Given Tink’s reaction, Emma knows that Hook was actually LYING in trying to make her think that there WAS something happening. Which, frankly, probably makes him look worse than if he actually had just had a quickie with Tink, because it proves that he’s blatantly trying to manipulate Emma’s emotions, which completely contradicts what he said to her in NL. Untrustworthy Pirate is untrustworthy.
Yes Emma knows FOR SURE that Hook just lied to her. Her walls are going to go sky high
I think that it’s the first time since Milah that he’s felt something for a woman, and that’s a long time, and his emotions surrounding Milah are seriously deeply rooted, so when Emma came along and he felt an emotional shift, he instantly interpreted that as loving her. And the last time he loved and lost, it tore him up for centuries, so the thought of having love again with Emma, and of having competition for her, it’s turned him into a hot, desperate mess. My hope is that after he hits rock bottom, he realises that he mis-interpreted his own feelings for Emma, and having had that experience, the next time he falls in love, he’ll be more aware, and able to handle the situation better, and it’ll be real.
I think he is misunderstanding his own feelings.
He hasn’t actually said I love you. He’s implied it. But never said it