PotC drabble: Truth and Lies [Elizabeth/Jack/Will, general]
Title: Truth and Lies Author: celandineb Fandom: PotC Pairing: Elizabeth/Jack/Will Rating: general Length: 150 words Summary: Why lie when the truth can serve as well or better? Note: For fabu, who wanted Jack/Will/Elizabeth, "smoke and mirrors."
Will was, perhaps, the most likely to tell the truth, if only because he seldom could be bothered to keep his lies straight. He'd learned a great deal from the smoke-and-mirrors approach that Jack habitually used, though. When he chose he could deceive Elizabeth, who still tended to think of him as a simple blacksmith's apprentice, despite his years captaining the Flying Dutchman, ferrying lost souls.
One thing he didn't lie about any longer was his feeling for Jack. After persuading Elizabeth to confess her own less-than-innocent emotion, Will had hinted the truth of the matter to the other man, and together they had convinced Elizabeth that none of them need choose between either of the others.
Lies might become a pirate captain, and each of them had been one – or good as, in his case, Will considered – but why lie when the truth could serve as well or better?