Title: The Cottage

Fandom: Pirates of the Caribbean

Characters: Elizabeth Swann, Will Turner

Prompt: #012.

Word Count: 345

Rating: G

Warnings/Spoilers: Mention of character death.

Summary: Elizabeth returns to the cottage.

Elizabeth Swann walked into the house that she and Will had bought when they got married. It was empty. There were sheets over the furniture and everything was dusty. It had been about two years since she had last walked into this house. So many memories were held within the walls of this simple little cottage. It was some ways away from the main city of Port Royal.

She walked up the stairs leading to the bedroom that she and Will had shared those many years ago. Everything was still in it's place. The way she left it that day she received the letter.

There was a knock at the door in the morning. Will had been at sea for a month already. She had occasionally received a letter from him telling her that he was in good health and that he loved her. But nothing would prepare her for the letter she was about to receive.

Elizabeth opened the front door to be met with a small lad. "Can I help you?"

"Yes, ma'am, I was told to deliver this letter to Elizabeth Turner." The little lad spoke meekly.

"That would be me." She took the letter from the boys hands, dropped a few shillings in his hand and shut the door. Walking into the parlor, opening the letter eagerly, she sat down in a chair. Her eyes scanned over the letter. Her throat immeadiately tightened up, her stomach started fluttering wildly with fear, and her eyes welled up with unshed tears.

He was dead. He had been for the last two years. Elizabeth looked around the bedroom. Her fingers slightly brushing over the sheet on the mirror. She tugged the sheet off and gazed at her appearance. Her eyes were shining with tears, honey colored hair tousled, and her dress a simple blue color. A choked sob was heard throughout the room. A fist slammed onto the wood of the dresser.

A flurry of skirts rushed out of the cottage, slamming the doors in the process. "I love you, Will, always."