That moment during 3x7 where Emma confronts Neal and Hook abouttheir fight over the lighter
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Hooks POV
Emma was bloody brilliant. Hook thought. She had used her magic the way that Regina had taught her in order to capture Pans shadow and in doing so she had saved both himself and Bae as well. Hook had spent centuries trying to run from infernal magic.
It had taken the two people he cared about most in all the worlds. Other than killing the dark one he had wanted nothing to do with it. That was until Emma. She was beautiful, brilliant, brave, daring, a true hero. Everything he was not, and she used
the powerful magic that she had inside her for the good of others, not her own gratification.
Magic was as much as part of her as anything else was, and how could Hook not love anything about Emma. From the moment their lips had touched he had been gone. Knowing with all his heart and sole that he would love, honor and protect this woman until
his dying day. He had meant what he had said back there outside the Hallow. He had no doubt in his mind that Emma would succeed in their quest to save Henry and that they would all make it off this island and once they did, well that's when the fun
would begin.
Hook sighed. Other than her short explanation to Bae about her magic earlier the woman was angrily ignoring both Bae and the pirate. After thrusting the coconut with Pans shadow into Neals hands Emma had stormed off ahead of them into the jungle and the
two men had to do everything they could just to keep up.
Neal was the first one to speak "ok im sorry I know I screwed up!" He called out to Emma.
"Yeah you did!" Emma turned on him furiously then after taking one look at Hook she added "you both did! We almost missed our chance at capturing the shadow because you two were fighting over a lighter!"
"It wasn't the lighter we were fighting over love." Hook heard himself saying. Emma looked at him and he gave her a knowing smile and cocked his eyebrow at her.
Emma just looked at him angrily, clearly not amused by his words. "Let me be very clear" she began "if I had to choose someoneā¦" she said looking between the two men. Hooks heart fluttered and he stood up straighter, as if preparing
for impact. Was she really about to choose him or Neal? He had been preparing himself for a long drawn out war with both Bae and Emma over her affections and now she was choosing someone? here in the middle of Neverland, merely hours after they had
rescued Neal, with her son still missing? No Hook thought Emma wouldn't make things that simple. However the fact that she had said that she was about to make her choice so shortly after rescuing the father of her child wasn't lost on Hook either.
When she had told him earlier that it wasn't a contest maybe she had been trying to let him down easy, as a way of telling him that Bae was and would always be her choice. Hooks heart tightened at that thought. He knew Emma felt something between
them. She couldn't be ignorant to That heat and energy that happened every time they were in close proximity to each other. And that kiss. That had been no mere lust, that had been emotion, Hook knew it. Emma may not feel as strongly as he did
but she did feel something. He could tell. As he had said while climbing the bean stalk she was an open book and like she had said inside the dinner the two of them understood each other.
All these thoughts swirled in the pirates mind during the brief pause Emma had taken in her sentence. She looked at the two men to make sure that they were both really paying attention to what she was saying. "I choose Henry." She finally stated
"he's the only love I have room for in my life." She added as she turned and began to walk away from them. Neal glanced at Hook and then sighed, obviously feeling guilty that he had let himself forget what really mattered, his son. Hook
hesitated for a moment, Emma's words turning in his head. He knew that she wasn't going to make this easy, but he hadn't expected that her answer would only make him love her more. He hadn't even thought that was possible. Her fierce love for her
son was something to be admired and he knew that Emma wouldn't take another moment to herself until Henry was safe at home. Hook sighed and followed the two.
At least he was still in the game.
