Captain Swan One-Shots

Love in the First Degree, Part Four

That evening, Emma, Mary Margaret, Belle, Elsa, and Regina were all sitting in a corner red booth at the Coffee Club. Mary Margaret was currently gushing about she and David's eleven-month-old son, Leo, who had just taken his first steps.

"Isn't he just precious?" Mary Margaret happily commented as she finished playing a video for her friends.

"He really is a cute little guy," Emma began with a smile. She then chuckled and continued, "You and David will be running after him soon enough."

Mary Margaret chuckled as well before she conceded, "Believe me, I know. It was hard enough trying to keep him out of everything when he was crawling."

Everyone chuckled at that before the pixie-haired brunette asked Belle, "Are you and Gold thinking about having kids?"

Before Belle could even attempt to answer, Regina interjected, "Geez, Mary Margaret, they've only been married for a couple months."

"There's no harm in asking," she defended with a nod of her head, crossing her arms.

Regina only rolled her eyes while Emma, Elsa, and Belle couldn't help but laugh. The latter then spoke, "To answer your question, Mary Margaret, we've talked about having children one day - but not anytime soon."

Mary Margaret nodded satisfactorily in response before taking a sip of her caramel latte.

Emma couldn't help but grin as she added, "Well, whenever you guys do have a kid, Killian will probably be just as protective over it as he is over you."

Belle smiled as she conceded, "Oh, I don't doubt it. And Liam will have to talk him down when he goes a bit overboard."

"So, Liam isn't as overprotective as Killian?" Elsa then asked, resting her hand on her chin.

"Oh, he is - he's just the more level-headed brother," Belle explained before taking a sip of her Frappuccino.

Elsa began fingering her braid as she observed, "Still, I get the feeling he wouldn't be quite as level-headed or understanding if you or Killian were seriously hurt."

"As someone who's been on the receiving end of that, I can tell you that he wouldn't be. But his heart was in the right place," Emma told her, a smile making its way on her face.

Elsa - and Belle - returned their friend's smile. Mary Margaret found herself smiling as well before Regina interjected, "How do you know Liam, Elsa?"

"Oh! Well, he came in with Emma and Killian for dinner about a week ago. He's been by every day since," she explained.

Regina simply hummed in response before taking a sip of her coffee. Mary Margaret then asked, "So, you two are getting close?" a sing-song quality to her voice.

Belle couldn't help but grin and shake her head while Emma and Regina rolled their eyes.

Confusion clouded Elsa's features as she began, "I'm not sure what you..." trailing off as the meaning hit her.

Her pale green eyes widened as she stated, "Liam and I are just friends. I mean, sure, we have loads in common, and he wasn't put off by my sometimes-icy exterior," trailing off to take a breath before she finished, "But we've just met. Literally. We're just friends."

"We get it, Elsa. Someone is just obsessed with playing matchmaker," Emma commented, casting an annoyed look at Mary Margaret.

The pixie-haired brunette only shrugged as sipped her latte. She then defended, "I can't help that I want everyone to be happy."

"Which we do appreciate - sometimes - but you tend to be..." Emma began but trailed off as her phone screen lit up. She saw a text message from Killian, which made her roll her eyes and giggle.