Merry Christmas to all! The Twelve Days of Christmas at blackpearlsails has officially begun. For my gift to you, I am finally going to finish a story I began back in 2008, Bath Holiday, which is part of my post-CotBP Jack/Elizabeth universe. Crazy busy as I have been these last few weeks, I only have the repeat and update of chapter one (basically the same thing I posted in '08, except that Elizabeth's aunt's name has been changed to avoid confusion with a character in the Harry & the Pirate stories) and a brand new chapter two here, but the two remaining chapters will be posted during the coming week. It starts out with quite a bit of angst, as some of you may recall, but you know how I like happy endings. ;)

Many thanks to hereswith for editing Chapter Two on Christmas Day! And without further ado... 

~ Bath Holiday ~

( Chapter One: Life and Death )

( Chapter Two: A Lack of Communication )

I wrote this a long time ago, a bit of my post-CotBP A/U that begins with Lost and Found (and Jealous, which is NC-17). hereswith even edited this, but there was a question as to whether or not Elizabeth would actually know how to sew, so I never posted it. However, after reading the Aubrey-Maturin series, in which any self-respecting sailor knows how to "make and mend", and considering that she would at least have sewn samplers as a girl, I feel Elizabeth would certainly have the skill, and wouldn't be above practicing it, particularly as she's only beginning her transition from Will's lady wife, now widowed, to Jack's mate on the Pearl.

( A little over 500 words... )

A bit more for potcfest prompt #9: Jack/Elizabeth, in England. Background info is accessible in the headers of bits 1 & 2.

Many thanks, again, to hereswith, for editing and generally keeping me on track, and to everyone who commented on the first two bits. I really appreciate the feedback. This won't be entirely done by the potcfest deadline (which is Friday 0.0), but I'm hoping to get it to a point where the first chapter could serve as a standalone fic for that, and then just continue it at my leisure. It's something I've been wanting to write for a while now.

( 'The landlord tucked Jack into a quiet corner table...' )

Writing this story for potcfest prompt #9: Jack/Elizabeth, in England. It's set in my post-CotBP universe (for a summary of the premise, see the 500 word Lost and Found).

Many thanks to hereswith for editing and suggestions. This rather angsty opening is also for the current drabble challenge at blackpearlsails...

( Prompt: Gold )