Disclaimer: Pirates aren't mine. Honestly, do you really think they are?

Summary: Davy meets Elizabeth face to face and lets her know exactly what he thinks of her. Mild Elizabeth-bashing on Davy's part – he's not one to mince words or use 'hedge words' (to borrow a term from Haphazard Helena).

A/N: Special thanks to Fly Like A Blueberry Pie, who graciously decided to Beta.

Heartless

"Do ye knae what heartless means, Miss Swann?" Davy drawled, a trail of scorn on his words. He put his pipe in his mouth as Elizabeth looked at him as defiantly as ever – which, naturally, meant she was terrified.

"I don't believe there is a set definition, Captain," she said back, enunciating the last word. "I do think, however, it involves being a cruel and bullying type of person…wouldn't you think so?" Davy almost smiled, taking extra care in pulling the pipe out and exhaling smoke so that it formed a ring around Elizabeth's face.

"Aye, I think ye have a point," Davy agreed. "Let me share with ye what I think it means. I think –" here he drew near to her, making Elizabeth fight not to recoil; Davy wasn't fooled. This time he did smile, a chilling sight. "– I think that it means ye can't feel emotion o' any sort save yer own and ye don' give thought tae anyone else's. That's where ye and I are alike, Miss Swann. A heartless Queen of Hearts ye are, and a heartless king am I. Unlike ye, though, I don' string others' hearts along…and that's why, when it all comes down tae it –" Here, Davy raised his voice so all assembled (Will, Jack, Norrington, Barbossa, Beckett, Cotton, Marty, Gibbs, and the rest) could hear his conclusion. "– ye're a crueler bully than I."