Title: "What the Pirate Wants"
Author: Kat Lee
Rating: G
Summary: Will was born a Pirate and is quickly learning that what the Pirate wants the Pirate gets.
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Author's Note: 244. That's the number of stories that were sitting on my hard drive collecting dust because I lack the energy and time to take care of them as I once did. My betaing pattern has always been to write, then type up if written on paper, the story, read it aloud to my beloved Jack and our children, editing as I go, and then finally format and post. Sadly, this part is simply taking too much of my time and energy, and my beloved Jack and I have too little time together in person these days to be able to keep up with my stories. So what to do? Give up writing? I actually considered it for a while, tried to make excuses to myself other than the large number of stories collecting cyber dust on my computer, as to why I lacked the energy and Muse to write new tales. And then, with the turn of the new year, I decided to stop running and face the problem. The problem is, quite frankly, that once one gets so bogged down in formatting and editing that writing is no longer a pleasure but the actual posting of those writings becomes a hassle and - egad! - work, it's time to cut something out, and that will never be the writing process. So, in short, yes, there will be mistakes in this tale. Yes, it's missing about half of the header information I usually include. But I wrote it for pleasure and am posting it in hopes of sharing that pleasure with others. Do with it as you will.
"If ye don't stop this insanity, boy," Jack declared, reaching for his sword, "I'll send ye straight to Davy Jones' locker!"
Will smiled and barely stopped the laughter bubbling up in his throat. The fearsome Pirate Captain no longer scared him for he'd known, and loved, the real man himself. That was also the reason why he felt so light and carefree. It was as though his heart had grown wings since the first time Jack'd kissed him. "Then do so," he declared, "or leave me on the next island, but I will not marry Miss Swann or any other woman! My heart belongs to you, Jack!"
"It was one night!"
"One night that changed my life!" Will stepped closer. Jack unconsciously stepped backward until the ship's wheel that had once provided his freedom poked him in the back. His dark, kohl-rimmed eyes widened. He was trapped, trapped like a sinking rat, trapped on his own ship, in his own home, with a man who loved him - and who, if he dared be honest with himself, he also loved!
"Maybe it was just one night," Will relented slightly, his glowing smile beginning to ebb. He still didn't back away, though, as he continued, "Maybe it was just one night for you. Maybe you don't want an eternity with me. Maybe your heart's not as tied to me, to us, as mine is to yours. If that's true, tell me now."
Yet, he didn't give him a chance to speak as he danced forward on his swift, booted feet; caught his love's handsome face in his caring hands; and finally kissed his lips. His answer came in the language in which Jack couldn't lie as the bold, brave, and proud Pirate Captain melted against his lips' sweet onslaught and kissed him back.
The End