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yiling matriarch ([personal profile] marginalia) wrote2004-08-11 01:17 am

drabble: the unwilling pupil. pullings/maturin

[the unwilling pupil] - pullings/maturin for [livejournal.com profile] andrealyn

Tom was amazed that the Doctor could spend so much time at sea and still know nothing of the workings of a ship. It should have been but another language for him, and it could not be for lack of trying. Nearly everyone from the Captain on down had attempted to teach him, and yet his attempts at naval jargon remained laughable.

One calm day, Tom takes him aloft, careful through the lubber's hole. He begins again, describing sails and winds, but between Stephen's piercing gaze and his long fingers steadying on Tom's wrist, Tom realizes Stephen's will is elsewhere.
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[personal profile] andrealyn 2004-08-11 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
Eeee, thank you! :-D Gorgeous!

[identity profile] marginalia.livejournal.com 2004-08-11 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
thank -you-!
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[personal profile] starfishchick 2004-08-11 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, Tom/Stephen and nautical jargon!

Sigh.

[identity profile] marginalia.livejournal.com 2004-08-11 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
i'd let tom explain nautical jargon to me all night long and in many different positions. ayup.
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[personal profile] starfishchick 2004-08-12 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
RAWR.

[identity profile] dacro.livejournal.com 2004-08-11 07:49 am (UTC)(link)
the last line is so perfect. I could taste the salty air and feel the wind...and other things. ;)

(I also saw a sunrise or sunset...pretty colours, anyway. heh)

Your Tom never gives up. very nice.

[identity profile] marginalia.livejournal.com 2004-08-11 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
mrawr! thank you :)