Short fic Challenge.

[legionseagle.livejournal.com]

With ankaret's blessing and with a certain degree of trepidation, I'm stepping up to the high-board and about to plunge with my short fic Stowaway (which is only a drabble if you use the term very loosely indeed, and/or can't count) as the opening entry in ankaret challenge.

Rated: 12A (15 for those of you who watched bits of POTC 2 from between your fingers):
Gen.
Usual disclaimers
Summary (and link):

Don't use the phrase "worse things happen at sea" lightly. Sometimes it's true.

ankaret has requested: to avoid spamming the flists of people who don't like fanfic, could this be the official: Post/Link here post for the challenge, and please could people remember to post either their own drabbles or links to them in comments to this rather than in separate posts

Can I also remind people to use lj-cut and post ratings/warnings if they're including anything "post watershed" ?

Thanks

Comments

[forester48.livejournal.com]

Sorry, girlyswot, I did the same one - and a bit similar.

Just after Patrick has been expelled - Pamela Marlow takes the bull by the horns and phones Helena Merrick 110 words

"Helena, I don't know how to apologise for my ghastly daughter - "
"My dear, all Patrick's fault for being so naïve! Hopefully, he's learnt his lesson about whom he can trust - it's an ill wind!"
"Learnt - ? "
"Daughters are nightmares, aren't they? But if Virginia never does worse than get the occasional boy expelled then you've got off lightly from things I hear."
"Occasional - ?"
"Joke, darling! Personally, I'm delighted to get him out of that appalling school. We've had to pull a few strings but we think Gordenstoun will squeeze him in! Now that should be far enough from any trouble, don't you think?"

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

I shouldn't worry: they're not that similar. If anything, it's my fault for not letting myself in for all the bureaucracy of trying to match up prompts and authors. :)

[rosathome.livejournal.com]

No problem - I think you catch the tension between them much better than I did.