Drabble: 'That One Day' (W/E)

[dwgm]

Written for all who love Will/Elizabeth, but particularly for my fellow captain, kahva, who needed cheering up. 250 words, using Black Pearl Library's last three drabble themes: 'silver', 'land', and 'sea'. Many thanks to hereswith for editing.



~ That One Day ~

She barely needed the oars, it turned out, through some magic of Calypso's, or even his own. She didn't ask him. She had wondered, back on the Pearl, what he would be like now, and had both dreaded the answer, and longed for it with all her heart.

Her answer waded barefoot to meet her boat, handing her out with such joy writ on his face that she could not be afraid, even when he enfolded her and she sensed the ways he was different, and the ways in which he was blessedly the same.

"Elizabeth!" he murmured, and tears sprang to her eyes at the sound of his beloved voice. Longing, and a sudden fury took her, an inner railing at fate, a rejection of the death and destruction of the morning. She clung to him, her friend, her lover, and her lips were upon his, warm on warm, the feel and taste of him igniting a flame within her.

He'd laid a blanket for her and drew her there, a marriage bed of white wool, soft sand, and sunshine, tucked into the arms of a rocky outcrop. No prying eyes saw what they alone would remember, and remember, and remember. No other ears heard the sighs, sweet words, and sharp cries of their rising tide. All were drowned in the murmur of waves, carried off by the fresh sea breeze, and their lives were caught fast, between land and sea, between silver and gold, on that One Day.


~.~

Comments

[thistle-verse.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is so so lovely!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

(I really like that icon -- one of my favorite Shakespeare songs, we sang it in high school.)

[bombazzinedoll.livejournal.com]

Oh, this was beautiful.

I'd say more but I think that'd cheapen it. Have some cake instead. *gives you cake*

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm... caaaaaake!!

Thank you so much, for the cake and the kind words. :))

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm so happy you liked that little glimpse. :)

[lita64.livejournal.com]

Oh, that was simply beautiful! :D

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[equilibrium44.livejournal.com]

I have a fleet of 'ships', so I loved it.

Of course Will was warm, he was magical, not dead.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

I've always had a fleet of 'ships' myself, although mostly it's Jack/AlmostAnyoneOrAnything, lol! But W/E has its own appeal. I'm glad you liked this.

sweet

[pearlseed.livejournal.com]

And I was doing jolly well at keeping those tears in a big pressurized wad in my throat, choking 'em back, barely breathing and then....
"what they alone would remember, and remember, and remember."
Many thanks, you heart-wrenching, gut-twisting, Queen of Gotcha, your Imperial Goodness, Miz Geekmama'.

Re: sweet

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear, I'm sorry I made you cry. It's that bitter underlying the sweet that gets us. Thank you for letting me know you liked it, though.

*hugs*

Re: sweet

[pearlseed.livejournal.com]

I don't wish to interrupt, however, thank you so very much for the comment you made "the bitter underlaying the sweet"--ohmyword!! You did it! Words are freedom for me--like Las Vegas slot machines, they roll around and then they pair in ephiany, feelings with the words. Now I know why "happy tears". I'm rich!!

[mamazano.livejournal.com]

Lovely. A beautiful, poignant moment caught to perfection.

I may be alone, but I found the that scene in AWE to be incredibly romantic, bittersweet, heartbreaking yet hopeful. Not at all like what others saw.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

No, I thought that as well - I certainly didn't see it as a goodbye in prelude to going off to another man, or as an exercise in female misery and oppression. :-)

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

I may be alone, but I found the that scene in AWE to be incredibly romantic, bittersweet, heartbreaking yet hopeful.

No, I saw all that, too, and I hope I got some of it across here. It's just that Jack is so shiny...

Very happy you liked this! Thank you for letting me know!

[glinda4thegood.livejournal.com]

they alone would remember, and remember, and remember.

Salty sweet, and very well done!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[elerrina-amanya.livejournal.com]

Oh, beautiful. I love the scene on the beach in AWE and it's great to get some W/E from you =) I was going to tell you some of my favourite parts, but ended up going "The first paragraph...oh, and the second paragraph...and..." so I'll just say the whole thing is fantastic!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Not bad. Willabeth's not my thing, but it's a snippet of loveliness and seems to capture the last good bit before devastation sets in for a while for both of them - until they can each rouse themselves and get going with their new duties of life toward that 10-year mark.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[mary684.livejournal.com]

Oh god! That scene on the beach always leaves me in tears and this was the perfect companion to it. Oh, so romantic and bittersweet and *has no words* Will's warm lips and the 'remember and remember and remember' Masterful. Loved it. Thank you! *saves to mems*

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much -- I'm so glad you found it worthy to save to memories. :)

[ainsoph15.livejournal.com]

That was just beautiful, and just right. Gorgeous imagery and great characterisation.

*sniffles just a little bit*

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for letting me know.

[kahva.livejournal.com]

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!!!! :) :) :) :)

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Wheeeee!!! You're VERY welcome.

*hugs you!*

[eyeonahorizon.livejournal.com]

A very touching glimpse into the scene that still brings me to tears to this day. Thank you for sharing

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. Thank you for letting me know you liked it!

[idle-curiosity.livejournal.com]

This is truly lovely.

The use of contrasts was very effective ... dread and longing, him being different and yet still the same, her inner turmoil of emotions.

"remember, and remember, and remember" - beautiful.

Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you liked it. Thank you for letting me know!

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

So very beautiful. So very sweet... Oh good lord I loved it... *sigh*

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[lilfluffykitten.livejournal.com]

That was a lovely, lovely piece - lots of emotion in so few words.

Her answer waded barefoot to meet her boat, handing her out with such joy writ on his face that she could not be afraid, even when he enfolded her and she sensed the ways he was different, and the ways in which he was blessedly the same.

I liked this line especially - I'd (oddly) never thought that Elizabeth might have worried about how Will had changed.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! Even with the strangeness of the PotC universe, I can't help but think she would have wondered about that.

[tiamary.livejournal.com]

That was really beautiful, Geekmama.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[the-dala.livejournal.com]

This story is happy-making. Thank you.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

So happy to return the favor you've so often extended to me. :)