"Back so soon?" Killian asked as I walked back into his hospital room. I couldn't help but smile a little but then I remembered I was mad at him.

"No..." I said and tried to remain strait faced. He smirked but it morphed into a wince. "Still hurts?" I asked.

"You know me to well" he said with a pained laugh.

"I thought I did..." I whispered as I walked round to the side of his bed and unlocked his handcuffs.

"Ah, freedom!" he breathed and waved his arm around in the air causing me to roll my eyes at him.

"Not quite yet sailor" I sighed "We've got to try and fix what you've done." Killian rolled his head to one side and looked at me with puppy dog eyes.

"Will you forgive me if we do?" he asked and I sighed.

"I don't know..." I muttered. "Come on, just get dressed and then we can go" I muttered and I turned to leave the room. I don't know why, but I felt intruding or embarrassed to stay.

"Where are you going?" he called after me. I looked over my shoulder and saw he was struggling to get out of the bed.

"To wait out side. But I can get a nurse if you need help..." I offered and he grimaced. One side of me wanted to laugh, the other wanted to slap him for being so childish. I didn't know which one was winning.

"Can't you help?" he asked.

"Killian, it's been nearly thirty years. Twenty eight here and nearly two in Wonderland and Neverland. How can you expect me to just go-- you know what... never mind, I'll get a nurse" I said and opened the door.

"Adaline!" he called after me and I sighed but turned to look back him anyway. "Please, it's not like--" he began and I knew that he was getting uncomfortable talking about it. He wasn't confident, there was never (and I mean never a time when he wasn't confident.)

I sighed and shut the door walking back into the room. "Fine, but don't get all weird" I said and walked round to the side of the bed as his stupid grin crept back onto his face.

"Why would it be weird?" he asked.

"Because it's been a long time" I said simply "If it was me, would you turn your back?" I asked. His grin faltered a little and I raised an eyebrow. "Well?" I asked.

"I don't know. Would you want me to?" he asked and I shrugged.

"I'm not sure... but now is not the time. Get up" I said and I took his hand and helped him out the bed. He placed his stump on my shoulder to steady himself as he sucked in a sharp breath. "You can scream if you want" I offered.

"Don't you remember, Love. I'm a survivor" he said.

"That's true" I said. I left him to lean against the wall while I got his clothes off the chair and dumped them on the bed. "You know" I began as I helped him out of his dressing gown and hospital gown "I don't own a single set of leather trousers here..." I muttered. Killian held his arms out and I helped him into his shirt. He froze when my hands touched the skin of his back. "Turn around" I muttered and he did so. I could feel his eyes watching me as I buttoned his shirt up.

"I missed you, Adaline" he whispered but I didn't look at him, only reached for the leather jacket on the bed and helped him to put that on as well.

"I know" I said simply.

"Really? How can I be sure? Because according to Swan, you and the rest of this place was under a curse. You didn't even miss you, let alone me." That made me look up and I tried to search his eyes for my Killian, I knew he was there. But not here.

"No. Your wrong."

"As usual. But what about this time?"

"I may not have known who I was, or who you were. But I spent every god dame day sat on the beach or at the docks. Do you know what I did there?" he shook his head a little. "I stared and stared at the horizon. I didn't even know why until about a week ago. And if you don't remember why I did that, maybe this isn't what we think it is anymore." Killian's eyes looked hurt, but I knew he had no idea what I was on about. That hurt. "Come one, we have to help the others. Behave" I instructed before he grabbed his rings from the table and followed me out of the hospital.

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