#i'd be lying if i said this fic doesn't exist just so they can snipe at each other

[boltlightning]

🌹🌹🌹? (and 🌹if you're feeling generous.)

have an extra or two, even:

The jest feels almost perfunctory, but Elizabeth smiles her clever, sword-hearted smile, and some part of Norrington relaxes. Despair will not yet take them. “It is what any gallant hero would do, but I am afraid I am part of a much different story,” he returns. “I usually preside over ledgers and payrolls.” She snorts a laugh. “We can make a hero of you yet, James Norrington.”