The adventures of Captain Swan

house call

Following the events of the last couple hours Emma has been pacing the length of her living room in her apartment for some time, she didn't even know how long she had been but she was eagerly awaiting for Dr. Whale to return from her bedroom, she had known that Killian didn't look his best but when she finally realized the fever had kicked in and that he needed serious help she had no choice but to call him. 

Suddenly Emma felt a hand on her shoulder from behind and she jumped out of her skin, almost, spinning around she looked at the doctors face eagerly."yes?" she asked him, knowing that Dr. Whale would knew she was inquiring about captain Hook. He swallowed hard as he moved closer to Emma so that whisper into her ear, mostly so that Hook wouldn't be able to hear, "Emma, there's a reason you have him here" he told her, which was not a question even if he said it as if it was a question and she straightened her face a little. "doctor I-" Emma started to whisper but the doctor cut her off "but if I told you he was better elsewhere, you wouldn't listen would you" The doctor whispered and Emma's eyes met his for the first time since their conversation had started and she nodded silently. "very well - he's stable and I've managed to bring his temperature back down but I want to check in on him later, here is the medication he's going to need, one of each every few hours and Emma-" Dr. Whale paused for a second as he handed her three pill bottles and made eye contact with her, making sure she knew he was serious. "you need to keep a close eye on him, don't let him fall asleep yet - he lost consciousness several times as I can tell and just to be sure" he finished adding a slight reassuring smile. 

Emma nodded, her face serious as she took in the instructions from the doctor, after all he knew best right now. "thank you" Emma said sincerely, no longer whispering now as she wrapped her fingers around the pill bottles he had given her for Hook. "I'll be back tomorrow to check in, but call me if his fever spikes again won't you miss swan" The doctor told me, he wasn't asking Emma to but more like telling her, warning her and with that Emma gave him a weak smile and watched as he left her apartment. She had no doubt that more rumors would soon be swimming around Storybrooke, but Emma didn't care. Killian was her only concern and when she knew he needed help, medical help she had to call him. 

Closing her apartment door as the doctor left Emma looked down at the pill bottles and wasted no time in rushing towards her bedroom, she needed to see him, she needed to know he was okay. Maybe since this whole thing had happened Emma had been unwilling to admit to herself or anyone else the real reason why she had decided to take care of hook in her own home and why she had him hiding out in there like a criminal and it wasn't because she was hiding him as such. But when she saw that even Dr. Whale knew the reason why she had insisted on him staying put whether or not she was ready or not to admit her true feelings for the pirate was kind of irrelevant right now because even though she had needed to see that he was okay and be the one to take of him, what Killian needed right was for her to be level-headed.

Standing in the door way Emma hadn't even walked into the room yet and Hook was stirring in her bed and she knew he could sense someone was there but she didn't move, not yet she just watched him from a distance. "Emma, Emma-" he called out for her. Taking a deep breath Emma finally moved forward and placed the pill bottled on her counter beside the bed as she sat on the edge of the bed. "yeah" she said softly as she looked at him. Although he didn't look nearly as grey and confused as he had done during his fever pitch he definitely didn't look well. "you smell like the fresh sea air" he said weakly as he closed his eyes. Emma smiled and laughed for a second, realizing it was the pain killers he had been given obviously but then panicked slightly as she remembered the warning from the doctor. "oh - no you don't, come on" Emma said as he placed her hands around his face and felt the warmth underneath her hands which caused her to pull away straight away. she shook him slightly which caused him to mutter something that she couldn't quite make out. His eyes slowly opened as he looked up into her eyes as if she was causing him more pain than his actual wound. "I'm sorry - but please, I need you stay awake - please" Emma pleaded to him in a shallow tone. Emma could tell he was trying to smile at her because a corner of his mouth twisted into a half smile and he asked her "lay with me?" with his eyes full of innocence. "do you promise to stay awake" Emma asked him but he didn't say anything, he didn't need she could read him pretty well and she could tell that they were making a compromise and she nodded, smiling as she walked around the other side of the bed and laid beside him. Watching him carefully as she moved on to her side.