Captain Swan - Set My Soul On Fire

Epilogue

Over one year later...

The year has flown by so fast, Emma can't believe she's now sitting in the front row at church-the same church she married Killian in-watching her father's sermon as she gently bounces baby Hope on her lap, who's smiling happily in her little pink dress and matching bonnet.

The wedding was absolutely beautiful and perfect, but honestly, it could've been an absolute disaster and it still would've been perfect in Emma's eyes.

After the service is over, Emma and Killian say goodbye to little Hope, giving her hugs and kisses as they hand her off to Brennan and his wife, Joanna.

It's Emma's and Killian's one-year wedding anniversary, but she has no idea what he has up his sleeve. They say goodbye to her parents and Leo, and an Uber picks them up from church, which confuses Emma because they arrived to church in the SUV her parents got her as her graduation present. She's even more confused when Killian wraps a blindfold over her eyes.

"Where are we going?"

She feels his warm lips on her forehead and his hand squeezing hers gently.

"You'll see, love. You'll see."

After the car rolls to a stop, Killian guides her out, and the cool breeze sweeps around them as they walk.

When they finally come to a stop, she can feel Killian's breath in her ear.

"Ready, sweetheart?"

"As ready as I'll ever be."

Killian removes the blindfold, and Emma's eyes widen when she sees what's in front of them.

They're standing in a hangar with a plane.

Emma spins around to look at him. "Are we..." She can't even get the words out, she's so excited. She's been waiting for Killian to fly her around ever since he got certified.

He grins and nods as he twirls a set of keys around his finger. "Aye, love. We're going for a ride."

Her eyes widen even more as she turns around again. "Is that the plane from the photo in our living room?"

When they moved in together over a year ago, Killian's dad gave him a box of old photos of him as a kid, of brennan's sons and his father and the small plane Grandpa Jones would fly them around in, which had inspired Killian to want to be a pilot in the first place. "After my grandpa passed, my father kept it so that one day I might get to fly it myself."

Emma's speechless, her jaw practically on the pavement as she follows him around. After he walks the plane out of the hangar and checks the outside of the plane, he opens the door and climbs in before leaning over and holding his hand out for her. She steps on the wing and sits in the passenger sit, still amazed this is happening. She's never been in a small plane before; she's only ever been in a plane when her parents moved from Phoenix, and now she's in a plane her husband is about to pilot. Her husband. The man of her dreams. The father of her baby girl. The only man she's even been with. The man she trusts more than anything in this world. The man who, only two years ago, showed her around school. The man she almost immediately knew was the one she wanted to be with forever.

Emma widens her eyes, completely overwhelmed by the array of dials and knobs as Killian hands her a headset.

"Put this on, sweetheart."

Emma's heart is pounding fast as they put on their headsets and fasten their seatbelts. This is one hell of an anniversary surprise, that's for sure.

"Do you trust me, love?"

Emma smiles and doesn't even have to think about her answer. "With my life."