Drabble: Fair fight.
AN: I rewatched PotC. This had consequences, one of which was this drabble. Enjoy!
Title: Fair fight
Author: order_of_chaos
Characters: Jack, Will
Rating: G
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"You ignored the rules of engagement. In a fair fight I'd kill you."
That was not, strictly speaking, true.
In a fair fight Jack would not have been already worn down from hours at sea in a sinking boat. He wouldn't have been still soaked through from rescuing the blond spitfire that had turned out to be the Governor's daughter, wouldn't have been mocked and threatened and shot at, and certainly wouldn't have had the remains of his shackles still around his wrists, throwing him further off balance and hampering his every movement. To be perfectly honest, in a fair fight, Will Turner wouldn't have stood a chance.
But Jack was seldom perfectly honest, and then only when it suited his purposes, so he didn't trouble himself to correct Will's assumptions. "That's not much incentive for me to fight fair then, is it?" he asked instead, spinning the wheel in the movement that would knock the lad overboard….
Besides, when you thought about it, 'fair' seldom had much bearing on reality. He had a ship again, and while she wasn't his Pearl, she was still one of the charmingest vessels he ever had the pleasure to commandeer. If he had to suffer a few well-meaning lads with hero complexes in return, well, that was just part of the plan wasn't it?
"Now, as long as you're just hanging there, pay attention…."
Title: Fair fight
Author: order_of_chaos
Characters: Jack, Will
Rating: G
***
"You ignored the rules of engagement. In a fair fight I'd kill you."
That was not, strictly speaking, true.
In a fair fight Jack would not have been already worn down from hours at sea in a sinking boat. He wouldn't have been still soaked through from rescuing the blond spitfire that had turned out to be the Governor's daughter, wouldn't have been mocked and threatened and shot at, and certainly wouldn't have had the remains of his shackles still around his wrists, throwing him further off balance and hampering his every movement. To be perfectly honest, in a fair fight, Will Turner wouldn't have stood a chance.
But Jack was seldom perfectly honest, and then only when it suited his purposes, so he didn't trouble himself to correct Will's assumptions. "That's not much incentive for me to fight fair then, is it?" he asked instead, spinning the wheel in the movement that would knock the lad overboard….
Besides, when you thought about it, 'fair' seldom had much bearing on reality. He had a ship again, and while she wasn't his Pearl, she was still one of the charmingest vessels he ever had the pleasure to commandeer. If he had to suffer a few well-meaning lads with hero complexes in return, well, that was just part of the plan wasn't it?
"Now, as long as you're just hanging there, pay attention…."