The one thing that irritates me about canon is how Graham got swept under the rug. He deserved better. But they never even brought him up much again. There were never any consequences for what Regina did to him. Anyway yeah, Emma still wears his shoelace, so I feel like he meant a lot to her.

Well y'know Hook IS the guy that punched his past self in the face for being a cad to his Emma, so. :p