Captain Jack Harkness | Torchwood (thedashinghero) wrote in aternaville, |
Shoulders slumping, he did nothing to help her remove the coat aside from pushing his arms back so it could slide from his body. He didn't even see where it wound up, didn't care at this point. Jack stared at Rose, almost as if he didn't recognise her, then shook himself and forced a smile to his face.
It looked like more of a grimace than anything.
"Don't worry. It's not all mine. Most of it is, but not all." Jack swallowed hard, looking down at his bloodied form as if he could see where his blood ended and Ianto's began. God, talk about morbid. "Rose..." Jack trailed off, trying to form the words but finding he couldn't bring himself to say it. He hadn't yet, come to think of it. He'd only thought it, never said it -- and saying it aloud would make it more real somehow.
"Rose... there's... " Jack trailed off, unable to find his voice for the longest time. "Rose. There's been an accident."