Alpha And Omega || Sparbossa ✔

09 | What Are We Feeling?

The last few days of Jack's heat goes by in a blur, and he feels himself starting to return to his normal self. Though not everything feels quite the same as it once was, and Jack finds himself a little afraid of what's to come now that this is all over.

And the fact that he's finding himself still attracted to Barbossa after all of this is somewhat a terrifying concept. He would've thought that this attraction he's feeling would've worn off by now, that it was only because of his heat addled brain that he was feeling things more than friendship to Barbossa.

Turns out it's not, and he is very much attracted to the older captain.... Even if Barbossa isn't exactly what most (or everyone really) would call an attractive man.

Though Jack feels as though it might be best to wait a few more days before he confesses to Barbossa that he still wants what they had briefly discussed, and that he wants him to mate him. Unless Barbossa brings the subject up himself, then Jack's not going to say a word about it just yet.

Sitting up in bed, Jack labs up against the headboard as he reaches down to the floor next to the bed and grabs the bottle of rum that's been sitting there from last night. Rum sounds good right about now. Help keep his mind off everything for now.

Glancing down at Barbossa as he rolls over on the bed, Jack holds the bottle out for him, offering him a drink as he finds that he's awake. He figures that he should offer him a drink instead of him just taking it.

Sitting up, Barbossa grabs the bottle from him, and takes a long drunk, before handing it back to Jack. And as he watches Jack scull back the bottle, Barbossa senses that there seems to be something on his mind.

"Something on yer mind, Jack?" He asks, turning around a little to face the younger captain properly.

He can scent that Jack's heat is practically over now, so he figures it's got nothing to do with that. Though he could be wrong in that assumption, but... he kind of doubts it. Either Way, there's something on Jack Sparrow's mind, and Barbossa intends on finding out just what it may be.

"I..." Jack trails off, looking away. He doesn't exactly want to discuss it right now, but he knows that Barbossa will get it out of him one way or another. "What we discussed briefly during my heat. What is our stance on the matter now?"

He didn't really want to ask just yet, was hoping for a couple days at least to go by first. But he must now. And he had told himself that he'd ask about it if Barbossa urged it.

Oh, that....

At Jack's words, Barbossa instantly figures out what Jack's referring to and exactly what's on his mind. The fact that they had both admitted to wanting to become mates, but they weren't certain if it was just the cause of Jack's heat making them both struck with the desire to become mates.

Barbossa doesn't think that his stance on the matter has changed, but he feels it may be a bit early still to determine if he really wants to take Jack as his mate. Jack has only just come out of heat after all. He may need a few more days to figure things out.

"I think it may be a bit early still to determine that." Barbossa admits. "I think it be best to wait a few more days until we know for sure. After all, ye've just come outta yer heat."

Waiting would be for the best. As much as he'd rather figure it all out now, get it all over and done with, he doesn't fancy doing anything he might regret later. Or that Jack will regret.

But somehow... somehow Barbossa already feels as though he knows what his decision will be. Like he's always known that the right choice for him to make would be to take Jack and claim him as his mate. Maybe the reason he's never had any desire to take a mate is because he's always known deep down that Jack Sparrow and only Jack Sparrow is his mate.