Dancing
My version of Jack's escape at the end of the film, as inspired by the one-sentenced stories of Gloria Mundi, which I found and read and loved somewhere on "Sparrington", combined with my love of long sentences and of Jack'n'James - .
Jack moves as if he is dancing, constant motion in the tilt of his head and birds-wing flutter of his hands, enthralled this time by a glimpse of angry green eyes, intrigued to the point where he finds himself stepping closer, casually careless of the other's personal space, until he can see them clearly - it's easier than it should have been to get this close, because the man is heartbroken and not fighting back, not now - a shattered expression hidden far too deep in those sea-storm eyes tells Jack that he did does love her, truly, though many assumed he didn't; her among them Jack thinks, with a hint of bitterness (or is it envy) for everything it is too late to tell her - and Jack forces himself look but don't touch you'll break him to maintain that fraction of a distance between them, his mouth opening involuntarily to offer words of - not comfort, nothing could be that - "I want you to know, I was rooting for you mate, know that..." allegiance maybe, for all that is a ridiculous thing for a pirate to offer a Commodore of the British Royal Navy who will not recognise it anyway - and just as well, Jack reflects, tearing his eyes away and moving on and - as his hands say with a gesture stay there don't chase me don't trap me - he breaks the spell by force and turns to farewell, in his own way, two new friends who have been far truer than he ever expected... or deserved, perhaps, but no-one can say that friendship has to make sense and it really is a beautiful hat - the dashing prince-charming look suits Will - and Elizabeth is so fun to tease, who could resist - except the lovely person with the pretty pretty green eyes, of course, because he needs practice laughing and may have forgotten how - Jack knows how - the pirate could teach the Commodore - and he proves it, dancing on the edge of a wall and falling off too soon, surfacing in the sea with a flashing golden grin and striking out for his ship.
By Darklady Erisa