Drabble: 'Jack Peacock' (J/E - G)

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More fluff with Jack, Elizabeth, and her son, a double drabble for the current challenge at blackpearlsails...



~ Jack Peacock ~


"Uncle Jack, why do you black your eyes?"

Elizabeth looked up. Jack was applying his kohl at her dainty gilt dressing table, an amusingly incongruous sight, but he paused and glanced at Jamie's curious face, reflected in the mirror below his own. "Told you, lad, it protects me eyes from the sun."

"But it's night time now."

Brought by the lee, Jack adjusted his course. "Aye, so it is. But your mother and I'll be at this soirée 'til the wee hours, savvy? And what if something happens, some horrid disaster that calls us away to the Pearl and out to sea, a tidal wave, or a sea serpent, or a pack of ruthless, blood-thirsty savages set to attack the Cove, and we're out the rest of the night and all day tomorrow in the merciless glare!"

Jamie's eyes had grown wider and wider through this speech, and now he clutched Jack's coatsleeve, clinging. "You won't leave me? Don't leave me here alone! Please? Please?"

Elizabeth burst out laughing.

Jack's own dismayed eyes found hers. "What now?"

She rose, grinning. "Well, I'm going to the party. You can stay and try to explain the concept of vanity to a four-year-old."



~.~

Comments

[felaine.livejournal.com]

Had a feeling Jack's tales of running off wouldn't go over so well with a little kid.
Serves him right, but we all know Jack will turn it to his advantage somehow.
Funny and IC.
Felaine

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Little kids don't cut much slack, he'll have a time talking his way out of this corner. *g*

[sharklady35.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is so funny! Children can put you on the spot like no one else, but trust Jack to find a way to wriggle out of it... only to have his strategy backfire.

And what a superlative closing line! Liz really knows her two kids. :)

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Children can put you on the spot like no one else

Too true, Jack's going to have a hard time getting out of this one. Thank you for letting me know you enjoyed this!

[luvvycat.livejournal.com]

Ha! Wonderful (and funny!) drabble! Poor Jack ... hoist by his own petard, as it were! There's nothing like a child's ability to cut through the BS, and get to the nib -- to find the flaw in the logic. Jamie's a clever lad, he is! ;-)

And your title is so apt, given Jack's vanity: He is so much more a proud, strutting peacock than a common, humble sparrow! ;-)

Great work! Very nice indeed!

-- Cat

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for letting me know you enjoyed this. Yes, Jack will have a time talking his way clear of this. *g*

[brandy-bean.livejournal.com]

(AKA Puddytat1972)

Hahahaha!
I loved it!

And Elizabeth's come-back is golden.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

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

[cbtreks.livejournal.com]

I love your Sparrow-Swann-Turner family drabbles! They always hit a perfect note.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! I really enjoy writing them, too.

[florencia7.livejournal.com]

lol I guess Jack should take into consideration the age of his audience and consider editing some of his stories accordingly ^^

Lovely drabble!!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I feel you're right about the editing. *g*

[pearlseed.livejournal.com]

Nothing but foot in mouth here--sometimes he sells his story a little over the top! But funny, cos Elisabeth caught on well ahead of hand on this one! "You can stay and try to explain the concept of vanity to a four-year-old." You know she was laughing a week later still!

"Jack was applying his kohl at her dainty gilt dressing table, an amusingly incongruous sight," beauty of a line, loved to have been there to see that!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

You know she was laughing a week later still!

Don't you know it! *g*

So happy you enjoyed the picture of Jack primping, too! Thank you for commenting. :)

[just-a-dram.livejournal.com]

He is vain! Completely, utterly vain.

It's nice to see the three of them together.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

He is vain! Completely, utterly vain.


Appearances are a big part of Jack's arsenal, and I expect he learned early on to capitalize on his good looks.

Thank you so much for commenting!