Emma pushed the door to Killian's apartment open with a grunt, and dropped her keys and bag by the door. She was just getting home from work, and was greeted by the face of her boyfriend's signature smirk.

"Hello, Love.. Rough day?" Killian asked, leaving the vegetables he was chopping in favor of a kiss from her.

She kissed him and wrapped her arms around him. "Yeah, we just got swamped with a bunch of cases. And some of them are families.. And you know I hate having to split siblings up.." She sighed.

Emma was a social worker in Boston, she loved what she did, but sometimes she would get a lot of new cases all and once and she got stressed out.

Killian nodded. "Aye, Love. I know.. But you'll do everything for those kids, just like you always do." He finished up their dinner and put it on plates for them. He motioned for her to move to the living room with him, he had one plate balanced on his prosthetic arm and the other in his hand.

She grabbed them each a beer and sat on the couch as they started to eat. "I know.. But there's four of them this time. I can barely get foster families to take in two siblings.. No one will take four." She sighed. She moaned when she tasted the dinner.

He laughed a little. "Those moans are supposed to be reserved for me." He teased. "And you'll do your best.. You care about your job, Em.. Those kids couldn't be in better hands."

She nodded a little and smiled at his teasing. "How do you do that?" She looked at him.

"Do what?" He looked over at her.

"Manage to make me feel so much better in a matter of moments. And make vegetables taste good. It's like magic." She grinned at him.

"Well, I'm your boyfriend, so it's my job to make you smile. And I'm also a chef, so that's my job too." He smiled at her.

Emma practically inhaled her food, and settled into Killian's side while he finished his food. He set his plate on the table and wrapped his arm around her.

"So, um.. Liam called today.." Killian said softly. "He and my lovely sister-in-law are coming to visit.."

Emma looked up at him. "That's great, Killian.. I know you miss your brother. Will I get to see him?"

Killian nodded. "That's what I wanted to talk to you about.. Emma, we've been together a while now.. And we practically live together.. And I'd love for you and Liam to get to know one another better, Love.. But I'm worried I won't be able to stop myself from acting like your boyfriend."

She sighed. "I.. Killian, I like what we have here. Just the two of us." She said softly. "And if Liam finds out we've been dating, and dating as long as we have, we'll have to tell everyone. And.. Well, I like this.. The questions about when I'm going to find a guy from Ruby and Mary Margaret are annoying, but it's better than seeing the smug looks on their faces when they find out we're actually a couple."

Killian nodded. "I know, Love.. We don't have to tell him, but it's bound to come out eventually. We've been together almost a year. And well.. Liam and Elsa will be here when our anniversary passes.." His blue eyes held a hint of hurt, but he understood her reasons for not telling anyone.

"Oh.." She said softly. She had been looking forward to that weekend since he suggested they spend it in New York. Where they met. "And that's the only time they could come?" She frowned.

Killian nodded at her. "Aye.. They're coming because Elsa is giving a lecture at the university that weekend, and they want to see me, and you.." He shrugged.

Emma nodded. "I.. I understand, he's your brother and I'm not going to keep you from seeing him. Can we maybe.. Can we move our trip? I want a weekend in a city where no one knows us, with my sexy boyfriend." She said softly.

Emma did not know why she was so upset over this, she knew Killian would have done everything in his power to keep their plans.

He kissed her forehead. "Of course we can. And we'll still get to spend our anniversary together, we'll just take our trip a different weekend. I'll make sure we get to have at least a little time to ourselves." He knew she was upset, he could see it in her emerald eyes.

She nodded and laced her fingers with his. "What about the restaurant? You can't force your sous-chef to work two weekends in a row.."

"It's my bloody restaurant, Emma. It'll be fine. Robin will work one of the weekends. And our sous-chef, bloody Will Scarlet will take the other." He kissed the back of her hand.

While Killian owned the restaurant, that meant he had other responsibilities that kept him out of the kitchen sometimes, so he hired Robin as his head chef, when he could not be there.

She nodded. "I owe Robin then. I know you give him weekends off so that he can have time with Roland.. But, what reason are you giving for taking two weekends off? They'll surely be curious."

He nodded. "No one knows about us, Em. I agreed to this arrangement, and sometimes I like it. I told Robin that Liam was in town, and I begged him to work, I promised him a bonus for working. And Scarlet, well, he just has to work because I said so. He doesn't get to question me." He shrugged. "Making my love happy is all that I care about." He kissed her cheek.

She nodded. "You do make me happy. So happy, Killian." She smiled softly, and leaned in to kiss him softly.

"I love you, Emma." He said softly against her lips. It was easy to forget that he was hiding the best thing that had ever happened to him from his brother, when her lips were on his.

She pulled back and curled into his side for the rest of the night. They watched a few episodes of the show they were currently watching on Netflix, and Emma was asleep by the third episode.

He carried her to the bed and carefully changed her into one of his shirts before he crawled into bed with her.

Emma woke up to her alarm the next morning, looking for Killian to be in bed with her. She reached over and found his side of the bed cold. She put on a pair of his socks and padded out to the kitchen where she knew she would find him making her coffee.

He smiled at her. "Morning, Love. I was just about to head to the restaurant. As always, you're welcome to stay and shower and whatever you need before you head to work." He kissed her as he handed her the mug.

She smiled and kissed him back. "Of course.. Can you bring home some left over dessert tonight?" She gave him her best puppy dog eyes, and blinked at him.

"Aye, Love. Anything for you, my darling." He held her a moment, pressing soft kisses to her neck. Killian went to get changed and came back a few minutes later in his chef's coat.

Emma was eating a poptart that Killian kept in his apartment just for her, she pulled him into a deep kiss before he could leave.

"Bye, Babe. I'll miss you today." She said softly. She had never been sappy, but with him she found herself being mushy and sappy.

He kissed her back deeply. "I'll miss you too, Sweetling. I'll see you tonight, around eight. With your dessert." He smiled softly.

Emma was sitting in her office, trying to find a home for her new kids when Ruby strolled into the room.

"Emma Swan. You're coming out for drinks tonight. It's Friday, and you need to get out of your apartment. No ifs, ands, or buts, Missy." Ruby stood in front of Emma's desk with her hands on her hips.

Emma rolled her eyes. "I don't want to, Ruby. I'm fine. I get out." She sighed.

"Going to Killian's every once in awhile does not count. Especially if you're not jumping his bones." She shook her head. "I would if I were as good of friends as you two are."

"That is exactly why I don't, Rubes. Killian is my best friend, besides you of course. And I'm not going to sleep with him just because he's attractive." She rolled her eyes. Good thing Emma's ability to lie was just as strong as her ability to spot a lie.

"Whatever. You're coming out. Wear something hot. You need to get laid, you're wound too tight." Ruby said, matter of factly. "I'm picking you up at seven thirty." She turned and left her office.

Emma sighed. She just wanted a night in with Killian, but she could not tell Ruby no, she was running out of excuses. She pulled out her phone and sent him a quick text.

Ruby is making me go out with her tonight. If I say no, she'll only show up at my place and annoy me until I cave.

It's alright, Love.. I'll just see you tomorrow, it's not a big deal. Send me a picture of the outfit you decide on? ;)

Emma grinned at her phone. Sure I will, Dork. I love you.

I love you too, Em. I'll see you tomorrow. I'll bring my famous hangover breakfast.

Emma put her phone to the side and went back to work. After work, she went home and changed into a dress she knew Killian loved on her. It was a green that made her eyes sparkle, and showed just enough of her cleavage to be teasing, but was modest.

She sent Killian his picture, telling him she wished she was going out with him instead of Ruby. Ruby showed up at seven thirty on the dot, banging on the door.

Ruby grinned wolfishly when she saw how Emma looked. "Look at you, girl. You look hot, I'm glad you finally took my advice."

Emma rolled her eyes. "Whatever, Ruby. Let's just go, I need a drink after the week I've had." She grabbed her purse and followed Ruby to the bar down the street from her apartment.

Emma sat at the table, nursing a glass of rum. Ruby had left her a while ago to dance with some girl that caught her eye. Emma had been discreetly texting Killian under the table when she felt someone come up behind her.

"Hello there, Gorgeous." A guy grinned at her. "Here alone?"

She sighed. "Just here with one of my friends.. And she sent you over here, didn't she?" Emma shook her head, noticing Ruby making signals at her to go with this guy.

He blushed a little. "Yeah, she did. But you're beautiful.. Want to get out of here?" He was confident, but not an asshole.

Emma sighed. "Um, look.. I'm not going to sleep with you. But I'd appreciate it if you left with me and pretended like you were going to take me home?''

He nodded a little. "Overbearing friends? I understand those. And you look bored as hell." The guy led her from the building and shoved his hands in his pockets. "Can I ask why you don't want to sleep with me?"

Emma played with her bracelet. "Well.. It's because I have a boyfriend. You're an attractive guy, and if we had met at a different time, you would've been my type. My boyfriend is amazing, but my friend doesn't know I'm seeing someone.. That's why she sent you over to me."

He nodded. "Well, I'm glad it wasn't because of me." He shrugged. "Good luck with your boyfriend." He said before he turned around and left.

Emma walked home as quickly as she could. She had only had two drinks, even though she'd been out with Ruby for a few hours. She changed into her pajamas, which was really Killian's shirt and a pair of her shorts. She crawled into bed and dialed Killian's number.

Here's a new multichapter fic! I hope y'all like it, let me know what you think!