: I do not own Pirates or anything therein, but if I did, I'd be rich! Warning: Contains spoilers for Dead Man's Chest! After the reclaim of the Pearl!

I might do more on this, who knows… :

Soft Thoughts

"Elizabeth," Will Turner stroked his fiancée's hair as she napped after the destruction of the Pearl.

"Hmm," She grunted and picked her head up and looked Will. "Yes?"

"Elizabeth, we have to talk." He looked concerned, studying her beautiful features.

"What is it?" Her eyes shifted nervously.

"Do you love him?" He asked.

"What?" She asked surprised, her head snapping up to match his.

"Jack Sparrow, do you love him?" Will asked his love again. "I saw you two just before we shoved off."

She looked down, feeling guilty and confused. "I don't know."

"I see." He pulled his lips into a thin line.

Elizabeth sighed, "Will, I had to do it. If I hadn't distracted him, and then locked him to the mast, he would have run off again, and we'd all be dead."

Will grunted, studying her soft features, roughened slightly by her voyages to sea with the pirates, tears welling in her gentle eyes. As a tear fled down her cheek, he wiped it free of her cheek.

"Will, I'm sorry." She said softly. "I love you."

Will was torn. He loved Elizabeth, but what he saw on the deck of the Pearl tore at his consciousness.

"I love you too, Elizabeth."