"Never mind" Emma ran her hand through Hook's hair, watching as the pirate's breathing evened out and he slept.
Hook woke up the next morning with a dull ache in his head, but nothing more. He remembered bits and pieces of last night. Emma looking like a blond angel, her hand gently running through his hair.
"Emma" he didn't realize he had said her name aloud until a frazzled blond angel appeared in the doorway.
"Hook! What's wrong?" worry immediately flashed across her face.
"Concerned, lass?" he asked with a smirk.
Emma's face relaxed back into its normal expression that she so often had when looking at Hook.
"Yeah. I was." Emma brushed her hand across Hook's forehead, and he closed his eyes for a second, relishing the comfort the touch brought him.
"Well, you don't feel too hot" she commented.
"I'm always hot" Hook commented, flashing a cheeky grin.
Emma rolled her eyes and turned away.
"I should be going," she said as she gathered up her scarf and coat. Hook watched her, feeling a forgotten pain build up in his chest as he watched her pack.
"Wait" he put his hand on her arm.
"You can stay here another night" Hook phrased the question more as a statement.
"Henry and Snow and David are waiting for me," Emma protested.
"Can't they wait another night?" Hook asked, feeling rather like a petulant child. Emma glared at him, raising her eyebrows.
"You know, you sound like Henry when he doesn't want to go to Regina's."
"Well, my adoptive mother isn't an evil queen," Hook remarked, stepping past Emma and up onto the deck. He smiled a bit, relishing the feeling of being alive enough to appreciate his ship again.
"I've gotta go" Emma said, but Hook could hear the regret in her voice.
"Wait."
"What is it, Hook?" Emma turned, I don't have-"
She was cut off as Hook grabbed her in a kiss. Her hands found hold in his leather coat and she relaxed against his hold.
"What was that? I really should be-"
Hook pressed his mouth over hers again.
"No, seriously-" this time Hook silenced her by placing his finger against her lips.
"Love, if you say you have to be going another time, then I'll have to kiss you."
Fin.
Well, this story has come to an end, sadly. I will be writing more in the future!