The Turning of the Tides
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Pirates of the Caribbean (All) › Slash - Male/Male › Jack/Will
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
14
Views:
6,995
Reviews:
48
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
0
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Chapter 3
TITLE: The Turning of the Tides 3/?
AUTHOR: Seraphina (lealea55@hotmail.com)
PAIRING: eventual Jack/Will slash
RATING: Eventual NC-17
SUMMARY: Will and Elizabeth come to agree that they really are not made for each other.
DISCLAIMER: not mine, never were and unforunately, never will be.
CHAPTER 3
Will and Elizabeth walked hand in hand along the parapet of Fort Charles.
Each had something to say to the other but neither had any idea of how to go about it. Perhaps if they’d known that they were both trying to find the same words, it would have been easier but as is the law, put down by Murphy, things are never destined to be that simple.
Elizabeth couldn’t help but notice the longing glances that Will would cast out over the sea every five minutes and Will in turn couldn’t ignore the way Elizabeth had looked at his hand to make sure it was clean before she’d taken it.
At last they came to a stop under the alarm bell at the head of the bluff; the exact spot from which Elizabeth had fallen into the sea below and had consequently been rescued by Captain Jack Sparrow. It was also the exact spot they had last seen said pirate before he’d made his less than impressive and most certainly ungraceful escape from Commodore Norrington and the Port Royal gallows.
Turning to face each other, Will lifted a hand to Elizabeth’s face (and it was a clean hand. He’d nearly rubbed it raw with a bristle brush earlier that day) and stroked a stray hair behind her ear. They both took a deep breath before launching simultaneously into what they had to say.
“William I need to tell you something-“
“Elizabeth I need to tell you something-“
“You first.”
“No please, ladies before gentlem-…ladies first.”
Elizabeth smiled weakly at that and took his hands in hers, and taking another deep breath she began what she expected to be the hardest thing in the world.
“William…Will…I love you with you all my heart and I know that you feel the same way about me but lately I…” she trailed off, unsure of what to say next.
“Yes? “ Will prompted, face open and earnest, clutching her hands in his. But lately she what? Felt that he’d been an ass? Wasn’t all she’d hoped he would be?
“But lately I…” she looked around hopelessly. But lately she’d what? Felt she’d been unfair to him? Tried to turn him into something he wasn’t?
“Yes?”
She looked forlornly into his eyes. Would he be crushed if she said what she had to say? Well there was no two ways about it, it had to be said.
“But lately I have felt that we are-“
“Out of our league?” he finished for her, continuing when she broke into a grateful smile. “That we’re from-“
“Two different worlds? Oh Will!” she cried when he nodded and threw her arms around him. “I DO love you, I really, honestly do love you.”
“And I you, Elizabeth,” he said holding onto her and smiling. “But-“
“The tides have turned” they finished together.
They drew apart and grinned at each other although there was still a sense of sorrow there. Despite the love that they had for each other, it was not meant to be.
“Well,” Elizabeth sighed, smoothing her skirts that had become crumpled from their impromptu embrace. “Now that that’s over and done with…go to him Will.”
Will looked at her, his brow creased in confusion.
Elizabeth rolled her eyes.
“Come now Will. You think I haven’t seen the way you look out there as if expecting to see him returning to take you away to the life you dream of?” she said, gesturing to the sea in front of them.
Will had the decency to look a little sheepish. Had he been that obvious? He certainly hadn’t meant to be.
Elizabeth continued.
“Promise me that tomorrow morning, you’ll take the first ship out of here and go after that life?”
Will’s mind was whirring. Tomorrow morning? He’d be off on his search for the Black Pearl and her crew the very next day? He was having a hard time letting the information sink in that he’d forgotten to answer Elizabeth.
“Will,” she said, shaking his hand. “Promise me?”
“I promise,” he said, a little breathless as he tried to get his head around it all. Then something occurred to him. If Elizabeth wasn’t to marry him then…”As long as you promise me something in return.” His eyes shifted to look over her shoulder. “You go to him.”
Elizabeth looked puzzled until she followed Will’s gaze to see Commodore Norrington inspecting the garrison currently on lookout duty on the other side of the fort. She turned back and smiled broadly at him.
“Thank you Will. He’s a fine man.”
“He is,” Will said, knowing in his heart that the navy man would do better by Elizabeth than he ever could hope to.
“But you’re a finer one.”
They kissed chastely one last time and Will began to walk Elizabeth back to the Governor’s Manor.
“Elizabeth, I must ask of you one last thing before I depart Port Royal.”
They were now at the gates of the manor and Elizabeth was just about to take leave of her now former fiancé.
“Anything Will.”
“The treasury…I need you to get me entry into it.”
Elizabeth smiled knowingly and nodded. “There is no need Will. I’ll have it all sorted for you by morning. I’ll have a trunk with your name branded on it loaded onto the ship.”
She turned to go.
“One last thing…well two things really.”
“Yes?” she asked expectantly.
“Please don’t ever get it into your head again to address me as William.”
Elizabeth laughed. “And?”
“Where shall I look for Jack?”
She gave Will a mocking smile.
“Where do you think?”
“Tortuga?”
“Yes, Tortuga.”
AUTHOR: Seraphina (lealea55@hotmail.com)
PAIRING: eventual Jack/Will slash
RATING: Eventual NC-17
SUMMARY: Will and Elizabeth come to agree that they really are not made for each other.
DISCLAIMER: not mine, never were and unforunately, never will be.
CHAPTER 3
Will and Elizabeth walked hand in hand along the parapet of Fort Charles.
Each had something to say to the other but neither had any idea of how to go about it. Perhaps if they’d known that they were both trying to find the same words, it would have been easier but as is the law, put down by Murphy, things are never destined to be that simple.
Elizabeth couldn’t help but notice the longing glances that Will would cast out over the sea every five minutes and Will in turn couldn’t ignore the way Elizabeth had looked at his hand to make sure it was clean before she’d taken it.
At last they came to a stop under the alarm bell at the head of the bluff; the exact spot from which Elizabeth had fallen into the sea below and had consequently been rescued by Captain Jack Sparrow. It was also the exact spot they had last seen said pirate before he’d made his less than impressive and most certainly ungraceful escape from Commodore Norrington and the Port Royal gallows.
Turning to face each other, Will lifted a hand to Elizabeth’s face (and it was a clean hand. He’d nearly rubbed it raw with a bristle brush earlier that day) and stroked a stray hair behind her ear. They both took a deep breath before launching simultaneously into what they had to say.
“William I need to tell you something-“
“Elizabeth I need to tell you something-“
“You first.”
“No please, ladies before gentlem-…ladies first.”
Elizabeth smiled weakly at that and took his hands in hers, and taking another deep breath she began what she expected to be the hardest thing in the world.
“William…Will…I love you with you all my heart and I know that you feel the same way about me but lately I…” she trailed off, unsure of what to say next.
“Yes? “ Will prompted, face open and earnest, clutching her hands in his. But lately she what? Felt that he’d been an ass? Wasn’t all she’d hoped he would be?
“But lately I…” she looked around hopelessly. But lately she’d what? Felt she’d been unfair to him? Tried to turn him into something he wasn’t?
“Yes?”
She looked forlornly into his eyes. Would he be crushed if she said what she had to say? Well there was no two ways about it, it had to be said.
“But lately I have felt that we are-“
“Out of our league?” he finished for her, continuing when she broke into a grateful smile. “That we’re from-“
“Two different worlds? Oh Will!” she cried when he nodded and threw her arms around him. “I DO love you, I really, honestly do love you.”
“And I you, Elizabeth,” he said holding onto her and smiling. “But-“
“The tides have turned” they finished together.
They drew apart and grinned at each other although there was still a sense of sorrow there. Despite the love that they had for each other, it was not meant to be.
“Well,” Elizabeth sighed, smoothing her skirts that had become crumpled from their impromptu embrace. “Now that that’s over and done with…go to him Will.”
Will looked at her, his brow creased in confusion.
Elizabeth rolled her eyes.
“Come now Will. You think I haven’t seen the way you look out there as if expecting to see him returning to take you away to the life you dream of?” she said, gesturing to the sea in front of them.
Will had the decency to look a little sheepish. Had he been that obvious? He certainly hadn’t meant to be.
Elizabeth continued.
“Promise me that tomorrow morning, you’ll take the first ship out of here and go after that life?”
Will’s mind was whirring. Tomorrow morning? He’d be off on his search for the Black Pearl and her crew the very next day? He was having a hard time letting the information sink in that he’d forgotten to answer Elizabeth.
“Will,” she said, shaking his hand. “Promise me?”
“I promise,” he said, a little breathless as he tried to get his head around it all. Then something occurred to him. If Elizabeth wasn’t to marry him then…”As long as you promise me something in return.” His eyes shifted to look over her shoulder. “You go to him.”
Elizabeth looked puzzled until she followed Will’s gaze to see Commodore Norrington inspecting the garrison currently on lookout duty on the other side of the fort. She turned back and smiled broadly at him.
“Thank you Will. He’s a fine man.”
“He is,” Will said, knowing in his heart that the navy man would do better by Elizabeth than he ever could hope to.
“But you’re a finer one.”
They kissed chastely one last time and Will began to walk Elizabeth back to the Governor’s Manor.
“Elizabeth, I must ask of you one last thing before I depart Port Royal.”
They were now at the gates of the manor and Elizabeth was just about to take leave of her now former fiancé.
“Anything Will.”
“The treasury…I need you to get me entry into it.”
Elizabeth smiled knowingly and nodded. “There is no need Will. I’ll have it all sorted for you by morning. I’ll have a trunk with your name branded on it loaded onto the ship.”
She turned to go.
“One last thing…well two things really.”
“Yes?” she asked expectantly.
“Please don’t ever get it into your head again to address me as William.”
Elizabeth laughed. “And?”
“Where shall I look for Jack?”
She gave Will a mocking smile.
“Where do you think?”
“Tortuga?”
“Yes, Tortuga.”