Drabble: 'Terrifying'
One more drabble, this time for the 'Threat' prompt, with thanks again to hereswith for the late night beta.
~ Terrifying ~
“…I meant you being threatened by that pirate. Sounds terrifying!”
Norrington’s ill-timed proposal instantly flies from Elizabeth’s head and she’s back on the dock, the thick chain around her neck pulling her hard against Jack Sparrow’s wiry frame, his breath and oddly musical voice hot in her ear: “Elizabeth - it is Elizabeth, isn’t it?”
“It’s Miss Swann.”
Her whole being had trembled, yes, but with fury, foremost, and an oddly detached fascination beneath it. The insolence! The audacity!
The stupidity! She knew her father would have seen reason…
And then, with a rough jerk, she was facing him, his pistol at her temple, his eyes warm, with a flash of summer lightning.
To be drawn to such a man, and in such circumstances…
“Oh, yes,” she says to Estrella, mechanically. “Terrifying.”
~.~
~ Terrifying ~
“…I meant you being threatened by that pirate. Sounds terrifying!”
Norrington’s ill-timed proposal instantly flies from Elizabeth’s head and she’s back on the dock, the thick chain around her neck pulling her hard against Jack Sparrow’s wiry frame, his breath and oddly musical voice hot in her ear: “Elizabeth - it is Elizabeth, isn’t it?”
“It’s Miss Swann.”
Her whole being had trembled, yes, but with fury, foremost, and an oddly detached fascination beneath it. The insolence! The audacity!
The stupidity! She knew her father would have seen reason…
And then, with a rough jerk, she was facing him, his pistol at her temple, his eyes warm, with a flash of summer lightning.
To be drawn to such a man, and in such circumstances…
“Oh, yes,” she says to Estrella, mechanically. “Terrifying.”
~.~