The adventures of Captain Swan

The morning after

Feeling the flicker of her eyelashes on her face, Emma felt her eyes threatening to open but she tried to refuse it, just for a moment longer. She wanted her sleep a little bit more. Emma wasn't even sure that she'd been asleep until now and she didn't even remember where she was in her sleepy state all she knew was that she was sleepy and rather comfortable where she was, she didn't even move but as she refused to move in her sleep-like state, she felt something brush up against her back and it fell to her lower waist and pulled her closer. At that moment Emma's eyes shot open, as she stared in front of her, forcing her brain to work the second her eyes opened which wasn't very good because her brain was not communicating with her eyes right now. the first thing she saw was the dark material under her face and her arm, moving her head around to find out just where she was she realized that she was actually laying on something, or someone.

At that thought, Emma shot up which caused Hook's arm to drop,but he hadn't woken up yet surprisingly as she realized she had been snuggling with Hook. Opening her mouth wide as accepted and really realized what she'd done and that Hook had, had his arm around her last night, she finally closed her mouth a second later and not a second too late as Hook began to stir with his sleep-filled eyes he looked up at her. The most alarming thing to Emma was not what had happened last night but the smile which Hook offered her as he said "morning swan" in a husky,half-asleep voice. "mmm" was all that Emma could get out, not sure what her next move should be. 

Tilting his head a little, hook searched Emma's face for signs of what he suspected might happen once they woke up,following what had happened last night. Although he knew he wasn't exactly to blame he assumed that Emma would find a way to blame him and whilst he knew that she hadn't chosen him, he couldn't shake the feeling that she was still closing herself off and even if she had of chose Neal over him he couldn't understand why she of all people would be doing all of this for him. Realizing that she wasn't really offering him much, he shifted his body trying to attempt to sit up but as he did, he winced in pain and a good thing too as Emma shot up and rushed around the side of her bed to help him sit up a little, and positioned the pillows for him,behind his back. "thanks lass" he offered her. Hook waited for her to take a seat on the edge of the bed next to him, like she usually did but she just looked away from him and seemed to be struggling with something so he cleared his throat. "swan" he said, prompting her to speak up whatever was on her mind. It wasn'tlike she could really hide anything from him anyway. 

Emma slowly turned to face him and offered him a half smile as she just gazed at him for a couple seconds, "hook" she said sweetly as she paused for a moment,trying to find the best possible way to say what she was feeling and thinking but whatever words she thought of just all seemed to harsh and unfair on the pirate laying in her bed. Hook might have reveled in the thought that his swan was in this much of a pickle, but right now he was mostly filled with concern before finally interrupting her. "it's okay - you don't need to say it" he told her, choosing to look away from her. It wasn't okay, it wasn't okay at all. Holding her in his arms last night felt right and perfect to him and she fit perfectly with him but he knew where he stood with her and he doubted that a lot would have changed over night and knew he didn't want to push his love for her especially given what he thought was true. 

Emma tried to force a smile but she couldn't even manage that because she felt like now Killian, her pirate was now the one putting up walls against her but what could she do, he had every right to given how she's been with him recently. who could blame him. "I'm sorry, killian" Emma said softly as she let her hand touch his right hand for a second, before getting up to leave the room. Killian was smiling, it had felt nice, honest and graceful hearing his true name from Emma's lips but he couldn't really leave things like this could he. "Emma" he called out as he reached for her hand, with his. Catching her hand in his she turned around in a quick motion and just looked at him. He let her hand fall back down before telling her. "I do understand" Killian explained as he gave her his honest smile. Emma had assumed that the pirate was talking about how she had been this morning she couldn't have imagined what he would say next. "I know why you would want that for Henry" he told her, with honesty sweeping through his words. Emma looked at him, confused for the second time since waking up in his arms. "Henry?" she asked. Killian smirked. "come on swan, I know about you and neal" Emma's expression had changed as she heard Killian refer to herself and neal and wondered for a split second just what he was talking about and then it sunk in, really sunk in. Emma folded her arms over her chest as she took a deep breath and Killian looked concerned again, but this time he wasn't sure why he was concerned but he didn't mean to upset his swan, he just felt like it was about time for some honesty and he had to let her know that he knew. At least he thought he did. 

"There is no Neal and I, we are not a we" Emma said, realizing that maybe in her raised voice and anger that she might not have made complete sense but she knew what she had meant and she knew that Killian would too. Killian just gasped in surprised and knew she was holding something back to made himself clear "you don't need to lie to me swan, I know it's him who you've been meeting and you deserve that, you and Henry both" Emma turned away for a second unable to believe him, she didn't know exactly what had made hook think he had any right to say any of this but she figured she might as well clear it all up, since it had been brought up none the less. "he's Henry's father, we've been trying to get along for Henry's sake but Neal and I are definitely not getting back together, not now - not ever and just for the record it's my decision who I see and who I don't hook"

Following their rather heated discussion Hook has been completely wrong and Emma had felt like she might explode at any given moment, but knew that she was supposed to be taking care of him not trying to make him feel worse but at the same time she didn't mean for it to sound like there might be hope for the pair of them because she couldn't even be completely honest with herself let alone open up to someone else, even if she did trust him more than she did back then, it didn't mean she was ready to admit to any feelings she might have for him.

Later that day Emma has returned to bring hook some lunch, she also knew he would need another dose of the strong pain killers so she braced herself as she entered her bedroom she had expected to see what she usually saw when she brought hook some food but she was shocked to see an empty bed, the bed was made and she placed the tray down as she looked over to her counter to see the pill bottles, still there and even his hook was still there, so what had happened to Hook exactly, she wasn't sure. He had vanished for all accounts. "HOOK - HOOK?" Emma called out as she walked out of her bedroom, chasing through the apartment, but she heard nothing, not even a squeak. Then as she was walking towards the bathroom, she saw the door swing open and bingo. Out stepped an unbalanced Hook, as he stood in somewhat normal clothes, well no leather, this was definitely a new look. After taking in her sight Emma couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"do not laugh" Hook said firmly as he clung to the doorway but Emma couldn't help it, this was a whole other thing altogether. "what are you doing?" She asked trying to stop herself from laughing so much. Well this was one way to break the ice from the silence that followed their conversation earlier. "I wanted to bathe, the doctor came by with these garments-" hook explained as he looked down at the t-shirt that looked a couple sizes too big and some strange striped trousers which emma was sure were supposed to be pyjama bottoms. "well you look greeeaaat" Emma teased as she put her hand over her mouth trying to hide her laughing.  She really couldn't help it but Hook didn't look too pleased especially as at the moment he went to lunge for her but it didn't work out too well given his current balancing problem. And he went straight down to the floor with a thud. "oh" said a concerned Emma as she rushed down and knelt besides him. "hook" she said as she looked down at him, his eyes were closed and she couldn't tell if he was unconcious again. 'this is just great' Emma thought to herself again as she didn't even think he should have been up and walking around again. Placing a hand on his chest she put her head to his chest to listen for his heartbeat, when suddenly his eyes flickered open. "swan" he whispered. This caused Emma to shoot her head back up but didn't move her hand as she just glared at him on the floor. "satisfied" she smirked at him to which he just gave her a secret smile, the smile he had only ever reserved for her and her alone. And Emma knew it, that's what made this worse. "come on" Emma said finally pulling him up a little as she threw his arm around his shoulder as she attempted to pull him up, placing a hand around his waist to steady them as they finally stood. "I'm guessing you can't walk" Emma said, barely mentioning it as a question to which Hook didn't reply but Emma didn't expect him to, not really. "take me to bed swan" hook said as he smirked at her and Emma just rolled her eyes. "funny" she said sarcastically as she made her way back to her bedroom.