2nd Nut Out of the Locker: Like Nuts for Bananas
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: AWE
Rating: R
Focus: Monkey
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Backstory, Supernatural, Adventure, Ship Life
Summary: On the voyage back from World's End, Barbossa, Jack, and the monkey, continue their quest for captaincy, eternal life, and tasty nibbles. But who's looking for which? AWE missing scene. (Nuts Out series, Part 2)
Sequel to: 1st Nut Out of the Locker
(2007)

3rd Nut Out of the Locker: Intense, with a hint of Kraken
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: AWE
Rating: R
Focus: Monkey
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Backstory, Supernatural, Adventure, Ship Life
Summary: A short interlude on the way back from the Locker. Jack and Barbossa discuss death, the universe and everything. (Nuts Out series, Part 3)
Sequel to: 2nd Nut Out of the Locker
(2007)

4th Nut Out of the Locker: Two's Company
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: AWE
Rating: R
Focus: Monkey
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Backstory, Supernatural, Adventure, Ship Life
Summary: Another scene inexplicably missing from the final cut of AWE: Jacks Sparrow and Monkey spend some time together on the voyage from World's End. (Nuts Out series, Part 4)
Sequel to: 3rd Nut Out of the Locker
(2007)

5th Nut Out of the Locker: Small Island Paradise
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: AWE
Rating: NC-17
Focus: Monkey
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Backstory, Supernatural, Adventure, Ship Life
Summary: In which our jointly captainly heroes get it together at last. Follows the other Nuts Out stories, though you don't have to read them first. This one scene just. expanded. (Nuts Out series, Part 5)
Sequel to: 4th Nut Out of the Locker
(2007)

6th Nut Out of the Locker: Madness and Brilliance
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: AWE
Rating: R
Focus: Jack
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa, Other
Category: Backstory, Adventure, Ship Life
Summary: Ever wondered what was going through Jack's mind between Kraken Island and Shipwreck Cove? Not so much a missing scene as a commentary. (Nuts Out series, Part 6)
Sequel to: 5th Nut Out of the Locker
(2008)

7th Nut Out of the Locker: Goats and Monkeys
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: AWE
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Backstory, Supernatural, Adventure, Ship Life
Summary: Jack and Hector size up each other's positions. Missing scenes on the way to Shipwreck Cove. (Nuts Out series, Part 7)
Sequel to: 6th Nut Out of the Locker
(2008)

8th (Almost) Nut Out of the Locker: Sibling Rivalry
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: AWE
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, Eliz
Category: Backstory, Adventure
Summary: What was the Brethren Court all about? Who has the biggest boons? Is Norrington really dead? What is there to eat at Shipwreck Cove? How many cunning plans can you fit into one movie? Why does Jack's mum have a 'tache? Standalone fic that fills the gap between the seventh and ninth Nuts Out stories. Not a proper Nut because Elizabeth grabs centre stage, while Barbossa machinates quietly in the wings. (Nuts Out series, Part 7.5)
Sequel to: 7th Nut Out of the Locker
(2008)

Affairs of the Heart
Author: Tiggothy
Universe: AU
Rating: G
Pairing: Jack/James, Will/Eliz, James/Eliz
Category: Backstory
Summary: Modern-day AU wherein James and Elizabeth (Lizzie) got married, James is a financial whizz who made a bundle in the City (and, more amazingly, still has pots of money now), and Lizzie learns some harsh truths.
(2009)

Affliction
Author: Oasis Herself
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Hurt/Comfort, Backstory, First Time
Summary: So why is Jack so obsessed with eunuchs?
(2005)
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Allegiance
Author: The Stowaway
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Jack/James, James/Eliz
Category: Hurt/Comfort, Epic, Backstory, Non-Con, First Time, Adventure, Ship Life
Summary: What if Barbossa captured Will on the way over from England and Will grew up a pirate? (Some non-con - Barbossa/Will)
(2005)

Another Explanation
Author: Elessil
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Pairing: James/Gillette
Category: Backstory
Summary: The moment Norrington had asked his advice, Gillette had seen his chance.
(2006)

Attending
Author: Doolabug
Universe: DMC
Rating: R
Focus: James
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Angst, Backstory, Wig fic, Ship Life
Summary: Norrington pays attention.
(2006)

Bad Company
Author: Hippediva and Elessil
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, James
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory, Adventure, Pie
Summary: New Midshipman Norrington has his first shoreleave in Yarmouth. Includes a G-rated illustration.
(2006)

Barter
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory
Summary: "Last time the rumrunners who used this island as a cache came by, and I was able to barter a passage off." Barter? With what? Set ten years before the movie, three days after the mutiny.
(2003)

Barter Challenge ficlet
Author: Doolabug
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory
Summary: Just how did Jack get off that island?
(2005)

Beads
Author: Dee
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory, Adventure, Ship Life
Summary: Did you think Jack wore his hair like that for purely aesthetic reasons?
Sequel to: Finding North
(2003)

Between Wind and Water
Author: Rex Luscus
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Focus: James
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Epic, Backstory, First Time, Adventure, Ship Life
Summary: England and Spain are at war, and Norrington needs a quick solution to the Jack Sparrow problem. Meanwhile, Jack discovers that the Caribbean he once knew is gone. The deal they make could solve both their troubles, or it might be the worst mistake of their lives.
(2009)
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Black and Silver
Author: Dee
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: James, Other Canon
Pairing: Other
Category: Backstory
Summary: James gets ambushed in the one place he would have thought he was safe. (Norrington/Anamaria)
(2005)

The Blacksmith's Story
Author: Gryphons Lair
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Will, Eliz, Other Canon
Category: Epic, Backstory
Summary: Mr Brown wasn't always the wreck of a man we see in CotBP. This is the story of how the master smith who taught Will to make beautiful swords became the drunk who was "right where Will left him." Begins 20 years before CotBP. (Men Must Work universe)
(2005)
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The Bliss of Ignorance
Author: Edoraslass
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: OC
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory
Summary: A laundry girl's work is never done. What can that black smear on the collar be?
(2007)
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Blue Eyes and Dirt
Author: Order of Chaos
Universe: DMC
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory, Wig fic
Summary: The pub scene in Dead Man's Chest, from the perspective of Sophie (the blue-eyed wig).
(2007)

Brain Gym
Author: Tiggothy
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: James
Category: Backstory, Ship Life
Summary: The secret of how Midshipman Norrington always remains so calm.
(2005)

Brocade
Author: Shrieking_Ell
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: James
Category: Backstory, Ship Life
Summary: Norrington is expecting a visitor.
(2005)

A Cage By Any Other Name
Author: Manic Intent
Universe: CotBP, AU
Rating: R
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Angst, Backstory, Non-Con, Supernatural, Ship Life
Summary: Fic Scrap. Following the 'Collar!Norrington' series - my take on exactly how those pictures could come about.
(2006)

Carried Home By You
Author: Hippediva and Elessil
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Fluff, Backstory
Summary: Clandestine affairs sometimes bring unexpected confidences and unanticipated pleasures.
(2005)

Chances
Author: DrBillBongo
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory
Summary: As we all know, Jack Sparrow escaped his hanging at the end of CotBP. What if the Commodore had a hand in it and what if the reason for this was simply taking risks to win?
(2006)

Colors
Author: Linaelyn
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Gibbs
Category: Angst, Drabble, Backstory, Ship Life
Summary: A series of drabbles, set in the Letters timeframe. Gibbs was born in the 1670's; we are all of us mortal.
(2006)

Costly
Author: L.M. Griffin
Universe: DMC
Rating: G
Focus: Jack, James, Will, Eliz
Category: Angst, Backstory
Summary: The butcher's bill needed paying.
(2006)

Crimson
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: R
Focus: Jack, Barbossa
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Backstory, First Time
Summary: Why Elizabeth had to wear that dress.
(2003)

Crumbs From Your Table
Author: The Dala
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Fluff, Backstory
Summary: "I'll have you know my mother was a saint"
(2005)

Cursed Pirates
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: R
Focus: Jack, Barbossa
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Backstory, Supernatural, Ship Life
Summary: Follows Scarlet and Crimson. After mutiny and marooning, Barbossa realises that he is the victim of a curse.
Sequel to: Scarlet
(2003)

Dangerous Things
Author: Lilfluffykitten
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Jack, James
Category: Backstory
Summary: The truly dangerous things don't come out at night.
(2008)

Dawn Reflections
Author: Gryphons Lair
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: James
Category: Backstory
Summary: "Scene from the cutting room floor": Norrington muses on his preparations for Sparrow's execution. (Men Must Work universe)
(2008)

Dead Men Tell No Tales
Author: E. Batagur
Universe: AWE
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Epic, Backstory, Supernatural, Adventure, Ship Life
Summary: Continued from One Silly, Bloody Wish Later, Jack and James go in pursuit of the book that Jack stole for Beckett back in Singapore. However, Beckett hid its location so well that it will take a touch of necromancy to shake loose the truth. But how do you trust the ghost of the slimy little eel you hated when in life?
Sequel to: One Silly, Bloody Wish Later
(2009)

Dreams
Author: DrBillBongo
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Jack, Barbossa
Category: Backstory
Summary: Ten years before the events of CotBP, Captain Jack Sparrow and his crew get a chance to change their fate.
(2006)

Duty And Desire
Author: Kate Roman
Universe: CotBP
Rating: R
Focus: James
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Fluff, Backstory
Summary: What he feels for Jack knows nothing of fine homes and family lineage.
(2010)

Everyone Wants Jack
Author: Webcrowmancer
Universe: CotBP
Rating: R
Focus: Jack
Category: Drabble, Backstory, Humor
Summary: It's not hard to see why everyone wants a piece of Captain Jack Sparrow. He really is a fine specimen, after all. At times it's bloody inconvenient, particularly when it happens to be his own crew, or the new boy, or Navy's men who just can't seem to keep their hands off him. But it is good to be wanted. There's more than enough to go around, keep everyone happy. Though some have a funny way of showing it. So long as there's enough rum involved, no reason why everyone can't have as much of Jack as their heart desires.
(2003)

Everything Unexpected
Author: Like A Hurricane
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: PWP, Fluff, Backstory, First Time
Summary: After the Turners' wedding, James Norrington undergoes a change of perspective with the aid of a particularly persistent pirate captain. Jack Sparrow, in turn, gets far more than he had ever expected, or bargained for.
(2009)

Explanations
Author: Tiggothy
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: James, Other Canon
Category: Backstory
Summary: Commodore Norrington requires explanations of his subordinates' recent actions.
(2005)
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Eye of the Storm
Author: Edoraslass
Universe: DMC
Rating: PG
Focus: James
Category: Angst, Backstory
Summary: Even if I hadn't known, my ears would have told me that he were - or had been - a gentleman.
(2006)

Eyes Meet
Author: L.M. Griffin
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory
Summary: Damn inspirational Sparrington. Inspired by the_dala, and those momentous 'Looks' between the Sparrington. For commodorified's drabble request for 'No Pity. No Shame. No Silence.'
(2004)

Fair Exchange
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory
Summary: A fair exchange is no robbery. Honestly. Sequel to Barter.
Sequel to: Barter
(2007)

Fathoms
Author: Manic Intent
Universe: DMC
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Epic, Backstory, First Time, Supernatural, Adventure, Ship Life
Summary: Continues from DMC. James rescues Jack from drowning. Slash, adventure and a world trip to Cathay. With illustrations.
(2006)

Fear
Author: Gileonnen
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Eliz
Pairing: Jack/Will, Will/Eliz
Category: Angst, Backstory
Summary: Will plays the hero in the waking world, but who guards Elizabeth and Jack while they dream?
(2003)
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Finding Jerusalem
Author: Manic Intent
Universe: DMC, AU
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, James
Category: Backstory
Summary: AU. After the hurricane, James makes a different sort of retreat.
(2006)
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Finding North
Author: Dee
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, Ship
Pairing: Jack/Pearl
Category: Backstory, Adventure, Ship Life
Summary: "How did Jack come by that compass?"
(2003)

First Drink
Author: Garnet
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, Barbossa
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Backstory
Summary: Way back in the beginning. these two guys met in a bar, see. (First in the Jack/Barbossa series, but can be read alone)
(2003)

Five Ways to Wear a Green Ribbon
Author: The Dala
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: James
Pairing: Jack/James, James/Will, Will/Eliz, James/Eliz
Category: Backstory
Summary: The same thread, drawn through five different paths of James Norrington's life.
(2005)

Flask
Author: Shrieking_Ell
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Gibbs
Category: Backstory
Summary: It was an odd thing to find in a tourist shop in Kona, that flask.
(2007)
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Friends and Abductors
Author: Like A Hurricane
Universe: CotBP
Rating: R
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Fluff, Backstory
Summary: "It has NOT been three weeks, Captain Jack Sparrow." Commodore James Norrington takes a vacation. (Read Friends and Enemies first or nothing will make sense.)
Sequel to: Friends and Enemies
(2009)

Friends and Enemies
Author: Like A Hurricane
Universe: CotBP
Rating: R
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: PWP, Fluff, Backstory, First Time
Summary: A surprisingly sincere and heartfelt exchange between William Turner and James Norrington is overheard by Jack Sparrow, who then comes up with a rather brilliant idea."You. Me. Friendly terms. What say you?" "That you were hit about the head too often as a child."
(2009)

From Hell: Down Below
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Pairing: Jack/Will
Category: Backstory
Summary: A man so evil that Hell itself spat him back out.
(2003)
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From Hell: Flames
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Jack
Pairing: Jack/Eliz
Category: Backstory
Summary: A man so evil that Hell itself spat him back out.
(2003)

From Hell: Judgment Day
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory
Summary: A man so evil that Hell itself spat him back out.
(2003)

From Hell: Remembering
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Focus: Jack
Pairing: Other
Category: PWP, Backstory, Ship Life
Summary: PWP written waaaay back when I was exploring the crossover/AU/whatever that became the From Hell triptych.
(2003)

Fulfillment
Author: Garnet
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Focus: Jack, Barbossa, Ship
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Angst, Backstory, Ship Life
Summary: Barbossa gets his revenge, maroons Jack, and finds fulfillment is not all he had hoped it would be. (Third in the Jack/Barbossa series, but can be read alone)
Sequel to: What a Man Can Have
(2004)

A Funny Old World
Author: Gileonnen
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, James
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Fluff, Backstory
Summary: The legend of Jack Sparrow ends after a pitched battle with the British Navy... but that's hardly the end of his life.
(2003)

Gavotte
Author: Termagant
Universe: CotBP
Rating: R
Focus: Eliz
Pairing: Will/Eliz, James/Eliz
Category: Backstory
Summary: It is her first kiss. It is not what she has imagined.
(2007)

Gold
Author: Gileonnen
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, Will
Pairing: Jack/Will
Category: Backstory
Summary: Not all treasure is forged of gold, but all gold is treasure, and a pirate loves his treasure.
(2003)

The Groves/Gillette Series
Author: Gryphons Lair
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Gillette/Groves
Category: Epic, Backstory, Ship Life
Summary: This is a story arc within the larger Men Must Work universe. We first meet Theodore Groves and Andrew Gillette as midshipmen, a little over eight years before the first movie takes place.
(2004)

Guardian Angel
Author: Manic Intent
Universe: DMC
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Epic, Backstory, First Time, Supernatural, Adventure
Summary: Due to a clerical error in Heaven, Jack is given another chance to redeem his immortal soul, by becoming the guardian angel of a certain Commodore. Chaos ensues. With illustrations.
(2006)

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Author: Tiggothy
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Category: Backstory, Wig fic
Summary: It's the morning after the attack on Port Royal, from a different perspective.
(2005)

Honesty From A Dishonest Man
Author: Pesha
Universe: CotBP
Rating: R
Pairing: Jack/Will
Category: Angst, Backstory, First Time
Summary: It was an abomination. A vile abomination that Will had only heard whispers of and he could think of nothing but over the rest of their voyage together.
(2007)

Human Voices
Author: Edoraslass
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory
Summary: Various points in Jack's life.
(2007)

Human Voices
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Other Canon
Category: Backstory, Supernatural
Summary: Stories overheard in Marveloso's World of Wonders
(2004)

I Did But See Her Passing By
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Jack, Ship
Pairing: Jack/Pearl
Category: Backstory, Supernatural
Summary: A ghost story for All Hallows' Eve.
(2005)

If The Rum Were Not Gone
Author: Elessil
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory
Summary: This is a minor AU, in which Norrington is taken hostage during the commandeering of the Interceptor. In the turn of events, it is Norrington and Jack who are marooned on the island.
(2005)

It All Comes Out In The Wash
Author: AinSoph15
Universe: DMC
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jack/Will
Category: Angst, Backstory
Summary: A few things need to be cleared up.
(2007)

Left Behind
Author: Garnet
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, Barbossa
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Angst, Backstory
Summary: Barbossa's thoughts upon first seeing Jack upon the Isla de Muerta. (Last in the Jack/Barbossa series, but can be read alone)
Sequel to: Fulfillment
(2004)

Letters of J. Gibbs, Able Seaman
Author: Linaelyn
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Gibbs
Category: Angst, Backstory, Adventure, Ship Life
Summary: The title pretty much covers it.
(2004)

Leverage
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Jack/Will
Category: PWP, Fluff, Backstory, First Time
Summary: Who needs leverage when you've got RUM?
(2003)

Liar
Author: Tiggothy
Universe: DMC
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Angst, Backstory
Summary: "To what do I owe the dishonour of your contempt?"
(2006)

Like the Winds of the Sea
Author: DrBillBongo
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: J/N/Groves
Category: Backstory, First Time, Adventure
Summary: The midshipmen James Norrington and Theodore Groves of His Majesty's frigate Triton lose a prize ship and fall into the hands of a pirate. Literally.
(2005)

A Man with Eyes like the Sea
Author: Culumacilinte
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Jack
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory
Summary: The only thing Jack's ever really loved is the sea, but when he meets a man with eyes like the sea, he can't help but fall in love with him too.
(2006)

Many A Broken Spar and Tatter'd Sail
Author: Edoraslass
Universe: CotBP, DMC, AWE, AU
Rating: R
Focus: Jack
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Angst, Death, Backstory, Supernatural
Summary: He doesn't expect to remember everything. He's almost two hundred years old, give or take a decade or three, it's 's all started to blur and Jack's never been very good at keeping track of time anyway.
(2008)
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A Matter of Leverage
Author: Gryphons Lair
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory
Summary: Just how DID Jack get off that island? (Men Must Work universe)
(2005)
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Monsters
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory
Summary: Here there be monsters, immortal and invulnerable.
(2003)

Mutiny
Author: Floyd Braecken
Universe: CotBP, DMC
Rating: G
Focus: James
Category: Backstory, Adventure
Summary: Set after CotBP and before DMC, shortly before the hurricane. The crew is unhappy as concern rises for the commodore's sanity.
(2008)

Nightmare
Author: Gryphons Lair
Universe: DMC
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Fluff, Backstory
Summary: A post-DMC ficlet. Sort of. (Men Must Work universe)
(2006)

No Pirate
Author: Shrieking_Ell
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Will
Pairing: Will/Eliz
Category: Backstory
Summary: Will practices. Elizabeth dreams.
(2005)

No Ties, No Distractions
Author: Gileonnen
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, James
Category: Backstory, Ship Life
Summary: The life of a seaman is full of peril and songs and good drink. But it's also downright boring... unless one has the right mindset.
(2003)

Obsession
Author: Webcrowmancer
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Angst, Backstory, First Time, Adventure
Summary: Barbossa's fancy becomes an obsession, consuming him until greed pushes him to grasp too quickly at the object of his desire.
(2004)

One Hundred Ways
Author: Manic Intent
Universe: DMC
Rating: G
Focus: James
Category: Backstory
Summary: Jack and James drink to the new year.
(2006)

One Pissed Pirate
Author: Hippediva
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, Gibbs
Category: Backstory
Summary: Two pirates walked into a bar.*G*
(2005)

Opportunity
Author: Gryphons Lair
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jack/G or G
Category: Backstory, Wig fic
Summary: A Scene from the Cutting Room Floor. (Men Must Work universe)
(2004)

The Other Woman
Author: Dee
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: James, Eliz, OC
Pairing: Other
Category: Backstory
Summary: The Commodore is getting married, and Elizabeth isn't sure what to make of the lady.
(2004)

Out of his Depth
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jack/Will
Category: Fluff, Backstory
Summary: Will's out of his depth.
(2004)

Overboard
Author: Jestana Silvercoat
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory, Adventure, Ship Life
Summary: Jack's crew find a certain Commodore in the ocean.
(2008)

Painted Scars
Author: Manic Intent
Universe: DMC
Rating: R
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory
Summary: "...the only tattoo on his body not painted around a scar..." Picture and triple drabble.
(2006)

Passing Fancy
Author: Gileonnen
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Will
Pairing: Jack/Will
Category: Backstory
Summary: Will has to learn a bit of tolerance if he's ever going to meet Cousin Nathaniel again.
(2003)

Payment in Kind
Author: Dee
Universe: DMC
Rating: R
Focus: James, Other Canon
Pairing: Other
Category: Backstory, Supernatural
Summary: He wants answers, and has the one thing she needs to bring about the impossible. (Norrington/Tia Dalma)
(2007)

Pearls Before Swine
Author: Shrieking_Ell
Universe: DMC
Rating: G
Focus: James
Category: Angst, Backstory
Summary: What really might have happened with that "hurricane" in the Med
(2006)

Prince Charming
Author: Dee
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: James, Will, Eliz
Category: Angst, Backstory
Summary: Expectations are James Norrington's worst enemy.
(2006)

Priorities
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: DMC
Rating: R
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory, Ship Life
Summary: They're on the Black Pearl together, and if that's not an opportune moment I don't know what is.
(2007)

The Queen and the Quail
Author: Kate Roman
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Focus: James
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory, First Time
Summary: Close enough Norrington could smell sweat and rum and something else, some undefinable musk that sent Norrington's blood rushing chaotically through his veins, his pulse racing.
(2011)

Reasons
Author: Lilfluffykitten
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, James
Category: Backstory
Summary: Pride, Envy, Lust, Diligence.
(2006)

Redemption
Author: Webcrowmancer
Universe: CotBP
Rating: R
Focus: Barbossa
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Angst, Backstory
Summary: Barbossa reflects upon the nature of death, feeling and desire.
(2004)

Reflections on the Soul
Author: Jaekayelle
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory, Ship Life
Summary: James takes a look at himself.
(2005)
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Reunion
Author: Dee
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Fluff, Backstory
Summary: It's been a while since the last time, but some things never change and this, thank goodness, is one of them
(2004)

Round the Points
Author: Penknife
Universe: DMC
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory, Supernatural
Summary: The compass has never steered him wrong before.
(2007)

Rum - The Magical Drink
Author: L.M. Griffin
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, James
Category: Backstory
Summary: Yes, you all thought it couldn't happen. but here it is. A Wren non-Slash, straight story that's just about Jack. All right, mostly. Starring Young Jack/Rum, Young Jack/ "Puppy"
(2003)

A Sail of Silver
Author: Hippediva
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, Gibbs
Category: Angst, Backstory
Summary: Follows One Pissed Pirate. Set 8 years prior to POTC:Curse of the Black Pearl, Jack has secrets haunting him.
Sequel to: One Pissed Pirate
(2005)

Scarlet
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Focus: Jack, Barbossa
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Backstory, First Time
Summary: "Will you play, Jack?" "I play to win." Prequel to Crimson, set about ten years before the movie.
(2003)

Seven Deadly Sins: James Norrington
Author: Edoraslass
Universe: DMC
Rating: G
Focus: James
Category: Angst, Backstory
Summary: James's sins.
(2006)

Seven Hair Drabbles
Author: Hija Paloma
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Category: Drabble, Backstory
Summary: Jack's people.
(2003)

Silent as the Grave
Author: Edoraslass
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: James
Category: Backstory
Summary: Norrington, could be AU, could be not AU. Take your pick. Definitely an alternate reading of the text.
(2006)

Silent As The Grave
Author: Meletor
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: PWP, Backstory, First Time
Summary: For anyone else who wondered what actually happened after that scene on the Dauntless. You know, the one absolutely fraught with sexual tension?
(2005)

Sixteen Ways
Author: Doolabug and Juniper200
Universe: CotBP, DMC, X-Over
Rating: NC-17
Focus: Jack
Pairing: Jack/James, Jack/Will, Jack/Eliz, Other
Category: Fluff, Backstory, Ship Life
Summary: "I bet the 'real' Jack knows sixteen ways to get opium into his body."
(2007)

Sleepless
Author: Lilfluffykitten
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Angst, Backstory
Summary: Insomnia, a heat wave and the consequences of that one day's head start
(2006)

The Sparrington Arc
Author: The Stowaway
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Jack/James, Jack/Eliz, Will/Eliz, James/Eliz, J/W/N, Other
Category: PWP, Epic, Backstory, First Time, Adventure, Ship Life
Summary: What began as a bit of mischievous Commodore-baiting quickly became something more. How the 'scourge of piracy in the eastern Caribbean' and a most notorious pirate negotiate a very satisfying liaison, despite certain complications.
Sparrington with other pairings including E/N/W/J, N/Anamaria, and J/N/Anamaria!
(2003)

Starting Rumours
Author: Jestana Silvercoat
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Fluff, Backstory
Summary: Captain Jack Sparrow tells his own story, savvy?
(2008)

Sub Rosa
Author: Termagant
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Focus: James
Pairing: James/Gillette
Category: Angst, Backstory, Ship Life
Summary: This will be the last time: he cannot afford it any more.
(2007)

Sunrise, Sunset
Author: Meletor
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Pairing: Other
Category: Backstory
Summary: The first time Murtogg saw "the ship with black sails."
(2004)

Surprisingly Pleasing to the Heart
Author: Garnet
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, James
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory
Summary: A Norrington vignette, takes place a few months or so after the end of the [first] movie.
(2004)
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Survival: Post Mortem
Author: Tessabeth
Universe: DMC
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Jack/Will
Category: Death, Backstory, First Time, Supernatural, Adventure
Summary: Set immediately post-DMC. This story continues and completes the one started in Survival, and won't make too much sense if you haven't read that one, I fear.
Sequel to: Survival
(2006)

Tall Ship Prologue 1: Shine
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: CotBP, DMC, AWE
Rating: R
Focus: Jack, Other Canon
Category: Backstory
Summary: Jack's backstory, day zero. The first Tall Ship Tale, but you can read it on its own.
(2007)

Tall Ship Prologue 2: Names
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: CotBP, DMC, AWE
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory
Summary: Jack's backstory, days 266 and 275 (give or take a couple of weeks). The second Tall Ship Tale, but you can read it on its own.
Sequel to: Tall Ship Prologue 1: Shine
(2007)

Tall Ship Tales 1: A Keel
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: CotBP, DMC, AWE
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory, Adventure
Summary: First of five stories that take Jack from landlocked childhood to Shipwreck Cove. In this one, Jack does some travelling, but it's not clear if he's getting anywhere. Tall Ship Tale follow on from Shine and Names, but you don't have to read them first.
Sequel to: Tall Ship Prologue 2: Names
(2008)

Tall Ship Tales 2: A Hull
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: CotBP, DMC, AWE
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory, Adventure
Summary: Second of five Tall Ship Tales that take Jack from landlocked childhood to Shipwreck Cove. In this one, Jack discovers the ocean and finds out what a cartographer does. You can read this on its own, but it works best if you start at the beginning.
Sequel to: Tall Ship Tales 1: A Keel
(2008)

Tall Ship Tales 3: A Deck
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: CotBP, DMC, AWE
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory, Adventure
Summary: Third of five Tall Ship Tales that take Jack from landlocked childhood to Shipwreck Cove. In this one, Jack finally goes to sea and discovers he can have too much of a good thing. You can read this on its own, but it works best if you start at the beginning.
Sequel to: Tall Ship Tales 2: A Hull
(2008)

Tall Ship Tales 4: Sails
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: CotBP, DMC, AWE
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory, Supernatural, Adventure
Summary: Fourth of Tall Ship Tales that take Jack from landlocked childhood to Shipwreck Cove. Jack in Polynesia. You can start here if you don't mind not knowing how Jack got to the Pacific in the first place. Or you can read them in order.
Sequel to: Tall Ship Tales 3: A Deck
(2008)

Tall Ship Tales 5: A Ship
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: CotBP, DMC, AWE
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory, Supernatural, Adventure
Summary: Last of five Tall Ship Tales that take Jack from landlocked childhood to Shipwreck Cove. Is he nearly there yet? You can start here if you want to get straight to Teague, but things will make a lot more sense if you read them in order.
Sequel to: Tall Ship Tales 4: Sails
(2008)

The Teller Of Tales
Author: Lilfluffykitten
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Gibbs
Category: Backstory
Summary: Things that appear simple very rarely are - a tale told across various taverns.
(2009)

Ten Years Gone 1
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Focus: Barbossa
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Backstory, Supernatural, Ship Life
Summary: Follows Cursed Pirates. Ooooh, guess who we found in the cells at Port Royal, Captain? On curses, betrayal and nemeses.
Sequel to: Cursed Pirates
(2004)

Ten Years Gone 2
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Focus: Jack, Barbossa
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Backstory, Supernatural, Ship Life
Summary: Ooooh, guess who we found in the cells at Port Royal, Captain? On curses, betrayal and nemeses.
Sequel to: Ten Years Gone 1
(2004)

Ten Years Gone 3
Author: Gloria Mundi
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Focus: Jack, Barbossa
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Backstory, Supernatural, Ship Life
Summary: Ooooh, guess who we found in the cells at Port Royal, Captain? On curses, betrayal and nemeses.
Sequel to: Ten Years Gone 2
(2004)

Truths & Lies 1: And The Truth Shall Set You Free
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jack/Eliz, Will/Eliz
Category: Backstory
Summary: A year after the Turner wedding, whenever that is. Elizabeth and Will stumble on a secret from Jack's past. Or perhaps he's telling them stories again. Part of the Truths & Lies series, but can be read as a standalone.
(2007)

Truths & Lies 2: Slightly Embroidered
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: CotBP, DMC
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, Bootstrap
Pairing: Jack/Bootstrap
Category: Backstory
Summary: Will and Elizabeth have persuaded Jack to tell them the truth about Bill Turner, but Jack and the truth are easily parted. Part of the Truths & Lies series, but can be read as a standalone.
Sequel to: Truths & Lies 1: And The Truth Shall Set You Free
(2007)

Truths & Lies 3: Superficially True
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: CotBP
Rating: R
Focus: Jack
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory
Summary: Norrington uncovers a mystery among Jack's tattoos. Part of the Truths & Lies series, but can be read as a standalone.
Sequel to: Truths & Lies 2: Slightly Embroidered
(2007)

Truths & Lies 4: Dear Jack
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: CotBP, DMC
Rating: R
Focus: Bootstrap
Pairing: Jack/Bootstrap
Category: Angst, Backstory
Summary: Bootstrap writes to Jack about the past, and how he got his name. Part of the Truths & Lies series, but can be read as a standalone.
Sequel to: Truths & Lies 3: Superficially True
(2007)

Truths & Lies 5: Hector's Bargain
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: CotBP, DMC
Rating: NC-17
Focus: Jack, Barbossa, Bootstrap, Other Canon
Pairing: Other
Category: Backstory, Supernatural
Summary: Tia makes Barbossa an offer involving Jack's past and future. Pre-mutiny backstory. Part of the Truths & Lies series, but can be read as a standalone.
Sequel to: Truths & Lies 4: Dear Jack
(2007)

Turning Pirate
Author: Powdermonkey
Universe: CotBP
Rating: R
Focus: Bootstrap
Pairing: Other
Category: Backstory, Ship Life
Summary: When Bootstrap Bill got married, he never thought it would be so hard to live by the rules of decent society.
(2008)

Turnings
Author: Hippediva
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Jack
Category: Backstory
Summary: Locked in the Pearl's brig just before the battle with the Interceptor, Jack has some thoughts.
(2005)

Twist Of Fate
Author: Garnet
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: James
Category: Backstory, Ship Life
Summary: How things might have gone and didn't. Or maybe?
(2005)

Tyger, Tyger
Author: Like A Hurricane
Universe: CotBP
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Epic, Backstory, First Time, Adventure
Summary: Jack Sparrow makes an unsettling discovery in Tortuga one night, and the tryst that results has more of an effect on both men than expected.
(2009)

Under the Uniform
Author: Gileonnen
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Will
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory, Ship Life
Summary: The price of Elizabeth's hand is to gain rank in the navy and become respectable--an easy price, thinks Will. But the sea is a different place to a soldier. A man's worth may be judged by the uniform he wears, but it's defined by the man underneath the uniform.
(2003)

Undercurrents
Author: Penknife
Universe: DMC
Rating: R
Focus: James
Category: Angst, Backstory, First Time
Summary: The things James Norrington wants have never been the things he understands.
(2006)

Waves on a Distant Shore
Author: Edoraslass
Universe: CotBP
Rating: R
Focus: James, Anamaria
Pairing: Other
Category: Backstory
Summary: Their attempts at conversation don't last long; they're only postponing the inevitable. (James/Ana)
(2007)

Ways and Wiles
Author: Edoraslass
Universe: DMC
Rating: PG
Focus: James
Category: Backstory, Supernatural, Ship Life
Summary: As James clings to the wreckage of the Dauntless he discovers he is not alone.
(2007)

What a Man Can Have
Author: Garnet
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, Barbossa, Ship
Pairing: Jack/Barbossa
Category: Angst, Backstory, Ship Life
Summary: On one small thing may the future and a man's fortunes sometimes depend. (Second in the Jack/Barbossa series, but can be read alone)
Sequel to: First Drink
(2003)

Where Did You Find Them?
Author: Shrieking_Ell
Universe: CotBP, X-Over
Rating: G
Focus: Jack, Will
Category: Backstory
Summary: A missing scene after Jack and Will take the Interceptor to Tortuga and before Gibbs has assembled his crew. (Crossover: The Princess Bride and The Pirates of Penzance.)
(2005)

Where Your Heart Truly Lies
Author: Order of Chaos
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: Jack, James
Category: Backstory
Summary: Jack's escape - the thoughts-behind-the-scenes.
(2005)

White Admiral
Author: Manic Intent
Universe: CotBP, AU
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Epic, Backstory, First Time, Adventure
Summary: What if Jack was an Admiral? A series of art + ficlets.
(2006)

Why Barbossa Hates Apples, and other irrelevant details
Author: Order of Chaos
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Fluff, Backstory
Summary: Kidnapped aboard the Black Pearl, James finds ways to entertain himself.
(2005)

Why?
Author: Order of Chaos
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory
Summary: James lets Sparrow go. This is *before* they fall in love.
(2005)

Windows
Author: Order of Chaos
Universe: CotBP
Rating: G
Focus: James
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Backstory
Summary: Something that would *really* annoy the cliche version of Jack Sparrow.
(2005)

The Wondrous Romance of the Redoubtable Commodore James L. Norrington and the Most Excellent Pirate Captain Jack Sparrow
Author: Jacqui_hw
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Fluff, Backstory
Summary: Jack and James exchange stories.
(2005)
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Year 1: In The First Year Of Their Acquaintance
Author: Tessabeth
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, Ship, OC
Category: Backstory, Adventure, Ship Life
Summary: How Jack Sparrow came to the Black Pearl.
(2006)

Year 2: In The Second Year Of Their Acquaintance
Author: Tessabeth
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Focus: Jack, Ship, OC
Category: Backstory, Adventure, Ship Life
Summary: Tobias shows one facet of his regard for Jack.
Sequel to: Year 1: In The First Year Of Their Acquaintance
(2006)

Year 3: In The Third Year Of Their Acquaintance
Author: Tessabeth
Universe: CotBP
Rating: R
Focus: Jack, Ship, OC
Category: Backstory, Adventure, Ship Life
Summary: Tobias shows... another facet of his regard for Jack.
Sequel to: Year 2: In The Second Year Of Their Acquaintance
(2006)

Your Choice
Author: Like A Hurricane
Universe: CotBP
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jack/James
Category: Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Backstory
Summary: James has had some very poor luck with the French lately, but he can handle himself. Jack is a bit impressed, and also finds the commodore's out-of-uniform demeanor both disconcerting and deeply intriguing.
(2010)
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