Drabble: 'Unwise' (J/E implied - PG)
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dwgm150 words for the 'Fall' prompt...
~ Unwise ~
There are other blokes in the next cell, so wearing the mask is a necessity. Lounging, hat tipped forward. Jack's all too familiar with lock-ups. He can be a patient man at need, but damnation he hates being detained, and for a chit of a girl at that.
Chit of a girl.
Who d'you think you're fooling, mate?
The governor's daughter, he’d known that going in, those lobsters having said as much, but there hadn't been time for more. When he'd seen her there on the seabed, the thought had flashed, Beauty's self she is… and then, waking... protesting… defending! Lord, how he'd enjoyed the feel of her, slender and quivering with rage at his effrontery in chaining her.
Jack shifts, easing himself a trifle, and frowns.
It won't do.
Unless Lady Luck conspires in his favor.
Stranger things have happened.
And Jack can be a patient man, at need.
~.~
~ Unwise ~
There are other blokes in the next cell, so wearing the mask is a necessity. Lounging, hat tipped forward. Jack's all too familiar with lock-ups. He can be a patient man at need, but damnation he hates being detained, and for a chit of a girl at that.
Chit of a girl.
Who d'you think you're fooling, mate?
The governor's daughter, he’d known that going in, those lobsters having said as much, but there hadn't been time for more. When he'd seen her there on the seabed, the thought had flashed, Beauty's self she is… and then, waking... protesting… defending! Lord, how he'd enjoyed the feel of her, slender and quivering with rage at his effrontery in chaining her.
Jack shifts, easing himself a trifle, and frowns.
It won't do.
Unless Lady Luck conspires in his favor.
Stranger things have happened.
And Jack can be a patient man, at need.
~.~
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Date: 2009-11-10 08:59 am (UTC)The thought of the guards as lobsters had me chuckling, I must admit.
When he'd seen her there on the seabed, the thought had flashed, Beauty's self she is… and then, waking... protesting… defending!
Beautiful! :)
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Date: 2009-11-10 04:08 pm (UTC)It is a funny nickname, but one of the standard ones for Royal Marines - here's a discussion at the Sailing Navies Forum - at least when they wore red coats.