Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-23906605-20131017110136/@comment-23906605-20131018213937

August Booth wrote: [...] If the writers wanted CaptainSwan, Neal would be dead right now. [...]

I think if the writers didn't want Captain Swan to happen, it just wouldn't happen. And they've been teasing it for a very long time.

Emma does care about Neal, but we can clearly see in this much more revealing gif here that she's starting to give into her feelings for Hook.