He hears footsteps behind him after he throws the disk into the water and the presence beside him disappears. "You okay?" Hook asks.

He can't help a small smile and nod because someone cares. "I think so." He turns around to face the man who saved him today. "I owe you an apology. You were the noble one, not me."

Hook's face shows nothing but confusion.

"And I'm sorry it cost you more than I realized it would. And I'm sorry I risked what you're making with Emma."

"So, you think I'm good enough for her," Hook asks breathlessly.

"You've done the hardest thing anyone can do. You've changed. Today you saved me from making a terrible mistake and I—I don't know if I'm gonna be able to pay you back."

Hook glances to the side as if he's making sure no one's watching, then he looks back at David. "As luck would have it… I might have an idea," he starts, slow and unsure. "There's one way not to lose your family, and that's to let it grow." The only thing David can think is that Hook's about to tell him that Emma's pregnant, and he doesn't know what to do with that information. He waits for Killian to speak again— "David, may I have your blessing to ask for Emma's hand in marriage?"

All David can do is stare at the man who's brought so much to his family: pain in the beginning, yes, but now nothing but happiness and joy and unconditional love. When Killian tries to smile, shakes his head, and exhales sharply, looks to the side as if he's expecting to be given a sharp rebuttal, he realizes he's stared too long. "Of course!" Killian laughs, and he knows he's made the right choice. "Of course, you have my blessing."

"Well, now, that is a relief." The grin on Killian's face makes him think that he's just given the man the entire world on a gold-encrusted platter. Because honestly: they've come so far from Neverland, when Killian was just falling in love with Emma and David promised that she would never fall for a pirate.

Which reminds him. "Well, I mean, it's up to Emma, of course, but yes, you have my blessing!" He shakes hands with his future son-in-law, because he has no doubt of what Emma's answer will be. Who could have said that Captain Hook was going to be Prince Charming's son-in-law? Absolutely crazy. "I didn't realize you were so old-fashioned!" David says.

"Well, I am over two-hundred years old, mate," Killian says self-deprecatingly, as he always does.

"Right, right." They turn to walk away from the water that holds so many memories, back to where the loves of their lives are waiting. "Were you really that nervous?"

"Why would I be nervous? Prince Charming doesn't set the bar high at all."

They laugh for a moment. "Well, I am overdue to wake up Snow, but I won't tell her the news until it's official." And he has no doubt whatsoever that it will be very soon.

Soon he'll get to tell the whole town that his daughter is marrying a pirate.