Title: "Answers In A Bottle"
Author: Pirate Turner
Rating: PG due to alcohol use
Summary: John Smith seeks relief in a bottle, though he knows it will never be granted him.
Warnings: Het, Alcohol dependency
Challenge: The second of three drabbles incorporating the words "pants", "snort", "willow", "cramped", and "bottle" for the ForeverInDisney weekly competition of 9-11-08
Disclaimer: John Smith, Grandmother Willow, and Pocahontas are © & TM Disney, not the author, and are used without permission. Everything else is © & TM the author. The author makes absolutely no profit off of this work of fan fiction, and no copyright infringement is intended.

He froze in the doorway, his blue eyes riveting on the bed in the cramped room. He walked to it slowly and ran trembling fingers over the willow bark as beloved faces loomed to life in his mind. John sank down onto the bed, his pants marring the mattress, with a heart full of sorrow. He took a snort from the bottle he leaned on, though he knew it would never stop the pain that engulfed his life. Only one would, and she was gone from his miserable life forever. Her name whispered in the room, spelling his eternal doom.

The End