David gives Killian a hardy pat on the shoulder as he passes by, slowing his steps when he catches the look of unease on the pirate’s face. He follows Killian’s gaze over to where Emma is standing, sharing a congratulatory hug with Granny. Normally, Killian gets a bit awestruck when looking at Emma (understandable when looking at your True Love; David knows the feeling), so he’s instantly on alert when he spots the terror clawing at the edges of Hook’s normally enamored blue eyes.
Despite my writer’s block, I got to write a thing. This is something that came to my mind after watching the last episode and knowing the spoilers for the season finale. So I felt the need to reflect it on words.
A Captain Charming One-shot that takes place after the portal suckle them. It is unbetaed and English is not my first language, so I apologize in advance for all my mistakes.
“Are you mad? Emma is going to kill us if something happens to you again.” David shouted, anger and fear equally mixed after a terribly reckless act of Hook. He should be used to the pirate’s impulsivity, but now that life had given him another chance, David could not understand why he was acting that way.
Killian’s face draw a strange grin as he walked, avoiding his gaze.
David rolled his eyes in exasperation, deeply breathing while walking to reach him. “Wait! What the hell is wrong with you?”
David grabbed his arm to stop him, getting Killian turn and face him. Over time, he had learned to understand the pirate through his expressions. And this time, his expression was far from showing the happiness of a man who had just returned from the dead. Clenched jaw, a frown, a look of hopeless, defeated. But worst of all was to hear his broken voice. “Maybe that would be the best. Perhaps I never should have returned.”
David’s mouth dropped, unable to utter anything coherent for a few seconds. Unable to understand what was going through Hook’s head to say that. “What are you talking about?” Those were the only words he could say, trying to hide any hint of warning in his voice, to encourage him to talk.
Killian closed his eyes for a moment, inhaling deeply. When he opened his eyes again, David could see they were full of sadness, guilt, pain. “It should have been me. He, Robin, was a good man, he was a leader, he was a father. He did not deserve that ending. I did not ask for this. I did not ask for coming back. But fate is cruel.” Killian paused, a little smile of resignation appeared on his face. "Here I am, a villain so weak to almost get all the people I care about to die because of my thirst for revenge. And what I get in return? Living again. It’s not fair.”
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