Tag: this is everything

jamesvflint:

if news of long john silver has reached savannah, stands to reason news of captain flint has, too. for years. tales of violence and cruelty; more monster than man. the dreaded, the fearsome, the dead. 

they only truly ever have half the story, don’t they?

thomas puts the two halves together, eventually. startled, at the way they fit together. james has too many scars and not enough stories, and thomas has always been too smart for his own good. 

it’s night, a month later. the plantation is behind them, they’ve laid their roots down elsewhere; a small cottage, far inland, surrounded by green. james does not have to see water unless he wants to. 

they’re sitting shoulder to shoulder on their porch, passing a bottle of rum hand to hand. the night is full of stories. the two of them, by turns touching, talking, weeping, chuckling. quiet, but never again secret. 

it was all for you, james says, suddenly. i raised hell so i wouldn’t drown in the loss of you. he pauses, doesn’t say, i drowned anyway. i took her down with me. 

thomas looks at the face in his hands; a legend, a pirate. a story, made man. kisses the freckles at james’ temple and whispers, as if i ever would have done differently.