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[unhand]

Who: Killian Jones and YOU!
Where: Outside the mansion staring moodily up at it
When: Monday 1/19
Rating: PG?
Summary: Killian Jones returns from his canon update. The "Captain Hook" name no longer quite applies.
The Story:

[Killian's in Wonderland again, though he has two hands now, and his clothes no longer look so outlandishly piratey. He's finally gone native in... well, his leather jacket's shorter. That's really the main difference.

This isn't where he's supposed to be, though it wasn't the first few times either. All he can think is that he's so glad he remembers it. He knows that will make Emma happy. Thinking of her lightens his heart for a moment and he strides towards the mansion, ready to find her, to ensure her he hasn't left her, not really, that he's still here and will be with her forever and never hurt her.

He reaches forward with his left hand to open the door, then... pauses.

Can he be certain he'll never hurt her? He knows most of his body wouldn't, but that hand of his... it hasn't been acting right ever since he got it back. He closes his fist and slowly lowers his hand.

No. He'll figure this out. But he can't seek her out yet. Not until he does. He takes a step back, looking up towards the floor where her room is.]

I'll come for you soon, Emma. I swear it.

Comments

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[Emma doesn't mind Killian touching her with it :-(

Killian grits his teeth and shrugs a shoulder. It wasn't just like that. The deal they made benefited both of them: Killian gets a new hand, and Gold gets to continue acting like a slimy piece of shit without getting caught.

At least, that was how it was supposed to go.]

Aye. Everything I've done, all the changes I've made... it threatens all of that. [So far it hasn't threatened Emma, but he doesn't want that to change. And even if his love is stronger than his hand... it could still threaten her perception of him, and that could be just as painful.]

[belovedson]

[There’s probably a few things Emma doesn’t mind being touched with that Neal wants no part of. Evil preserved hand? Top of the list.

And yeah, you don’t get to give him that look, Hook. Neal knows how much his father loves making a deal, and the chance to have his oldest enemy pay up? No way Rumplestiltskin just lets it go, no matter how much he’s changed. Neal believes his father is trying to be a better man, but some things he just doesn’t buy.]

See, that sounds a hell of a lot more like something he would pull. [Maybe he didn’t curse the hand or anything, but he definitely would have known about the effect.] So how bad is it? Do I need to keep out of arms reach or anything?

[More importantly, does Emma, or heaven forbid, Henry?]

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I don't know. I didn't believe him at first. But I was out with Emma and this lout spilled wine on her... [His left hand clenches into a fist. Killian looks down at it and forces himself to relax.] I was so angry.

[belovedson]

[Yeah, Neal doesn't miss the way Hook's hand tightens at the thought of what had happened.]

So what'd you do? I mean, you know it was probably an accident, right? [Those things happen, even in the crazy world they come from.]

[unhand]

The man's a thief we already wanted for questioning. It may have been an accident, but he's hardly an innocent. [He grimaces and looks down.] I grabbed his collar told him to apologize. Then Emma calmed me down.

[belovedson]

So says the pirate whose hand is evil enough to taint him a few centuries after it's been removed. [Y'know you shouldn't be judging, Hook. More importantly, he probably shouldn't be trying to justify the logic that probably comes from said evil hand.]

But that sounds like all the more reason to tell Emma what's going on. If she calmed you down, maybe she can be an anchor for you or something. [Like that one event where Neal got to play the role for his father. Better that, he thinks, than Hook on a rampage in the mansion.]

[unhand]

I know, and if I can't find a way to fix it, I will tell her. But I don't want her to worry needlessly. Not if I can get rid of the problem.

[belovedson]

You know that plan’s really stupid, right? [Because seriously Hook? Have you thought this through at all?] How are you not going to tell her what happened? The second she hears my dad was involved, she’s going to know there’s a catch. And if you don’t tell her, she’s going to go digging until she finds out.

[Hook should know as much about Emma. She doesn’t let go of anything easily, especially not when it comes to people she cares about.]

[unhand]

If she asks, I'll tell her. [lol or he'll just distract her with flirting. He never claimed he was good at this good guy stuff.] But it may not become an issue. I don't... I don't want her to think less of me.

[belovedson]

[Good thing. Being a pirate with an evil hand is one thing, but a lying pirate with an evil hand? Unforgivable.]

What, because you got a past? We've all got pasts. I mean, hell. She and I met when she tried to steal the car I'd stolen first.

So long as you're trying to do right now, that's what matters.

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I'm trying. I just... don't want to mess it up. And that means fixing things before she has to help me.

[belovedson]

Actually it means taking care of each other--but I get it. You don't want her to remember how much of a dick you used to be.

[Well you were, Hook.]

Just let me know if I can help, yeah?

[unhand]

That's what I'm doing. Taking care of her. [She's the Savior. She has enough to worry about without adding his foolish choices to the list.] I will. Thanks, mate.