Drabble Sequence: Here’s Luck to You (1/6)

[honorat]

By Honorat
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Aye, Disney doesn’t allow anyone else to make a profit, but we’re not tryin’ to make a profit, are we?

Summary: First in a series of significant events in the lives of Bootstrap Bill and Jack Sparrow with a cameo by Will. This was supposed to be a drabble for the “lucky charm” challenge at Black Pearl Sails. There will be six installments to this drabble sequence. None of them is a drabble. What did I do to deserve this? I had work to do that did not get done! Trinity Day? Are you out there? This is all your fault!


1 The Luck Holds

“Bloody hell, Jack!” Bill swore, ducking his head away from his captain’s persistent attempt to sponge off the blood running down his face. He instantly regretted the sudden motion as the quarterdeck of the Black Pearl fractured into a thousand multi-coloured pieces and spun like a compass on top of magnetic north. His stomach made an urgent escape attempt.

“Hold still, you daft idiot!” Jack snapped at him. “Don’t you dare muck up the deck of my ship any more than you already have!”

He had significantly mucked up Jack’s pristine decks. The shot had plowed a groove right through his skull as Jack had informed him in the blister of creative profanity that always accompanied his captain’s getting shaken.

Wincing, Bill gritted his teeth and endured. “So, did we win?” he asked, to take his mind off the fact that Jack was removing his head one piece at a time and planting explosives behind his eyes.

“Aye,” Jack answered shortly.

Bill’s hand went to the small ivory amulet on the chain at his throat. “The luck still holds.” He grinned recklessly at Jack, who was smoking and fuming more than the haze of gunpowder still hanging over his ship and the crackle of fires the crew was rushing to douse.

“It had better,” muttered Captain Sparrow darkly. “I’m not doing without you, William Turner. That’s an order.”

2 Don't Do Anything Stupid

Comments

[cymbeline.livejournal.com]

These drabbles have been getting the better of me as well, but you are putting out great stuff and I love your Jack and Bill.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Yes, that little lucky charm has me chasing it through the entire history of Jack and Bill. I'm glad you like my version of the two of them. I love your new icon!

[cymbeline.livejournal.com]

I look forward to reading more. And the icon worked out perfectly, even though I tend to use lots of others too.

[melusina]

What a wonderful snippet of backstory! This is really delightful. . .

[honorat.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you enjoyed this. The snippets keep getting bigger, so I hope they stay interesting. Thank you for commenting.

[felaine.livejournal.com]

in the blister of creative profanity that always accompanied his captain’s getting shaken.

That would be Jack's reaction to being frightened for someone he cares about.
Close enough to a drabble, we'll take it and enjoy it, as always.
Work being done? Pah, what do we pirates care about work (or eating, or paying the electric bill...)?
Thanks for the continued enjoyment and views into the backstory.
Felaine

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Bills? Food? Having I been missing something? Aaaaaaaaaahhhhh! Winter is coming on and I'm going to freeze and starve due to a hyperactive muse. Is it a gland? Can I have it removed? Take medication to suppress it? *Runs off flailing*

*peeks back around the corner* Thanks for the comments. I hope the backstory continues to please.

[myystic.livejournal.com]

For all that I've read and reread your works I'm still shite at reviewing. Now that we've established that you are, in fact, not dead, I figure that it's worth it to feed your muses all the encouragement they can stomach. And so.

I loved this little glimpse of the friendship between Jack and Bill. I go back and forth between liking and not-liking what they did with Bill's character in the sequels and so I devour any little fanfic moments that show his life pre-mutiny.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Indeed, I'm actually doing this responding to comments as a bona fide zombie! It's lovely to hear from you. The muse does have a pathological love of encouragement. Thank you so much.

I agree with you about Bill in the sequels. In fact most of the sequels seem to have been done without reference to the first movie. If you like pre-mutiny Jack and Bill adventure, check out virgo_79. Her Bill and Jack are the inspiration for mine. And she's an amazing writer.