JACK
Jack will never tire of those shared memories, the ones she's kept in her sails and her hull for so long they're almost faded, even to the Captain. The fact that she's got a voice to laugh at them now is enough to remind him of all the things he is and all the things they've done and accomplished together. Even more-so; all the things they have left to do, and as her thoughts warm further he finds himself relaxing, unaware of the tension that had begun to creep into his shoulders and up the back of his neck.
"I'll do you one better," he suggests, realising suddenly that he's holding the shape of water in his hands, something impossible to replicate, not by gods or fate or magic. "Given the course I've set us on, it only seems right for us to drop anchor closest to where we can walk The Grey Road the easiest." They're close enough now that he's practically speaking the words against her lips, his fingers tightening inexorably in the back of her hair as if to hold her at bay for what he says next.
"You were right," he whispers. "You were always right. We belong in Torchline, and it's unfair of me to keep pretendin' that we don't. Come sunrise, we'll start arrangin' to go home."
"I'll do you one better," he suggests, realising suddenly that he's holding the shape of water in his hands, something impossible to replicate, not by gods or fate or magic. "Given the course I've set us on, it only seems right for us to drop anchor closest to where we can walk The Grey Road the easiest." They're close enough now that he's practically speaking the words against her lips, his fingers tightening inexorably in the back of her hair as if to hold her at bay for what he says next.
"You were right," he whispers. "You were always right. We belong in Torchline, and it's unfair of me to keep pretendin' that we don't. Come sunrise, we'll start arrangin' to go home."
no more than I was or than I want to be
when you fall on me like night, I wanna kill the lights
when you fall on me like night, I wanna kill the lights
- Secret Telepath
- Functionally Immortal (Forever 35)
- Two small star tattoos beneath his left eye
- Click for The Ark!
