Drabble: Her Mother's Hair
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trinitydayMost of you who read PotC will already have seen this...
Title: Her Mother's Hair
Author: Trinity Day
Word Count: 150
A/N: Those of you who've read it will notice that this has been greatly influenced by the opening scene of Terry Pratchett's "Monstrous Regiment". I skipped out on the bit about binding/lack of binding, though, so I didn't have to feel too badly about it.
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Her hair was the hardest thing to do. Elizabeth had always taken unholy pleasure in her hair. She had her mother’s hair, according to her father, one of the only features she’d inherited from her.
If only Jack were here, Elizabeth could have sailed away with him. Other captains weren’t so willing to let women on their ships. Other captains—as well as the entire Royal Navy—would be looking for the governor’s daughter. No one would look twice at John “Jack” Turner, even if he did share the name as the governor’s daughter’s fiancé, the man Elizabeth should have already wed. Instead, Elizabeth spent her wedding day preparing to run off to sea to look for said missing fiancé.
Still, it had to be done. Elizabeth even managed to keep her eyes open while shearing the hair off, her hands only trembling slightly.
“For Will,” she told herself resolutely.
Title: Her Mother's Hair
Author: Trinity Day
Word Count: 150
A/N: Those of you who've read it will notice that this has been greatly influenced by the opening scene of Terry Pratchett's "Monstrous Regiment". I skipped out on the bit about binding/lack of binding, though, so I didn't have to feel too badly about it.
Her hair was the hardest thing to do. Elizabeth had always taken unholy pleasure in her hair. She had her mother’s hair, according to her father, one of the only features she’d inherited from her.
If only Jack were here, Elizabeth could have sailed away with him. Other captains weren’t so willing to let women on their ships. Other captains—as well as the entire Royal Navy—would be looking for the governor’s daughter. No one would look twice at John “Jack” Turner, even if he did share the name as the governor’s daughter’s fiancé, the man Elizabeth should have already wed. Instead, Elizabeth spent her wedding day preparing to run off to sea to look for said missing fiancé.
Still, it had to be done. Elizabeth even managed to keep her eyes open while shearing the hair off, her hands only trembling slightly.
“For Will,” she told herself resolutely.