He Threw My Hand to a Crocodile...

" the beast liked it so much, it's followed me ever since, licking its lips for the rest of me..." Lile Hooksman. 31. Executioner of Ever After. People call me Captain Hook.

[lilehooksman]

And there goes half my paperwork... because of some stupid rain. 

[princess-anastasia-moore]

"Oh! I’m sorry, I wasn’t paying attention. Is there something you need sir?"

[lilehooksman]

"Do you happen to know anyone looking for an assistant job? I desperately need one."

[lilehooksman]

Hello? Is anybody in there?

[lilehooksman]

What am I supposed to do without Smee? This damn paperwork has been piling up...

[jillian-ashby]

Oh! I—I’m so sorry, sir. I guess I misunderstood.

[lilehooksman]

In what way did it seem like I was inviting you to come along, little girl?

[lilehooksman]

Lile's Moodboard 1/1

[lilehooksman]

Afraid of Heights

[harry-hightopp]

When it came to Harry, he knew that Lile wouldnt throw him off a ferris wheel. Not unless he killed Lile and he miraculously came back to life to throw him off. Highly unlikely. Harrison had no intentions of stopping him mid sentence to say something. He let him speak and when he suddenly stopped mid sentence the ferris wheel had stopped as well and Harrison could tell something was wrong. He could see the towns outside their own, knowing they were very high up at this point.

Harry could feel his hands clamming up as he got nervous. Lile was yelling at him now, anger clear in his voice. “I tried to save this fucking town!” he yelled out, fortunately the two seats above and below them were empty. Harrison breathed heavily and tried not to look down, but in Lile’s eyes, finding slight comfort in them. “I left because I heard of someone who could possibly have helped with getting rid of the Queen and saving our town, putting the White Queen back in control.” he spoke “I didn’t want you to come. People had already started suspecting our relations and If you had disappeared with me everyone would have known. Plus I needed to do it on my own..there are things from my past you don’t know Lile and really no one does things that scare me, you being angry at me scares me and being stuck this high up scares me.”

[lilehooksman]

"Why couldn't you just tell me then?! If you loved me so damn much, why couldn't you just let me in instead of just LEAVING? Everyone in my life leaves, Harry. I had to kill my brother, so my family left me behind. They ignore me. They treat me like a monster! Stan just left! I have no idea where he has gone. He's been out of contact for days! The only person that was left of my family is just gone. And then you just decided to waltz back into my life. I can't take you leaving too, okay? I just can't!" Lile hung his head, tossing the cotton candy that was starting to stick in his hand from the ferris wheel, and watched it float away. "Then let me into your past... stop shutting me out."

[lilehooksman]

Afraid of Heights

[harry-hightopp]

Harrison wasn’t going to admit how much he didn’t want to be on the ride at all. One think Harrison always did enjoy though about the ride, was what you could see from the top of it, and from that location alone. When you made it to the top of the ferris wheel you could see outside the village grounds. The area that the Queen never let a soul enter or leave from. It was proof that there was life out there, and of course Harry knew it better than most. He had escaped the town and the wrath of the Queen was yet to be felt, however he knew it would come soon. 

When Lile tried to force away a smile, Harrison’s heart fluttered. Maybe there was hope. Harrison heard the question and he had to take a steady breath not to puke from fright and nerves “I knew you wouldn’t speak to me on solid ground. I figured throwing me off a ferris wheel would be too gruesome for you if I angered you. While it’s dangerous, this is also safe and secluded.” he shrugged and tugged at his suit jacket trying to get a little comfortable. The seats were made for cute, small couples but Lile was a rather large man, with muscle and thick armor and clothing and while most thought Harrison to be scrawny, no one except Lile and two others knew of his obsession with staying fit and muscular. They didn’t exactly fit the best together in the seat. “I’m here to win you back.” he said simply

[lilehooksman]

"You really think that throwing someone off the ferris wheel is too gruesome for the man that beheads half the town?" Lile can't help but let out a dark chuckle. "I may be stupid, but I don't have a death wish, Harry."

Lile's breath hitched at the closeness of the man to him. The last time they had been this close- other than their screaming match- Harrison had left him the next day... leaving him alone without even so much as a warning. Just like that, Lile was furious again. It took all that was inside him not to yell out. "Win me back?" Lile scoffed. "How do you plan on doing that? YOU left ME, not the other way around. YOU left ME in the dark, not knowing what happened to you, or if you were dead in a ditch somewhere... YOU left ME a pathetic note as an-" in the middle of his rant, and atop the ferris wheel, the ride suddenly comes to a stop- not in the designated stopping zones. "Oh great... we're fucking stuck." Lile mutters after an announcement was made through a megaphone. "I guess you get your wish. Try and win me back. Talk to me. Why should I forgive you?"

[harry-hightopp]

Harrison was sure the fair would just be another event in the town people forced themselves to endure for the Queens sake. However with her lack of evil torture and the quietness of the kingdom for months, people seemed to be taking advantage of the happiness they could have for now. Harrison wondered if he too should go out and enjoy it. Except that enjoying anything was impossible since he got back to town. Even before he left.

Lile has avoided Harry and Harry avoided Lile. Anyone that knew them didn't think much of it, but the few who knew OF them were either upset or annoyed. Harry had gotten himself in a bit of trouble since he got back, alcohol becoming his new friend. Truly he was now probably an alcoholic. But that didnt mean going to the fair was off the books. He was sure Lile wouldn't be there. He didnt attend these type of things.

Harrison dressed in his finest handmade suit of bright blue and brown. Today he sported a tall top hat with a price tag on it decorated nicely incase he could sell a hat while he was there. "(10/6)" is what it read.

He headed to the ferris wheel which used to be a favorite of his until he realized one day that heights weren't his strong point. He got in line and noticed Lile at the front. Oh god oh god.. he thought to himself. He needed to do something. He saw him sit in the seat and something came over him. He ran up to the from offering the twenty dollars he had in his pocket to let him skip and he sat in the seat next to Lile. When Lile turned to look at him, it was the first time their eyes had met since their fight that, Harry thought would kill him. Yet he was alive and if this failed he would die, at his own hands. He couldn't live any longer without him. "Hi." Was all he could say "You afraid of heights?" He joked in a not so amusing way.

[lilehooksman]

Lile went to go unbuckle his seatbelt but the operator had already put down the bar over their laps and they were off. As they rose above the carnival and above the town, Lile was temporarily mesmerized by how beautiful everything looked; twinkling lights and fog rolling over the distant hills. Huffing, Lile crosses his arms and turns to Harrison. The color of his eyes catches him off-guard, and he almost forgets that he is supposed to be mad at him. He is supposed to be mad at Harry for leaving and abandoning and just plopping down next to him like nothing had changed between them... but he couldn't. Lile almost wanted to crack a smile.

"Not afraid of heights... but afraid of being stuck up here with you, is more appropriate to say." Lile shook his head, trying not to smile. "What are you even doing up here with me?"

[lilehooksman]

Afraid of Heights | Larry

The carnival had been in town for about a week when Lile decided to make his way down. It had been one of the few things he and Leo had loved doing together as kids, and they made it a point to go yearly. 

Now that Leo was gone, it was harder for Lile to make himself go. When he did, he would buy some cotton candy, and get on the ferris wheel by himself, ride it a couple times, and then go home. That was exactly what he intended to do that night.

After buying the cotton candy- the blue cotton candy, not the pink because Leo hated it- he got in line for the ferris wheel. It was crowded, but not too crowded as he stood in line. He figured he would only have to wait about five minutes or so before it was his turn to get on. 

Lile took a moment to look around himself, noting all the happy couples in the area. You could never have that, he thought. You'd both be decapitated before sunrise if anyone saw you. Lile sighed, thinking about Harrison. He wasn't as mad as he wanted to be anymore, but he still didn't have the guts to walk up to Harry and apologize. Maybe.... eventually he would. But not now- he wasn't ready.

Before he knew it, he was in the front of the line and handing over his ticket to the vendor. Sitting down on the swing, he went to go buckle the seatbelt before the seat shook beside him. Looking up, he was almost speechless as he saw the hat maker sitting next to him, as always dressed to impress. "Harry," Lile gasped.

[lilehooksman]

Now, where is that damn hat maker? 

[lilehooksman]

"Will you just go away? I have people to kill."

[lilehooksman]

One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Tequila... Floor. | Lile & Stan

It was early morning, and although it was the middle of August, the early hours were foggy and chilled. Lile pulled his coat tightly around him as he made his way from his cottage to the office, already dreading a long day of paperwork that was ahead of him.

The walk was short, and when Lile finally makes it into the room, he heads straight towards the kettle and the french press, aiming to make a steaming cup of joe. It only took a few minutes, and once the coffee was ready, Lile goes to grab a mug from where he keeps a few for occasions such as this. That's when he saw it: some loose leaf tea and one of Harry's teacups.

The first thing he felt was anger, and then sadness. Taking the teacup, he throws it across the room. To his dismay, it didn't shatter, but Lile didn't have the strength to do much else. Now that it was at least out of his sight, Lile could at least pour a cup of coffee... and spike it with the tequila he kept in one of his desk drawers. However, Lile couldn't even make it that far before he sank to the floor and started to cry.

[harry-hightopp]

Well…then if it ever does become enough, you know where to find me.

[lilehooksman]

Yeah, I guess we'll see about that...

[the-practically-perfect-blog]

"Oh, be nice."

[lilehooksman]

It must be the truth if so many people are telling them that.

[tanyabellman]

  Tanya shook her head, reaching into her purse for a handkerchief. “Well, that can be taken care of.”

She smiled, carefully knotting the cloth around the sharp tip of his hook. “There you go. Not so scary now, are you?”

[lilehooksman]

"Eh, the entire town still thinks I'm terrifying. So I've got that going for me."

[harry-hightopp]

I’m not even going to start with you Lile, because it will never end otherwise. I love you. I love YOU. I LOVE you. I could say it a million times over and..I don’t even know if you believe me. I’m sorry I left, abandoned you, hurt you, made you miserable, or whatever. 

[lilehooksman]

I love you, too, Harrison. But I don't know if "sorry" will be enough.