Captain Swan One Shots

Neverland

Killian's POV
Neverland, of all the bloody places to return to and I return here. My grieving island, my place to form a plan to kill the Dark One and now he's my guest of honor. The place where I lost my brother and became a pirate. Why was I even back?

Emma.

Right, Emma. When I had met her she took me as an independent person, a stubborn lass who had learned to fend for herself at a young age and wouldn't take no for an answer.

A broken lost girl who had made many mistakes in her past and regretted them everyday. A little girl who hadn't had a child hood and found it difficult to blend in with her own family. She just wanted to be happy but found it hard with her...complicated life.

I shake my head standing by the railing of my ship. Why had Emma been on my mind so much recently? She was just like another other wench I had abed. Was it because I hadn't....we hadn't?

I did love a challenge. She had her walls up so high it was nearly impossible for her to open up to anyone, her own bloody parents barely knew her.

"Hook, how long until we get to shore?"Emma asks walking up beside me. I snap out of my daze and cringe at the mention of my villain name. Being around Emma I wanted to become a better man for her, to forget my past and move on with her in the future.

No I didn't love her but aye I had growing feelings. She was just another lost girl that needed to be found, we both had troubling past and found it hard to let go of it.

"Hook?!"Emma asks again, bloody stubborn woman. "Aye, what can I do for you Swan?"I ask standing up in front of her putting my walls back up.

Two can play that game.

She was such a bloody beautiful woman, if Dave wasn't staring daggers at me from the helm I would wrap her in my arms and kiss her like I couldn't breathe and she was air.

Her sunshine blond hair was curled neatly and hung over her shoulders like a curtain. Her 50 shaded green eyes seemed sharp and closed off, you could practically see her stone walls. Her black attire almost seemed to make her sharp features burst with beauty.

She rolls her eyes in annoyance and crosses her arms,"How soon will we be in Neverland?"she repeats her question. I raise an eyebrow as I turn to look at the shore, an hour at the most it looked like.

"One more patient hour love and we'll soon have your son back." I say smiling turning back to face her. She nods and looks towards the shadowed rock in the distance.

"Thank you."she rushes out after a minute. I raise an eyebrow,"For what exactly?"I ask making her return her focus to me. She blinks as some trance covers her eyes,"For....."she clears her throat and looks down at the ground. It was relieving to know I had the same affect on her.

I took a chance taking a step towards her while she collected her thoughts. "Gratitude is in order for....."I trail off signaling her to give her answer. She shakes her head and looks back up at me, not minding at all the distance I had covered.

"For bringing us here....and choosing good for once."she mumbles keeping her eyes locked with mine. It feels like a stab to the heart, for once?!  "I wasn't always a villain Swan."I whisper looking out at the ocean.

Memories of Liam and the Jewel of the Realm flood my head, my job as a lieutenant and a deck hand coming with it. Liam dying in my arms and Pan's warning echoing in my head.

"Really?"she asks sarcastically,"You used to be...good?"she asks crossing her arms. I blink and look back at her, feeling pain flash across my eyes. She barely reacts though as her strong stance only slightly falters.

"Aye, there was a time where my brother sailed by my side....my Captain.  Until we came to the bloody island....he was stubborn just like you and cut himself with dream shade to prove that our King didn't send us on a mission for dreamshade to cheat in the Ogre wars."I shake my head and run a hand through my hair.

"Bad form."I mutter ripping my flask out of my jacket and taking a sip. I didn't know why I had told her my heart wrenching past but it felt right. She swallows a sudden lump in her throat and simply nods, too overwhelmed with surprise.

She sighs and looks back at Dave who was too caught up in talking to Mary Margret to notice us. She takes a deep breath and walks up beside me leaning again the ship as well. "I was in love."she whispers staring bitterly into the waves.

I raise an eyebrow slightly lowering my flask and look over at her. She keeps her attention locked on the swirling water as she continues,"You asked me on the beanstalk and I said no but...I was in love. Neal...he's Henry's father, Bealfire is what you would've known him by."she takes in a shaky breath.

She quickly wipes away a tear that had leaked out making my heart constrict. It wasn't bloody fair for a woman this broken and hurt to be crying. "I was young and stupid...I thought it was true love."she chuckles bitterly as something flashes across her eyes.

I keep my mouth shut as she pushes the story out. "He left me though, I was pregnant and in jail. I wanted to give Henry his best chance..that's why I sent him away. And now..."she shakes her head as another tears slips out.

"Now I can't even protect him from Tamara and Greg!"she silently sobs burying her face in her hands. My face drops as tears drip down her cheeks, how was such a beautiful woman so broken?

I sigh and take a risk by grabbing her hand with mine. "Emma your going against bloody Pan, if that doesn't show love and sacrifice for your boy then I don't know what would."I whisper keeping my gaze locked on her highlighted face.

She glances down at our intertwined hands but doesn't pull hers out. "He deserves better Killian. He just lost his father, regained his mother and now....now he doesn't have either one of us."she burrows her eyebrows staring out at the calming sky.

I nod grimly,"Well he has hope, just like his Grandparents. He'll be fine Swan, if I know anything about him is he's almost as stubborn as his mother."I chuckle trying to lighten the mood. She lets a small smile dance across her tempting lips.

"I just hope he's ok."she whispers after a moment of silence. I give her hand a reassuring squeeze,"He's a fighter Emma. He'll be alright." She finally looks over at me with her watery bright green eyes and smiles,"I hope so."

I give her sympathetic smile as she returns her focus to the sea, I do hope too.