He didn't look at her for a moment, his eyes gazing anywhere but directly at her. It was hard enough to bring the words forth the first time, to wait and see what her response would be. And it was one he wasn't quite expecting but he supposed, with her, he should have expected almost anything.
Even this.
So Killian swallowed again, and took her hand in his, urging her to look at him. To stay looking at him. To not run away in fear or shock or anything of the sort and to listen to him…
"I love you. I fell for you, Emma, from the first moment, and I knew there was no going back from that. I tried to ignore it, tried to fight it, tried to stick just with what I had—but it was impossible. You're too impossible to ignore, love. Too impossible, too special, too perfect to push aside and forget. You deserve the world, all the happiness in all the realms, and it's about time someone reached out and saved you, even if just for a moment. Let me do that for you, Emma. Let me be the one to save you. To love you. Because I already do.
"And I'm never going to stop."