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𝕬𝖓𝖓𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖓𝖓𝖞 ([personal profile] brimmed) wrote2021-11-18 04:56 pm

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Anne Bonny
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calicoat: ([anne] quiet and soft)

backdated....shortly after the event??

[personal profile] calicoat 2022-01-17 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's a pretty normal night, which is welcome, after after getting caught up in that Shadow Ball, which was a little too much debauchery at once, even for Jack. It's nice to catch his breath, lounge on the couch with his head in Anne's lap and read a book - a history of this place from the library, that gives him more questions than answers.

Eventually, he puts it down open-faced on his stomach, and looks up at Anne. ]


I've been thinking about this contract business. I think I know who I'd like to ask.

[ Pending Anne's approval, or at least acceptance, obvious enough that it doesn't need to be clarified aloud. ]

One Cornelius Hickey...I met him at that party, before it dissolved into total madness.
calicoat: (after all that i can do for them is done)

[personal profile] calicoat 2022-01-17 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ As she should, much to think about, really. Regular access to shampoo and conditioner has done wonders for it. ]

That's what I said, yes. Had a dance, had a chat, and...whatnot.

[ He's not hiding it. Not really. It just hasn't come up until now, and it doesn't exactly spill so easily from his tongue that he's fucking men now, apparently, as it did when he told her about Ducky. It's different, an itch that needed scratching, maybe not so much as Anne's, but one that Jack can recognize was too easy to indulge. Like all he needed was a new environment and a soft nudge, to veer off onto paths he'd barely even looked down.

He shifts to get a better angle to look up at her face with, but please, don't take it as a reason to quit playing with his hair. ]


You know him?
calicoat: (boo boo the fool)

just some liiiiite internal homophobia in here

[personal profile] calicoat 2022-01-17 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Should have expected that. He hesitates just a moment, chewing his tongue, fingers drumming against the hard cover of his book. It shouldn't be a bombshell admission, given what they both now know about Anne's preferences, but it feels like one. It's different for men like him, it must be, even in a place like this where he knows, logically, that nobody gives a shit, to open himself up to being perceived differently. To prove people right who had demeaned or doubted him. Anne's toughness is never in question the same way his is.

But he can't hide from her. Doesn't want to, but also quite literally can not, especially if this works out the way he's planning. ]


Fucked him, at the party. In a storage room, like a damn teenager.

[ Feels good to say so out loud, actually. He doesn't sound ashamed, because his internal fight was all but over before the door had closed behind them.  He's always been more concerned with perceptions, how he's seen by Anne or Charles or whoever the fuck else. ]
calicoat: (defensive position)

[personal profile] calicoat 2022-01-17 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ What other options, indeed. Billy? Not likely.

Jack looks up at her, searching for any tension or hesitation or hurt, anything that might change his mind about this. But she seems to be taking it better than he had. Of course she is. If anyone would understand it, it's Anne. ]


I'm asking you if I can invite him to stay here, what do you think?

[ He lets out a long breath, and the attitude with it. ]

Yeah...it was. I don't know if it was a revelation, exactly. [ The way things were with Anne and Max. It hasn't made him less interested in women. ] But I enjoyed it. It's got me...curious. I'd do it again, I think.
calicoat: (faring the open sea.)

[personal profile] calicoat 2022-01-18 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ Plenty of pairs out there contracted purely out of convenience. They were getting on just fine before Hickey put his dick in his mouth, the arrangement would probably work without sex, but why should it? If they're both still excited by the idea, still high on the others' attention, and Anne can accept it...why not? ]

That's him. So you have met?
calicoat: (it's almost guaranteed)

[personal profile] calicoat 2022-01-18 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ All that's about as close to a seal of approval as Jack's likely to get out of her, so he'll call it a win. It's a relief, actually, to know that they've had a civil enough conversation that he doesn't have to anticipate any nasty surprises. Or it would be, if not for what she says next. ]

What do you mean by that?

[ He bristles. Hickey's a sneaky redhead, Anne's a sneaky redhead...what's not tracking, exactly? ]

What do you imagine my type of man to be?
calicoat: (gay longing)

[personal profile] calicoat 2022-01-18 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ Taller? Sorry darling, just because he's fucked one man doesn't mean he can't be deeply repressed about another. No idea what's so funny, what's got her smiling like she knows something.

Okay, some idea. ]


Why taller? What are you on about, Anne?
calicoat: (this is all your own battle to win)

[personal profile] calicoat 2022-01-18 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ . . . . . ]

You think I want Charles?

[ Outrageous. Pure fiction. Total fantasy. ]
Edited 2022-01-18 01:42 (UTC)
calicoat: (gay longing)

[personal profile] calicoat 2022-01-18 02:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Jack sighs, leaning his head closer against her belly. ]

...fine. I looked. Who hasn't? The way he walks into any room like he owns it, to the argument of no one. He makes it easy to...to look.

Doesn't mean anything.

[ Uh huh. ]
calicoat: (can we forget about the things i said)

[personal profile] calicoat 2022-01-18 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
And you would be right about that, she does.

[ Max is hot. Vane is hot. So what, he has eyes.

She might have a point, though. She didn't up and decide to hop into bed with Max on a whim, the desire had been simmering for a long time. Had to start somewhere. A look. An accidental touch that lingers a blink too long. Long nights in the captain's quarters drinking and dreaming and ribbing each other and having a laugh, where somewhere in the back of one's head it occurs that something could happen, which never materializes.

Something like that. Maybe. It's not quite clear to him still, even with Anne staring down and trying to pull the denial out of him. ]


Nothing ever happened between us. I was never...compelled the same way you were. Always had so much other shit to worry about.

[ And so, just looks. The odd fantasy, when voyages ran on too long. Nothing wrong with a look. ]

Suppose if I've got a type, it's whatever you and Charles have in common.

[ The ability to beat his ass, maybe? ]
calicoat: (quite touched)

[personal profile] calicoat 2022-01-18 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That look...it's hard not to smile up at her. It makes him feel lighter, like there's a burden off his shoulders he hadn't realized was there. It's so rare that he feels any genuine understanding thrown his way, except for hers. It's always her. ]

I know that. You know that. Many people don't.

[ Not that anyone else's opinions but hers and the former captain's matter to him nearly as much, but people already think he's a fop as it is. Why add fuel to that fire, when he's got a crew to manage?

It's different here, though. Hard to deny that. ]


Back home, at least. Nobody gives a shit here, anyone just fucks anyone right over the tavern bars.

[ Time to get over it, then. If Anne can do so in much more hostile circumstances, he can buck the fuck up. ]

You'll do your best to get along?
calicoat: ([anne] quiet and soft)

[personal profile] calicoat 2022-01-19 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ His version of playing nice with Max had more resemblance to a pair of cats circling each other, trying to decide if the fight would be worth the satisfaction of the pounce, so it doesn't hurt to make sure. Jack trusts her, though, to let him know if there's any trouble beyond the inconvenience of having their space invaded.

He leans into the touch even further, enjoying the gentle tug at his scalp with a soft sigh. ]


You know I will.
calicoat: (yeah no)

[personal profile] calicoat 2022-01-21 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Please do. Best get to know one another beforehand. Let me ask him first, though, won't you, darling?

[ Jack shifts, just enough to put the book back on the table and close his eyes, like he might have a little nap now that all this is settled-- ]

What? [ One eye open, peeking up at her with his face scrunched. ] He did. Does that make a difference?

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