Inspired by a gifset on Tumblr. On a side note, I'll be posting the first chapter of my Captain Swan NaNo fic by tonight/tomorrow morning. If you're interested, keep an eye out for If I Walk Away.
Sort of spoilers for 3x09. Just the one line really.
"I wanted to be a hero."
Hook sees the earnest look in Henry's eyes and feels the ache as the words gut him.
He remembers that eager desire, the need to do something courageous and worthy of honor.
A hero's journey. The words he'd said to Liam as they set sail upon his brother's final voyage.
He's wandered so very far from that path in the centuries since. Lived too long, lost too much.
But he sees that youthful innocence in Henry and he yearns to protect that light.
Perhaps for Emma, and even Henry, he can be a hero.