Funny... I seem to recall us doing an awful lot together before you chickened out. [ His voice drops, low and conspiratory. ] I could've settled for you, Jack... we could've had fun together but no... you had to bring stakes into the picture.
[ Whether that's true or not is really up for debate, but there had been times. At first with Claire and for a short while with Sam and then, finally, with Captain Jack Harkness. Moments where he thought that maybe this was okay. It seemed so pointless to carry on the way he had back home when there was no one to brag to and as long as he could get his kicks elsewhere, maybe it'd be enough. ]