Five Ways of Running for Home, Five Things that Never Happened to Jack Sparrow

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Claim: Pirates of the Caribbean (general)
Title: Five Ways of Running for Home
Author: penknife
Characters: Jack Sparrow/Elizabeth Swann, Will Turner/Elizabeth Swann, Jack Sparrow/Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann/James Norrington, Will Turner/James Norrington
Prompt: 01. First Time
Rating: NC-17
Length: 5, 400 words
Brief summary: One of the things I love most about this fandom is the number of ways things can play out, especially relationships. This story is a lovely exploration of five different relationshhips, how they begin, and under what circumstances; the characterization is exquisite. Which does not exclude exquisitely painful -- no matter how much we love these men and women, they are not perfect, and penknife isn't afraid of that. Spoilers for Dead Man's Chest.
Link to the story: Five Ways of Running for Home

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Claim: Pirates of the Caribbean (general)
Title: Five Things that Never Happened to Jack Sparrow
Author: phoenixchilde
Characters: Jack Sparrow, Anamaria, James Norrington
Prompt: 02. AU
Rating: PG
Length: 3, 330 words
Brief summary: This is an old, old story from way back when, and it, I think, started at least one if not more pieces of fanon. For that alone, it's worth reading. But the things that didn't happen here are fascinating, because they don't have any context, and yet mesh so well with canon and are so plausible. The writing is clean and economical, and the images are vivid.
Link to the story: Five Things that Never Happened to Jack Sparrow