JACK
You didn't have to do that either, Jack wants to say - to get up from the fountain mid-healing session and swamp out to the Port to where he is. But she has, he realises, and she's fucking here now whether or not he expects or deserves it. Again. Something twists low in the pit of the captain's stomach, but before he can part his lips to give it a voice, she's walking the bucket over to his bunk. And collecting a glass. And kneeling down as if she's some nurse sent just for him.
"Flora," he begins, and it's unclear whether there's a soft warning or something quite different in his voice, before he reconsiders. "...Thanks." Reaching out to accept the glass as she offers it up, Jack drains it in seconds before leaning down himself to refill it - only to offer it to the Doubletake this time with a raise of his eyebrows. "It's been a long day," he says, "an' I don't want to drink alone."
An excuse, and a poor one, but it will get the water into both of them this way.
"Flora," he begins, and it's unclear whether there's a soft warning or something quite different in his voice, before he reconsiders. "...Thanks." Reaching out to accept the glass as she offers it up, Jack drains it in seconds before leaning down himself to refill it - only to offer it to the Doubletake this time with a raise of his eyebrows. "It's been a long day," he says, "an' I don't want to drink alone."
An excuse, and a poor one, but it will get the water into both of them this way.
you wanted perfect, you got your perfect
but now I'm too perfect for someone like you
but now I'm too perfect for someone like you
- Secret Telepath
- Functionally Immortal (Forever 35)
- Two small star tattoos beneath his left eye
- Click for The Ark!
