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Broken Compass Prompt: Coward
Summary: Jack demands justification for Elizabeth's actions in DMC after their return from the Locker (no romance)
Comeuppance
Their eyes meet; amber and obsidian, light and dark, right and wrong. A betrayal, a death. A truth, a lie.
A flash of green, and resurrection.
He stands now, one arm casually draped over the railing, the other fidgeting with a loose thread in the depths of his pocket, fingers ghosting over the familiar wooden compass. The silence demands answers to the questions that remain unasked, and she stares defiantly at him, unafraid of the consequences; oblivious to the guilt.
"Why?" His voice is expressionless. No smile, no anger, no abhorrence.
"Comeuppance. Besides, cowards die many times before their deaths."
A/N: Comeuppance = a well deserved fate or action.
Nytd mentioned these weekly drabble challenges on the Broken Compass forum to me a while ago, and I've finally gotten around to writing one as a response to the prompt! :D The finishing line is a popular proverb and a quote from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.