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

[venusinchains.livejournal.com]

Awww, you went and made me tear up. That's beautiful.

I suppose I haven't spent much time thinking about how much choice, or even defiance, might have been necessary for Will to remain and fight. (That damn curse never does get explained fully. Maybe he wasn't supposed to get that first "one day" until after his first 10 years.) But Will, being Will, could do no different than what you described here.

Thank you! :D

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Since Jones is careful to point out at the beginning of AWE that the Dutchman does as its captain commands, I figure if it's coming back topside with guns at the ready, it must be something Will wants.

Sorry I made you sniffle (not really!). Thanks!