Drabble: 'Terrifying'
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dwgmOne more drabble, this time for the 'Threat' prompt, with thanks again to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hereswith for the late night beta.
~ Terrifying ~
“…I meant you being threatened by that pirate. Sounds terrifying!”
Norrington’s ill-timed proposal instantly flies from Elizabeth’s head and she’s back on the dock, the thick chain around her neck pulling her hard against Jack Sparrow’s wiry frame, his breath and oddly musical voice hot in her ear: “Elizabeth – it is Elizabeth, isn’t it?”
“It’s Miss Swann.”
Her whole being had trembled, yes, but with fury, foremost, and an oddly detached fascination beneath it. The insolence! The audacity!
The stupidity! She knew her father would have seen reason…
And then, with a rough jerk, she was facing him, his pistol at her temple, his eyes warm, with a flash of summer lightning.
To be drawn to such a man, and in such circumstances…
“Oh, yes,” she says to Estrella, mechanically. “Terrifying.”
~.~
hereswith for the late night beta.~ Terrifying ~
“…I meant you being threatened by that pirate. Sounds terrifying!”
Norrington’s ill-timed proposal instantly flies from Elizabeth’s head and she’s back on the dock, the thick chain around her neck pulling her hard against Jack Sparrow’s wiry frame, his breath and oddly musical voice hot in her ear: “Elizabeth – it is Elizabeth, isn’t it?”
“It’s Miss Swann.”
Her whole being had trembled, yes, but with fury, foremost, and an oddly detached fascination beneath it. The insolence! The audacity!
The stupidity! She knew her father would have seen reason…
And then, with a rough jerk, she was facing him, his pistol at her temple, his eyes warm, with a flash of summer lightning.
To be drawn to such a man, and in such circumstances…
“Oh, yes,” she says to Estrella, mechanically. “Terrifying.”
~.~
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Date: 2008-10-19 02:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-19 10:40 pm (UTC)It's interesting relationship -- even TnT thought so, though they didn't do more than tease us with it. Thank goodness for fanfic!
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Date: 2008-10-20 03:02 pm (UTC)And kudos to them for it! We wouldn't have nearly so much to write about, if everything in the movies was 'cut and dried'.
I've always agreed with the idea that it pays to leave something to the reader's imagination.