The Boatswain’s Hook
Serial. Captain Hook and Smee are forced to retire after Hook becomes ill.
In bringing new Lost Boys back to Neverland, Peter Pan brings something else, too, and Spanish Flu wreaks a deathly effect on Hook’s crew.
In the aftermath, the Jolly Roger comes for the last time to England, and Hook faces the most frightening adventure of his life: retirement.
The Boatswain’s Hook is a loose sequel following the events of the classic book by JM Barrie, Peter Pan, but it can of course be read standalone with little to no knowledge of the original text.
This is a book about chronic illness, disability, and a slowburn romance between two old men who’ve known one another for time unimaginable.
Note content warnings for past child death/murder (as in line with the original text), referenced violence, and self-esteem issues throughout.
This is going to be the prologue and first four chapters all at once! Other chapters will be posted individually like my other serials.
Prologue
It was a very warm, balmy morning in the tight grip of summer, and when James Hook heard the quiet shuffle of his boatswain’s feet on his office floor, he had already been awake for some hours.
