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Rose Tyler Will Defend the Earth ([info]plusone) wrote in [info]labyrinth_rpg,
@ 2009-04-21 00:51:00

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Entry tags:complete, day seven, jack harkness, rose tyler

Who: Rose Tyler and Jack Harkness
What: Gossiping like girlfriends do
When: Day 7
Where: Smack in the middle of the amusement park, why not
Rating: Jack's mouth=PG-13
Status: Complete



Rose liked to consider herself a relatively strong woman. She'd been raised by a single mum, fallen on hard times and gotten herself out of them, and then there was her time with the Doctor. Traveling the universe through time and space, and stepping in wherever and however she could. Then there was the traveling through the multiverse. She could've gone all weak and soft after being left on the other side of that wall in Torchwood Towers, but she'd picked up the pieces and began to pull herself together. And before long, she was working to save the world all over again, this time on her own.

But the one thing she couldn't be strong and protect was her heart. And the one man who had it and refused to do anything about that was the Doctor. She'd cared about Mickey. She'd fancied herself in love with Jimmy. There'd been schoolgirl flings and a couple of wild rides along the way. But none of them was met with the intensity her feelings for the Doctor had reached. And, as they'd had their only chance at goodbye on a windy beach in Norway, she'd cried her heart out and told him she loved him. And she would've sworn he was about to say the same when the image faded, the gap between the dimensions closed, and he was gone to her for good. And reliving that via journal was not how she wanted to spend her time in this place. If he wouldn't fess up, he could at least let her live in that merry world where she could pretend she'd never said it. Hell, she'd found four different dimensions in which she hadn't said it, so maybe she could picture them, instead. Right?

Ordinarily, this would be the point where she used to lean on Shareen, or she chatted with her mum over a cup of tea. But neither of them were there and she was pretty sure she couldn't get her mobile to pick up her Mum's phone signal. What she needed instead was a friend. One who understood her. And the one tinkering around in the TARDIS was clearly not the one to help her just then.

When she exited to find an adventure park all around her, her eyes lit up for a brief moment. Should she run back in and tell him? No, she decided. Let him figure it out on his own. Clearly, she'd spelled too much out for him lately. She wound her way through the crowd, picking up a huge bag of popcorn and a draft. It was nothing like the ales back home, but it would do. It and the man in the navy coat sitting off to the side at one of the tables, looking alone. That was a first. Instead of asking to join him, Rose merely plopped down at the bench opposite him and put the popcorn in the middle of the table. "You!" she declared, trying not to smile. "Explain why your gender fails. Is it the future thing? Or hormone related?"


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[info]ex_notethest397
2009-04-21 12:44 am UTC (link)
A bloody amusement park. It didn't get much worse (or better) than this, depending on one's perspective. There was a hint of trepidation in his expression as he watched the people wandering around the amusement park. At least it seemed to be an amusement park and not anything like the travelling shows he'd been a part of at the turn of the century. Still, he was watching for any sign of the night travellers, even if there had been no sound of organ music and it was the middle of the day.

Jack dug into his plate of baked beans, pretending to ignore Rose as she sauntered up and plopped herself down across from him. He took a handfull of popcorn, and tossed it back, wiping his hands on his trousers before returning to his meal.

"Oh, me? You're talking to me?" Jack asked after a long pause, enough to make her sit there and stew for a few minutes. "Because I didn't think our gender had any problems. Maybe it's your gender that has the issues and we males have been staying quiet for so long and now can no longer hide our perfection in the face of your imperfection?"

And that was going to earn him a kick, he was just sure of it.

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[info]plusone
2009-04-21 09:14 am UTC (link)
"You know, my Mum always said wiping your hands on your trousers was a nasty little habit," Rose told him, and then gave him the slight kick in his shin under the table that he darn well deserved. That was her punishment for going to a male with girl-style problems.

Well. Okay, insulting his entire gender was probably not helpful, either.

"Git," she muttered, then glanced at his plate. "Baked beans? Seriously? How can you eat those things? Feels so... Yank." Though he did have an American accent. But ever since reading about the Boston Tea Party in school and then learning how big a thing 'Boston baked beans' were, she couldn't touch them. Rose threw back a long drink from the mug in her hands before looking at him imploringly. "Furthermore, it's a well-known fact that men are all mad. Though you at least get bonus points for not being completely stupid."

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[info]ex_notethest397
2009-04-21 11:36 pm UTC (link)
Jack gestured around the table that was utterly devoid of anything resembling paper or napkins. "I'd have wiped them on a napkin had you brought any. As there are none and I didn't think you'd appreciate me leaning over and using your shirt as a napkin, I used the path of least resistance."

No, insulting his entire gender wasn't helpful in the slightest, not when she was looking at him for help and advice.

Jack shrugged and, as if to say he could easily eat them, shoved a rather large spoonful into his mouth. He chewed, swallowed, and then grinned. "I am the American volunteer y'know," Jack pointed out. "It seems fitting that I should like 'em, doesn't it?"

Lifting an eyebrow, Jack just let Rose blather on. He'd learned over the years best to let women just talk. THe other eyebrow lifted as Jack let his elbows rest on the table. "Are you at all done yet?"

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[info]plusone
2009-04-21 11:59 pm UTC (link)
"Wouldn't be the first time you'd threatened to wipe your hands on my shirt," Rose teased, relaxing a bit. Just because she'd been in a rubbish mood when she'd woken up that morning, didn't mean she got to take it out on Jack. That didn't stop her from wrinkling her nose as he shoved a huge wad of the stuff into his mouth. Future space traveler or not, men were men.

Sighing, she shrugged. Was she done? No. But she ought to be. She'd been a right fool to think Jack would be able to help. Not because of his gender, but because she didn't want to put him in the middle. She used to hate when blokes would do that to her, though she had done it to a few in her time. And she didn't exactly like that feeling, either. "I guess so? I don't know. How's your day been, love, who've you shacked up with so far?" Because it was Jack, the odds were in his favour.

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[info]ex_notethest397
2009-04-22 12:13 am UTC (link)
"Nor will it be the last," Jack shot back with a grin. After tossing back another handfull of popcorn, he made the international sign for 'grabbie-hands' in her direction, buttery hands and all. Jack grinned seeing the expression on her face both at the hands and after eating a large spoonfull of baked beans. Really, it was so easy to get women (particularly Rose) riled up. And when it was easy, why not exploit it.

There was that abrupt shift in tone and feeling that gave Jack momentary pause. At some point her ranting hadn't been ranting for the sake of ranting and there had been something going on. Well, apparently he misread that one, hadn't he? "No, you're not. So the more important question is what has, or rather who has brought on the sudden mood?" Jack grinned, clicking his tongue against the roof of his mouth. "A man doesn't kiss and tell."

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[info]plusone
2009-04-22 12:27 am UTC (link)
Rose backed away from his grabbing, giving a playful squeal and reaching out to stop them by lacing her own through them. "You behave, Captain, or I'm going to have to get all sonic on you. Well, go borrow some sonic. Or a banana." She grinned, thinking back to their first meeting and the Doctor's revelation that he'd been the reason Jack's needed weapon factory had closed down in favour of a banana crop.

But she didn't want to spill herself anymore. Instead, she smiled up at him and sighed. "A man doesn't, but come on, this is you. You're not just some man, you're a Time Agent." She made an effort to make it sound as important as it was, as if that would get him to blab everything and anything he'd ever done. Had to be worth a try, after all!

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[info]ex_notethest397
2009-04-22 12:43 am UTC (link)
It felt like the first time in days that Jack genuinely laughed, chuckling as she tried to move out of the way of his questing hands. He would, however, settle for her hands in his own, greasy though they may be. "First of all, I always behave. Second of all, I said it once before and I'll say it again: who the hell looks at a screwdriver and thinks 'oh, this could be a little more sonic'." He made a face and finished the last of his beans, pushing the plate towards her.

Jack just looked at Rose for a moment, then decided to let the topic drop for now. He had ways of getting information from people when he needed. This would be no different, he just had to handle things a bit more delicately.

"Trying to butter me up?" Jack asked, smiling in spite of himself. Because, really, the day Jack Harkness admitted that he couldn't get a man into bed with him was the day he fell over dead and didn't rise again. "Oh, a few here and there. The trousers from the ball the other night have been quite the hit. I'll model them if you'd like."

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[info]plusone
2009-04-22 09:18 am UTC (link)
"You never behave!" Rose protested, giggles escaping. It was insane how good this felt. She should be miserable, right? Held captive on a planet she'd never even seen before? But she wasn't. She was the opposite of miserable. In fact, in some ways, Rose thought she might be the happiest she'd ever been. "And it's like he said, you've been bored before, right? Who takes up latch-hook rugs? Me! He goes all sonic on a screwdriver. And hey, that thing's gotten me out of more tight patches than I can say."

She'd needed this. A refresher, per se. A chance to put the day behind her and breathe. Breathing was good. Very important, so she heard. She picked at a piece of popcorn, tearing it into tiny shreds before popping the lot in her mouth.

"Don't need you to model them, loser, I saw you in them. Attracting quite a scene, weren't you?" Rose's eyes lit up a bit as she flashed him that toothy grin of hers. "Surprised we haven't heard of the riot to get to your room, come to think of it. You know how it is, all locked away in the TARDIS. Never hear any of the good gossip." Fishing for a story? Her? Well...yes, actually. She briefly wondered why the Doctor hadn't yanked Jack in there, as well, but forced the thought away. It was likely because of how different Jack was now. It had nothing to do with wanting to be alone in the big blue box with her. Not a thing.

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[info]ex_notethest397
2009-04-27 07:52 am UTC (link)
Jack pretended to look afronted, hurt by her insinuation that he was always a bad boy. Apparently not behaving encompassed the idea that it was a bad idea to, when faced with an good-looking species, find a way into its bed. Perish the thought, as far as Jack was concerned. Still, it sounded fantastic to hear Rose laugh, even if it was at his expense. "I think," he said, picking up a piece of popcorn and throwing it in her direction, "that you have a poor idea of what constitutes behaving. Because I always behave." A brief pause. "Except when asked not to." Chuckling, Jack shook his head. "Yes, I've been bored before. And, like the Doctor, it's never a good idea to let either of us face boredom."

He watched Rose for a moment, knowing full well that there was something she wasn't telling him. True, they may not have spent a lot of time together before that whole thing, but that didn't matter. Travel with someone and you learn all sorts of things about them, like when they were holding something close to the chest.

Jack may have been hiding something too, but he was simply better at not showing things. Rose was an open book.

"Locked away in the TARDIS?" Jack asked, leaning forward. "He gives you the comfy accommodations and I'm stuck back here in third class." Yes, Jack would be having a discussion with the Doctor on that regard. He was always bragging about how big the inside was, so it would have room for two more, wouldn't it? "Well, I'll be speaking to him on that account." Tilting his head, Jack looked at Rose. "All right Miss Subtle as a Train Wreck, what gossip are you fishing to hear?"

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[info]plusone
2009-04-27 01:02 pm UTC (link)
Oh, did he forget how well she knew him? It may have been a bit, but that was half the fun of being friends with Jack was that he didn't behave. If she wanted reliable, she went to the Doctor. If she wanted wild and crazy? Well. Exhibit A.

Subtle? Her? Who knew! Rose grinned, patting his hand in an almost condescending manner. "Just wondering what my faaavourite former Time Agent was up to is all," she teased, drawing out the word as if he truly weren't the only former Time Agent she knew. How to broach the subject? Or should she at all? Being conflicted was getting really old, really fast.

She leaned back, then, half shy and half smug. It wasn't an easy expression to pull off, either, but somehow it fit Rose well. "And uh, yeah, I moved in the night of the ball." After he'd held her while she'd sobbed out the hurt of the past few years, but Jack didn't really need to know that, did he? "When I found him." As an afterthought, she kicked him lightly under the table. "Which you could've told me, you know! He said he'd seen you already and you knew he was here and I don't even get a 'hey Rose, guess who I found' in my journal?"

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[info]ex_notethest397
2009-04-27 03:00 pm UTC (link)
Yes, but it was still fun to protest and try to convince others that he was the good and innocent one. The problem was whenever Jack opened his mouth, he removed all doubt.

Sticking out his tongue would have been far too immature for a man of his advanced age -- which is exactly why he did it. Pat his hand in a condescending manner, would she? That also earned Rose a brief one fingered salute before he reached for the popcorn, shoving a hand-full into his mouth. "Your favourite former Time Agent? You know, that only works on little kids calling the only one the favourite. And no pointing out the tongue-sticking as being a sign of immaturity either." Jack sighed, swallowing the last of the popcorn. "He's fine, outside of the fact that the bloke he's supposed to be shagging right now is being a complete twat." And let the mocking begin on that one.

It did fit Rose well. "What, now you're stealingmy own expressions?" Jack teased, returning the kick. So, she'd moved in that long ago? Now he was hurt that he hadn't been offered room as well. But, then again, with Ianto next door bringing him coffee every morning, he didn't know if he'd have taken the room. Still, would have been nice to be offered one. "I thought you already knew!" Jack lied easily. "So, uh, Rose. Guess who I found!"

Yes, Jack Harkness could be a royal ass when he wanted to be.

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[info]plusone
2009-04-27 09:49 pm UTC (link)
His arse-ness earned him yet another kick, but this one was even more light and might have been mistaken as a prelude to a game of footsie if one chose to take it that way. However, Rose was beaming. Gossip! There it was. She knew he wouldn't be able to keep it in for long.

Leaning forward just as she used to during girls' nights with Shareen and Keisha, she dropped her head into her hands and fixed Jack with 'the look'. "Which bloke? Who is this? What do you mean he's being a twat? You can't start a conversation like that and not fill in the gaps, Jack Harkness, it's just not done!"

That and it got her mind off of her own...issue, so to speak. As grateful as she was to have that room in the TARDIS and as happy as she was that the ship had accepted her back so gracefully, it still felt strange. It was no fault of the Doctor's, Rose knew. But he could be so completely clueless sometimes and while it had never really bothered her before, the least he could do was admit that the feelings she'd spilled carelessly to him weren't returned.

Git, indeed. "So tell me more," Rose added, in a voice reminiscent of the Pink Ladies of Grease. "Who is he? Is he here? Did you know him already?"

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[info]ex_notethest397
2009-04-27 11:18 pm UTC (link)
If it had been anyone else, Jack may have called it a game of footsie. But, in the end, it was Rose -- and while he may have entertained more than a few thoughts of pursuing things, for one reason or another, he never had. Jack wasn't sure why, but it was a boundary he never crossed -- fancying her was one thing, acting on it was another entirely.

Jack sighed, knowing that his one innocuous comment about a certain bloke being a twat was going to pique Rose's interest. And yet he had said it anyway, damning himself to explaining the situation and the accompanying mocking. "Of course I can start it and leave things out," Jack replied, reaching across the table to tap Rose lightly on the nose. "You know what they say about curiosity. And you, Rose Tyler, are about the most inquisitive woman I've met. And that's saying something."

Oh she was hiding something, Jack knew -- and he'd get it out of her later. He had ways. "Yes, I knew him before. He's one of Torchwood's operatives. Torchwood Three," Jack added quickly, knowing what the Doctor thought of Torchwood. "My Torchwood," He said, a hint of pride entering his voice.

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[info]plusone
2009-04-27 11:37 pm UTC (link)
The Doctor may have hated Torchwood and what they'd stood for in her old London, but to Rose, it was home now. She didn't really have much of a choice, honestly. She loved it, still being involved in everything that she'd once fought for. And, between her and Mickey, they'd definitely brought something new to the team.

"Is that the one who's... You know, who was there?" she asked, remembering something he'd mentioned about working with one of the survivors of Canary Wharf. They hadn't talked about his team much, which was a bit of a shame. Rose wanted to know more. He was right when he called her inquisitive. It was something she hadn't stopped even in this new place, asking questions around every corner, determined to find out anything she could. "I mean, you don't have to say," she added a beat later, realizing there was a fine line between curious and just plain nosy.

But then, they were friends, and friends were going to ask questions that affected their friends lives. And shagging that was no longer shagging? Definitely counted. "So wait, you knew him then and yet you're not shagging anymore? Why is he twat-like, hmm?"

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[info]ex_notethest397
2009-04-28 12:11 am UTC (link)
Jack still wasn't at the point of thinking of Rose as a Torchwood operative. She would, forever in his mind, be the Doctor's companion. Just as Jack would always count himself among those ranks. Torchwood would always come after the Doctor and his needs because the Doctor left some strange tint on those who travelled with him.

"I..." Jack bit his lower lip and nodded ever so slightly. "Yes, he was one of the few who survived the battle. I honestly don't know how he did and it's nothing I've ever asked him about either." Jack drew in a breath before finally offering information. "His name's Ianto Jones." The problem wasn't Rose's inquisitiveness, it was Jack's reluctance to talk about anything in regards to his life. "I'll tell you what, I'll tell you what's going on if you'll tell me why my entire gender sucks."

Jack sighed, picking up a piece of popcorn and tore it apart with his fingers, tossing the tiny pieces into his mouth. "Yes, I knew him and was shagging him. But, apparently we've managed to show up from two completely different time periods. In his, we haven't." And therein was the rub.

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[info]plusone
2009-04-28 12:30 am UTC (link)
Rose stilled slightly when he admitted that this Ianto was one of the survivors of the worst day of her life. In some ways, it made her hate him; no, it wasn't his fault, but he'd stayed and lived his life and hers had been ripped apart. But then again, it made her want to meet him more. The people who'd survived were heroes in her eyes.

Her hand reached out, however, taking his in hers. Not in the condescending way, either. Rather, in the way of someone who knew he obviously needed a friend just then. "Plenty of people survived," she reminded him. "Just...not easily."

At his admission that in Ianto's time period the shagging hadn't occurred, Rose's eyes lit up a bit, though she still held Jack's hand tightly in her own. "What's the worry? Obviously he wants to at some point or you wouldn't have been in your time. So... You know, start from scratch."

She didn't want to get in to why his gender failed, least not yet. There was still so much thinking to do. Confront him or not? Ugh, why did that man have to be so difficult? And why, if he was so difficult, did she still love him so much?

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[info]ex_notethest397
2009-04-28 01:01 am UTC (link)
There was a lot that had happened that day and there was a large, vindictive part of Jack that wasn't sorry Canary Wharf had happened. For him, it had wiped out the largest branch of Torchwood -- the ones who were dead set on capturing the Doctor. There had been no love lost between Torchwood London and Torchwood Three once Jack had taken over in 2000. He would never subscribe to what they stood for, not when he cared so deeply for the Doctor.

Jack looked at the hand laced with his own and lightly squeezed their hands together. The comfort meant more to him than he could possibly say. "Oh, I know that. Like with any war and any battle, there are the survivors and the ones taken. It's those left behind that have the hardest time." And Jack knew all too well the scars the Battle of Canary Wharf had left on Ianto.

"It's the fact that, as far as I'm concerned, we've gone through this. That and he does these damned infuriating things like kissing and then walking away." Like he h ad a few days ago. And, outside of coffee in the morning, Jack hadn't seen him since.

Narrowing his eyes ever so slightly, Jack drummed the fingers of his free hand on the table. "Well? Your turn. Why does my gender suck so much?"

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[info]plusone
2009-04-28 01:10 am UTC (link)
Rose had to giggle. He really was impossible, wasn't he? "Yes, well, that happens sometimes, Jack," she reminded him, grinning widely. "When you're not in an...intimate relationship with someone, you kiss and sometimes you kiss more and then...that's it. Not everyone just jumps into bed, I don't care what they were doing on... What was that planet? Rosalfellas? Rosen... Aw, hell, you know, the one with the randy people." Yes, Jack had fit right in. She loved that about him, though she occasionally had wondered why, despite their joking, she'd never been on the receiving end.

Which brought her around to his question. "I... Okay, so, there's this bloke, right? And let's just assume I've fancied him for...a long time. Yeah. And let's say I finally got it together to tell him that but it was at an..." Oh, how to phrase that one? "An inopportune time, we'll say. And let's just say that later, it all kinda came back to slap me upside my idiot head."

She was rambling again. Damn. Pulling her hand away from his, she picked up a piece of popcorn and played with it, batting it between her hands on the table. "Anyway. He's just a confusing sort, is all." Rose sighed, twirling the popcorn piece, then glanced back up at Jack. Of course he'd figure out who she was talking about. He already knew the Doctor was around, and her affections for the man had never been very well hidden.

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[info]ex_notethest397
2009-04-30 01:44 am UTC (link)
Didn't Rose remember that 'Impossible' was Jack's middle name? Well, that and 'sexy' but he figured that one went without saying. "But that's the point, Miss Tyler," Jack said, interrupting her with a wave of his hand. "We are in an intimate relationship. Though he seems convinced that we aren't. And therein lay the problem." Two different times and a man who kissed him like he was wanting to strip all of Jack's clothing off and yet wanted to be wooed. In other words, Ianto wanted to have his cake and eat it too. "I know exactly where. Damn I've always wanted to go back and spend a good month there."

Jack sighed and it was clear his mind was no longer at the amusement park and with Rose. He'd had almost as much fun there as with those executioners of his, but that could have been the hypervodka talking.

"Rose? First of all, I'm far from thick. Unlike a man we both have travelled with." In other words, Jack knew exactly who she was speaking of. "That's the hard part about my gender, we are idiots half the time. You'd think I'd understand my own gender but I don't. Not even after all of these years." Jack stood and moved to the bench Rose was sitting on, slipping an arm around her shoulders and gathered her in close. "Sometimes you just have to act. Go for it. Worst case is you'll get a punch to the jaw." Jack paused and grinned. "Well, you wouldn't. Men tend to treat women a bit better and being kissed by a woman isn't as disconcerting for a bloke."

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[info]plusone
2009-04-30 09:19 am UTC (link)
"But he doesn't know that," Rose reminded Jack with a smile. "As far as he knows, you're just some bloke he's flirted with quite a bit." Waving her hand around them, she flashed him a grin. "Take a hint, idiot, this place is full of things to do with someone. I'll bet there's even a Tunnel of Loooove." She teasingly drew out the wind, wiggling her eyebrows at him playfully. "Take him around, introduce him to some of the people you've met." Leaning back, she crossed her arms in front of her and shot him a smug expression. "Promise, you'll have him back where you, uh, want him in no time."

Which sounded incredibly confident for a girl who was thinking over every single word she'd said. The smugness dropped considerably and was almost immediately replaced with a vulnerable person who'd had a very rough few years. Jack's hold was comforting and she gave in, nuzzling close. "I did act on it," she told him quietly. "I told him I loved him, Jack. Why was I such an idiot?"

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[info]ex_notethest397
2009-05-04 08:08 pm UTC (link)
That didn't make Jack feel any better, however. In his mind, he had worked for this once already and he just wanted things to continue. Jack was a man that moved forward, not backwards. Jack rolled his eyes skyward as exaggeratedly as he could manage. "Tunnel of Love, I'll pass on." Jack paused. "Then again, some tunnels of love can be quite enjoyable but I don't think you're referring to that." There were times Jack really should learn to shut his mouth while he was behind. Far, far behind. "Rose, love?" Jack asked, lifting a brow. "I don't think introducing him to people I've met is the best idea." Because people he met were all potential partners. "Though, I think it's high time he met you and the Doctor." God, that was going to be... interesting, in a word.

Jack tightened the arm around Rose's shoulder the moment she leaned in closer. Here was Jack, worried about how things would end-- and strangely it was always with Ianto that he worried the most. "You're not an idiot," Jack said, resting his cheek against the top of her head. "Sometimes we need to hear it, even if it's hard for us to say it in return." Or, in Jack's case, near impossible.

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[info]plusone
2009-05-05 12:02 am UTC (link)
Rose couldn't help giggling to herself at his rather awful pun. Or joke. Well, technically, it was the truth, but it wasn't exactly in the context she'd meant it so it'd have to do. Her face nuzzled into his neck, though, and she couldn't help a small grin. "I'd love to meet him," she admitted with a shrug. "Maybe put this poor bloke in his place. Obviously he's attracted to you, why not just accept it and move forward? He probably just needs a woman's touch." As for what would happen when he met the Doctor... Well. That was the bloke Jack had left his team to be with, after all. Rose had the feeling none of them would quite appreciate it, and since this Ianto was on that team... No need to tell Jack that, though. Maybe the Doctor would simply scare the poor bloke into submission.

Her heart flipped over a little at his comment. What was meant to be comforting was anything but. She knew she'd put her heart on the line for that daft old alien all over again but he could at least acknowledge it! "Be a bit different if we didn't have this," Rose commented, waving a hand around them. "Here and now, I mean. We thought we had all the time in the world before but now we know we don't and..." Shaking her head, she pulled away enough to attempt go regain some of her dignity. "I don't even care if he ever does say it--" well, that wasn't entirely true--"but he should at least let me move on from having said it instead of bringing it up all over again!"

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