Takes place somewhere before mid season 4, slightly AU. Fisrt attempt at Fanfiction so be kind.
His teeth clipped the dirt momentarily before his head was yanked back by a hand in his hair. He could feel a knee pressing into his back between his shoulder blades, keeping him firmly pressed against the ground, unable to move he grunted as his left arm was twisted up towards the unmoving knee.
"Where's that saviour Mom of yours now, huh? Do you "believe" she is gonna save you?" the disembodied voice sneered into his ear.
Henry grit his teeth as his arm was wrenched a bit further up his back before suddenly being let go and the knee lifted from his back allowing him to scrabble a few feet forward, flipping himself around to sit on his butt and face his attackers. He was surrounded by a group Lost Ones, the ones who had not integrated into Storybrooke life, the group that blamed him for Peter's death. Henry knew he was in trouble, he was not afraid to fight when he needed to but this was not a fair fight, this was six against one.
"Probably off kissing that damn Pirate somewhere."
Devin paced towards Henry, dropping into a crouch in front of him, a look of disgust on his face.
"That traitor forgot the rules of Neverland all too quickly, falling in love with a girl! He should have stayed and faced up to his crimes like a man instead of running away like the coward he is."
Devin stood up abruptly making Henry jump in surprise, the group of boys laughed loudly at his distress.
"Don't worry Henry, this is just the beginning, no big finale today, we'll save that for another time shall we? We're not going away Henry, remember that. You are the one that brought us here, you are the one that broke our family up and you are the one that is going to regret it. Family is important Henry don't EVER forget that and don't underestimate what we're prepared to do to keep our family together, here, in your land."
Devin's foot connected with Henry's cheek before he could raise his arm to defend himself sending him sprawling onto his back as stars jumped in his vision. He could hear the howls of laughter as the Lost Ones took off into the trees leaving him staring up into the blue sky above. As the adrenalin in his system began to drop he could feel every scratch and scrape on his skin. His chin throbbed terribly as did his left cheek, he was probably going to have a black eye, great! He winced as he sat himself up and took stock of his torn clothing, he'd lost a few button off his shirt and his jeans had a large tear in one of the knees exposing the bloody skin beneath. His Mom was going to freak, wait, BOTH his Moms were going to freak. He couldn't go home looking like this, he'd have to get cleaned up and think of a good excuse as to how he ended looking like he'd gone ten rounds with a professional boxer.
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Henry's mind was racing, he'd decided to head down to the public washroom at the docks, not many people used it and he'd be able to get cleaned up before trying to head home and change his wrecked clothes without either of his Moms noticing. He kept in close to the buildings with his head down hoping beyond hope that nobody stopped him on his way. As he passed the clock tower he took a quick glance up at it and noted that it was 3:45pm, he should have time to get done before either his Mom or Grandparents got home. Picking up his pace he crossed the street at a jog and headed toward his destination, he took one final glance over his shoulder before he turned the corner outside the Library and ran full force into someone sending both of them sprawling onto the pavement. The air whoosed from his lungs and for a moment he couldn't breath, his chest locked in spasm, black spots were starting to dance in his vision when he felt something touch his back triggering him to gasp and oxygen to surge back into his system. The coughing fit that followed seemed to last an eternity but finally he got his breathing under control enough to squint at the person at his side who was rubbing soothing circles on his back.
"That's right Lad, just keep breathing, deep breaths now. You took quite a tumble, that's it, just keep taking deep breaths"
Henry could see the concern on Hook's face as the world came back into focus, he suddenly became very aware that he was once again on the ground. Hook stood and extended his hand out to Henry pulling him to his feet.
"Care to enlighten me as to where you were headed in such a hurry that you failed to notice a fully grown, leather clad Pirate in your path and why do you look like you've been brawling in the dirt Lad?" Hook's easy smiled failed to hide the concern in his voice.
Henry sighed but said nothing, he couldn't bring himself to look Hook in the eye, he knew he couldn't trust himself to not tell him the truth and right now he wasn't ready to share. Devin had threatened him but he'd also made a veiled threat against his family, Henry didn't want to make matters worse than they already were but he also knew he couldn't handle this alone, he was torn.
Hook sighed "Come on Lad, let's get you back to the Jolly and get you cleaned up" he put his arm around Henry's shoulders and tugged him into his side. Henry could feel the warmth of Hook's body and it was a comfort, he knew that he could trust him, knew that he'd do anything to help him, he smiled up at him as they started their walk towards the dock.