Drabble POTC pre CotBP

[soleilpirate]

Title: Hungry 
Author: Soleil Compeau
Fandom: Pirates of the Carribean
Pairing/Characters: Jack
Spoilers: Pre-CotBP, post branding
Rating: PG

 
He enjoyed integrity, social acceptance, daily wages for hard work. Then pity overcame caution and he freed them. The priveleges of square meals and a full belly vanished in one wrathful burn. 
 
Now he was outlaw. Pariah. Pirate. And hungry. Every marketplace in every town threw rocks, beat him. One  vendor tried to cut his hand off. 
 
His belly rumbled, grew to sharp pain, then went numb. Desperate, he became stealthy. Walked quietly, looked over his shoulder often. Snatched, ran to a dark alley, crammed sustenance into his mouth. 
 
Bread had never tasted so sweet, nor shame so bitter.

Comments

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Oh, Jack... *sob*

[soleilpirate.livejournal.com]

I know. The days after being branded must have been awful. This idea just explores one of them! *pets Jack* I hope he's got plenty to eat now!

[mary684.livejournal.com]

I love it, the last line, especially. *hugs Jack*

[soleilpirate.livejournal.com]

Poor man was so desperately hungry. I imagine the grunts of relief as he finally got to eat again. *hugs Jack and cooks a meal for him*

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Now THAT is a drabble. I can see why Jack swaggers when he can and is stealthy other times.

[soleilpirate.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It only makes sense that he learned many of his piraty ways, after he became one, and had no choice if he wanted to survive. And Jack is nothing if not a survivor.

[madam-pudifoot.livejournal.com]

Ah, the price he paid for freedom -- even if it wasn't his own. It must've been hard for someone as outgoing as Jack to be outcast and scorned (and starvation isn't exactly fun either!). Great drabble! Loved that we know where he became so stealthy!

[soleilpirate.livejournal.com]

Thank you for reading, and commenting!Going hungry was probably just one of the horrors he suffered after branding. It makes sense that his loss and suffereing were total, ve lost everything. And yeah, the stealthy. Jack didn't have reason to be sneaky before this.