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"We were to read a story" Junior yawned as he pulled himself back up onto the bed and settled next to Emma while pointing at Hook who was fast asleep again.
"I know Kid but Killian is very sleepy, he needs his rest" Emma whispered back and David watched as his daughter just pulled the Kid in to her arms and dropped a kiss onto his head, he gave a contented sigh and looked at the Pirate.
"He is alright Momma, he is happy now" he whispered without taking his gaze away then he gave a little giggle and squirmed around to face her "He is dreaming of you"
"Yeah?" Emma said raising an eyebrow and David just hoped to God that Hook's dream was G rated, the last thing he needed was to try and explain the birds and the bees to a five year old!
"Aye" he replied "he feels really happy with you, he can be silly... he can be himself" he gave another giggle
"Silly eh... that's one word for it!" David cut in dropping down onto Emma's side of the bed where she gave him a "shut up Dad" look just as Henry came back into the room.
"Has Mom gone home?" the Kid asked looking to the kitchen quickly
"Yeah Henry, she was tired" Emma replied pulling herself up to sit back against the pillows bringing Junior up with her "How about we get you bathed young man then I can read you and Henry a story by the light of your new lamp"
Junior grinned widely and pulled himself from her grasp to give a little bounce on his knees
"Aye" he cried out but then cringed looking to Hook and whispered "Oops, I forgot. May I play with my sail boat please?"
"You may" Emma answered reaching over to tickle him as she scooted from the bed "But not for long, you need an early night and believe me when I say this, so do I Kid"
She yawned widely and looked to David "Can you watch Hook? You know just keep an eye out for any nightmares while I do this"
"Sure Kid" he said with a smile "I'll just watch some TV or something"
Emma quirked her lip taking Junior's hand while Henry took the other but as she was walking towards the bathroom she turned and said. "You'll be lucky"
What the hell did that mean?
David walked across to the couch to look for the remote but couldn't find one, he gave an annoyed sigh, why did everything have to be so difficult? All he wanted to do was relax and watch a movie. He pulled out the couch cushions and looked under the table, by this time he was getting quite annoyed so when he finally looked around himself only to realize that there was no TV he was beyond angry.
"Damn it" he grit out dropping down onto the couch with a dramatic sigh and crossing his arms in anger.
"What has got you so riled up" Hook's voice suddenly croaked from the bed
"Sorry" David said feeling bad for making so much noise "I didn't mean to wake you"
"You didn't" Hook replied with a sigh "It would seem that your lucky streak is continuing, sorry Mate, another call of nature!"
Hook looked quite embarrassed so David held his tongue and just gave him a nod of his head, he again pulled out the screens and got to work and they were done in minutes. He seriously expected Hook to be sleeping when he returned with the empty bed pan slightly wetter than when he had gone into the bathroom after Junior had thought it was hilarious to splash him with bath water but the Pirate had sat himself up a bit and actually had his iPad in his hand.
"What you looking at?" David asked putting the bedpan down on the chair and covering it back up with the towel
"I thought that perhaps I could watch one of these moovee things until Swan returns" he said glancing up at him
"Yeah? What you got on there?" suddenly this sounded quite interesting
"I am unsure, it has been a while since I used this thing and I can't seem to remember how to... ah, here they are" Hook looked up at him with a silly grin "I will not be beaten by technology"
"Says the man who tried to dry his socks in the microwave!" David laughed dropping down next to him "Well? Anything good? I might join you"
"I have no idea Mate, perhaps you should choose. Henry put most of these on here and being honest my neck is starting to pain me from sitting upright" he replied with a wince letting the iPad fall into his lap as he brought his hand up to the back of his neck.
"OK, let me see" David picked it up quickly and scrolled through the list of movies "Most of these are Christmas movies!"
"Aye well if you remember correctly it was Christmas the last time I used it" Hook ground out through his clenched teeth as he maneuvered himself back down the bed a bit
David kept flicking but suddenly stopped with a grin "OK Pirate, how are you with Dinosaurs?"
"What the bloody hell are Dinosaurs?" he asked with a frown
"Something that thankfully you will NEVER have to meet. They used to exist here millions of years ago but not anymore, they're maybe along the lines of the Kraken but these ones on here live on land"
"Monsters I can deal with" Hook smirked
"Great, you get that ready to go... it's called Jurassic Park. I'm gonna grab us some drinks and some of those cookies. I'll bring over the folding table and we can set it up on that"
David got to work grabbing the stuff before heading back over. He put the table on the bed but turned it sideways so that it could sit between them as apposed to over Hook's legs. He set the iPad into position balancing it against a stack of books, gave Hook his drink then headed over to the large window pulling the blinds down sending the room into near darkness.
"What are you doing?" Hook asked through a mouthful of cookie
"It is more effective in the dark... trust me, you'll appreciate it later"
David lay himself down on Emma's side of the bed and hit play, leaning back he grinned to himself as the movie started, Hook would probably fall asleep quite quickly and he could really just enjoy the movie, he hadn't seen this in ages... this was going to be awesome.
"What is DNA?"
"Just watch, it explains it"
Emma, Henry and Junior snuck out of the bathroom and made their way to the laundry room a few minutes in, Henry gave a little wave as they went past which David returned... Hook never even realized that they were there.
"Are these people deluded? Why would they make a park with all these deadly creatures?"
"It's just a story, it's not real"
They watched in silence for a while
"That goat is not enough food for that giant beast... they are asking for trouble not feeding it properly"
David chuckled to himself as he looked to the side to see Hook totally engrossed in the movie and when the epic scene where the T-Rex escapes it's enclosure started David found himself watching the Pirate instead of the screen.
Hook's eyes were like saucers as he watched it playing out in front of him, slowly his hand worked it's way up to his ribs to clutch onto them as he sat further and further forward until he finally gave a hiss of pain after he had jumped yet again as the guy sitting on the toilet got eaten but he just turned to David with a huge grin on his face.
"Now that is not an honorable way to go" he laughed out looking back at the screen quickly "Do not move Mate, stay still. Ouch... that had to hurt!"
David gave another chuckle, Hook was really getting into this and that was how it continued until the movie was done. David crawled off the bed and flipped on the light eliciting a "Bloody Hell" from the Pirate but after a few seconds their eyes adjusted to the light.
"You liked that one then?" David asked lifting the empty plate and glasses from the bed and heading back to the kitchen
"Aye, most enjoyable." and when David looked at him he looked more Hook like than he'd seen him in days, he wore a smirk on his face and seemed to be happy. "Are there anymore?"
"Yeah but that one is the best by far" David said making his way back over "How about something a little less intense this time?"
Hook frowned and looked towards the laundry room "Where is Emma? I thought she would have been back by now"
David frowned too and looked at his watch, she'd been in there for ages. He made his way over and peeked his head around the door to find her passed out on the bottom bunk with Junior cuddled into her front, he looked up at the top bunk to see Henry sleeping too.
"She's sleeping" he whispered sticking his head back out the door
"Leave her" Hook said with a sigh "She is tired Mate, all this has been tough on her"
David just nodded and headed back over to the bed but Hook suddenly seemed quite pensive, he furrowed his brow before looking up at David.
"You should go to your Princess, it is getting late. I will be fine here until morning, I have my rock alarm to keep me safe" he gave a chuckle looking to the white quartz sitting on the dresser but David wasn't willing to risk it, he didn't want Hook falling into another nightmare with no one around to wake him so he just shook his head.
"You are not getting out of this movie marathon that easily Pirate, next up... Shrek"
David flipped off the lights again and the movie was just starting as he settled back down onto the bed thumping the pillows to try and get them into the right position to be comfortable. The film had been playing for a few minutes when Hook's voice broke their silence.
"Thanks"
"Welcome"
They both knew only too well what was going on here but very soon all thoughts of nightmares and Lost Ones were forgotten as they both lay laughing at the screen in front of them. The silence between them was comfortable and when David glanced across about half way through the movie he thought that Hook was sleeping. He was lying with his eyes closed and seemed to be very relaxed but a short time later he suddenly spoke.
"Will this ever end?"
David sighed and turned to look at the Pirate who still had his eyes closed but he now had a deep frown on his face and when he turned and opened his one good eye to look at David he looked haunted, what had he been thinking about?
"Of course it will Hook, you just have to keep going... one day at a time remember"
"I'm tired Mate" he breathed out letting his eye close again and David knew he wasn't just talking physically.
"I know" was all David said back.
Hook turned his head back to stare at the screen giving a chuckle and pointing "There are not many Ogres like this one back in he Enchanted Forest. The day I met Emma we were attacked by one, it was as tall as the clock tower"
"Yeah?" David knew that Hook was building up to something, he certainly didn't want to talk about ogres
"Aye, Swan and Mary-Margaret had me tied to a a tree...the thing damn well nearly had me for lunch"
"You probably deserved it" David smirked back
"Probably..." Hook replied with another heavy sigh
Silence descended again but David kept watching the Pirate out of the corner of his eye, he was staring at the screen but David wasn't sure he was actually watching and his suspicions were confirmed when Hook spoke again turning to look at David once more.
"I feel him to my very soul. He feels like he is part of me David... It is so confusing, sometimes I don't know if it is myself feeling something or if it is the boy. I get glimpses into his mind too... especially if he is dreaming. He dreams of Liam and it breaks my heart that he has lost him so young, I at least was an adult, I could understand... he says he understands but... I don't think he does, he feels so lost"
"Funny you should say that... that's EXACTLY what he said about you Hook, he said you felt lost too"
"That's my point David" Hook said pulling himself up a bit and sitting forward, the movie was totally forgotten now as it carried on playing "I don't want him to have to worry about me, I don't want him knowing what is going on inside here" he brought his hand to touch his head. "He is so happy sometimes that it makes my heart sing, he is so carefree most of the time. I don't want him seeing the horrors in my mind, it's not right"
"We'll figure this out Hook" David said earnestly pulling himself up too
"Will we?" Hook asked flopping back with a wince "We have no idea if we can break this link or not"
"Maybe not but we are one step closer to being able to do it if we can... "
"What? How?" Hook asked with suspicion
"Tootles... the real Tootles, he gave me the gem. He shoved it in my hand before he died" Hook let out a long breath obviously trying to calm himself down at the mention of the former Lost One "He was trying to help Hook. He tried to warn me that someone was going to hurt you, he also said that someone was going to hurt Rapha too. Rufio got to him before they managed that though... Tootles had changed, he was trying to do the right thing."
"Perhaps..." Hook said puffing out a breath but he peeked open an eye again and gave a shaky smile "You really have the gem?"
David nodded then smirked "Yip and we will figure this out, I promise you... Son"
Hook barked out a laugh but then cursed clutching his ribs "Gods David, are you trying to kill me? Any chance I can have some more pain relief? My head feels like it's going to split in two and now my ribs hurt too"
David pulled himself off the bed and wandered over to the kitchen counter to look at the small diary that Emma had marked with the times that she had given Hook his pills, he looked up at the clock and gave a nod.
"You're in luck Pirate. You want some juice? Water? How about Milk?"
"Anything Mate" he sighed but then he gave a gasp bringing his hand to his head while looking to the laundry room door "David, check on the boy... he is having a bad dream"
David just ran, he opened the door to find Junior starting to get restless, he gave a little cry and his lip trembled so David just pulled him from beneath the covers and hoisted him up bringing his hand up to rub his back. The kid never woke, he just gave a contented sigh, snuggled into David's neck and gripped onto his shirt. David briefly wondered about putting him back into the bed with his "Momma Swan" but in the end he just carried him through to the other bed... David was already on nightmare watch he might as well do it for the two of them.
He walked over and gently laid the boy down next to Hook who immediately pulled him into his side with a worried look on his face "Thanks Mate"
"Right, pills... then I think it's time for you to get some sleep Pirate, you look like crap"
Hook just gave a tired smirk but then he pulled the iPad from the little table and turned it off, setting it to one side. He swallowed down the meds as soon as David handed them over and gulped down the glass of milk before settling down into his pillows again as David moved the books back to the dresser then took the table and the empty glass away.
By the time David had changed into pajamas, let Mary-Margaret know what was going on and used the washroom Hook was sleeping, he gave a shake of his head hoping to God that no one came to visit early in the morning before he climbed under the covers. He lent back on the pillows staring up at the shadows on the ceiling and gave a weary sigh.
What a day it had been. He thought about how upset Junior had been back at the Jolly and he knew that Hook was right, this couldn't keep going on like this. First thing tomorrow he was going to hit the books again, they had to find a way to break this link. He heard movement on the bed and seconds later a set of small feet pushed against his thigh. He couldn't help the smile that came to his face...
He'd fix this, Grandpa would find a way... he'd do anything for this kid.