Drabblish: Torn

[honorat]

By Honorat Selonnet
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: William Turner, Sr. belongs to Disney. (pouts)

Summary: For the “Aches” challenge at Black Pearl Sails. Cameo appearance by Bootstrap Bill. Companion piece to “Waiting.” There are always more sides to a story.

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Someday, he imagines, coming home will tear him completely in two.

In the moonlight, he brushes the silver traces of tears on her cheek with trembling fingertips—tears she never sheds when she thinks he is awake.

He cannot hold her close enough to ease the ache of his love.

Tomorrow he will wave farewell to her and to their son who worships him but does not know him—does not know his father is a pirate. He will set sail returning to the Black Pearl. To the man to whom he has been more of a father than to his own son. He tells himself he does this for them. But he knows he cannot help himself. The sea calls with her siren song.

He can never sail far enough to escape the ache of his own integrity.

Comments

[hendercats.livejournal.com]

Oh, the other side of the coin! Very nice. Again, hard to pick out a favorite phrase because it is all so well connected that one bit seems to bring all the rest along. Do love that he can't help himself - rather how I see Bill, too.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

I'm rather fond of exploring all the sides of coins. I'm afraid I could never write an out and out villain. People are just too complex. For a character who never appears in a movie, and about whom we hear so little, Bootstrap Bill captures the imagination. A good man. A pirate. What is his role in the mutiny? Why does he provoke Barbossa? Why does he abandon his family? Why does Will not know what his father does? So many questions. It's fun to speculate on the answers. Thank you for the comment.