30. EPILOGUE.
He was staring at the blue and red sky of the dawn. Aurora and their two-day-old son were still sleeping and he was thinking about everything that had happened and how his life had changed drastically in the last couple of years. It didn't even sound like truth: him? Captain Hook, the scoundrel, the despicable pirate having a family? And with a princess? Who would have seen that coming?
He'd left that life behind. He was a new man then, and many people were guilty for that: Emma, the Charmings, Bae, Belle, Red and Whale... but, in the end, everything was Aurora's fault. Because she'd saved him the nigh when everything had started. That first night in the Enchanted Forest in which he'd thought he had nothing to live for and she'd appeared unexpectedly, turning his world upside down, showing him that living was worth and transforming his darkest hours into new bright days. She was simply his angel.
The light was slowly filling the room. In that peaceful silence, he felt how Aurora hugged him with her right arm. He hadn't heard her coming.
"What are you thinking about?" she asked.
"About a serious conversation I once had with a spoiled princess" she smiled and rested her head on his shoulder. "I've never thanked you for that." he added, taking her by her waist.
"You have" she said, looking him in the eyes.
He smiled too and kissed her, felling like the luckiest man on earth. Now he had everything he had thought he'd never have: a family with the woman he loved, friends, a promising future... he belonged somewhere, and with someone.
They kept standing where they were, watching the dawn, enjoying those peaceful moments before their son (their most valuable treasure by far) woke up and a new day officially started.
When he put his left arm around her shoulders as he'd done a lot of times, he noticed something, a detail he hadn't taken into account before: he hadn't worn his hook for months and he had no idea about where it was. Maybe the soldiers had thrown it away when they had arrested him or maybe William had kept it as a souvenir. It didn't matter to him, he didn't need it anymore.
Captain Hook had disappeared.
Now he was just Killian.
Here it is, the end of this story. I know it's not perfect but I've learnt a lot about writing by doing this and I'm really happy with the fic and the experience.
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