Drabble: 'A La Mode' (J/E)

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200 unbetaed words for the 'Patch' drabble challenge at blackpearlsails...



~ A La Mode ~

"So what did he give you?"

Elizabeth started and turned to find Jack emerging from a shadow. He looked down his nose at her and Elizabeth lifted her chin. "Were you watching us?" she demanded.

"Maybe." He nodded at Capitaine Chevalle's gift. "Not so Penniless after all, eh? Bloody encroaching fop."

"You're jealous!"

"Am not! But I must say, it's the outside of enough, you accepting gifts of the old lecher. Jewelry?"

"Patches." Elizabeth displayed the ornate little box on the palm of her hand, eyes laughing.

"Patches!" Jack made a face as he picked it up. "Outdated, and an insult. You ain't pox-marked."

"No, thank God. I'm afraid I may have said something that made him think I admired that star-shaped one he wore at Christmas."

"Silly arse."

"I beg your pardon?"

"Him, not you." Jack opened the box. "Though this one's singularly appropriate." He delicately selected a small black heart and, eyes glinting, considered her pout. "Placed so—" He set the patch, just beside her lips. "—it's called The Kissing." And he did.

The pout vanished, and one brow rose. "How did you acquire that piece of information?"

"Captain Jack Sparrow, love. How should I not?"


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Comments

[p0wdermonkey.livejournal.com]

Heee!

And if he didn't acquire it, he made it up ;)

I do love disapproving!Jack.

[artaxastra.livejournal.com]

Oh that's cute! I like that so much! You turn these tiny little details into wonderful things!

[salr323.livejournal.com]

I lovely drabble, and I've learned something too! :) I'd never heard of patches.

I do love jealous!Jack, and how he'd try to deny it.

[ladymouse2.livejournal.com]

*Huge grin*

Like Artaxastra said! These little bits are such a nice fresh, flirty little breeze amid all the angst.

Never so tasty as when you are carefully applying some of that deliberately anachronistic Regency flavor (all in a good cause. You do that period near "voice" perfect.

[lady-di75.livejournal.com]

Hee. Love your little snapshots of our favorite pair :)

[cmgacrux.livejournal.com]

Lovely work.

[tiamary.livejournal.com]

What a lovely little slice-of-life. Do all of the patches/positions of patches have names?

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Disapproving!Jack is so cute, and devilishly sexy at the same time, as are most other Jacks. So happy you enjoyed this instance.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Those tiny details can make such interesting little stories, no? I'm so glad you enjoyed!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

I'd never heard of patches.

That surprises me! I've always been fascinated by that quirk of fashion.

Jack jealous? How could that be? lol!

So happy you enjoyed!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

I like a big dose of happiness with my angst, as you know.

Yes, was watching Pride and Prejudice again last night, and have been listening to the Aubrey/Maturin books on tape for weeks -- how I love them!!!

Glad you enjoyed!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you! So happy you enjoyed!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Do all of the patches/positions of patches have names?

That's what's implied in the reading I've done over the years.

So happy you liked this! Thank you for letting me know.

[bellbubble.livejournal.com]

So very Jack-ish, adorable!! Lovely piece! ;)

[this-weirdness.livejournal.com]

I love it when Jack says "Am not!" because you just know he so is! ;)

Great stuff. :)

[bombazzinedoll.livejournal.com]

Hee!

Jack opened the box. "Though this one's singularly appropriate." He delicately selected a small black heart and, eyes glinting, considered her pout. "Placed so—" He set the patch, just beside her lips. "—it's called The Kissing." And he did.

That bit is just perfect.

Piratey fluff and Georgian doodads make for a very lovely morning.

[cymbeline.livejournal.com]

Wonderful and sweet. And the bit about the black heart and its placement very clever!!!

[rumcolour.livejournal.com]

This was a very adorable little insight into one of the many quirks of their relationship!

(Long winded sentence for - I liked it! haha!)

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

"Bloody encroaching fop."

*falls over laughing* Jack would know! Cute! *G*

[compassrose7577.livejournal.com]

This would be right up there with the half-empty bottle of aphrodisiac. My only advise to Lizzie would be, "Don't ask the question, if you don't want to hear the answer," and, "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." (Making no references or references as to Jack's mouth, of course.

He does seem to be a bit possessive.

[fried-flamingo.livejournal.com]

He delicately selected a small black heart and, eyes glinting, considered her pout. "Placed so—" He set the patch, just beside her lips. "—it's called The Kissing." And he did.

*sighs dreamily*

Considering the subject matter originates from something so unpleasant, I'm amazed that anyone could make it sound romantic, but you've achieved that wonderfully here! I didn't actually realise they had names! How fab!

Lovely drabble :)

[florencia7.livejournal.com]

Lovely drabble! I love how you write them both together! :)

[hereswith.livejournal.com]

"Placed so—" He set the patch, just beside her lips. "—it's called The Kissing." And he did. This made me smile! Of course he isn't jealous, no, not at all ;-) Wonderful little scene, and I didn't know that about patches, so I learned something new too! Another line I especially liked wwas this: He looked down his nose at her and Elizabeth lifted her chin. And the last one. *g*

[djarum99.livejournal.com]

Jealous!Jack and romantic!Jack all in one drabble - just lovely ♥

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

you just know he so is!

Very true!

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I am extremely fond of piratey fluff, and Georgian doodads, too. Very happy you like them too!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. :)

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Jack would know!

Kind of like pot vs. kettle, no? *g*

I'm glad you liked it!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

My only advise to Lizzie would be, "Don't ask the question, if you don't want to hear the answer

Very true. On the other hand, she likes his stories. ;)

Thank you so much for reading and commenting!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Considering the subject matter originates from something so unpleasant, I'm amazed that anyone could make it sound romantic, but you've achieved that wonderfully here! I didn't actually realise they had names! How fab!

I'm very surprised you didn't know, actually. They started out as a cover-up for smallpox scars, but then became fashionable across the board. I'm sure Chevalle's "mole" (so described in Wikipedia) is supposed to be one.

Glad you enjoyed this!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! (Oooh, beautiful icon!!)

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

I didn't know that about patches, so I learned something new too!

It's surprising to me that several people said this -- I guess I just read the right kind of historic novels or something. Hard to find much information about it, though. I think they were fashionable up until the latter part of the 1700's, actually, so really I was stretching a point with Jack saying they were no longer in the mode.

So happy you enjoyed it! Jealous Jack is a lot of fun. *g*

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you! All Jacks are fun to write, but those are definitely two of my favorites.

[sparrows-lass.livejournal.com]

:D

Awww! - I mean: Arrrr! *g*
No, lovely, dear!! 'the kiss' *gg*

[equilibrium44.livejournal.com]

As usual, Jack probably just 'makes it up as he goes' to suit his purpose.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I'm very happy you enjoyed it!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thank you!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Maybe so! Thank you for reading and commenting.

[pearlseed.livejournal.com]

Don't he beat all? His declaration of polite society, then skillfully, gently perverted to meet his needs and give pleasure!! I'm so very certain that he's Cancerian: proper, carnel, selfless, possessive, generous, and wickedly amusing. "Captain Jack Sparrow, love. How should I not?" sez all.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Jack a Cancerian? That's an interesting theory!

So happy you liked this!!

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

*smirk* Good one! X-D

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thanks!