Drabble: "Birdwatcher"

[veronica_rich]

"Birdwatcher"
Rating: G
Pairing: W/E ... others, if you squint
Disclaimer: Belongs to Buena Vista and Bruckheimer. I derive no profit from this.
Summary: Post-AWE, Will's POV - response to "Fly" prompt at blackpearlsails, inspired by the screenwriters' allusion to a William Turner in history who studied avians.


Turner’s eyes opened as salt water swirled over them; oddly, he could see clear as a well-cast bell. Against the gray sky was an askew square of sail, ropes gathered to two figures.

He’d heard Swann’s protests to Sparrow’s insistence they leave, even as he was being anchored to the sea, over the rush of waves replacing the tympani of his own heartbeat.

He could stay Below, relinquishing all he’d loved, become the ghost of Calypso’s Will. Or he could remember Beckett and the awful ships, and defy the downward current.

Turner knew which would keep his two birds flying.

Comments

[ainsoph15.livejournal.com]

Your drabbles are always such perfection. And I love how it is Will's choice to act that gives everyone (his birds in particular, of course) their freedom. He gives everyone wings.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

He may not have the name for flying, but he was blessed with a brain and the ability to invent a way around it, yes. *G* Thanks!

[ainsoph15.livejournal.com]

*has happy fantasy of Da Vinci!Will* :D

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

*has happy fantasy of discussing DaVinci!Will on AIM*

[ainsoph15.livejournal.com]

*G*

I am about to go out for the evening, but I will be back later, in about three/four hours :D

[slashfairy.livejournal.com]

*overlistens*

*also wants that icon in the worst way*

*also* no, wait- let me turn to the purpose of this thread- to say
'well done!' to the author, and thank you for another moment of clarity- Will's clarity- *loves him all the more*.

[ainsoph15.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

(Please, take the icon, use it, give it purpose. It's one of mine, and I like to share :D)

Ver is indeed brilliant at writing a magnificent Will.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it!

*joins in staring at the icon*