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Necessary Evil

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She had cried a little last night.

It was not something she was proud of, nor was it a fact she wished to share with rest of her crew. When everyone had gone to sleep within their own respective coves in the church ruins, she snuck out and found a reasonably distant cluster of palm trees to hide in while she got it over with. She allowed herself ten minutes and then roughly wiped what remained of the salty liquid away on her sleeve and returned to feign sleep.

She wouldn't let herself think about it too much. She knew all along what the outcome would be, anyway. She had reminded herself over and over to not let herself attach, to not go soft. Yet, here she was, allowing the towering stonewalls that had protected her heart for so long to crumble at her feet.

She had come to know James Norrington as the sort of man that fell in love easily and let the matter distract him from what he really wanted until it was too late. When he offered to run away with her and start some new existence on the sea, just the two of them, she found herself assuming his role from earlier. All of a sudden, she was the voice of reason, encouraging him to go back to Port Royal, to earn his rightful place. She told him this moment was not worth the sacrifice and that he'd grow to hate her for it later.

She knew she had disappointed him greatly, but it was a necessary evil. This crippling feeling of loss that weighed heavy on her chest would go away eventually. She assured herself that she wouldn't always wonder what might have happened if she and James tried to make something work. She knew, deep down that they would never be happy together, even if she had managed to envision a future for them in which they were. It was just wishful thinking, not a logical assumption.

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Notes-
1) Anamaria is supposed to be crying in this picture. That's supposed to be a tear. If it doesn't really look like it, let me know and I'll replace it with the one that doesn't look weird (sans tears).
2) That weird patch in the sky is the result of trying to get rid of an :iconpixeltard:'s trademark icon thing. I tried to select colors from the sky itself to color over the empty patch, but the blending didn't go as well as I had hoped. You can pretend its clouds or something, if you want.
3) Storywise, that ship probably shouldn't be there and had Anamaria seen it, she'd probably have forgotten her crying altogether and wonder who is following them. It's also supposed to be nighttime, but I thought this looked a little more poignant.
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papillonpetitelily's avatar
:( so heartbreak ;-;!!!!!