Working Title: Run To You
Author: Pirate Turner
Pairing: Jack/Will
Rating: G
Challenge: Run
Date Written: 8 July, 2012
Summary:
Word Count: 300
Disclaimer: All characters within belong to Disney, not the author.
Cannons explode all around him as he runs. A single thought trumpets through his mind. A cannonball shatters the rock directly behind him as he jumps into the air and spirals off the cliffside into what the army chasing him believes to be certain death. He knows he will be there, and although his heart pounds in his ears, it isn't with fear that it beats. It's with excitement.
He lands, tucking into a roll as his tattered boots hit hard wood. He comes to a stop at last, knocking into a midst of barrels. Arms reach for him. Will lifts his head and looks into dark, kohl-rimmed eyes that are every bit as enchanting as they were the first time they met.
Jack doesn't ask him if he got it; he knows he did. He wishes again he could have gone with him, but Jack setting one foot on the island would have condemned them both to instant death. Will doesn't ask if they're safe yet, as the ship begins to pull away with its treasure aboard, for he knows they will be for they're together again. They just cling to each other in a tight hug, glad that this part of the adventure is over and ready to sail in love again.
As the cannons continue firing, they make fireworks of their own, their lips heatedly pledging the love they found together on that first fateful trip when they set off to rescue a Governor's daughter and the Pearl they now both call home and that grows stronger every day. Jack will be free of the curse for Will holds the key to that freedom against his breast. What he doesn't know is that he also holds his freedom in his heart for love sets us all free.
The End