Seven Drabbles, by hija_paloma (PG)

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Fandom: Pirates of the Carribean
Pairing: Gen
Author on LJ: hija_paloma
Author’s Website: Unkown
Why this must be read:

Some of the most fascinating stories in the PoTC fandom involve the characters themselves only indirectly, through their possessions, loves and obsessions--the sea, freedom, the Black Pearl, and in this case, the baubles in Jack’s hair.

Seven drabbles, seven possible explanations for the various tidbits Jack carries with him, all of which say something about who Jack Sparrow is, and why.

Two for Joy

Two wooden splinters, wound into his hair with rough linen thread. One is old, carefully braided into a naïve captain’s locks a decade ago. The second is a new addition, entwined by a wiser Jack, a celebration of claiming the Pearl once more. “Trust in your self…trust in your ship…trust in the sea... Trust in yourself…trust in your ship…” He murmurs the litany with each turn of thread and hair around the sliver of decking, and if his first mate should hear, and turn away with tears in her eyes… well, she’s a woman, and prone to such.

Seven Drabbles