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[Elio Zephyr]

Spain. They'd come to Spain.

Elio had never been here before despite living not too far away growing up. He wanted to arrange a holiday though for his family, something that until recently Elio was too nervous to put a title on it. He'd had a family once before, as unconventional as it was, although one could argue that he still had part of that family given that Honey had sat next to him on the plane. They'd taken the muggle route on holiday, because as nice as it was to be able to use magic to make their lives easier, to be able to spend time just living without the additional worry of whether they were going to be spotted doing something they shouldn't be, meant they could enjoy the holiday for what it was.

And what it was? It was a chance for the girls to meet. Elio had already met Aelin, and he'd already introduced Honey to Killian. The same was true for Aelin too, however Killian's daughter and Elio's own ward hadn't properly spent any time together, even if they may have happened to meet in passing.

Once they'd reached the house they'd be calling home for the next week, overlooking a pool and the sea beyond, the sun was already heavily beating down. This would be a chance for just the four of them to get to know each other better, and to make a new set of memories.

"Those suit you," Elio smirked to Killian who was now wearing a large pair of sunglasses that Elio had bought for him and made him wear since they'd left the airport. Perhaps this was going to be the cheesiest holiday of his life, but Elio felt more normal around these people than he had in a very long time.

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[Professor Killian Fox]

Killian wasn't too nervous about the travel itself, both him an Aelin were well versed in both types of travels, magical and muggle so there wasn't any additional fuss. Besides of course what you would expect with a toddler, but lucky for everyone in that plane Killian had had the sense to come prepared. Most of the flight he'd focused on entertaining Aelin while she was awake and while she was asleep, he'd either stared at Elio and Honey in sort of awe of how natural and at ease they seemed with each other.

It was a nice change of scenery and to get away from the routine, plus after the holiday it'd be nice to return back home to those very routines. So in the Professors books it really was a win-win situation. It was also a chance for their girls to properly meet, Killian liked Honey and he had no doubt Aelin would love her as well and this idea of a holiday had been quite a smart one from Elio.

Grumbling Killian turned to look at his boyfriend, having to aim his gaze downwards ever so slightly to meet his eyes, who was complimenting the ridiculous glasses he had made Killian wear. "They make me look like a douche bag and they are useless," he said quietly before taking the glasses off. Only that had been a fatal mistake because next thing he knew he was being blinded by the sun and he had to squint his eyes before putting the shades back on. "Fine... Maybe they aren't completely useless... Glad you think they suit me, would hate to disappoint you my love." Finishing his words by pressing a small kiss on Elio's head Killian turned to the girls. "Alright girls, who's hungry and what do we want to eat?" He asked with a smile, they had made a quick trip by a grocery store to get some essentials before going to the house they'd be staying at.

 

[Honey Rowan Kaster]

Honey had never been on a plane before. She’d been in the air before, since she’d been on a broom before when she’d gone flying with Luna. She’d been a little… well, she’d made her dad promise he wasn’t going to let her do it again, because sometimes Honey forgot when she didn’t like things and tried to do them again, and she still felt queasy thinking about the broom ride. Luna was good, of course, she was a Professional, but Honey liked her two feet very firmly on the ground thank you very much. She didn’t mind the plane too much, because her feet were still on the ground… er, sort of. She felt better about it because she had sat next to Elio the whole time, and it had been an interesting flight. She’d never been above the clouds before.

She was still sort of thinking about the flight over when Mr. Foxy addressed them, and Honey turned, her kneazle backpack still slung over her back because she’d been too distracted to put it down. She knew they wanted her to get along with Mr. Fox’s daughter, but Honey didn’t know what they had in common. Aelin had a dad that loved her, Honey had a dad that… well, sometimes she barely had a dad. She had Elio, but she didn’t live with him anymore. Her dad tried, but sometimes she felt like she was living with a stranger. Maybe things would change with his new job.

“Nothing with nuts,” she reminded the man, just in case he forgot. She’d lived with Elio and Rowan long enough to know Elio couldn’t have nuts.​

 

[Aelin Fox]

Aelin was so so very excited, her daddy and Mr. Lio had decided they'd be going on a holiday!!! And not only that there was going to be an older girl too, Aelin was dying to make better friends with Honey. She was determined to be friends. They had gone by a plane and that was fun, it always was because daddy always brought plenty of snacks and games and books for whatever reason. Besides he also always gave Aelin the window seat which the girl made good use of, staring at the clouds and imagining flying unicorns. She had also managed to nap every now and then but never for too long, the excitement was quite literally too much.

Once they had landed the blonde had been trying not to shot off left and right and tried to stay with her dad, Elio and Honey. The house they were at was so big and pretty and IT HAD A POOL! She'd make great use of that one surely. Aelin was carefully approaching the older girl when he dad asked them a question and Honey mentioned something about nuts. Making a face she nodded her head in agreement, she didn't like nuts they tasted too... nutty. "I want ice crem pleaseee!" The 5-year-old saw her chance and took it, technically her daddy had asked what they wanted and she wanted ice cream so why wouldn't she get some! "You have the pretiest hair!" She said turning back to Honey.

 

[Elio Zephyr]

"Not sure that's possible babe," Elio grinned as Killian tried to survive without the glasses, before quickly sliding them back onto his nose. He closed his eyes for a moment when Kill kissed him on the forehead. He liked that, small shows of affection that made the man feel as though for a moment he was the most important person to his boyfriend. Elio watched as he moved to get the girls started with some food, and the man swept across the room to scoop up the youngest under her arms and lifted her up into one of the bar stools overlooking the kitchen island.

"Right, no nuts," Elio clicked his tongue and winked at Honey, who often reminded him of Rowan in that way that she looked out for him. Honestly if it wasn't for the girls over the years, he probably would have consumed something he shouldn't have. "What do you fancy baby girl?" Elio asked the blonde, ruffling her hair as she stood in the kitchen. She seemed to be unusually off at the moment and Elio wasn't sure if he was just imagining it, or whether Honey was feeling a little overwhelmed around those she didn't know so well yet.

"Ice cream?!" Elio suddenly turned back to Aelin, who was looking at her dad with a little too much hope behind her eyes for his liking. The professor leant on the kitchen island watching Killian's daughter, a large smile on his face at her optimism, "Well only good girls get ice cream! Have you been good?" he asked Aelin, before glancing across the kitchen back to Killian. "Maybe we should make some pizzas, and have ice cream for dessert?" he suggested. Elio did feel like spending some time outside that evening, by the pool having some drinks, but they should definitely make sure the girls were feeling accounted for first.

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[Professor Killian Fox]

Killian smiled watching as Elio picked his daughter up with ease. Him being so good with her was one of the things Killian loved maybe the most. It was important to him that the person he chose to bring to his daughters life would be good to her too and Elio had just been that. Killian had once even spied him reading a bedtime story to Aelin and that had made his heart melt like never before.

The professor turned his head to the older girl who reminded him of the no nuts rule, in his opinion it was sweet of her to look after the man. "Not nuts, thank you." He smiled and nodded in agreement also thanking the girl in the process. Killian was about to tell Aelin no on her request of ice cream for dinner before Elio got there first and even suggested pizzas, which was a great idea. "That works for me, you girls can help if you want? How about we can all have our own Pizzas and put whatever toppings we want? And yes Aelin you'll get ice cream for dessert, how does that sound?" He offered giving Elio a smile. "Alright, Honey what would you like on your pizza?" The professor asked as he went to the fridge to pull out the ingredients, he took out cheese and tomato sauce, which he had no idea who had put it in the fridge but whatever, while he waited for the older girls response.


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[Honey Rowan Kaster]

Honey blinked a bit confused when Aelin complimented her hair, absently reaching up to touch a strand. “Oh… um, thanks,” she said, a little uncertain. She smiled anyway, a little shyly, though she couldn’t specifically account for why she was shy when she’d had no problem taking charge in the daycare, maybe because she knew she was supposed to? She didn’t really know what the play here was, but she was trying to figure out the overall dynamic between everyone. She knew she was probably overthinking it, but she couldn’t help it, she loved Elio and she really wanted Mr. Foxy and Aelin to like her, so she was trying not to overstep and what if they didn’t like her clingy personality? Or the way she liked to jump on all the beds to make sure they were sturdy after that one time she broke hers? Or how she always took two sips of Elio’s drink before he drank it when he wasn’t looking so she knew whether or not she liked it before she asked for the same?

Aelin’s hair was cute too, blonde and bouncy - she wished she had hair like that, like the kind she imagined the little faeries had in the books. It wasn’t until the talk mentioned pizza that her eyes lit up a little. Merlin she missed pizza, when she’d been living with Rowan and Elio she didn’t get to have it often because Rowan always got vegan and frankly vegan cheese was just gross (a little part of me has died inside writing that) and she didn’t like it. Who wanted supreme with vegan cheese? She couldn’t even have meat because she usually shared with Rowan. Her stomach gave a little grumble and she dropped her hands to it with a bit of a laugh before looking up at Mr. Foxy, “Cheese and tomato’s please! Also… uhm… what are those little mincey things called Ellie? The little brown things that go on the meat pizza?”​

 

[Aelin Fox]

Aelin smiled broadly at the older girl as she thanked her. When Mr. Lio snatched her up she let out a small giggle before settling down and swinging her feet in the air. A frown appeared on her face when Lio insinuated that she was not a good girl. "But I am good, well I help clean up whenever I make a mess so I think I deserve ice cream for dinner! I was even good in the metal chicken!" She defended herself, calling the plane a metal chicken without any clue that chickens did not in fact fly. She turned to her father and narrowed her eyes, maybe pizza would do but only if she got ice cream after. "Okay." The 5-year-old said leaning her head on her hands that rested on the table. She didn't even bother to say anything about her pizza because she didn't know what all it was that her daddy put on it but she just knew he put the good stuff on.

 

[Elio Zephyr]

In truth, the way that Killian was with children just made him fall in love even harder. It seemed to come so naturally to him, and maybe if Elio hadn't fully realized it in the past, but having a family he could call his own was all he'd ever really wanted. He grinned at Honey as the noises of her impatient stomach gave her away, "Little brown things?" Elio jokingly shook his head at her lack of knowledge regarding Pepperoni. He was fully aware that she hadn't exactly grown up around it, and had only had it on a few occasions when it had just been the two of them in recent years, but still not knowing the name of one of the best pizza toppings was a crime. "Pepperoni. The spicy salami if you will," he grinned, looking back up to Killian.

Elio whipped round to Aelin once more, eyebrows raised upon hearing her talk about a metal chicken. "A.. what?" he asked, glancing to the others in the room, confusion written across his face. "Are you quite sure you clean up whenever you make a mess?" he asked somewhat teasingly, although he had no intention of denying her ice cream later.​

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A short while later. Aka it's now later in the evening, thy sun hath set. It's outside, smol outside lights making the garden hugely cosy and pretty.

Elio's head broke the surface of the water as he rose out the pool in the garden of their home for the week. His hair slicked back from the water, the former Gryffindor was quick to head in Honey's direction before shaking it out like a wet dog. He loved to swim, but honestly he couldn't remember the last time he had. It was very likely to have been when Ava had pulled him into the lake, although if he were honest it was his own fault. He'd thrown her in and the only reason he'd gotten wet himself was because Ava had refused to let go of his neck.

The man pulled himself out of the water, to sit on the edge of the pool and look around at the company he was currently keeping. The lights were low enough right now that it was incredibly easy to get away with staring at Killian without being noticed. Even without sunglasses on he was risking his luck with the amount of observing he was doing that evening. ​

 

[Professor Killian Fox]

As Honey said what she'd like on her pizza Killian gave a small nod until she said something about little brown things, he assumed it'd be pepperoni or something but still gave his boyfriend a questioning look. Soon enough the man confirmed what he'd already suspected, his brows shot up as he shook his head. "Pepperoni it is," he got out before a strangled laugh made it out his mouth at Aelin's next comment. It took him a second to fully connect the dots and as he had everything they needed for the pizzas on the table he shook his head. "Love it's called a plane and chickens do not fly." The professor smiled before giving a little tap on the little one's nose.

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Dinner had went well, Killian had made the pizzas for himself and Aelin, knowing if his daughter was let anywhere near that tomato sauce it would be everywhere except the pizza. They had now settled down by the pool, Aelin swimming with her little floaties on and Elio and Honey doing their thing. Killian stayed on the side, not being one to really like swimming since his teens. So he stuck to observing and by the feel of the pair of eyes on him way too many times in the evening so far someone else was being quite observant too. He stole small glances at his partner every chance he could as well, but mostly with Aelin in the pool Killian's full focus was on his daughter. The atmosphere was quite nice and calm though and perhaps for the first time in a long time the former Pukwudgie felt content and like he was forming his own family and he knew that this was the family he wanted. He wanted Elio and possibly Honey too to be a permanent part of his life and his family.