Something
There was something in her eyes. Something he had never seen before. Something he admired. Something that had made him want her to look at him with that something in her eyes, allowing it to shine out at him. They were bluer than blue and filled with….
There was something in her smile. Something that made him want to smile. Something that made him wish she weren't so infatuated with that damn Jack Heart and she were, dare he say it, in love with him instead. Because if he could he would make sure that certain something in her smile would stay and brighten up the murky, dank streets of Wonderland. There was a certain kindness in her smile, a certain….
Her voice was something else. Firm at times and tender at others, yet always clear as a bell. Something in her voice had him weak in the knees. It was something he never felt before and something he was sure he'd never feel again.
Her spirit made something inside him rise and want to do good, want to be a better man, want to do something, ANYTHING, for the greater good of the resistance, for the greater good of Wonderland.
As Hatter looked at Alice, he knew he felt something for her. Something he never thought he'd ever felt before. And when she jumped back through the looking glass he knew he couldn't let her go. That was something he couldn't do. Because that something he felt for Alice was Love.
And that was something worth running after.