Pirates! (One-on-One)

Natalia was there, raising one eyebrow. She was holding Sawyer and Aubrey was squirming from excitement at her side.

"Mama!"

 

She raised one eyebrow, her clear eyes sharp and cold.

"Of course everything went okay. Did you doubt me?"

 

"Good. You shouldn't," she said. "How was your time off from parenthood?"

 

She watched Avice, unblinking, as Jack came around the corner.

"Nat!"

 

A small smile crossed her lips.

"Hey, Jack. How are you?"

"I'm alright," he said. "Can't complain."

 

He kissed her temple before looking down at the babies.

"Hello!"

"Papa!" Aubrey exclaimed. "We got to get on the ship!

"Did you?"

 

"Yeah! We gotta see sword fights and cannons!"

 

"Sawyer almost got his fingers chopped off," she said easily.

 

"Ellia was showing us a game. The knife game! She said you were really, really good at it!"

 

Jack handled this smoothly.

"She was, but that's because she was much older."