Pirates of the Caribbean/The Sandman (PG)

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Title: Death and the Captain, by Trinity Day
Fandom: Pirates of the Carribean/The Sandman
Pairing: Gen
Author on LJ: trinityday
Author’s Website: Fanfiction.net Profile
Why this must be read:

Though I haven’t read much in the way of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman (yet!), I’ve often met his characters as visitors to other fandoms. Here, Captain Jack Sparrow meets Death after being marooned by Barbossa:

“Oh, I wasn’t here earlier,” the girl told him.

“You weren’t?”

“No. I had some business in the neighbourhood and decided to drop by when I realized someone was here.”

“What sort of business has brought you to this tropical paradise?” He spread his arms out to take in the entire godforsaken island that his treacherous first mate and mutinous crew had marooned him on. It didn’t take much. It wasn’t very big.

She did not respond to the bitterness in his voice, nor did she seem concerned with the pistol that was still in his hand, which he was waving about carelessly as he pointed out the sights, as monotonous or maddening as they were. “A sea turtle, actually.”

Death and the Captain