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Pirates of the Caribbean (All) › Slash - Male/Male › Jack/Will
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Adult ++
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21
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Chapter 15
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Chapter 15
„Welcome aboard the „Discovery“!“
With a big grin the huge man with the white beard reached out his hand, pulled Jack from the rope-ladder that led up from the life boat up to the planks of his ship. “I always joked that in my long life as a Captain I want to save some shipwrecked people from an island one day, but I never thought it would really happen!”
Jack, Will and the other crew members stumbled one after the other on board of the ship.
Jack hugged the Captain. “Thank you so much, man… I´ve never been so happy to see a ship…” He grabbed the Captain´s hand. “I am Jack… de la Montez, and me and my men were on board of the “Atlantis”. We stranded here about two weeks ago after we hit a cliff and our ship sank.”
The Captain slapped his shoulder. “I am Captain Phileas Canterbury and am glad to offer you the “Discovery” as a home for the next weeks! Make yourself comfortable!”
While they talked, Will looked around curiously. The “Discovery” was a middle-sized ship, looking somehow very solid. She had no cannons, so she surely was not a battle ship. Maybe a merchant ship? A pirate ship? Aside from the crew there were some strange looking men on board. But they were surely no pirates – they did not look very adventurous, more the opposite. Next to him stood a young man with a thick pair of glasses on his nose. He held a big jar in his hand and Will shuddered when he saw what was in it – about a dozen huge, black bugs. Did this possibly mean that this was what they would live on during the next days or weeks?
“The island is full of coconuts and there´s plenty of fish in the sea.” he whispered to the guy. “Maybe we should get some before we leave… I don´t want to sound impolite or ungrateful, but I don´t think I can eat that stuff…”
The young man stared at him, pressed the jar close to his chest as if he wanted to protect it. “Are you mad?” he whispered back. “These are “Dynastes Hercules“ from Costa Rica and they are certainly not for eating!!”
Will blushed. “Oh, oh, I am sorry…” He felt like an idiot.
It was all cleared up when Jack asked what Will wondered about.
“So… What kind of ship is this? A merchant ship?”
Captain Canterbury shook his head. “We sail by order of the Harvard University in Boston, bringing these… “ he grinned “crazy scientists… to places where they examine weird looking animals, plants and what else is there to examine. This trip led us to Venezuela and Costa Rica. Now we are on our way back, stopping over in Savannah, Georgia and then it´s back to Boston.”
Jack smiled. “If we can stay with you until Savannah, we would be forever grateful.” He turned around, facing his crew. “Agreed?”
They all nodded – excited and happy. “Yes! Sure!!! Agreed!!!”
To Will´s delight some members of both crews rowed back later to the island to collect fresh water, coconuts and hunt some fish.
Then in the evening, they sat sail.
Phileas Canterbury called them all together.
“All right, now I´ll show you the ship.”
The deck-levelled stern cabin belonged to the Captain, with a beautiful wooden door on the front and windows on the back that covered the stern above a sill from left to right. On top of the cabin was the wheel.
Under a trap door in the middle of the deck was the store room, stairs on the starboard side led down to the rooms of the crew.
“So now I´ll show you where you can sleep!”
The Captain stood at the entrance to the stairs, waiting until the crew descended. Jack noticed that Will´s steps became slower the nearer he came to the stairs, until they all had passed him by and everyone but Jack and the Captain was already inside of the ship.
Will took a deep breath.
“Are you okay?” Jack asked in a low voice, worried.
Will nodded.
“I´m… Fine.”
He took one step down the stairs, looked into the dark. He hesitated. Took another step.
Suddenly he started to shiver, stumbled back, nearly colliding with Jack who was behind him.
“No…” he said slowly, as to himself. He shook his head. “Oh no…”
A strange sound escaped his throat, as if he was struggling for air.
“No…” His voice turned louder. “No!”
Then he spun around, ran back on deck, fell on his knees, panting.
“I… I can´t…”
Instantly Jack was at his side, kneeling beside him. “Shhh… Will… It´s okay…. Everything is all right...“
Captain Canterbury came to them, quite confused.
“Hey, what´s wrong?”
Jack held Will, caressing his hair. He looked up.
“When the ship sank… He was trapped inside.”
He stroked Will´s back.
“Trapped inside the sinking ship… We both were…” he whispered.
The Captain stared at them.
“Oh my… That must have been horrible…”
He scratched his beard.
“I can understand that he does not want to go down there… But where can we put the poor fellow then…”
He looked around and his view fell on a small shanty, a store room on the portside with a door and a tiny window.
“We keep some ropes and sails in this thing, but I think we could make room for a few blankets…”
Jack lifted Will´s chin. “Hey… Look at this. Do you think you could sleep there?”
Will looked at him with large, reddened eyes, looked at the shanty.
“I don´t have to go down inside of the ship?” he whispered.
Jack shook his head.
“No, you don´t have to. I promise.”
Will wiped his eyes. “Where will you sleep?”
Jack cleared his throat, glanced at the Captain.
“Me? Eh… Where the crew sleeps… I… Think I can handle going down there…”
They exchanged a quick, regretful look.
Captain Canterbury chuckled. “Well, of course you can´t sleep both in the shanty, that would be really too narrow for two people…”
“I wouldn´t mind…” Jack mumbled.
“Eh, what?”
“Oh, nothing, I said, you´re right…”
And so the Discovery sailed away on the ocean. Jack and Will stood at the rail until the island had disappeared completely. The setting sun bathed their faces in golden orange light.
And no one noticed that their hands on the polished wood were so close that their fingers touched.
Tbc..
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So here´s the next one...
Enjoy!
Chapter 15
„Welcome aboard the „Discovery“!“
With a big grin the huge man with the white beard reached out his hand, pulled Jack from the rope-ladder that led up from the life boat up to the planks of his ship. “I always joked that in my long life as a Captain I want to save some shipwrecked people from an island one day, but I never thought it would really happen!”
Jack, Will and the other crew members stumbled one after the other on board of the ship.
Jack hugged the Captain. “Thank you so much, man… I´ve never been so happy to see a ship…” He grabbed the Captain´s hand. “I am Jack… de la Montez, and me and my men were on board of the “Atlantis”. We stranded here about two weeks ago after we hit a cliff and our ship sank.”
The Captain slapped his shoulder. “I am Captain Phileas Canterbury and am glad to offer you the “Discovery” as a home for the next weeks! Make yourself comfortable!”
While they talked, Will looked around curiously. The “Discovery” was a middle-sized ship, looking somehow very solid. She had no cannons, so she surely was not a battle ship. Maybe a merchant ship? A pirate ship? Aside from the crew there were some strange looking men on board. But they were surely no pirates – they did not look very adventurous, more the opposite. Next to him stood a young man with a thick pair of glasses on his nose. He held a big jar in his hand and Will shuddered when he saw what was in it – about a dozen huge, black bugs. Did this possibly mean that this was what they would live on during the next days or weeks?
“The island is full of coconuts and there´s plenty of fish in the sea.” he whispered to the guy. “Maybe we should get some before we leave… I don´t want to sound impolite or ungrateful, but I don´t think I can eat that stuff…”
The young man stared at him, pressed the jar close to his chest as if he wanted to protect it. “Are you mad?” he whispered back. “These are “Dynastes Hercules“ from Costa Rica and they are certainly not for eating!!”
Will blushed. “Oh, oh, I am sorry…” He felt like an idiot.
It was all cleared up when Jack asked what Will wondered about.
“So… What kind of ship is this? A merchant ship?”
Captain Canterbury shook his head. “We sail by order of the Harvard University in Boston, bringing these… “ he grinned “crazy scientists… to places where they examine weird looking animals, plants and what else is there to examine. This trip led us to Venezuela and Costa Rica. Now we are on our way back, stopping over in Savannah, Georgia and then it´s back to Boston.”
Jack smiled. “If we can stay with you until Savannah, we would be forever grateful.” He turned around, facing his crew. “Agreed?”
They all nodded – excited and happy. “Yes! Sure!!! Agreed!!!”
To Will´s delight some members of both crews rowed back later to the island to collect fresh water, coconuts and hunt some fish.
Then in the evening, they sat sail.
Phileas Canterbury called them all together.
“All right, now I´ll show you the ship.”
The deck-levelled stern cabin belonged to the Captain, with a beautiful wooden door on the front and windows on the back that covered the stern above a sill from left to right. On top of the cabin was the wheel.
Under a trap door in the middle of the deck was the store room, stairs on the starboard side led down to the rooms of the crew.
“So now I´ll show you where you can sleep!”
The Captain stood at the entrance to the stairs, waiting until the crew descended. Jack noticed that Will´s steps became slower the nearer he came to the stairs, until they all had passed him by and everyone but Jack and the Captain was already inside of the ship.
Will took a deep breath.
“Are you okay?” Jack asked in a low voice, worried.
Will nodded.
“I´m… Fine.”
He took one step down the stairs, looked into the dark. He hesitated. Took another step.
Suddenly he started to shiver, stumbled back, nearly colliding with Jack who was behind him.
“No…” he said slowly, as to himself. He shook his head. “Oh no…”
A strange sound escaped his throat, as if he was struggling for air.
“No…” His voice turned louder. “No!”
Then he spun around, ran back on deck, fell on his knees, panting.
“I… I can´t…”
Instantly Jack was at his side, kneeling beside him. “Shhh… Will… It´s okay…. Everything is all right...“
Captain Canterbury came to them, quite confused.
“Hey, what´s wrong?”
Jack held Will, caressing his hair. He looked up.
“When the ship sank… He was trapped inside.”
He stroked Will´s back.
“Trapped inside the sinking ship… We both were…” he whispered.
The Captain stared at them.
“Oh my… That must have been horrible…”
He scratched his beard.
“I can understand that he does not want to go down there… But where can we put the poor fellow then…”
He looked around and his view fell on a small shanty, a store room on the portside with a door and a tiny window.
“We keep some ropes and sails in this thing, but I think we could make room for a few blankets…”
Jack lifted Will´s chin. “Hey… Look at this. Do you think you could sleep there?”
Will looked at him with large, reddened eyes, looked at the shanty.
“I don´t have to go down inside of the ship?” he whispered.
Jack shook his head.
“No, you don´t have to. I promise.”
Will wiped his eyes. “Where will you sleep?”
Jack cleared his throat, glanced at the Captain.
“Me? Eh… Where the crew sleeps… I… Think I can handle going down there…”
They exchanged a quick, regretful look.
Captain Canterbury chuckled. “Well, of course you can´t sleep both in the shanty, that would be really too narrow for two people…”
“I wouldn´t mind…” Jack mumbled.
“Eh, what?”
“Oh, nothing, I said, you´re right…”
And so the Discovery sailed away on the ocean. Jack and Will stood at the rail until the island had disappeared completely. The setting sun bathed their faces in golden orange light.
And no one noticed that their hands on the polished wood were so close that their fingers touched.
Tbc..
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