Backstory Drabble 18: 'Sharp Sauce' (J/E - PG-13)

[dwgm]

Only two more to go! This one would be 'R' if it was more explicit. Savvy?

Many thanks to hereswith for looking it over.



18. Education - Jack/Elizabeth’s acquisition of worldly knowledge.


~ Sharp Sauce ~


The light of the single candle flickered on the shadowed ceiling. They lay side by side on the rumpled covers, Elizabeth entirely unable to quell her satisfied smirk as Jack's harsh breathing gradually slowed, though the echo of his helpless cries seemed to linger.

His fingers found her hand and tightened on it, convulsively. "Where, by all that's holy, did you learn that?"

She turned toward him, raising herself on her elbow, and kissed his cheek. "Did you like it, then?" She could not resist, softly stroked his smooth bronzed chest, then lower, until he captured her wandering hand with a gasp.

"Wicked chit, no! Give a man a chance, will you?"

"Poor darling."

"I'll poor darling you,” he said, that velvet growl in his voice. “Where did you learn it?"

"Made it up!" He raised a skeptical brow, so she added, "I may have been inspired by a certain conversation that took place at the Green Goose the other day."

"Molly?"

"And several other women, including Mistress Ching and two of her ladies in waiting. They were very… knowledgeable."

"Ah. They would be. Very advanced, the Chinese. They know things about the human body, about pleasure and pain, that most Westerners never even imagine. I've learned a few things from them myself over the years."

"Singapore?"

"And elsewhere." He turned onto his side to face her. "Shall I show you?"

She swallowed hard at the look he was giving her. "In... in the interest of scientific enquiry?"

"Mostly." He ran a finger lightly down her arm. "Revenge is such a negative word."

"Revenge! Jack--"

"More like tit for tat. Sauce for the gander…“

“…Is required for the goose?"

“Not just required. Essential. Even vital.”

She shivered.

A smile touched his lips. "No worries, love. You won't scream. Much."


~.~

Comments

[ladymora.livejournal.com]

That's hawt.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you, dear. You know how I love the hawt. ;)

[p0wdermonkey.livejournal.com]

What ladymora said.
*Iz happy monkey*

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you! So glad you liked it!!

[florencia7.livejournal.com]

What a treat for imagination! ^^ This is so vivid, so wonderfully written. Loved it. Fantastic drabble!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

The imagination is a wonderful thing. *g* So very glad you liked this! Thank you for letting me know.

[sparrows-lass.livejournal.com]

*wicked smirk*

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

That Wicked Smirk is so delightful!

[artaxastra.livejournal.com]

Oh very hot! And also very them -- clever and witty and relaxing a little once they've got the edge off. You always write their dialogue so beautifully!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Thank you! The dialogue almost writes itself, fortunately.

[sparrows-swann.livejournal.com]

Hot, hot and hot!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

*fans you*

Thanks very much!

[anyother-world.livejournal.com]

*squeal* Oooh, I love this! It's always Jack teaching Elizabeth new things, or otherwise being more knowledgeable in that field; it's so wonderful to see her learning things on her own, especially things that can impress him :)

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

I think she has the ability to surprise him on many levels. ;) Thank you so much for reading and commenting-- I'm glad you liked it!

[pearlseed.livejournal.com]

Holy moly, now that was a racer, weren't it!!

"Where, by all that's holy, did you learn that?" sounds Just Jack! sounds exactly what a mind-blown pirate might utter. Makes me laugh over what it might have been exactly would've stood Jack on his er, ear.

"Shall I show you?" Have 4 such simple words, in such plain juxaposition ever held such unseemly provocative menace? LOL over his competitive nature....

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

From "mind-blown" to menacing is a short road for Jack. ;) I'm so glad you enjoyed the little glimpse here. Thank you for commenting!

[djarum99.livejournal.com]

Oh, my....

*is incoherent*

"Revenge is such a negative word"

Fabulous, funny and sweet and hot as the sun ;-) Thanks again for posting these gems ♥

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

So glad you liked the "revenge" line, I was rather fond of that one. *g* Thank you so much for commenting. Only one to go now! (I posted the sequel to this an hour or so ago). Yay for mini_nanowrimo!

[luvvycat.livejournal.com]

(Sorry for the delay in Commenting! Now that my MerryPirates submission is done, I'm going back and catching up on the list fics I've missed!)

Wow! I really, really loved this one! So slyly erotic, with Elizabeth acting like the cat who's gotten to the cream! Whatever she did to Jack, it must have been mind-blowing! ;-)

I think that's one of the reasons Jack loves Elizabeth so much ... for all he's already seen of life, she has that capacity to surprise him! (And, apparently, did she ever, from Jack's reaction here!) ;-)

A smile touched his lips. "No worries, love. You won't scream. Much."

Oooh! What a hot/shivery line, coming from Jack! Sounds like Lizzie's really in for it (though I doubt she'll be complaining!) ;-)

Wonderfully sexy fic -- and leaves quite a lot to the (overactive) imagination!).

Beautifully done!

-- Cat

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it, ma'am. They are a lovely -- and loving -- pair to write, as you know. ;)

Praise from Willofthewisp

[(Anonymous)]

Hot! How did I miss this? I LOVE how you write them, so close, so at ease with each other, and yet always so passionately in love.

Re: Praise from Willofthewisp

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

She is just what Jack needs, you know? Someone to bring him to life again, and to bring out the good man in him, too. Thank you again for reading and commenting. I'm so glad you enjoyed this rather steamy interlude. *g*

[just-a-dram.livejournal.com]

I adore this. I want to wrap this up in a bow and unwrap it again. Lovely, sexy, funny, yummyness.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Hee! Glad you enjoyed!