Drabble Challenge: 'Inspire'

[dwgm]

Trying to do a little writing (in between bouts with the paperwork). This is a drabble written for the current challenge at Black Pearl Sails. Apologies to tessabeth for once again borrowing her OC without permission.

~ Youthful Inspiration ~

Captain John Tobias was a man's man, a pirate's pirate: big and handsome and wild, but canny, and skilled at command. Men vied to crew for him on the Black Pearl.

He took Jack, just eighteen, the hero of the Salt Cay incident. Tobias'd heard of it, scoffed, then met Jack and knew he'd found his heir. The Pearls shrugged, but Jack, quicksilver and capable, proved himself. All eyes warmed to the lad.

So, when Jack was made First, everyone saw the justice of it. But Hector's eyes were warm no longer: instead, they blazed deep, with fire and ice.



~.~

Comments

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

I don't think I thought about it either, prior to reading tessabeth's Picaresque which deals with this period of Jack's life. That story was so good that the whole set up is canon for my PotC universe now.

I'm so happy you enjoyed this!