An Open Book - Chapter 4: Still Works
Takes place in 3x14 (Not Easy Being Green), where Hook and Emma look for Regina's intruder, and have that talk in the forest.
They tracked the intruder deep in the forest, far away from Storybrooke. David was to come with Hook, and Emma but, Snow was 'a bit demanding' as Hook put it and wanted him to meet the midwife. She wish he could've come so she didn't have to be alone with Hook, but secretly she craved alone time with Hook. Even if he did badger her with innuendo's.
As they walked Emma felt self conscious for whatever reason, as she could feel Hook's eyes on her back, and all over her body. She never felt this way in front of Hook, maybe it was the fact that she hasn't seen him in a year, even if it did feel like a day. They came across a berry bush, that looked similar to the one on Regina's floor. She saw Hook use his hook to shake the bush, and gave a little smirk.
"You'll look for any excuse to use that thing, won't you" she said as she walked past him.
He still shook his Hook trying to get the excess berries of his hook, "Well at least we know we're in the right place. What now?" he asked.
Emma sighed, "Now we start searching." She walked deeper in the forest, and she all she could hear was the silence and the crunch of snow under her boot. As she breathed in the air she could feel her lungs being filled with cold, and pine. She felt peace of mind, until Hook spoke again dragging her out her thoughts.
"You know something Swan, whenever you're around, I never thought I'd be wandering around in some manner of woods or forests courting danger." He said as they tread through branches and moss.
"Well here I thought you wouldn't be afraid of anything." she quipped. "Always looking for the next adventure"
Hook could play this game. "Oh is that what this is?"
She had a confused face on her, "Isn't it?" she asked. "The hell were you doing for the last year alone on that ship?" She continued looking for something that would end this conversation. "I'm guessing it was one swashbuckling tale after another..." she put emphasis on 'swashbuckling'. "Till you decided to come back and save me?"
He simply said, "Exactly". She knew he wasn't saying much for a reason, unconvinced she turned around to face him. "You're lying."
Hook had an almost confused look on his face. He questioned Emma, "Excuse me?"
She had a hard look in her eyes, wanting to pull the truth out of Hook. "What happened back there? What aren't you telling me?"
Hook still had that same look on his face, but he seemed to put on his charismatic face and voice, trying to convince Emma, "Nothing. It's my tale and I'm sticking to it"
"Still don't believe you" Anger seeped into her eyes.
"Well, let's leave it at that, and you can just say thank you." She asked for what. She already thanked him from giving her memories back. What else could there be?
"Well, saving you from a loveless marriage"
"Is that what you think you're doing?" She started getting defensive.
Hook gave a grinning smile, and put it as a matter-of-factly, "He was a flying monkey"
"I didn't know that" she said quietly, as if embarrassed she almost married a flying monkey.
Silence came between them. Then Hook asked a question that's been eating at him since he first saw her, "Were you considering it...his proposal?"
Where did that come from? "Does it matter?" He simply asked to humor him. She confessed, "Yes okay? I was in love" She saw Hook cast his eyes down as he heard her say 'in love'. "So of course, I was considering it. As usual he wasn't who he said he was and I got my heart broken again." She could feel her voice cracking a bit. "That enough humor for you?" She said sarcastically.
He looked down again then back at her, "Don't take this the wrong way but I'm glad to hear that." How could she not take that the wrong way?
Emma wished he could just say what he was insinuating even if she doesn't feel the same way..."You're glad to hear that I had my heart broken?" Her eyebrows scrunching up.
Hook stepped closer to her, rapidly closing the distance between them. Emma told herself not to be afraid and not step back even if that in itself had consequences. He lowered his voice, "If it can be broken...it means it still works"
Emma couldn't stop staring at him. She felt this warm fuzzy feeling as Hook said that. She searched herself for answers on whether or not she really did have feelings for Hook or not, but she was still left unconvinced. Not meaning to do this, she looked down at his lips for half a second, longing to have them on hers. She longed to feel that passion she felt when she kissed him in Neverland. But Hook caught her staring at his lips, and he stepped an inch closer and hovered his hand over her waist. She could feel his warm hand, considering how cold it was outside.
The same feeling came over her once more, she pressed her lips against his, her hands coming around his neck pulling their bodies together as she kissed him passionately. Hook still seemed confused on her sudden actions, so Emma grabbed the hand that was hovering her waist, and moved it so it was firmly grabbing her. This was Neverland all over again. Wanting to feel his tongue on hers, she pushed her tongue into his mouth. This sprung a reaction out of Hook and he pulled her harder against his body, as one hand tangled into her mess of blonde hair, tilting he head back so he could deepen the kiss.
The taste of her sent a reaction throughout his body and he groaned. Emma could feel the passion between them, and she brought her leg around his waist, and she felt his hard length against her, she moaned loving the feeling of him against her. She knew this should stop, but she couldn't bring herself to do it. Hook then backed them up against a nearby tree, and she feel him more urgently against her. She felt him thrusting his hips slowly and she broke the kiss, releasing a moan into the sky. Suddenly overwhelmed with feelings and emotions she said something she's never said to any man.
"I want you."
Maybe he was right...her heart still works.