Fic: Saints and Sinners
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serafina20Title: Saints and Sinners
Pairing: Jack/Norrington
Rating: M (for mature)
Summary: An unexpected gift falls into James's life.
Notes: someone is listening to bagpipes, and it's not me.
Previous Parts
"The king and men stole the queen from her bed," Jack sang as he washed Gavin in the small tub on the floor. "And bound her in her bones. The seas be ours, and by the powers. Where we will roam."
Gavin shrieked and brought his hands splashing down into the water. It sprayed over Jack's face. He laughed and wiped it away. "That's right, me boy. We are kings of the sea. And on the sea is where we are free." He lifted Gavin out of the water and swung him, dripping and wet, overhead. "Yo ho. Haul together. Hoist the colors high! Heave ho..."
"Thieves and beggars," Mariah joined in, entering the room.
Jack turned and gave her a cock-eyed grin. "Never shall we die," he finished off.
Gavin squealed again. His feet kicked in the air, hands clapped together. He gave Jack a gummy smile, drool mingling with water as it slid down his face.
"You are determined to teach him every pirate shanty there is, aren't you?" Mariah picked up a towel from next to Gavin's bath. Carefully, she took the baby and began to dry him.
"I figure James'll take care of the rest of the sea songs. Who else is going to teach the boy proper if his father won't?"
"Oh, I'm sure James will love his baby son proclaiming he's a really bad egg."
"Never hurt Lizzie, none." He flashed gold again. "And he wanted to marry her, pirate songs and all."
"Very true. Although, in retrospect, it seems the pirate in her may have been more attractive than the lady."
Jack looked over from the cupboard he'd poked his nose into. "Aye, it does seem that, don't it? However, I get the feeling my dear commodore would prefer if the pirate in me were more content to something rather more law abiding."
"Well," Mariah said as she set Gavin on the table and began to dress him, "I'm sure it's because he worries about you."
"Doesn't want to have to face hanging me."
"Can you blame him?" She finished pulling Gavin's clothes on. Then, picking him up, she crossed the room to Jack and put her hand on his cheek. "Can you imagine a world without the great Captain Jack Sparrow?"
Jack shrugged and opened his arms as if to present himself. "I always assumed the world would end should such a tragedy occur."
"Of course. Jack, understand that, should you be caught, James would be... Careful!" she exclaimed when Jack plucked Gavin from her arms.
"Don't you go worrying about me being caught. No more should James worry." He trailed his fingers lightly over Gavin's face. "I am not a man to get caught willy nilly. I have my ship, I have a crew what will follow me to the ends of the earth. And I have more than enough reason to stay free, eh?" Dark, fathomless eyes looked up at hers, serious and deep. "James does his best to do what is right. Honorable. But here, he'll be torn. Do what's right by the law, he loses the freedom what I gives him. Do what's right by me, he loses his son. He'll chose Gavin, as he should. But he won't be able to live with it. Not easily. So, least I can do is not make him face that."
Mariah's heart pounded in her throat. She'd never see Jack so serious before. And while she'd known the pirate wasn't out to hurt or abuse James, she hadn't been sure if his heart was caught up, as she knew James's heart to be.
Now she had no doubt.
"That's quite good of you, Jack."
He smiled. A wicked, lopsided, nearly maniacal smile. "Aye, isn't it? Least I can do for the honor of buggering the man who commands the British Navy in the Caribbean."
"Jack." Mariah rolled her eyes. "You are horrible."
Gavin squirmed. Began to cry.
Jack sighed and passed him back over to Mariah. "Lucky lad," he grumbled as Mariah settled into a nearby chair to feed the baby.
She raised an eyebrow. "I beg your pardon?"
"They're just nice, is all," he elaborated, waving his hands vaguely at Mariah's breasts. "I'm admiring. Me mate's been gone a month and I've been staring at those for nearly as long. Boy's lucky."
"Well, if you want your turn, he'll be asleep in a few minutes," Mariah said with a sweet smile.
Jack flashed her a quick smile. "From what I heard, Lizzie thinks I've already 'ad a taste."
"You heard that."
"I hear everything, luv."
She stroked Gavin's soft fuzzed hair. "I couldn't tell her the truth. It's not mine to tell." She cocked her head. "Will you tell her?"
"No need. She'll either figure it out, or Jamie will tell her. I'll let him decide."
The clock on the ledge chimed. Jack glanced at his. His mouth twisted.
"What?"
"I need to get back to the Pearl. She's calling."
Mariah wanted to point out that it was merely a clock, but refrained. For all she knew, the Black Pearl was calling to Jack. He certainly had drifted off quite a number of times in the past few days, gazing out towards where his ship was docked in a hidden cove.
Jack glided across the room and knelt at Mariah's feet. "Gavin, you take good care of Mariah until your da gets back. And if you need me, just call. I'll come." He kissed Gavin's forehead. His little nose.
"Where do you go?"
He looked up, his hands caressing Gavin's pudgy arms. "Heard tell of a voodoo charm. When the wearer is in trouble and needs his protector, it calls to that protector. So, I'm off to Pelegosto see a sea witch."
"Is the charm for Gavin or James?"
"Both. You, too, if she still likes me enough to do the work." He kissed Gavin again, then rose and bussed Mariah on the mouth. "Take care of him."
"Take care of yourself."
Gold glinted and eyes twinkled. "That I cannot guarantee. But I can promise that, in one form or another, I will be back." He tugged on a lock of her hair, ran his fingertips over Gavin's head, and then climbed out the window, disappearing into the night.
Pairing: Jack/Norrington
Rating: M (for mature)
Summary: An unexpected gift falls into James's life.
Notes: someone is listening to bagpipes, and it's not me.
Previous Parts
"The king and men stole the queen from her bed," Jack sang as he washed Gavin in the small tub on the floor. "And bound her in her bones. The seas be ours, and by the powers. Where we will roam."
Gavin shrieked and brought his hands splashing down into the water. It sprayed over Jack's face. He laughed and wiped it away. "That's right, me boy. We are kings of the sea. And on the sea is where we are free." He lifted Gavin out of the water and swung him, dripping and wet, overhead. "Yo ho. Haul together. Hoist the colors high! Heave ho..."
"Thieves and beggars," Mariah joined in, entering the room.
Jack turned and gave her a cock-eyed grin. "Never shall we die," he finished off.
Gavin squealed again. His feet kicked in the air, hands clapped together. He gave Jack a gummy smile, drool mingling with water as it slid down his face.
"You are determined to teach him every pirate shanty there is, aren't you?" Mariah picked up a towel from next to Gavin's bath. Carefully, she took the baby and began to dry him.
"I figure James'll take care of the rest of the sea songs. Who else is going to teach the boy proper if his father won't?"
"Oh, I'm sure James will love his baby son proclaiming he's a really bad egg."
"Never hurt Lizzie, none." He flashed gold again. "And he wanted to marry her, pirate songs and all."
"Very true. Although, in retrospect, it seems the pirate in her may have been more attractive than the lady."
Jack looked over from the cupboard he'd poked his nose into. "Aye, it does seem that, don't it? However, I get the feeling my dear commodore would prefer if the pirate in me were more content to something rather more law abiding."
"Well," Mariah said as she set Gavin on the table and began to dress him, "I'm sure it's because he worries about you."
"Doesn't want to have to face hanging me."
"Can you blame him?" She finished pulling Gavin's clothes on. Then, picking him up, she crossed the room to Jack and put her hand on his cheek. "Can you imagine a world without the great Captain Jack Sparrow?"
Jack shrugged and opened his arms as if to present himself. "I always assumed the world would end should such a tragedy occur."
"Of course. Jack, understand that, should you be caught, James would be... Careful!" she exclaimed when Jack plucked Gavin from her arms.
"Don't you go worrying about me being caught. No more should James worry." He trailed his fingers lightly over Gavin's face. "I am not a man to get caught willy nilly. I have my ship, I have a crew what will follow me to the ends of the earth. And I have more than enough reason to stay free, eh?" Dark, fathomless eyes looked up at hers, serious and deep. "James does his best to do what is right. Honorable. But here, he'll be torn. Do what's right by the law, he loses the freedom what I gives him. Do what's right by me, he loses his son. He'll chose Gavin, as he should. But he won't be able to live with it. Not easily. So, least I can do is not make him face that."
Mariah's heart pounded in her throat. She'd never see Jack so serious before. And while she'd known the pirate wasn't out to hurt or abuse James, she hadn't been sure if his heart was caught up, as she knew James's heart to be.
Now she had no doubt.
"That's quite good of you, Jack."
He smiled. A wicked, lopsided, nearly maniacal smile. "Aye, isn't it? Least I can do for the honor of buggering the man who commands the British Navy in the Caribbean."
"Jack." Mariah rolled her eyes. "You are horrible."
Gavin squirmed. Began to cry.
Jack sighed and passed him back over to Mariah. "Lucky lad," he grumbled as Mariah settled into a nearby chair to feed the baby.
She raised an eyebrow. "I beg your pardon?"
"They're just nice, is all," he elaborated, waving his hands vaguely at Mariah's breasts. "I'm admiring. Me mate's been gone a month and I've been staring at those for nearly as long. Boy's lucky."
"Well, if you want your turn, he'll be asleep in a few minutes," Mariah said with a sweet smile.
Jack flashed her a quick smile. "From what I heard, Lizzie thinks I've already 'ad a taste."
"You heard that."
"I hear everything, luv."
She stroked Gavin's soft fuzzed hair. "I couldn't tell her the truth. It's not mine to tell." She cocked her head. "Will you tell her?"
"No need. She'll either figure it out, or Jamie will tell her. I'll let him decide."
The clock on the ledge chimed. Jack glanced at his. His mouth twisted.
"What?"
"I need to get back to the Pearl. She's calling."
Mariah wanted to point out that it was merely a clock, but refrained. For all she knew, the Black Pearl was calling to Jack. He certainly had drifted off quite a number of times in the past few days, gazing out towards where his ship was docked in a hidden cove.
Jack glided across the room and knelt at Mariah's feet. "Gavin, you take good care of Mariah until your da gets back. And if you need me, just call. I'll come." He kissed Gavin's forehead. His little nose.
"Where do you go?"
He looked up, his hands caressing Gavin's pudgy arms. "Heard tell of a voodoo charm. When the wearer is in trouble and needs his protector, it calls to that protector. So, I'm off to Pelegosto see a sea witch."
"Is the charm for Gavin or James?"
"Both. You, too, if she still likes me enough to do the work." He kissed Gavin again, then rose and bussed Mariah on the mouth. "Take care of him."
"Take care of yourself."
Gold glinted and eyes twinkled. "That I cannot guarantee. But I can promise that, in one form or another, I will be back." He tugged on a lock of her hair, ran his fingertips over Gavin's head, and then climbed out the window, disappearing into the night.
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Date: 2007-06-24 07:02 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-06-28 05:06 am (UTC)Thanks again.
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Date: 2007-06-25 12:41 am (UTC)There are so many elements in this story that I love and look forward to learning more... and now we have a sea witch (Tia Dalma?), it just gets better!
I love that Elizabeth, Will, the Governer and of course, Gillette and Groves are sticking by James as he runs his honourable neck into scandal. And the interactions between the characters are amazing, Elizabeth's cluelessness is believable and doesn't take away from her in-movie intelligence.
Mariah is a fabulous OFC as others have said, she comes across as real and just the right kind of person to be involved in James' household. ANd her friendships with both James and Jack are fun to read and subtly different - as they should be.
I hope the muses are kind and more follows soon!
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Date: 2007-06-25 11:53 am (UTC)Bel
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Date: 2007-06-25 05:39 pm (UTC)you don't know me but i've been obsessed with your smallville fanfic. you're an incredibly talented writer. i was wondering if you plan to continue the cotw series cause i need me more serafina. i just finished all 52 in a matter of 3 days cause you're that good. i couldn't handle it if you left the series off like that and i might be forced to use kryptonite on you ;)
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