Written in 2010 for a prompt 'light' on LJ comm 'blackpearlsails' and first posted on my journal (aletheiafelinea, LJ). I'll be happy to put the direct link here as soon as FF's editor stops messing with it...
Betaed by fiquet (LJ).
Disclaimer: Disney's.
Captain Jack Sparrow lifts the bottle, watching as the setting sun beams through the dim glass. Almost... almost like...
...the Pearl's stern casement glistens when the Moon emerges from behind a cloud, spilling cool glow into the Great Cabin. Barbossa clenches his fist, but the recaptured medallion slips between bones and with a metallic clang...
...scatters glowing sparks, then fades to red, cooling down. Will puts the hammer aside and goes to the stuffy forge's window, leaning into the warm night. Far on the hill, in the dark shape of the governor's residence, a single glimmer...
...of the candle flickers. Elizabeth absentmindedly moves the candlestick, then turns the next page.
"Captain Jack Sparrow lifts the bottle..."