo lesson FOR 8 MONTHS?!
"She scares me" lol
Adorabat ran away from home? Why?
"I thought you were a ward of the state!" Remember when everyone thought Adorabat was an orphan? Yea.
"I thought you were my conscience!" Badgerclops...you've lived with Adorabat for a year...went to her school...AND YOU THOUGHT SHE WAS A PIECE OF YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS?!
...why did Badgerclops use Adorabat as monster bait...
I expected to hate Eugene but he's actually really cute and interesting?? Aside from the fact he thinks Mao Mao & Badgerclops are criminals. Love to see him again sometime!
Wow her dad has a whole badass mansion!! Why doesn't she just stay there...
Oh...her mom died...that's why he's so protective of her and was so upset when she left. Also her mom looks amazing & I wanna see a flashback episode with her. For some reason I can imagine her sounding like a deeper version of Scoops?
Aww Adorabat's room is super cool! Also Eugene cracking the door for her asfgjkl
"Do you think that monsters attacking the city are gonna - wait, does that have peanut butter in it? " (Cuts to MM & BC eating ice cream while crying) That's a perfectly rational reaction to losing your adoptive daughter
"I can keep it together!" (Cut to Mao Mao trying and failing to shovel ice cream in his mouth with his helmet on) NSADGEDHAMADH
Wait a second. Mao's eating mint chocolate chip ice cream. ISN'T CHOCOLATE TOXIC TO CATS?!
"But you said I was part of the team!!" "Then you're...off the team."
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Adorabat crying while showing Eugene the picture OUCH MY HEART...
"I used to go exploring in those caves with Mom all the time..." I'm guessing those are the caves from the promo?
"She wasn't afraid of anything!" " Well Adorabat definitely takes after her mother...
"And then one day, Sonara didn't come back with you." Ooh her name's Sonara!! Pretty!! I can't tell if they chose it cuz it sounds like Sonar or because it means "pleasant sounding"
Glad to see Adorabat's still a die-hard metal fan, even with Eugene
Oof Mao isn't taking this well at ALL if he's pretending Adorabat's molt is her...
OOH SHIT ADORABAT RAN OFF TO THE CAVES - wait a minute no she didn't. OH NO EUGENE WENT TO THE CAVES
Ooh there's Sonara's looking glass, bet that's gonna be important
Yay Adorabat saved her dad!
Damn Adorabat must be super traumatized after basically watching her mother die. No wonder she tried to murder Boba-Chan!
Oh the only way to stop the monster is by screaming!
(Mao Mao hears Adorabat scream) "ADORABAT?!" ADOPTIVE DAD POWERS ACTIVATE
Ooh her mother's figure appears over her when she says she's not afraid of anyone...maybe her spirit's inside of her or something?
REVENGE TIME BAYBEY
HOLY SHIT ADORABAT FUCKING MURDERED THAT THING
Eugene & Adorabat both apologized to each other I...
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"You can't just leave without the most fearless member of the group!" YAAY ADORABAT'S BACK (Also how are we gonna explain to Eugene Adorabat's scared of the dark?)
"I'll mess 'em up real good! So good, their mommies and daddies won't be able to recognize them when I'm done..." Daaammmnnn...
"She scares me :)"
I wonder...is Sonara really dead? Or are they gonna pull a Kipo & have her still be alive but in a different form?
Badge-A-Fire explosion
Uhh...where is Badgerclops? And why is Mao Mao on the top bunk?!
Of course Badgerclops is petty enough to install a fake monster alarm on his laptop to wake Mao Mao and Adorabat up.
"This is a super-serious work meeting, as you can see by the fact that I haven't provided any snacks!" No snacks?! This must be a serious issue!! /s
"As you know, I am a creative genius. Sometimes there's so much natural creative genius that my brain overloads, and I enter a heightened state that I call 'Ultra Focus'..." Oh so basically like hyperfixation?
"...where I break into a creative sprint, inventing super-advanced technology at supernatural speeds, unparalleled by anyone in the entire field of science." Okay maybe only a LITTLE bit like hyperfixation...wait a second, IS THAT WHY BADGERCLOPS IS SO TIRED ALL THE TIME?!
Uhh did he get his arm stuck in the front door? HE TOOK THE AEROCYCLE?!
"...I forget everything the next morning." Remember my headcanon that Badgerclops represses his memories? Yea...
"Which is why it's not my fault and I don't think I should be criticized :D" TBH I screamed with laughter at this scene solely because of the expression he made
...HE GAVE THE SKY PIRATES THE GEM CELL?! I mean he clearly wasn't thinking right when he did it BUT STILL?!
"Oh hey, I told you I'd use that weird elevator thing!" Dude you LITERALLY used it in Ultraclops. What are you talking about.
"If the Sky Pirates had the Gem Cell, they would've used it already!" That is a fair point ngl.
Umm...did Badgerclops give Adorabat a BOMB?!
Tbh if my friend woke me up in the middle of the night with weird-looking eyes and handed me a timer while saying something about an explosion I would DEFINITELY not go back to sleep afterwards...
I'm sorry, IS THE WHOLE VALLEY GONNA BLOW UP?! WHAT THE HELL DID HE MAKE?!
Mao wiping Badgerclops' tears I'm
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A paper towel dispenser? Well that's not that bad - IS THAT A GIANT PAIR OF PANTS?!
Ooh it's not a shock collar it's a translator!! That makes a bit more sense... "I HAVE NO REMORSE OR CONCEPT OF EMPATHY!" ...if the monster doesn't have remorse or empathy how does it know what those words mean...
Badgerclops keeps telling Mao Mao & Adorabat not to criticize him...hmm...I wonder who criticized his inventions that made him that way...*cough* HIS MOM *cough*
"Are all your inventions this weird?!" "YOU'RE WEIRD!!"
IM SORRY DID BADGERCLOPS BUILD A DANCING MACHINE INTO MAO MAO'S BONES?! HIS BONES?! AND HE MADE ADORABAT A SECOND MEGAPEG?!
What in the absolute hell is going on dgaadhdagdadga
Okay but when Badgerclops clutched his head and started shaking when Mao Mao asked why he made those things...I FELT THAT IN MY HEART I FELT THAT IN MY SOUL
Ngl this scene really hit home for me cuz that's how I act when I have a breakdown...
The timer went off but nothing blew up - WAIT, IS THAT A REPLICA OF MECHA HOSSORAFFASNAKEARANG?!
"Initializing Totally Humane Knockout Procedure." (Proceeds to slam the Sheriff's Dept. into the ground) ajdajdgdad
Ooh...ohh they're on some sort of water park...ride...thing??
"And if I didn't want us to get out, then I made sure we couldn't...with super-strong shoe things." But there isn't any on Adorabat, can't she just squeeze herself out?
Ooh I'm getting Pirates of the Caribbean vibes
There's the Gem Cell, it must be powering the ride! Also the robotic arm slaps Mao's hand the same way Mao slaps Badgerclops' hand in Flyaway skkkk
"My amazing creativity is finally gonna destroy us all..." "Hey, at least we'll be destroyed together!" Fair point, fair point
The shoosh returneth
"I always loved inventing." So he was an inventor ever since he was little? Daww.
YOUNG BC IS SO ADORABLE!! He has a lil medical patch instead of an eyepatch which is def more accurate to real life...but what's the vest for? Protection in case he falls? A pressure stim?
That figure's def his mom since they rejected his ideas & he mentions she was mean to him. Also the theory that his mom's a villain seems a bit stronger since they straight-up hand him a tool kid + a set of blueprints with no regard to his safety...
"Also there was a bunch of other kids at school and some other people throughout my life who mocked me relentlessly." THEN WHY'D YOU TELL ADORABAT YOU COULDN'T RELATE TO HER WHEN SHE SAID NO ONE WANTED TO BE HER FRIEND?! (Also I noticed literally all the kids are other badgers, so I'm assuming Badgerclops grew up sheltered like Mao Mao did.)
So the Ultra Focus is basically a really weird coping mechanism to deal with all the abuse and bullying he went through? Holy fuckkk
"They only made fun of you because they were jealous. Happened to me my whole life!" Umm...
"Even the dance chip I surgically implanted in your brain?" Excuse me the dance chip that you WHAT
"I love you-" HE SAID IT 💗💓💗💓
"I'm finally around people who love and understand me..."
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Wait did the cannon misfire? DID IT BLOW A HOLE IN THE GROUND?!
OH HE ACTUALLY DID CREATE AN ANIMATRONIC BAND?! I THOUGHT IT WAS A JOKE!!
"Take it away, Boss Hosstritch!" (Distorted garbling)
Oof Mao caught all the water
"We hope you all enjoyed being Badgerclops' friend." 💞💕💞💕
Not that anyone cares but I noticed there's a picture of some of the Sweetypies on the monitors, meaning 1. Badgerclops tested it out using them first, or 2. Badgerclops just likes those Sweetypies for whatever reason. Tho that makes me wonder why he'd choose Pinky of all people...
THE SKY PIRATES WERE INSIDE THE ANIMATRONICS THE WHOLE TIME?! THE MAN BEHIND THE SLAUGHTE
Zing Your Heart Out
Why are they giving out rotten sushi??
"HOW DARE YOU LAUGH AT ME EATING SOMETHING GROSSLY?!"
Ooh god Chester's gonna be super freaking annoying in this episode, I can feel it.
"What's blue and smells like red paint? Blue paint!" BAYBEY
Jesus what a prick. GET HIM MAO MAO
Ngl that background's really pretty...
Oooh no the Ruby Pure Heart's being weird again. Ooh no.
FUCK YEA ROAST HIM BABY - Did Adorabat's eyes turn purple because the Ruby Pure Heart gave her powers?
Oh so the siren in Badgerclops' robo-arm is a backup monster alarm?
More Sky Pirates - and the Pure Heart's being weird again...
"I'd tell you but despite your height it'd go right over your HEAD!" Asdfgghjjk
"For someone with two brains, you're not very BRIGHT!" EVEN BETTER
Kevin said he was raising money for a school trip, then for a trip to the hospital...which one is he raising money for?!
"SILENCE PANCAKE, LEST YE BE BUTTERED"
OOH NO SHE ATTACKED MAO AND BC
"IT FEELS LIKE THE WEIGHT OF ONE THOUSAND PLANETS!!"
"One second, I'm getting mad, and the next thing you know-" Is she freaking possessed??
Wait, is the Pure Heart TALKING to Adorabat?! How?!
Cluckins you don't ask people what's wrong with their eyeballs...even if there is something wrong with their eyeballs
"I CAN'T FEEL MY SELF-RESPECT!!"
The pure 'oh shit' on Marion's face when Adorabat turns to her
Half of the people she insulted showed up to her party! Didn't that mean she loved them?!
Oh god not this bitch again - nvm, thanks Adorabat
"Taking over the castle and ruling Pure Heart Valley forever does sound nice..." This is starting to remind me of that one AU where Adorabat turns evil, becomes the ruler of the Sky Pirates, then convinces them to kill Snugglemagne and becomes the queen of Pure Heart...she isn't gonna kill Snugglemagne, is she?
What did Adorabat tell Snugglemagne?! I WANNA KNO
Why is Pinky stealing teeth...reminds me of this
NO BC DON'T EAT THE TEETH
"I...hate myself! Therefore, I'm invincible!" So the trick to not getting your ego destroyed...is to not have an ego. Sounds reasonable.
"Your bug platter, my king?" Genderfluid Adorabat rights
"Mao Mao, your head looks like a CROW!" (Mao Mao caws) IT WAS A LIE HE ISN'T A CAT HE WAS A CROW THIS WHOLE TIME-
"It looks like a half-melted ice cream cone!!" That is...a strange way to describe your own neck...
"Well, I'm...bad (◡‿◡)" Kinda weird that the canonically depressed character can't even cleverly insult himself
...why does Adorabat's skin smell like old cantaloupe
OH SHE IS POSSESSED!!
HOLY SHIT MAO WAS GONNA FUCKING MURDER ADORABAT TO SAVE THE KINGDOM?! THANK GOD HE SAW HER JOKE BOOK, HOLY SHIT
Positivity outweighs negativity!
"WHERE DOES A 800 POUND GORILLA SIT?!" "Where ever it wants!◝(⁰▿⁰)◜" Curse you for making me laugh...
OOH NO THE JOKEBOOK! - Wait nvm Mao remembers Adorabat's jokes!
I think the reason they used that joke is because it represents Mao Mao and Adorabat - Adorabat is blue, and she wants to be like Mao Mao, who wears red. What is BLUE, and smells like (is similar to) RED paint?
YAAAY HE BROKE HER FREE FROM MIND CONTROL!! And did BC get Thanos snapped in the background?
"Thank goodness you're alright! We almost..." Fucking murdered you? Yea
"Might we have our crown and kingdom back, yes?"
"Sorry for being such a monster today." "You're a monster everyday." Is that a joke because she was today's villain, a reference to Sleeper Sofa or foreshadowing?
I hope Mao Mao and Badgerclops decide to investigate what's up with the Heart in Season Two, cause I highly doubt they'll let Adorabat getting fucking possessed go under the radar.
The visual gag of Mao trying to stomp out his ice cream cone like a cigarette is perfect. This is peak comedy everyone else go home
WHOOP CHESTER'S ASS GUYS
Strange Bedfellows
"So, your name is Boss Hosstrich, but you're not actually the boss?" How long did it take him to realize that
JFC Mao & Orangusnake are REALLY hellbent on killing each other huh...at least the deputies and the other Sky Pirates have common sense.
Hahaha nice Dragon Ball Z reference - and they both got crushed by the monster! Lovely.
...did Mao seriously think he died and went to heaven?
So does Orangusnake breathe through Tanner or do they both breathe independently & Coby can feel when Tanner can't?
Dang those skeletons remind me of the Steven Universe Future episode Growing Pains. And why is Lucky inside of Orangusnake? "THAT WAS MY LUNCH, JERK!" Ooh that's why.
"They're full of these tiny, little cracks or, as they're known in the medical field, 'whoopsie-boo-boos'." AGSADGASGADGDASG
Damn their skeletons are just gonna freaking evaporate huh...
"The doctor said I was very brave :D"
Ooh shit the Deputies and the other Sky Pirates met at the same elevator, are they gonna fight - nevermind, they're still calling time.
JESUS CHRIST ARE MAO & ORANGUSNAKE EVER GONNA STOP?!
"You don't have the guts!" "I have a million guts." That is...mildly concerning
"Yeah, I wanted to be a baker, before I realized I liked hurting people so much." Then why doesn't she just like, help Muffins or something?
Tbh I thought Ratarang was holding a gun and I'm glad it was just a weirdly wrapped banana
CONE OF SHAME. CONE OF SHAME. CONE OF SHAME.
"Aww, y'all shouldn't have - this is empty." "Just like my heart when you injure yourself!!" He loves him sm...💓💓
"Why didn't you bring me weapons?!" "Because this is a hospital, and I'm a good boy (◡‿◡ )"
"I really feel like this could be a turning point in their relationship." (Mao and Orangusnake proceed to try and kill each other again) *sigh*
Ngl Mao & Orangusnake constantly repeating themselves is getting super annoying.
That hospital bed beeping is giving me flashbacks to all the times I went to the hospital for seizures...
"You know y'all could live like this, like, all the time if you didn't go around hurting people, right?" "Pssh! Tsk-tsk, boy. You know I gots to hurt people." Uhh you guys should really listen to Badgerclops he knows what tf he's talking about
UUhh, whose egg is that? "MAMA" ASGagddahDh
Of course they had to land in freaking CEMENT to realize that maybe they shouldn't kill each other
Did Mao just deflate like a ballo- oh nvm there he go.
Boneless Mao. Boneless Mao.
And Mao saved Orangusnake!! By...breaking every bone in his body somehow.
"I'm the kind of hero who wants to save you so I can fight you later...at the right time and place." Just gonna file this along with the credit score scene from Perfect Couple in the 'Orangumao' folder.
Is Badgerclops duct taping Mao to the stretcher? I mean, at least he won't move & hurt himself again but geez
Tbh Zing would’ve made a better finale than this ep. At least it had a sequel hook
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let-it-raines · 5 years
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Oooh you know what would be lovely? A fic where Henry meets for the first time his mom's boyfriend and has a chat with him about Killian treating well his mother and what'll happen if he hurts her, because he loves his mom a lot and doesn't want her suffering anymore.
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He wakes to soft puffs of breath against his chest. They come out evenly in the way that he knows Emma is still asleep, her arms wrapped around him while her icy feet tangle between his calves. He can’t very well move without waking her, so he’s content to lay in the silence and darkness of the room. They didn’t bother to close the curtains last night, in too much of a hurried frenzy to undress each other after their dinner, so he can see that the sun is just beginning to rise, inky black transitioning into an orange glow over the streets of New York.
It’s not often they get to sleep together after a date. And by sleep, he does actually mean sleep. They’ve gotten creative in other aspects like they’re two teenagers and not a man in his early thirties and woman in her late twenties with their own apartments and bedrooms. But it’s nice to be able to make love to his girlfriend in the privacy and comfort of her bedroom. He will admit to that. There’s something to be said about being able to appreciate Emma slowly, leisurely, deliberately, and he savors every moment of it.
Emma has a son, a spitfire of a young man named Henry, and while he’s never met the lad, he feels as if he knows him almost as well as he knows Emma. She swears that one day he’ll get to meet her boy, something he never pressured her for knowing that it’s not a moment to be taken lightly, and then their secret rendezvous and hurried trysts won’t be nearly as often. He may be allowed to actually sleep over at their apartment more than when Henry’s at an actual sleepover, and he does long for the day when he’s granted that privilege.
To both meet Henry and stay over. The first part is far more important, but the second would definitely be lovely. 
But Emma’s been burned in the past, men betraying her ever since Henry’s father impregnated her at seventeen and abandoned the both of them when he found out. She told him from the very beginning that Henry comes first. If he had an issue with that, he could walk out the door then and there and not bother coming back. But it wasn’t an issue for him then, and it’s not eight months later. He loves every part of her, and Henry is a very large part of exactly who Emma Swan is.
She stirs beside him, her breathing becoming more erratic and her legs moving against his calves. God, he loves her, and he can’t help himself but to begin rubbing his hand up and down her bare back to ease her into wakefulness.
“G’morning, sweetheart.”
“It’s early,” she mumbles against his chest, burrowing her nose into his chest hair, “I don’t like early. We should be sleeping, not waking.”
“So articulate this morning.”
She pops her head up and opens one eye, giving him the most incredulous look he’s ever seen from her. And he’s seen a lot of those.
“Shut up.”
“Make me.”
“Too tired.”
He chuckles before grabbing onto her sides and rolling them over until his body is completely covering hers, his lips peppering kisses across every inch of her face – her temple, forehead, nose, eyelids, cheeks, chin – until they land on her lips. She’s laughing by the time he’s finished, the vibrations moving through him, and when he pulls back to look down at her, his arms on both sides of her head propping him up, she’s smiling.
It’s beautiful.
She’s beautiful.
Her hand reaches up to touch his cheek, the smoothness of her skin soothing against the harshness of his stubble. “Good morning, babe.”
“There we go, love. You want to make some breakfast?”
She hums. “I want to take a shower alone while you make breakfast.”
“Why does that seem like I am getting the short side of the deal?”
“Because you are.”
She pushes at his chest before pressing up and pecking his lips. When he rolls over, she crawls out of the bed, her bare arse and back in full view to him while she walks into her bathroom. He groans and tries to calm himself down, taking deep breaths until he finally gets out of bed and slips into his jeans from last night, not bothering to put on a shirt.
Emma never has any food, but she does have pancake mix and bacon, so he begins making those, popping the bacon in the oven and letting the pancake batter sizzle on the stove. The radio she keeps on the counter plays Motown music, and he hums along to it while the sounds of the shower continue to play in the background. It’s as he’s flipping a pancake that he hears the front door unlock, the sound shocking him so much that he simply stands where he is until Emma’s son walks into the apartment and is staring at him with parted lips and wide doe eyes.
Shit. Shit. Shit.
He’s not even wearing a shirt, and his jeans are unbuttoned.
Jeans. Button them. He has to button his jeans.
He quickly does that, zipping himself up behind the counter while Henry continues to stare at him from the front door.
“Um, hello, lad,” he greets, reaching up to scratch behind his ear and forcing an awkward smile.
“Your pancakes are burning, dude.”
It takes him a moment to register what Henry’s said, his mind running all over the place. Emma is going to be pissed when she gets out of the shower…pancakes. Henry said something about the pancakes. He’s burning the pancakes.
“Fuuu-dge,” he mumbles under his breath, correcting his language even though Henry most definitely caught that judging by his snicker before he turns and gets the burnt pancake off the stove, flipping the switch so that the pan stop sizzling and stepping to the side to get the bacon out of the oven, mindful enough not to grab a hot pan with his bare hand. “So, um, what are you doing home so early, Henry?”
He turns to see Henry sitting at the kitchen counter, a smug smile on his face that reminds him of Emma even though they look nothing alike.
“You’re the boyfriend, right?”
“Yeah, I – I am. That’s what your mum calls me? Boyfriend? She says that to you?”
“My mom doesn’t really talk about you around me, but that’s what she calls you to her friends.”
“Well, yes, I’m the boyfriend. Look, Henry, this is an awful way to be meeting you. I’m…I’m sorry for that.” He sticks his hand across the counter, and Henry accepts, giving an extra firm grip for an eleven-year old. “Killian Jones. It’s nice to meet you. Your mum thinks the world of you, and I do, too.”
“Henry Swan. We need to talk.”
That shocks him, his already erratic heartbeat only increasing. That’s a phrase he usually hears from women, but he’s never been more nervous to hear it than right now.
“About what?”
“Your intentions with my mom.”
Henry’s arms are crossed over his chest, and Killian knows that the look he’s pulling is supposed to be intimidating. But the lad is so small and screams friendliness that it comes off as more cute than anything. Henry is serious, though, and Killian would never diminish that or him. If he wants to have a serious conversation, they’ll have a serious conversation.
“Well, I love your mum, Henry. I just want her to be happy.”
“You made her cry once. Is that going to happen again?”
Shit. Henry’s seen Emma cry because of him, likely over one of their arguments, though he doesn’t know which one, and he can’t imagine how that must have looked.
Awful. It must have looked awful.
“Not on purpose.”
“What does that mean?”
“It means that sometimes things happen without us meaning to, but I’d never make your mother cry on purpose. Like I said, all I want is for her to be happy. And for you to be happy, too.”
“Yeah, well, my dad said he loved my mom, and so did a couple of her other boyfriends. And they all hurt her. What makes you different?”
He’s always known Henry was a smart lad, much smarter than most kids his age if Emma’s stories are anything to go by, but he’s getting the absolute third degree here. How the hell is he supposed to answer something like that? A part of him wants Emma to get out of the shower, but another part of him is terrified for when she does.
“Henry, I don’t know,” he answers honestly, making sure to look Henry directly in the eyes before he brushes his hand through his hair. “That’s a hard question. I know your mum has been hurt before, and I hate it. I wish I could take all of that pain away from her…and from you. I really do love your mother, have for a long time and hopefully will forever. But I can’t do that without your approval. You’re her number one man. Always. I’m just playing second fiddle.”
Henry contemplates him for a minute, his eyes slanting as he studies him. “Do you actually play the fiddle?”
He barks out a laugh before shaking his head. “No, but I do play the guitar.”
“Cool. You think you can teach me?”
Oh how children get so easily distracted.
“I’d be honored,” he smiles, resisting the urge to reach over and ruffle Henry’s hair. Where did that urge come from? “You want some breakfast?”
“Duh. I’m starving.”
He turns to get Henry a few pieces of bacon and the unburned pancakes when he notices the shower water has stopped.
Emma.
Oh shit, Emma. Please have gotten dressed in actual clothes. That’s…that’d be mortifying for everyone. Okay, maybe not for him but for everyone with the last name Swan.
He’s just about to turn and jog to the bedroom to warn her when he hears her voice.
“Hey, babe, I was thinking after breakfast we could get back to what we – Henry, shi–oot, kid. When in the world did you get here? Why are you here? Aren’t you supposed to be with Avery?”
Emma looks shocked, her eyes blown wide and her lips parted, almost exactly like Henry when he walked in, but her eyes run between he and Henry. He simply shrugs, not knowing what to say, and hands Henry his plate of food before walking over to her and placing his hands on her hips.
“It’s a good thing you got dressed, darling.”
“Um, yeah, how long has he been here?”
“About twenty minutes.”
“And you’ve – ”
“We chatted.”
“Killian,” Henry chimes, “these pancakes are good. And, Mom, Avery’s mom dropped me off early. She had to go grocery shopping and didn’t want to leave us home alone.”
“Thank you, lad.” He kisses Emma’s cheek before going back to the stove and turning it on again. “Swan, you want some pancakes?”
“Uh, yeah, sure.”
He sees Emma walk over to the island, settling down next to Henry, and he hears her start whispering to Henry, quiet enough that he’d have to really try to listen to understand what’s going on.
“Mom,” Henry whines, “stop freaking out. It’s fine. He passed the test.”
“What test, kid? What are you talking about?”
“That’s between me and Killian.”
He turns around to look at the two of them. Henry winks and smiles before taking his plate and walking over to the couch in the living room, the sounds of the television soon following.
“Later,” he tells Emma. “We’ll talk about it all later. But your boy is a spitfire just like you. And he’s definitely spending too much time with David. Oh, and we’re starting guitar lessons.”
“I don’t…I don’t understand.”
He slides her a plate of food before leaning over and kissing her forehead. “Just enjoy your breakfast, love.”
Killian eats breakfast with Emma that morning and the morning after that. It’s another week before he eats breakfast with them again, but that’s okay because there’s also a thing called dinner. Their Saturday morning breakfasts become a thing with the three of them before they spend the day together, usually exploring the city until settling in so that Killian can teach Henry how to play guitar. After three months, the lad decides that music isn’t his thing, but their Saturday morning breakfasts continue anyways. Eventually Saturday turns into several times a week and several times a week turns into everyday…forever really.
Killian asks Henry’s permission, though he knows it’s more likely asking for a blessing, to marry Emma, and Henry readily agrees as long as he gets to be the best man at the wedding.
He is.
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