Drabble: 'Give Him An Inch'

[dwgm]

Here's my entry for the drabble theme of the week, angsty and unbetaed, but exactly a hundred words...



~ Give Him An Inch ~


The blade'd been broken, but it'd been deadly sharp and only an inch away.

Yet the moment was too sweet. He'd had to gloat. "Heady tonic, holding life and death in the palm of one's hand."

"You're a cruel man, Jack Sparrow!"

Lord, that was rich, coming from Jones. "Cruel is a matter of perspective," Jack had replied, with gentle malice.

"Oh, is it now?"

The scene played behind Jack's eyes, over and over, on the way to Tortuga. Almost as bad as the Locker.

One inch to immortality, and happily ever after.

Might as well have been a mile.

~.~

Comments

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Jack had the best intentions, but I'm not sure it was the right decision for Will.

Jack was thinking about Elizabeth -- a day every ten years is better than nothing -- and the entire pirate community -- someone had to take over the Dutchman in order for them to win that crucial battle. It was the lesser evil.

[tiamary.livejournal.com]

I'm of a minority opinion (maybe even a minority of one) in that I don't feel he did it for the sake of Will and Elizabeth's love. (Even many fellow J/Er's say he loved Elizabeth so much he wanted to give her Will. I'd have to knock myself out with a blunt instrument if I thought that was the case. lol) But anyway, I think Jack was devastated when Will was slain because he was fond of Will, and he plain ol' didn't want Will to die. Also, it was a way of making up for his betrayal of Will in DMC.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

I think he cared about Will, too, but, as I see it, there's a connection between him and Elizabeth that can't be denied, whether it's romance or simply her relationship to Calypso (with whom Jack was also involved, apparently).