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Things My Exes Said // #517 Submitted by Anon

﹙ ♚ | Elizabeth  

                             She ought to know BETTER by now than to attempt to hide ANYTHING from Will, particularly her feelings. She’s done so much CONCEALING lately that it’s hard to break the HABIT, particularly when doing so might PROTECT his own feelings. She knows that this is hard on BOTH of them, knows that Will seeing her so upset will only WORSEN his own feelings on the matter. Elizabeth wants nothing more than to REASSURE him that she’ll make it through this just fine, that he needn’t WORRY about her ( though she knows he will anyways ).

                            Her eyes close as she takes in the SIMPLICITY of his gestures, the small COMFORT they bring. But it’s not enough to STAVE off the despair, not enough to repair her own BROKEN heart. Even his lips against her own can’t force her to FORGET that their moments are numbered, that their time is STEADILY running out. When her eyes open again, they are CLOUDED with sorrow and regret.

                            “ Inspire, she repeats, a faint smile upon her lips that doesn’t quite REACH her eyes. “ I’m not entirely sure how I’m meant to INSPIRE pirates, but I shall certainly do my best. Pirates aren’t the most easily MOTIVATED folk, but Elizabeth has never been one to back down from a CHALLENGE. If nothing else, it will be something to RELAY to Will upon their next meeting, one of MANY stories to share – stories she wishes he could be INCLUDED in.

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                            Her gaze FOLLOWS his, a sinking DREAD taking hold of her heart. It’s all she can do not to HOLD him tight and refuse to let go, all she can do not to BEG him to stay, even knowing full well that he can’t. Her eyes find his again, palm resting GENTLY against his cheek. Even the sound of her MARRIED name, sweet as it is to finally hear it, can’t EASE the pain.

                            “ What is it?

                                           A SOFT laugh falls from his lips at her QUESTION, and he SHAKES his head at her for a moment. He remembers her FIRE when the lot of them had faced utter DEMISE at the hands of the English ARMADA that had so nearly been the END of the Brethren Court. When all had been lost, the POWER behind her words had been what kept the crew FIGHTING.

                                           How could you not?   He whispers, fingers twisting a lock of her hair.   If there was ever one STRONG enough to command pirates, SMART enough to STRATEGIZE for them…. BRAVE enough to LEAD them… You, Elizabeth, were MEANT for this. Has there ever been another such as you?   The sheer PRIDE in his tone expresses more than he EVER could with mere words.   I am so very LUCKY to have washed up on that board. My life was BRIGHTER by your side.   

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                                             Lips PART only to come TOGETHER once more, an effort to keep the words LOCKED away. He doesn’t WANT to say them, doesn’t want to leave her. The world has been so CRUEL to them both. Hand CRADLES her face as he PRESSES another kiss to her forehead.   I need you to REMEMBER that only ONE of us is DEAD  He murmurs, WATCHING her carefully.   I want you to PROMISE me that you will CONTINUE to live your life as you have BEFORE all of this. I’m going to need you to tell me about the crew, after all. But most of all, I need you to promise me that you’ll keep yourself SAFE. Don’t ask me to come DELIVER your soul anytime soon. I won’t be able to BEAR it. Same thing goes for Jack. The two of you… The two of you can keep each other SAFE. You can take CARE of each other. I love you, Elizabeth. I want you to LIVE your life… With whatever or whomever you’d like.    

                                            The words were BITTER on his tongue, and CUT some of the most VULNERABLE parts of him. But WHAT would come from keeping her TIED to him when he could offer NOTHING. A meeting once every 10 years was HARDLY a life.

( ♚ | Elizabeth )

   The art of saying  GOODBYE is truly remarkable,  and it most certainly is
   an ART.  Everything floods  to her  MIND now,  everything she  has never
   said,  everything she  WANTS to say.  It all CONVERGES  at the  tip of her
   tongue, and yet she says NOTHING. The truth of the matter is that words
   seem INADEQUATE  just now;  they won’t change  the past,  the present,
   or the future. They are just WORDS.

   So   she  simply   lies   beside   him,    dark  eyes   surveying   his   face,
   COMMITTING  each  line  and  feature  to memory.  It will  be  TEN  years
   before  she sees him again.  His features will remain the SAME, the tilt
   of his lips when he smiles,  the depth of those brown eyes. But HERS
   hers  will shift.  She’ll  gain more  LINES,  grow older  while he  remains
   forever YOUNG. They were meant to grow old TOGETHER, and she can’t
   abide the  INJUSTICE of it.  There is a deep,  physical ACHE in her heart
   as she  thinks of it,  and she is FORCED to look  away from  him, for fear
   of his seeing the SADNESS behind her gaze.

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     “ I don’t know.

   For the first  time in what  feels like AGES,  she has the  freedom to do
   what she wants,  to go where  she PLEASES.  And yet the  ONLY place
   she wants to be – the only place she CAN’T be – is in his arms.

     “ I suppose  I could return  to Shipwreck  Cove.  I’m not entirely
        sure what the Pirate King is meant to do once the war is won,
        but surely there must be something.

                                   The sheer FAMILIARITY between the two of them is what ALERTS Will to the emotion Elizabeth has BREWING just beneath the surface. He can feel it coming off of her in WAVES, the DESPAIR one that he feels as well. His mind REPLAYS the last few months, the ARGUMENTS, the lies, the treachery they PLAYED against the other. All of it had seemed NECESSARY at the time. He wished he could go BACK and redo it all. CALLOUSED hand lifts to cup Elizabeth’s cheek, thumb BRUSHING softly along her cheekbone. It’s all he can do to keep from CURSING at the heaven’s above as he considers the thought of LOSING her once more. Leaning down, Will BRUSHES his nose softly against hers, a small loving GESTURE that seems out of place and RIGHT at the same time. This gentle DOMESTICITY has never had a PLACE in their world, so CARVED out of metal and blood. And yet, here, now, on a BARREN beach where DEATH has already claimed one of them for its OWN, the gesture seems to FIT

                                      Lips come together TENTATIVELY as the new Captain wordlessly CLINGS to an aspect of his HUMANITY that will never be LOST. Even before his heart had REPLACED that of Davy Jones, it had ALREADY belonged to another. His lips move GENTLY against hers, a SMALL attempt to remind her how much he CARES for her. He pulls away only to REST his forehead against hers, listening as she SPEAKS. Her tone of voice is all too FAMILIAR, heartbreaking ( could a still-beating heart no longer ENCASED beneath the protection of bone still BREAK? ). His fingers absentmindedly BRUSH along her arms as he HOLDS her against his chest. 

                                       There will UNDOUBTEDLY always be something for the Pirate King to do. Lead. Inspire. Rule justly.   He murmurs against her hair. He has no DOUBT that she’ll make a FANTASTIC inspiration, and suspects he’ll hear all about her in the years to come. He only wishes he could REMAIN at her side to watch it all himself. A GLANCE at the horizon leaves Will feeling COLD, streaks of LIGHT in place where darkness had existed just MOMENTS ago. Clearing his throat, he TURNS towards Elizabeth, a more SERIOUS expression on his face.  I believe I have a FAVOR, I must ask of you, Mrs. Turner.  Attempt at a smile FAILS as he stares at his wife.

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( ✕ | thecodekeeper )

                                       SUSPICION resides in Will’s mind as his eyes TRAVEL across the face of the man before him. He can SEE bits of Jack reflected back at him, and yet, the man’s eyes LACK the warmth and humor that Will can often FIND in the depths of Jack’s eyes. Arms CROSS in front of an EMPTY chest, scar barely VISIBLE through the fabric of the shirt Will wears. Despite the general MISTRUST Will has for the man before him, he knows BETTER than to turn someone away.

                                              What can I do for you? 

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( ♚ | Elizabeth )

                                 Brown hues skate across the barely DISCERNIBLE horizon, seeing but not truly PROCESSING what is right in front of him. All he cares for is the WOMAN at his side, awake but SILENT. As if silence could keep what was about to happen at BAY. Fingertips traipsed lazily across WARMED skin, despite the early morning. The new CAPTAIN of the Flying Dutchman found that any chill seemed to ESCAPE him. As if the cold could no longer harm a DEAD man. A soft sigh ESCAPES him, & he turns slowly to meet the eyes already WATCHING him. Closing his eyes for a BRIEF moment, he presses his lips to Elizabeth’s forehead, hoping to CONVEY the depth of his ADORATION. Even now, he can’t help but remember every moment he SHOULD have reminded her that he LOVED her. 

                                                  LOVES her still. 

                                Pulling away, he simply STARES at her for a small moment, hoping to commit every FEATURE to memory. It could very well be YEARS until he lays eyes on her again. An ATTEMPT at a small smile crosses his face, and he tries to make his tone of voice LIGHT. As if there SEPARATION were not imminent with every passing SECOND.

                                Where will you go? Surely the Pirate King must have
                                                          an agenda to attend to? 

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( ♞ | herflyingxdutchman )

He didn’t believe her. Of course he didn’t. No man with a reasonable mind would.. Still, the Dutchman had had little hope that her captain would somehow know. An incredibly unreasonable thing to ask of course. She had to explain herself. Prove to him, that she was in fact his ship. How odd and delusional the idea was. 

          ‘’It’s true captain Turner. I don’t know how, or when, but it’s true. The Dutchman is gone and     instead came a woman. A living being.. It is as confusing to me as it must be for you. I- I can prove myself, captain. I can..’’ 

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                                 The words continued STREAMING from the woman’s mouth, a note of DESPERATION now clearly audible in her voice. Any slight AMUSEMENT that had once existed on Will’s face was overcome by CONCERN. He watched her CAREFULLY, wondering if she’s gone MAD. But that still didn’t explain how she KNEW him, how she knew of his SHIP. One he’d LOST at sea some months before. A laugh THREATENED to overtake him, more out of SHOCK than actual humor. He was actually ENTERTAINING the thought that she might not be LYING. That somehow, she ( was ) the EMBODIMENT of his vessel. Latching on to her last few words, Will fixed the woman with a POINTED stare. 

                                                     “ Then please – do so.

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( ♞ | nyrnernil )

          Considering that Legolas guessed the other to be a simple man,  the  subject
          of  
immortality  hadn’t  reached his pool of options to speak of,  or ponder on.
          As an elf,  he
never had to worry that he wasn’t granted enough time to travel
          the world, not
enough time to achieve all of his duties   &   goals, nor stood he
          under any pressure when it came to the ‘
mission’ of finding his significant other
          —-
somewhere in this world, wandering among many souls. 

          What  he had assumed on an instant,  upon the man beside him confronting
          him with the matter ‘
forever’,   spoken with  such  bitterness  (so he had inter-
          preted these words),  was  that there’d been a
promise to someone loved.  Men
          had so little time.
This one obviously not. 

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                               “Immortality, it is then. I was not aware you meant that.” 

         It was a simple,  almost even  casual answer  that left him with a breath,  eyes
         remaining
focused on  the other’s feautres as they caught not  only a thoughtful
         expression,  nay,  if  he was not
mistaken,  there was sorrow.  But  why just yet
         bore deeper?   
Interesting  it would be, but standing on a ship in the middle of a
         wide  
ocean  offered  a  lot  of  opportunities  for  its  captain to  toss the elvish
         visitor into the wet depths   
&   Legolas was not over fond of the idea to  swim for
         days until he’d finally reach
whichever lands.   So  he  decided  to  answer the
         question given in return, one brow
slowly raised. 

                     “The one who knows what it is like to have little time, may find
                      drawbacks  
more  easily than I do.  What   know is merely that…
                      the  
longer  you dwell in this world,  the  more experience  you
                      gather…
& the more losses you will mourn.  Especially if—-” 

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         An unnecessary pause,  combined with a  slight tilt of his head to one side, as
                                                                                   he scanned the other man
fleetingly

        “—- an immortal grows attached to those
                            whose lives
end so very  f a s t.”

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                     It’s all he can do to keep from sucking in a SHARP breath, the words the other spoke HITTING the nail on the head more than Will was KEEN to ( admit. ) But it was the TRUTH, was it not? When the fact that he was to live FOREVER came, Will SHOULD have ( distanced ) himself from those he’d cared for in his MORTAL life, traded bridges for BARRIERS to protect the TATTERED remains of his soul. But the story of his life was so TANGLED with that of his loved ones, intricately WOVEN like ( threads ) in a tapestry. Bound together in life AND in ( death. ) His own PROTECTION meant little when it came to ( them, ) particularly when it came to spending what LITTLE time he had ( left ) with the few that would PERISH all too soon. Long before he would EVER be ready for it. How many DECADES would Will be granted with the woman that should have been his to love for the REST of his days? A mere six, seven if he was LUCKY. A blink of an eye when one considered the sheer VASTNESS of time. But pirates RARELY lived that long, and he knew she was living in the SAME way she had been before – REBELLIOUSLY.

                       A QUICK shake of his head ( pulled ) Will from his thoughts, fingers GRIPPING the edge of the ship just a BIT tighter. He imagined if he held on TIGHT enough, he might leave                ( indentations ) in wood, WARP it enough that he’d be able to run his fingers over the GROOVES  as a TANGIBLE reminder of his grief. He merely hoped that one day it would LEAVE him altogether. He’d yet to LOSE those he loved, and yet    —-     he MISSED them already.

                        Will found himself chuckling DARKLY in response to the man’s words, trying not to let the full EXTENT of his sorrow show through. This was his DESTINY, something he had no ability to FIGHT no matter how hard he tried. And in truth, he didn’t think he’d LET himself even if he could. To ABANDON those in ( need ) went against his very BEING – after all, Atlas had never asked the Gods for MERCY, merely ( accepted ) the BURDEN that had been given to him.

                        The losses are bound to be INSURMOUNTABLE. Perhaps it is I who must learn to abandon the world of MORTAL SOULS before I’m reminded of how SHORT their lives will be in comparison.

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( ♞ | herflyingxdutchman )

Her heart stung and The Dutchman felt ashamed somehow. Gazing up at the captain who
had made an end to Jones’ terrible reign, the captain who had honorably done his duty for
so long and had brought peace in both Diana and the other world again. How could she possibly
tell him that she was his ship. That she was the Flying Dutchman, somehow. How could she
-even if captain Turner believed her- face him when she had let him down so terribly.

        ‘’We have..- or no.. Not like this at least. I-’’ 

Once again, the woman was at a loss of words. And with teary eyes and a raspy voice, Diana
finally continued; 

        ‘’-How is the Dutchman?’’ 

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     There was something in the woman’s eyes that made Will feel almost SAD
     as though he should recognize her in some way. And yet, her face was one
     he hadn’t seen before. Still, the sight of tears filling her eyes was   alarming,
     his own eyes widening with concern.  Yet the question that fell from her lips
     stifled his immediate reaction, confusion lining his features.   To be asked 
     about his ship… It hardly made sense.

          “ How is it that you know about the Dutchman? ”

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( ♞ | edhelhernil )

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      ‘ This. ‘ It’s an easy enough answer in direct correlation with his
      current state and the truth. ‘ Aye, I was not born into this power,
      the power to see new worlds – it was given to me. And when I
      began, I began believing it impossible. Yet here now I stand be-
      fore you and it is not in my world, but your’s. Stories like these
      are made by men, not elves, and are told to children to help
      them sleep. And I am in one. ‘

     A laugh slips from Will’s lips, and he finds himself shaking his head
     incredulously. 

          “ Yes, I suppose that would be more than enough to make
          one question everything they believe they know.   I’d truly
          believed I’d seen a ghost,     and I’m still not entirely sure 
          I can properly wrap my head around your being here. Was
          it of your own will that you came to be here?    If you don’t 
          mind my asking, of course. ”

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( ♞ |  edhelhernil​ ) 

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      ‘ Is it the ghosts of your past that haunt you, or have you some other reason for an uneasy mind? Breathe – relax – you must approach things slowly. ‘

        “I’ve never quite managed to grasp the patience that comes with 
         approaching anything slowly,  I’m afraid.       Even if I wind up in 
         trouble more often than not as a result.  –  Tell me, has anything
         strange ever happened to you?   Something you couldn’t explain, 
         something that even dared to  test your  
( understanding )  of the
         world? ”

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est. april 24, 2015

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