TITLE: Snug Harbor
AUTHOR: Ashley-Pitt
FANDOM: Master and Commander
PAIRINGS: Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin
WORD COUNT: 100
CHALLENGE:
slashthedrabble Challenge #297. Fragile
RATING: PG
DISCLAIMER: I do not own these characters, nor am I making any money from them. I borrow them once in awhile but put them away tidily.
As a physician and a surgeon, Stephen Maturin could fully appreciate how fragile life could be.
A leaf was easily plucked from a tree; a teal easily shot from the sky. A man could be living one moment, and in then next his head crushed by a spar, or his chest holed by a shot. A man could fall from the deck and be engulfed by the sea in a heartbeat.
Yes, Stephen knew how fragile life was.
But with Jack’s arms around him, his large strong body bulwarking him, his love enveloping him, Stephen was safe from any harm.