Drabble: Buried Treasure

May 05, 2007 13:21

Drabble Prompt 12 for potc_dogwatch
Title: Buried Treasure
Rating: R for one visual
Disclaimer: Some belong to Buena Vista and Bruckheimer. Others belong to a couple of sources, both dead as far as I know
Summary: Just a bit of fun with source materials. Set before Open Water
Spoilers for AWE: Oh, most probably

A series of thumps woke her.

bomp bomp

It used to be a comfort. Until it became a mockery of loss.

bomp bomp

These past two nights, it had gotten louder. Yesterday, her thighs sticky with seed, she’d crept to the hearth, put her ear to the floorboard where she’d hidden it while William was outside playing with Jack.

red rum

But Will doesn’t like rum. She’d backed away with a chill. When she’d told Jack later, he’d known the drink - and had grinned enigmatically. “Tastes bitter,” he’d explained.

The fifth morning, she awakened to realize the eight-year tympani was gone.
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