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Tweak says, "if you had any brains at all.."

notethestripes (ex_notethest397) wrote in labyrinth_rpg,
@ 2009-06-03 23:39:00

Entry tags:

active, day eleven, jack harkness, rose tyler

WHO: Jack Harkness, Rose Tyler
WHAT: More "girl" talk. Because things aren't going as they should be, dammit.
WHEN: Mid-day.
WHERE: Rose's room
RATING: TBA
STATUS: Active

When it came to Jack Harkness, there was no such thing as 'personal' space. At least, not when your name included Rose, Ianto or Doctor. As one was decidedly missing from their group, that meant two people were being subjected to one hundred percent of pure Jack. His eyes flicked towards the Labyrinth. He was getting ready to run it and knew he had support from the two, but somehow it didn't seem right to run the Labyrinth without the Doctor.

Soon, though. Soon they'd have to. Jack was reaching the stage of restless. Yes, it was fun to lollygag at the amusement park, but he still needed to do something. Be somewhere. Do something.

And so, Jack found himself at Rose's door. Yes, he should have gone to Ianto, but Jack was running out of ideas. Even before the dating hadn't been so much dating as doing work together after hours. Jack wasn't used to having to chase after somoeone. Usually, they came to him.

With a loud knock to announce his presence, Jack opened the door without waiting for her to give him entrance. "Rooose!" Jack sang out. "Guess whooooo!"

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plusone
2009-06-11 11:36 pm UTC (link)

"Retcon?" She was starting to sound like a broken record. "You know, one day I'm going to sit you down and make you tell me all about Torchwood 3 in detail. One day when we're not singing, that is." Her nose wrinkled at the reminder that she had just given him a romantic telling off in a mezzo-soprano. Scary that as long as they'd been talking she'd almost gotten used to it. "We don't have one in my dimension. Cardiff, I mean. I mean, we have Cardiff the city, just not a Torchwood there."

Shaking her head, she grinned. "But that's besides the point. The point is, he doesn't know you've had those great romantic adorable moments. And you get a chance almost no one does. You get to relive those sorts of things. And since you've pounced him back in your world, you know he's into it. You know the things he likes and what he doesn't and what makes him happy. May as well use it to your advantage."

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ex_notethest397
2009-06-11 11:49 pm UTC (link)

Seemed like he got to give this speech often. "Nothing more than an amnesia pill. My own recipie with a touch of denial and a dash of retcon. Usually works best when mixed with alcohol." Chuckling, Jack lightly tapped her nose with his free hand. "Oh, I don't know, I don't mind making you talk if this is what you sound like as a result. The lady does have a very pretty voice." Yes, Jack was laying it on thick. So sue him. "Was going to say -- I'd hope you'd have a Cardiff in your dimension. May not be the greatest place on the earth, but it's been home long enough that I'd miss it if it were gone."

Jack was having enough of the 'beside the points'. "I've told him that we have, but he doesn't believe me. I'm fairly certain he thinks it's nothing more than a vast conspiracy to get into his trousers all the sooner." A quirked grin passed over Jack's face, a look that in some circles may have been called leering. "Oh, I've already proven I know what he likes," Jack replied. "At the time, he wasn't complaining either." The smile faded and Jack fought the urge to fall back into that sad headspace. "Romance is easy. It's directing it at one person without feeling like a damned fool that's hard."

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plusone
2009-06-12 12:06 am UTC (link)

What else could she do? Rose smacked her forehead with the palm of her hand, then hid her face behind her fingers so he couldn't see the amusement begging to show on her face. "You didn't try and seduce him already, did you?" she all but whined. "Jaaaack! That's not what I mean!"

Pansexual or not, Jack still didn't get it. Why was it always men? Even men who were into men! And not that Ianto was a woman or anything, but he still deserved to be treated with a little romance here and there. As dashing and charming as Jack claimed to be, he needed to learn not to do so with everything that walked. And, she feared, some things that didn't.

"Jack... You know I love you, right? And I say this out of the kindness of my heart. You want him? You have to earn him. Not win him, he's not some prize. You've got to prove your worthy. And I don't just mean sexually. You know who he is as a person, not just a bed partner. Use it!" God, it really was like attempting to talk to Shareen all over again. Only Shareen had never been as pretty on the eyes as Jack was. Cute girl, not no blue-eyed, dimple-grinned beauty.

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ex_notethest397
2009-06-12 12:19 am UTC (link)

Why was it Rose had the ability to make him feel like a damned idiot? Well, the Doctor could too but as he wasn't here right now, Rose was the winner. He ignored the facepalm, sniffing haughtily. "I'll have you know that no, I didn't try anything. All I did was pounce in a purely excited way before taking him to come get you for the amusement park." Jack paused, unable to stop the grin from spreading across his face. "If other things came about due to a mutual accord, they were unplanned."

No, Jack understood all too well and that was his problem. Because he was stuck with the reputation, it was hard to justify the notion of 'settling down' with anyone and the romance that went along with it. "Do you think I don't know all that?" he snapped. Sighing, Jack drew in a deep breath, holding up a hand by way of apology. "Rose, it's because I do know who he is that I know I don't bloody deserve him."

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plusone
2009-06-12 12:31 am UTC (link)

That little declaration made her take pause. Rose studied him carefully, pulling her feet beneath her so she was sitting cross-legged. She turned to face him, dropping her elbows to her knees an her head into her hands. And for a long moment, she merely watched him.

"I think you do," she said quietly a few moments later. "I think you're absolutely brilliant. He knows it, too. All he's asking is for you to show you care." Tilting her head, she studied his face before sitting up straight. Rose reached up, touching his cheek gently. "You listen and you listen good, Jack Harkness. You've saved this world more times than I care to count. Well...maybe not this one," she added a second later with an annoyed expression. "But anyway. You've been a hero several times over. But more than that, you give a damn. About him, abou the rest of your team, about me and...and the Doctor," she added after a deep breath. "All the people whose lives you touch? You mean everything to them. And that person deserves to be loved."

It was an incredibly long speech for someone who'd barely been able to squeak out a word without sobbing the last couple of days. Rose exhaled, leaning back on her hands.

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