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

[sharklady35.livejournal.com]

> I'm not so sure he would have seen the second bird as being quite so benevolent as a sparrow... <

Considering that Jack has just saved both Will and Liz, I am sure.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Is that your way of saying Jack's a big ol' softie? *G*

[sharklady35.livejournal.com]

When it comes to Will and Liz, yes. Though Jack may not have realized it himself, until that critical moment.