[POTC series fic] - KINGDOMS OF THE SWAN, Installment Two, "The Lost" - rated R

[writing_samsara]

Series: KINGDOMS OF THE SWAN
Installment: 2/???
Segment Title: "The Lost"
Timeframe: Post AWE
Pairing: J/E, shades of W/E
Rating: R - strong R for sexual innuendo and some nudity
Word Count: 6,238
Disclaimer: No copyright infringement is intended. All rights belong to Disney, etc.
Acknowledgements: Many, many thanks and squishes are owed to djarum99

Comments

[djarum99]

“Milton and Dante. Decent blokes, a bit morose, but the company’s right enough for tonight, paradise being so thoroughly lost an’ all..."

It is, for both of them - they don't have anything left but each other, and they are miles away from paradise. One hell of a day, and you've drawn their exhaustion and fragility in ashes and smoke. Absolutely lyric writing, your finest.

she sobbed.

For James. For her father in his little boat, and for Will’s stolen youth.

For the Jack she’d lost to the shackles.

Another example of your craft - simple words that are so compelling, so evocative - the true resolution of AWE, overshadowed by the film's grandiosity, in just twenty-two heartwrenching words.

The erotic and emotional tension here is dense as velvet, subtle and never overdone. Lizzie's imaginings and Jack's dialogue are incredible - beautiful, red-hot, and infinitely painful.

I love Lizzie's razor-wire determination, Jack's bitterness that doesn't override his love, and ultimately their need for each other, floating beneath it all. Sensitive and skillful characterization all the way through. The weave Donne and Milton and Dante through all of this is masterfully done as well.

Champagne and huckleberries, love - wish I could travel to Savannah to raise a toast in person for this one ♥