shyaway (shyaway) wrote in wallflowering, @ 2008-03-01 11:03:00 |
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Entry tags: | fic: potc - gen |
PotC fic: Variation on a Theme (Bootstrap, Barbossa, G, drabble)
Title: Variation on a Theme
Author: shyaway
Rating: G
Character: Bootstrap Bill, Barbossa
Disclaimer: Pirates of the Caribbean and its characters belong to Disney.
Summary: Bootstrap may have regrets, but Barbossa doesn't.
Death has filled Bill's mind ever since they sailed away and left Jack on that island. Filled it and covered it and spilled out of it.
He can't see it but he knows it's running all over the deck; not clear and gliding like water, but sticky like blook. He's drowning in it.
Is Jack dead yet?
No, not yet. Bill knows Jack, knows he'll keep hoping for a while longer. He won't have made the choice yet.
Do it, Jack. Get it over with.
No, no, if there is such a place as hell, then that is one sure way to get to it. Keep hoping, Jack. Someone might come along, and even if ... they don't, you'll be at peace afterwards. You're a good man ...
But how long does it take for a man to die of thirst? How much does it hurt? How long does it take to despair?
Barbossa asks himself the same question, and smiles.