Two Drabbles: For All Time I and II

[honorat]

by Honorat Selonnet

Another drabble for the “Down Time” Challenge at Black Pearl Sails. Will Turner this time. Only 10 words over—I’m getting better. I love these things.


For All Time I
By Honorat

In the governor’s eyes, he is a common labourer—no fine connections; no political prospects; his income derived from his own sweat.

In the eyes of his peers, he has no place, now. He is no longer entirely of their world— marrying an heiress, brushing daily with the powers in their lives.

But in her dark eyes that burn like the heart of a molten sword, he is a hero. She sees him as so much more than he is, forges him with her very belief into becoming what she sees. Down time and for all of eternity, he will look for himself only in the mirror of her eyes.


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This one developed out of a conversation with erinrua. Inspired by her recent post A Vignette and Drabble . Elizabeth Swann this time.


For All Time II
By Honorat

When she had come to him in that cave, saving his life, he did not dismiss her help. Did not lock her up for her safety or failed trust. He fought by her side, shoulder to shoulder.

When he’d risked all to save a good man from death, she’d stood by his side, adding her influence, so he’d not face the penalty alone.

Now the battle has shifted. The delicately edged word. The significant raised eyebrow. The unwritten rules.

But wherever life takes them, from drawing room to drawn swords, down time and for all of eternity, she will have his back and he will have hers.

Comments

[trinityday.livejournal.com]

They're both so great. I like the first one for the way you showed everyone's uneasiness towards Will except for Elizabeth. And the second one because it's more about why Will and Elizabeth work together. I'm especially fond of the ending of the second one: "...she will have his back and he will have hers."

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the comment. I'm glad you liked Will's uneasy position in Port Royal Society. He really has left one world for another he doesn't quite belong to either. That last line of the second one is one of my favorites too--just how I see Elizabeth and Will.

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