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[February 10] [Brokeback Mountain] Once Upon a Time - 10
Title: Once Upon a Time - 10
Day/Theme: February 10th/The Lost Husband
Series: Brokeback Mountain
Character/Pairing: Jack Twist/Ennis del Mar
Rating: R
Chapter 10
Jack flicked the cigarette. “Your mama ever tell you fairy tales?”
Francine shook her head, her hair carrying the wave to her shoulders. Ennis was at work, but Francine'd brought over some boxes. They were sitting in front of the broke down old trailer. The evening was fair. They'd sat in silence for just a little while until Francine had worked up the courage to ask. “Mr. Twist, how did you end up with my dad?”
Jack had given up on getting her to call him anything that wasn't “Mr. Twist.” And, instead of giving her a well-rehearsed line about sheep, he'd asked her about fairy tales.
“Well, Fran, you mind if I call you Fran?”
She shook her head again.
“Well, my mama once told me this fairy tale. Her mama told it to her. Her mama was Norwegian, so probably that's where it comes from. You wanna hear it?”
Francine nodded, being a smart girl and knowing it must be relevant.
“Goes somethin' like this. There's this guy, only he looks like a bear--” Jack paused, shook his head, adding, “now I guess I'm the bear in this story, only I ain't no bear. Maybe don't exercise much as I should, but...” He eyed her, seeing he'd traveled to destinations where she wasn't following, though that was probably for the best.
“Anyway, the bear fell in love with a beautiful woman. Now your daddy's the woman. Only he ain't a woman neither.” Shit, now Francine was blushing. “I jus' mean, in the tale, see, he's the woman.” She nodded through her red face, though Jack guessed she was trying not to laugh from the odd shape of her mouth.
“As I was sayin'. Bear, woman, right? But the woman wasn't too sure 'bout that, him bein' a bear an' whatnot, so she sort a thought about it for a while, but 'ventually she come around, take up the bear's offer. At night the bear ain't a bear no more but a man, an'... well. I mean, well, you know what I mean.” She was clearly restraining giggles now. “Anyway, still, the woman didn't know whether the bear was a man or a troll or what. Her mama convinced her ta look, tryin' a tell her it was a troll. She did look, found he was the handsomest prince.” Jack beamed a smile at his cigarette and took another drag.
“But anyway, the prince had to go, marry his ugly step-sister or somethin'. So he did that, an' he went to live in this castle, east a the moon and west a the sun. Beautiful woman spent most of her life tryin' a find that castle, get the man back from his wife. An' there ya have it.”
“Huh?” Fran was smiling, but looked confused.
Jack sighed, smoke puttering out between his lips. He really ought to quit. Throwing the smoke down on the ground and mashing it with a toe, he continued. “You see, your daddy wasn't too keen on bein' with neither a troll nor a beautiful prince, so I went down to Texas an' got married. We been seein' each other ever since, but I guess you know that. Guess your daddy finally found the North Wind.”
“The North Wind?”
“Only one who knows how to find the place east a the sun and west a the moon.”
“Oh.”
“So now?” Jack stared towards the setting sun on the horizon, turned to see the rising full moon sliding up from the east. “Now I guess it really is like a fairy tale. 'An they lived happily ever after.' You believe in that?” He watched her with genuine interest.
She smiled at her feet and nodded, waves rippling down her hair again. “I like them Disney movies and all. Prince Charming, that kind a stuff.”
“But you believe people can find that in this life?”
She looked up to meet his eyes, not flinching away at all, and said in a steady voice, “I do now.”
Jack nodded, sitting back. He clasped his hands over his beer belly, sitting in a low-slung lawn chair, not next to Ennis this time, but next to his little girl, pride n' treasure of his life.
I once was lost but now am found, east of the sun and west of the moon.
Day/Theme: February 10th/The Lost Husband
Series: Brokeback Mountain
Character/Pairing: Jack Twist/Ennis del Mar
Rating: R
Chapter 10
Jack flicked the cigarette. “Your mama ever tell you fairy tales?”
Francine shook her head, her hair carrying the wave to her shoulders. Ennis was at work, but Francine'd brought over some boxes. They were sitting in front of the broke down old trailer. The evening was fair. They'd sat in silence for just a little while until Francine had worked up the courage to ask. “Mr. Twist, how did you end up with my dad?”
Jack had given up on getting her to call him anything that wasn't “Mr. Twist.” And, instead of giving her a well-rehearsed line about sheep, he'd asked her about fairy tales.
“Well, Fran, you mind if I call you Fran?”
She shook her head again.
“Well, my mama once told me this fairy tale. Her mama told it to her. Her mama was Norwegian, so probably that's where it comes from. You wanna hear it?”
Francine nodded, being a smart girl and knowing it must be relevant.
“Goes somethin' like this. There's this guy, only he looks like a bear--” Jack paused, shook his head, adding, “now I guess I'm the bear in this story, only I ain't no bear. Maybe don't exercise much as I should, but...” He eyed her, seeing he'd traveled to destinations where she wasn't following, though that was probably for the best.
“Anyway, the bear fell in love with a beautiful woman. Now your daddy's the woman. Only he ain't a woman neither.” Shit, now Francine was blushing. “I jus' mean, in the tale, see, he's the woman.” She nodded through her red face, though Jack guessed she was trying not to laugh from the odd shape of her mouth.
“As I was sayin'. Bear, woman, right? But the woman wasn't too sure 'bout that, him bein' a bear an' whatnot, so she sort a thought about it for a while, but 'ventually she come around, take up the bear's offer. At night the bear ain't a bear no more but a man, an'... well. I mean, well, you know what I mean.” She was clearly restraining giggles now. “Anyway, still, the woman didn't know whether the bear was a man or a troll or what. Her mama convinced her ta look, tryin' a tell her it was a troll. She did look, found he was the handsomest prince.” Jack beamed a smile at his cigarette and took another drag.
“But anyway, the prince had to go, marry his ugly step-sister or somethin'. So he did that, an' he went to live in this castle, east a the moon and west a the sun. Beautiful woman spent most of her life tryin' a find that castle, get the man back from his wife. An' there ya have it.”
“Huh?” Fran was smiling, but looked confused.
Jack sighed, smoke puttering out between his lips. He really ought to quit. Throwing the smoke down on the ground and mashing it with a toe, he continued. “You see, your daddy wasn't too keen on bein' with neither a troll nor a beautiful prince, so I went down to Texas an' got married. We been seein' each other ever since, but I guess you know that. Guess your daddy finally found the North Wind.”
“The North Wind?”
“Only one who knows how to find the place east a the sun and west a the moon.”
“Oh.”
“So now?” Jack stared towards the setting sun on the horizon, turned to see the rising full moon sliding up from the east. “Now I guess it really is like a fairy tale. 'An they lived happily ever after.' You believe in that?” He watched her with genuine interest.
She smiled at her feet and nodded, waves rippling down her hair again. “I like them Disney movies and all. Prince Charming, that kind a stuff.”
“But you believe people can find that in this life?”
She looked up to meet his eyes, not flinching away at all, and said in a steady voice, “I do now.”
Jack nodded, sitting back. He clasped his hands over his beer belly, sitting in a low-slung lawn chair, not next to Ennis this time, but next to his little girl, pride n' treasure of his life.
I once was lost but now am found, east of the sun and west of the moon.