She wasn't sure when she knew how much it meant.
Perhaps New York, full of hope and expectation, before she even knew him?
When he told her about his sacrifice, and yet he called her a bloody hero?
Full of laughter, branding her a pirate? (She had learned from the best.)
It had been a reminder of so many negatives...her childhood, prison, even Regina at her worst.
But when that single syllable rolled off his tongue, smooth and accented and full of ...well, something, it was as if she was safe and home.
Four letters held the promise of a future with him.