I have come to a slight standstill on my multichapter fic. I'm not stopping that one just writing randomness as it comes. This came to mind so I decided to go with it. I wanted to write something happy and fun. Please read and review!

I don't own Once Upon a Time.

"Liam, why must I come help with this bloody thing?" Killian Jones asked slumping in the passenger seat of his brother's car.

"Because you owe me plenty of favors," Liam told his brother happily. "Besides once it's up and running you can wear that dashing pirate get up you have."

"Why can't just help when it's open then? What help could I possibly be?" Liam glared at his brother.

"There are over twenty teenagers coming to work on rooms for this haunted house. You are coming to help because I can only be in one place at a time and a bunch of teens with power tools against a few adults is bad. I need as much manpower as I can get." Killian sighed glaring out the window. "Stop brooding."

"I'm not brooding," Killian muttered staring out the window at the houses flying by.

"Just help hang some spider webs and try to be somewhat pleasant, please? These kids don't have a lot to look forward to." Killian sat up a little bit. "Most of them are from the group home in town."

"Oh."

"The department thought it would be a good idea for them to help out this year." Liam was in a volunteer fire department. He was a fire captain. He also handled most of the fundraising. The haunted house was one of the biggest fundraiser events for the department. Killian was in the department as well, but that was before Milah and the accident that took his hand. "We needed actors and their social worker was thrilled at the idea. She's a very interesting lass."

"I bet," Killian played with the zipper on his coat. "Brother, what about Gold?"

"He took his family out of town for a while," Liam said not looking at Killian. Gold gave a lot of money to the department. He was the reason Killian wasn't in the department anymore.

"I'm not worried," Killian said loudly. "I just don't wish to cause you any problems."

They pulled into the parking lot of the haunt. There was a bus and a few cars already there. Liam parked next to a bright yellow punch bug. He quickly got out of the car smiling at the beautiful blonde that got out of the bug.

"Liam!" She said brightly walking over to him. Killian got out and stared at her in disbelief. She was stunning.

"Momma says it's not polite to stare," a small voice said next to him. He jumped and looked down. A small boy with brown hair and brown eyes was standing next to him. The kid couldn't be any older than six. "Is Liam your brother?"

"Aye, that he is," Killian said smiling at the lad. He knelt down to be at his level.

"He's friends with my momma," He said excitedly. "I'm Henry!"

"Well master Henry, I'm Killian Jones." Henry giggled as Killian fake bowed at him.

"You're silly!"

"Oi! I'm a fierce pirate, lad!" Killian said faking offense. Liam and the blonde came around to his side of the car. Killian stood up as they approached.

"You're not being a trouble maker are you Henry?" She asked smiling at the boy.

"Momma! Momma! Killy is a pirate!" Henry said excitedly running over to her. She scooped him up in her arms.

"Killy?" Liam asked laughing.

"Killian Jones," he said ignoring Liam.

"I'm Emma Swan, I gather you already met Henry?"

"Ah yes, quite the lad you have there," Killian said smiling at her and her lad.

"He can be quite the handful," She said smiling at him.

"I was just telling Liam that the rest of the kids are inside working away. I'm the social worker for most of them," she shifted Henry to her hip. "Thank you for volunteering to help. The kids are so thrilled to do this."

"Of course lass," Killian said scratching behind his ear.

"Is your brother in there already?" Liam asked trying not to laugh at his brother.

"Yeah, along with Mary Margaret, Ruby, Leroy, and Elsa."

"What about Regina?" Liam asked confused. "She's the other social worker," he added to Killian.

"She's at home with Roland, but Robin will bring them down later," Emma told him.

"Well I better see what lads from the department are here, other than your brother and Leroy," Liam gave his brother a look. "See you inside little brother."

"Younger brother!" Killian corrected. He stood by Emma nervously for a couple minutes. "You're brother is in the department?"

"My adoptive brother. David Nolan," Emma explained. "His mother took me in when I was a teenager."

"He's a great guy."

"Momma can I be a pirate like Killy?" Henry asked clearly bored with their conversation.

"I could use an adventurous first mate," Killian told the boy happily.

"We better get in there," Emma said quickly. She walked away leaving a very confused Killian.

Killian did end up stapling fake spider webs to the wall in a long black hallway. He was in the middle of trying to tie fishing line to a beam on the ceiling for one of many spiders when the black curtains at the end of the hall started giggling. Confused he stepped off the step stool and moved towards the curtain.

"Rawr!" Henry yelled jumping at him. Killian faked terror and fell to the ground. Henry giggled rushing towards the man. "Got you Killy!"

"Is that any way to treat your captain lad?" Killian asked scooping the boy up as he stood up. He had been working hard for a couple hours he needed a break.

"Yes!" Henry nodded enthusiastically. "Are you Captain Hook?" Henry asked taking the Killian's fake hand in his little ones.

"I dress up as him sometimes," Killian muttered. "Does your mum know where you are?"

"I sneaked away!" Henry said giggling.

"Well you might just be a pirate after all lad," Killian told him walking out of the maze through a nearby emergency door. Liam came rushing towards him.

"Oh good! Henry!" Liam said happily he took the boy from a very confused Killian. They walked down the narrow walkway towards the makeup room "Emma!" He yelled, "Emma I found him!"

"Henry!" Emma yelled rushing out of a door in front of Killian smacking him in the face with said door.

"Bloody hell!" Killian yelped grabbing his nose.

"Language little brother," Liam said handing Henry to Emma.

"Killy are you hurt? Momma kisses my boo-boos to make them better." Henry said looking over his mother's shoulder at him.

"I'm alright lad," Killian said rubbing his nose.

"Besides that only works on little princes, not pirates," another voice said walking towards them.

"Hey Dave," Killian said smirking.

"I'm a pirate now uncle Davey!" Henry said happily.

"Are you being a bad influence on my nephew?"

"I can't help it if the lad likes me more mate," Killian said shrugging.

"Killy is Captain Hook!" Henry told the adults.

"Henry!" Emma hissed at the boy.

"It's alright, Swan," Killian told her. "We already went over this when your boy jumped out at me in the maze."

"I think we got all the work we're getting done today done," Liam said smiling. "What do you say we round the kids up and go to Granny's for dinner?"

"Brother?" Killian asked nervously as they got in the car after getting everyone out of the building and ready for dinner.

"Huh?"

"Is there something going on with you and Emma?"

"What?"

"Well you two just seem close and get along well and she's really magnificent so I wouldn't blame you," Killian rambled on.

"You have a crush!" Liam exclaimed.

"I didn't say that!"

"Nothing is going on between us," Liam rubbed the back of his neck. "I, uh, I have a date with Elsa on Friday actually."

"Do you think I have a chance with her?"

"Of course you do, brother!" Liam looked at him, "she won't care you only have one hand. She's not shallow like Milah."

"Milah wasn't shallow."

"She left you after the accident," Liam said not hiding his distaste for the woman.

"Can we just have a good time at Granny's?" Killian asked slumping down in his seat. Liam nodded driving them to the diner.

For the next few weeks, that became a Saturday thing. They would work on rooms in the haunt then take the teens to Granny's for dinner before heading home. Other days they would work then head home. Henry continued to escape Emma and find Killian every time they were in separate areas. Killian would take him back to his mother.

"I wanna help Killy!" Emma sighed after almost two weeks of this.

"Do you mind if we help you today?" Killian blinked at her shocked. She rarely wanted to work with him.

"I thought you told me I was too annoying to be in the same workspace with?" He asked he trying not to smile.

"Maybe you're growing on me," she said smiling at him.

"Momma likes Killy! Momma likes Killy!" Henry said happily clapping his hands.

"Pirates don't tease princesses lad," Killian told Henry.

"Momma isn't just a princess! She's a pirate and a princess!" Henry told him as if he should have already known this.

"What are you working on today?" Emma asked scooping Henry up so they could head to work.

"Well, I finally finished the spider hallway-"

"Finally! I would never have pegged you for a perfectionist," Emma interrupted.

"That's my charming older brother thought it would be funny to give me that task," Killian said shrugging. "I'm trying to fix the prop in the skeleton room. I also have to add some mummy looks to a couple of the bare skeletons and put some fake snakes around the room where people won't trip over them."

"You work on the prop, Henry and I can handle the other stuff." They got to the room and worked in a comfortable silence for a bit. Well mostly silent, there was a six-year-old running around trying to help. "So you used to be in the department too?" Emma asked curiously.

"Aye, that I was," Killian said fussing with a couple wires behind the prop. It should be a simple enough thing. Play with a couple wires and hook up the pressure pad so the skeleton jumped a bit out of the coffin. It was proving to be harder than he anticipated.

"Did you leave because of your hand?" She asked quietly. "You don't have to tell me. I just want to learn more about you."

"Well, how could I refuse that?" Killian asked smiling at her. "My hand wasn't the issue. The issue was me sleeping with a married woman. She had told me she was going to leave him and that she loved me. Then I stupidly went for a ride on my motorcycle late one night and got in a bad accident. She decided I was no longer worth her time. Unfortunately, her husband donates a lot of money to the department and told them he would stop his donations if I remained a member." He sighed standing up to look at her. "A lot of the guys, our brothers included, tried to get me to stay saying I would be able to help with other things. I didn't see the point. I couldn't even properly pack hose and I didn't want to do fire police. I'm not one for directing traffic. So I left and he didn't stop donating. It was better for everyone."

"Not for you," she said looking at him. "They're your brothers aren't they? David always says the department is one big family."

"Aye," he ran his hand through his hair. "I managed. I didn't lose them. I just wasn't able to be there all the time anymore." He stopped and looked at her smiling again. "Well, that's my story what's yours, love?"

"Mines not that interesting," she said looking at the ground.

"I don't believe there's anything uninteresting about you."

"I grew up in foster care until I was 15 then I met David. A month later his mother was in the process of adopting me. I had a family for the first time," she shuffled her feet a bit.

"You don't have to tell me anything you don't want to, Swan."

"It's okay," she said looking at him. "I met his father when I was 17, we ran away together. I thought he loved me, but he ended up setting me up for a crime he committed. If it weren't for David I would have been in jail when I gave birth to Henry. He found Neal and made him confess to the setup and they proved I was innocent. I got out and decided I wanted to try and help kids like me." She looked at Henry who was ignoring them and playing with the snakes on the ground. "Neal doesn't know about Henry and I never want him to."

"You're a marvel," Killian said smiling at her. "Most people with that story wouldn't be as strong as you." She didn't say anything just smiled at him, pulling her hair back she went back to work.

Soon enough it was opening night. Killian was standing in the break room he clicked the hook in place of his prosthetic hand. Looking in the mirror he smirked at his appearance. He was weighed down by the leather coat and he had eyeliner on, but he looked good.

"Killian ha-" Emma stopped mid-word taking in his appearance.

"What do you think, love?" He asked smirking at her.

"You look-"

"Dashing? Handsome?" He asked smiling at how flustered she was.

"I was going to say ridiculous," she lied looking him up and down.

"Keep telling yourself that darling."

"Have you seen Henry?" She asked getting a grip on herself.

"No," Killian said frowning. The lad was always with one of them.

"I thought he would be with you!" Emma said frowning. "The lights are off in the maze and the kids are going to scare him."

"Let's find him then," Killian said walking towards the maze. The first group had just entered. Killian pulled Emma into a dark corner hiding so the group could pass by them.

"What if he's hurt?"

"Emma, I'm sure he's fine." Killian still got on his walkie and asked if anyone had seen Henry. He got numerous negative answers.

"I should have just stayed home with him! I should have known he would escape Mary Margaret and I." Emma said as they walked through ignoring the kids jumping out at them as they looked for Henry. "None of this would have happened if I would have just kept him home tonight."

"We'll find him, love," Killian reassured her. He walked past a curtain then stopped. He tried to tune out the screams and other noises from the haunted house. A small whimper was just behind the curtain. He moved the curtain aside and knelt down next to a sad Henry. "It's alright lad," he said scooping him up.

"Henry!" Emma said happily taking the boy from him. Henry hid his face against her.

"Let's get him to the break room and get him some cocoa." Killian led them from the maze careful to avoid any patrons.

"Killy, you're a pirate," Henry muttered when Emma sat him down on a couch.

"Aye, I told you I was lad. It's bad form to lie to a prince." Killian said smirking.

"I'm a pirate!" They agreed and got him calmed down with a blanket and some cocoa.

"Killian, we could use a guide up front please?" Liam's voice said over the walkie he had clipped to his coat. Killian's job was to walk groups of rowdy people through. "Little brother?"

"Aye, I heard you I'll be right there!" Killian said quickly. "It's younger not little!"

"Killian!" He turned right before he left the room. Emma grabbed his lapels and kissed him. His hand moved to the back of her head as he quickly kissed her back. They broke apart a few moment later.

"That was-" Killian had no words to describe that kiss.

"A thank you," Emma said smiling at him.

"Momma and Killy sitting in a tree k-i-s-s-i-s-" the boy stopped confused. "What's next?" "It's k-i-s-s-i-n-g Henry!" Liam's laughing voice came over the walking again. Emma released Killian's coat in surprise. "About time guys. Now get up here Killian! Dave wants to punch you!"

"No punching my pirate!" Emma yelled into the walkie.

"Your pirate?"

"You got a problem with that?"

"Not at all, love." He smiled and kissed her again quickly before leaving to do his job.

Emma gathered Henry up and went to the ticket booth to sell tickets again. Henry promised to stay with her as long as Killian came and visited. Which he did in between almost every group every night they were open. Often with some trinket for Henry from toy spider rings or glow sticks to snack food and cocoa.

"Hot chocolate and cinnamon for the lovely ladies," He said as he handed the cups to them. It was Halloween close to closing time. It had been a busy night. Henry ran out of the booth and jumped on him.

"If Henry is up all night from that cotton candy I'm going to-"

"I really don't want to hear how you plan on torturing him," David said walking towards them with Liam. "The last car just pulled up, after them no more patrons this season."

"How did we do?" Liam asked glancing at the book in front of the women.

"Great! Even better than past years," Emma told him smiling. "How are things with Elsa?" She asked making him blush a bit.

"A gentleman doesn't kiss and tell milady," he said smirking at her.

"I knew you two would get along!" She said happily. She looked at Dave talking to Killian a few feet away from them, Henry swinging from Killian's hand.

"What about you and Killian?" Mary Margaret asked smirking. Liam beamed as well looking at her waiting for the answer.

"Yes, how was the date my little brother took you on?" Liam asked already knowing it went well. Killian was beside himself with happiness when he got home that night.

"You already know it went well!" She told both of them rolling her eyes. "You should stop calling him little, there's absolutely nothing little about him," she added smiling at the face Liam made.

"Oi! I don't want to hear that about my brother!" He said loudly. Emma was laughing at Liam's reaction.

"Is everything alright over here, love?" Killian asked as he came back over to them.

"Everything is fine litt- younger brother," Liam said flustered before walking away. Killian looked at the two laughing women confused.

"What's going on with Liam?" David asked rejoining them.

"You don't want to know, mate!" Liam called back still walking away from them.

"Are you tormenting my brother, Swan?"

"It is Halloween, I figured I may as well scare him a bit," Emma said leaning over the table to kiss him as the last car full of people finally came towards them. "Happy Halloween."

"Happy Halloween, love. See you in a bit" He picked Henry up and handed the boy to her before leading the group towards the entrance.

I know this is super early for Halloween, but I helped my mom at her haunted house and I was just inspired to write this. I used to be a volunteer at a fire department and we had a haunted house that was the main fundraiser for us. That's where the fire department idea came in. I really wanted to write some captain cobra. Henry just ended up being younger because it worked out that way. I hope Liam came across alright. I wanted him and Emma to be friends.