#ttydfl fic

Commodore James Norrington did not believe in ghosts. He did not believe in mermaids, krakens, Davy Jones or his locker of legend. Sailors might be a superstitious lot as a whole, but James had little time for such foolishness. It only got in the way.

But when he comes face-to-face with Elizabeth Swann, who he saw lost to pirates at age 12, James is forced to reconsider his stance on the supernatural. And when she pulls him headlong into conspiracy, and as more that he'd thought gone forever rises from the dead, James begins to question everything else, too.

44.8K words, 11 chapters, and now ✨complete✨! Perfect for the reader who loves Elizabeth Swann; loves or loves to hate Cutler Beckett; and who loves, enjoys, is intrigued by, and/or tolerates James Norrington but isn't such a big fan of the whole Royal Navy thing.

it's been (checks watch) eight months, but I finally updated my POTC fic! turns out this is not the final chapter after all, which I shouldn't be as surprised by as I am.

nearly 11pm on a Saturday night? perfect time to post an update!

New chapter! Featuring angst, gardening, and revelations that have been a long time coming.

Jennings was dead by the time James returned to Port Royal.

He dangled at the harbor entrance where Beckett had sworn to hang James’ corpse. After just three days Jennings more resembled Barbossa in the moonlight than his own former self. His clothing, already in poor condition when James had captured him, was ragged now; his body, slowly turning in the wind, was wasted. And the crows had made quick work of his eyes. Just as Beckett promised.

When James had ordered the befuddled Company men onto the boats, he realized Mercer was not among them. He’d warned Will (as Elizabeth refused to speak to him) that the man might be stowing away, but really James suspected he’d managed to slip onto the Pearl after his lord and master. As he looked at Jennings swaying in the breeze, his neck itched, remembering Mercer’s knife and Beckett’s gun, and uneasy at not knowing if or when they might appear again.

what's that? rosehips wrote a fic for the first time in almost a year?? it's true!!

comments deeply extremely appreciated especially as this is my first work in the potc fandom (shocking to me since i've been a fan and on-and-off stanning james norrington since 2003)

this was v fun to write and includes lots of flirting and befuddlement and a vicarious plot twist!

chapter 4 of my potc fic is up and it is maybe the most fun thing I have ever written in my life?