Title: Unexpected Circumstances

Author: tarotgal

Fandom: Pirates of the Caribbean

Rating: R

Pairing: Will/Jack

Warning: Slash

Disclaimer: Yet again, not mine. Not in the least. And after this ficlet, they're probably glad they're not mine. I'm just glad I'm not getting paid or anything because I'm just playing.

Summary: Will meets up with Jack for some fun but an unexpected allergy gets in the way.

Notes: Written for weekly hatching bunny #11 (an unexpected allergy, between 1 and 2 pages). It kind of went a tiny bit onto page 3, but I made the margins really large and it fit in two. Promise!

Feedback: *blushes* Sure

Unexpected Circumstances

     Jack Sparrow finished his bottle of rum and made a point out of showing everyone it was empty. He turned it upside-down and shook it to be sure it was drained to the last drop. Then he sighed deeply and flung the bottle overboard. "I'm going down for more, savvy?" he headed down the far hatch.

     Will knew this was his cue to go down as well. Only two days into his trip on The Black Pearl, Will wasn't too familiar with the layout. Apart from the brig, which he was far too intimate with for his liking, and the deck, which Jack had put him right to work on, he had seen very little of the ship. He slipped away, down the same way he had seen Jack go. No one noticed his absence. Through the double doors into the Captain's luxurious dining chambers then down through another door to the Captain's quarters he made his way. "Jack?" he called out timidly as he headed down the stairs.

     "In here," Jack's disembodied voice called out to him in the darkness. Will followed the sound blindly, reaching out with both hands to be sure not to run into anything. With a loud smack, his shin hit a box and he swore.

     A soft chuckle sounded and a match was struck. Then light burst from the lantern on the far side of the cabin. It showed Jack in bed beneath dark red sheets and a pile of clothes lying discarded on the floor beside. Will grinned, freezing in place to take in the scene before him. The strong pirate captain, long dark hair and deep dark eyes, was waiting for him. Jack cocked his head. "Why're you smiling?"

     Will shrugged and leaned against the cabin wall. "I'm not sure. I suppose I expected more of a seduction out of the amazing Captain Jack Sparrow. But here I find you already in bed, already naked..." His eagerness was betrayed as his tongue ran against his lower lip.

     Jack sat up in bed a bit, his bare chest visible above the sheet, decorated with its many tattoos. It was enough to pull Will off the wall and draw him to the bed. "Well, if you'd rather talk first I suppose we could, but I'd prefer talking after. That way I don't have to wait to have you now. So get over here and take your clothes off, savvy?"

     Nodding in agreement, Will made his way over quickly, shedding clothes as he did so. He slid into the bed and lay down beside Jack. He sighed deeply as Jack reached out to touch him, claim him. The rings on Jack's fingers were cold as they slid against his skin, making him give a bit of a start. But Jack's hands were pleasantly warm elsewhere. Will tried to hide the flush in his cheeks by turning his head into the pillow.

     It wasn't until Jack's hand found his crotch and Will took a sharp breath inward that Will realized the pillow smelled so strongly of Jack. However, it seemed to be the only thing in the cabin that really seemed to be Jack's. The rest of the room was done up lavishly, as though its occupant was trying too hard to make it the most beautiful and most perfect place. As though that occupant had tried so hard to make it comfortable only to find no rest there. Will stiffened and pulled away from Jack a little. "Do you never think about how this was Barbosa's for ten years?"

     Jack sighed and nodded, his eyes on Will's chest and his hands on Will's waist. "Every bloody day. But it was mine before it was his." He leaned in and kissed Will's neck softly. "And I mean to make it feel like mine again." A hand wrapped around to Will's back, pulling the man closer. "I thought we agreed to save the talk for after." He kissed the nape of Will's neck.

     Will sighed and went weak in Jack's arms. He closed his eyes and took another deep breath, letting it out slowly.

     But then his nostrils twitched with a strong urge to sneeze and he pulled back. "Jah... Jack-" he tried, before cupping his hand to his nose and mouth and sneezing. "ahShoo! ahhShhh! ehhShooo! ehhhTchooo!" He took a gulp of air and sat up. His eyes were still closed and his brow furrowed. "hahShooo! ehhhSHOO!"

     Jack sat up as well, looking partially concerned and partially confused. His skilled hands swept Will's hair back from his face. "This wasn't exactly the reaction I'd had in mind..."

     Will shook his head apologetically. "I... hah-EHShooo! ahhShhh! Sniff! I... I thig subthig is... HahShhh! ...bakig be... sd... sdeeze-ehhShooo! ahhhShoo! KShoo! I dod't dow what... what..." He pulled back and nearly tumbled out of bed. He caught himself before he fell and set his hand on one of the boxes to steady himself. "hah-hahShoo!"

     Jack looked around, as though the culprit would jump right out at him. He saw nothing out of the ordinary, however, and was not going to suggest the problem was with him. But then Will, bent over and breathing deeply to try to force air in and out before the sneezes came again, saw something on the box. He reached down and picked up two very short, fine hairs. He stared at them a moment, then snapped forward again. "ehhhhSHOO! yehhChoo! hihShoo! ahhhSHOO!"

     "Will?" Jack got up and walked over to Will's side. He wrapped his arms around the man, locking his fingers together and resting his hands on Will's far hip.

     "hahhShihhh!" Will rubbed the side of his hand against his itching nose. "Jack..." Then he held the hairs up for inspection.

     "Monkey!" Jack exclaimed. Will nodded woefully, and Jack broke into a chuckle. "Maybe you should take a swim and we should reconvene elsewhere?"

     Will nodded again, then turned and sneezed. "hahh-CHIH! hehhChuhh! ahhhChuhhh!" The sneezes were so strong they bent him in half, and he leaned into Jack for support.

     Jack waited until Will caught his breath before retrieving Will's clothes. His hands were still cold and hot against Will's skin as he slid on shirt, then trousers, then vest. Will blushed as Jack's naked body pressed into his clothed one, as the man kissed him. Their noses bumped, their thin moustaches rubbed, and their mouths moved hungrily. When Jack pulled back to button up Will's vest, Will gave him a smile. "You did a better job getting my clothes back on than off."

     He nibbled at Will from his cheek to ear, then whispered, "Just give me another chance to take them off again."

     Will grinned and nodded, his jaw dropping and brow furrowing. Quickly, he turned his head, "hehhShhh! ahhChoo! Sniff!" He rubbed the cuff of his sleeve at his nose and sniffled a little more. "I'll see if I can't find my way to the back of the cargo hold in a quarter of an hour."

     "A quarter of an hour it is, then," the captain nodded. "Don't get lost." Still grinning, Will shook his head and headed upstairs into the fresh air before he could start sneezing again.