A series of ficlets, one-shots, and runaway drabbles from Black Pearl Sails. Jack, Will, Elizabeth, etc. belong to Disney, and are, as always, borrowed. (I promise to play nice. Mostly.)
By virgo79.
This one was originally posted for the "hair" challenge at Black Pearl Sails. To sum it up, there's a first time for everything.
BY BLOOD UNDONE………………………………….
Long hair hid his face as he braced blood-sticky hands against the wall and retched. He'd brought up his rum, his supper, and possibly his liver, but couldn't seem to rid himself of the twisted, heavy knot filling his stomach.
The recalled sensation of his cutlass scraping along something less yielding than flesh as he'd pulled it from his opponent's body yanked the knot tighter, and he bent double again, fingers white-knuckled as they dug into the wall.
"Jack?"
He fought to still the rolling of his insides, panting shallowly through chapped lips, and realized that he didn't know if he expected Bill to me more ashamed of him for bloodying his hands or losing his belly.
His hair was swept back from his face, gathered up at his nape in one steady hand. The other, cool and calloused, wiped sweat from forehead and neck.
"Breathe through your nose, Jack."
He heeded Bill, and like always it was good advice. The knot loosened, just a little. And Jack was bemused to find how much lighter his shoulders felt, with his hair lifted off of them.