Kingdom Come Undone

Made For Me

A/N: Whew. I have literally been planning and perfecting this chapter since posting the last one. This has been a one-month labor of love, and I hope the vision I had for it pays off. There may still be some minor tweaks because it is just me. But I hope you all enjoy this one. It is packed from top to bottom with crucially important back stories, cute Emison fluff, and conversations some of you guys may have been waiting for. :) Thank you for your support. Always.

Buckle in for 17,000+ words :)

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Light reflected off of the front windows in the pitch black before me, causing me to pull my eyes from the gravel road I was turning into. My mind retreating from the haze I had been in the last hour of our drive, as was typical during times of deep emotional stress. Hidden stress.

"Sweetheart?" I sing-songed next to me, reaching to the right to rub my hand up and down her arm, "We're here, baby."

It hadn't taken long after Alison suggested a mini-vacation that she had it fully booked. A short Saturday night through Monday afternoon trip for the two of us at Deep Creek Lake a few hours outside of Baltimore. Nothing extravagant but enough of a break to re-center. Enough for a pause in the headache surrounding my brain. The thoughts and memories and stressors that I shoved down for momentary increments of time. That only bubbled up when given the opportunity for reflection. For now, it would wait. It would be distracted by the only person capable of distracting me these days.

As I parked, Alison barely moved next to me, completely passed out in the passenger's seat. She had a hell of a week even with Alicia's help from mid-morning until dinner. Even with my assistance from dinner through the next morning. Jacob needed care consistently, and during the time she wasn't taking care of him, she was juggling taking care of herself with everything involved in being a parent, girlfriend, co-parent, and daughter. At night, she tossed and turned, keeping one eye and ear open for the slightest sign of Jacob needing help. All she needed this weekend was peace and quiet that she greatly deserved.

Walking around to her side of the car, I opened the door delicately and brushed hair out of her eyes. "Ali, let's wake up." I placed a short kiss on her forehead, reaching across her waist to unbuckle her seatbelt. "I'll go put the code in the door and bring our bags in. Go on and head to bed."

Her eyes opened slowly as she turned in her seat. Her smile brightened underneath the wave of lights streaming from the front of the house. "We made it?"

"We did. And with time to spare before your usual 10:30 curfew."

Her hand slinked around my waist as we walked to the front door, "Curfews don't apply to vacation."

"They don't?" I reached forward to type in the code as Alison leaned against me.

As the door swung open, Alison turned into the house, walking sloppily backward while calling me forward toward her. "In fact, if I remember the pictures of the house well enough, I think we should plan a little date in the Jacuzzi on the deck tonight?"

"In the cold?" I reached my fingers for hers as she teased me into the living room.

She laughed, "Oh damn, we'd have to cuddle." Alison dropped my hand while turning to the raised ceilings of the swanky little cabin we had rented, "I'll go turn it on in the back while you grab our bags. Okay, Emmy?"

Alison blew me a kiss as I went back to the trunk to grab our things. Despite all the events of her week, all of the ups and downs, she forever made time for us. She was the lived out embodiment of 'I'll sleep when I'm dead'. Alison had spent so much time in the darkness of her own life after her divorce, I figured that since feeling fully lucid she wanted to make every new memory she could.