"Humour The Hook" // Cpt. Hook x Reader

Chapter 8

Y/N POV:

Just as we were walking out the cabin I noticed how georgous the Captain looked.
His dark locks gently blew through the breeze as he sliced himself into battle.
I felt butterflies in my stomach as he gazed over at me with his earthy, brown eyes, causing me to blush until he started to frown at me.

"What?" I mouthed frowning back but Hook wasn't looking at me.

"BOO!" Peter Pan swooped infront of me and stole my sword.
"HEY! THAT'S MINE!" I shouted angrily trying to jump up.

"PAN, GET OFF ME LADY!" Hook slid over to us and began fencing up at the boy who teased the Captain by balancing the handle of my sword on the end of his nose.
"Your lady? I say Captain, how could anyone love you?" Peter scoffed.

"Well.. I.. Because.." Hook stumbled on his words, he twizzled his moustache in thought.
I curled one arm around his waist, "Because he is handsome and intelligent and much more mature than you'll ever be Peter Pan!" I nodded. "Now give me back my sword!"

"Girls are weird.." He stuck his tongue out us both and threw back my sword.
"LOST BOYS LET'S GET OUTTA HERE, THE CAPTAIN HAS A GIRLFRIEND!!"
With that, all the lost boys pretended to be sick and gag.  That was the end of that as they all scrambled away.

"That Pan.." Hook growled.
"Hey, it's alright!" Y/N stroked the side of James' face. "He's gone," I leaned in for a cheeky kiss.
"What did I do to deserve you?" He whispered.
"Kidnapped me," I giggled pressing my forehead against his.

Suddenly, there was a faint ticking from the waters. Hook instantly pushed me away with a yelp, "it's back for me.." He stumbled backwards and began to hyperventilate.
James fell over a wonky wooden panel in the floor and landed with a thump as he scrambled backwards towards the cabin door, knees to his chest.
"What's wrong darling? What is it?" I crouched down next to him.
"The.. C-crocodile.." He stuttered looking genuinely panicked and frightened.
"It can't get you here..I promise, I won't let it." I brushed my fingers through his hair gently, I got closer and held his head to my chest as he burst into tears.
"NO! IT'S GOING TO GET ME!!" he screamed covering one of his ears with his only hand, he was violently shaking. I could feel his heartbeat thundering in his chest.

"Mr Smee!! Shoo away that creature!" I asked, stroking the Captain's head as he sobbed.
"Hush now, you're safe, there is nothing to be worried about anymore," I lifted his head by his chin and he gazed up at me with his teary eyes, his lip quivering like a toddler.

This was the moment Y/N learned that having his hand chopped off and fed to a crocodile has really affected the Captain and left the poor man with deep trauma. No wonder there were no clocks on the ship, it was a trigger for him. One tick and panic sets in. Y/N just knew to comfort him as much as possible since that seemed to work.

"There is no crocodile. It's gone. You're very brave. See, no ticking, no Peter Pan, no crocodile!" I helped him stand back up whilst holding his hand.
"Come on let's go back into the cabin and get some shut eye, it seems you need a good rest,"

Author's Note : FINALLY I FINISHED ANOTHER CHAPTER. I'M SO SORRY IT'S SO SHORT. I'M JUST GLAD I'VE WRITTEN SOMETHING. WRITER'S BLOCK IS NO JOKE.