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Tweak says, "He's All I Want"

Captain Jack Harkness (foreverjack) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2016-12-20 11:38:00

Entry tags:

ianto jones, jack harkness, jun kanzaki, martha jones, spike, the doctor (ten)

Day 407 / Action / Open and closed
Action – closed to Ianto

He's finishing getting dressed and bending to get his boots out of the wardrobe, when the sight of something at the back of the wardrobe, sitting innocuously right behind his boots where he'd swear it wasn't yesterday, gives him pause. A box. A box he had for decades. A box which couldn't possibly be here if this existence wasn't virtual and/or outside of time.

Hardly breathing, he scoops it up and takes it through to Ianto, who's already in the kitchen, getting coffee.

"Hey. Look what I found!"

Action – open

Jack's gift is a box of photographs of past lives and lovers, incredibly precious since it was blown up along with him and the rest of the Hub over a year ago and (in real life, at least) lost forever.

Find him sifting through the photos, or just gazing fondly at one of them, at various points through the day – at the Defence Force HQ, in a restaurant at lunchtime or dinner time, wandering along with a coffee in his hand etc. etc. etc.

((OOC: NSFW content in the thread with Ianto (surprise surprise)! ))

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	chipswiththat 2016-12-28 01:16 pm UTC (link)
	"Ask my critics." Oh wait, he killed them all. Imagine that. "And that's bollocks, anyone can write. Unless you're saying you're not in touch with your emotions enough?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foreverjack 2016-12-29 05:08 am UTC (link)
	Jack just gives him an amused look. "Being in touch with my emotions is not something I'm typically known for!" His body, sure, he knows every tiny reaction to stimulus, but his emotions? Not so much. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2016-12-29 05:18 am UTC (link)
	Spike snorts — that explains so much. It's not a surprise in the least, of course, he could've guessed that about Jack months ago. "You should try it sometime. Might do you some good." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foreverjack 2016-12-29 05:26 am UTC (link)
	"How does one even start on something like that? I mean, you just sit down one day and decide to write some poetry?" Not really giving it serious thought, even now, but he is mildly curious. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

chipswiththat
2016-12-29 05:29 am UTC (link)

Jack might not be taking this seriously, but Spike is. Poet at heart, even if he hasn't seriously written anything in a long time.

"How do you start anything? It doesn't have to be poetry. All you need is having something to say and a need to say it." He gives Jack a mischievous smile, as if he knows something Jack doesn't.

"For instance, if you're trying to impress someone you love."

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	foreverjack 2016-12-29 06:14 am UTC (link)
	"I usually say it with my body, in that kind of case," he grins. "Flowery language is usually just a means to get someone to the point where I can say it with my body!" And then his brain catches up and his eyebrows lift with a mixture of curiosity and delight. "You wrote poetry for Ianto?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2016-12-29 06:18 am UTC (link)
	He shakes his head. "Haven't written anything in a long time." The mischievous grin remains as he saunters closer, voice low and seductive because poetry isn't just words, it's delivery. "But that doesn't mean I can't use someone else's words. Let's just say he, ah... responds very well to the Bard." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

foreverjack
2016-12-30 05:08 am UTC (link)

He may not be a poet but totally gets the delivery angle. He uses it himself, after all - though that certainly doesn't stop it working when Spike uses it on him, and Spike will get a faint shiver for his efforts.

Followed by an amused smirk. "You know, it probably shouldn't surprise me that he gets turned on by Shakespeare. He does spend a lot of his time in a library, after all!"

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chipswiththat
2016-12-30 05:21 am UTC (link)

Ah, that's what he likes to see. Actually, he's liked seeing that since long before there was even a possibility of them getting down and dirty, although it's a lot better now that he knows that it can actually lead to something. Amazing how things change in the matter of a few months.

"I'm surprised you haven't taken advantage of that yet." The Shakespeare, not the library. He's absolutely sure Jack has taken advantage of the library. Hell, he's probably smelled the aftermath more than once by now.

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foreverjack
2016-12-31 05:37 am UTC (link)

Yeah, they've been enjoying winding each other up right since the very first time they met, haven't they? This is much better, though. Even more charged with possibilities nowadays!

"Eh, I'll leave that to you, I think. It's really not my kind of thing. The Shakespeare, that is, not the library. The library thing is a lot of fun!"

Yes, Spike probably has smelled the aftermath. Jack visits Ianto in the library a lot.

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	chipswiththat 2016-12-31 04:47 pm UTC (link)
	The downside to having supernatural senses. You can't turn them off even when you'd want to. "Yeah, is that how we're doing this?" He quirks a brow, mostly teasing but perhaps not entirely. "Divide the spoils, as it were." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foreverjack 2017-01-01 07:28 am UTC (link)
	He shrugs. "Why not? We all have different things we bring to the relationship. Makes sense to play to our own strengths!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2017-01-01 04:31 pm UTC (link)
	He gives it a moments thought and then shrugs. "Fair enough." And then, in a rare moment of honesty, he adds: "Gotta say, that puts some pressure off. You're an intimidating guy." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foreverjack 2017-01-02 06:18 am UTC (link)
	"I don't mean to be!" Except when he does. It's complicated, especially with Spike. He's still in the process of working out how to react around Spike. "But really, that is the whole attraction of a poly relationship. The variety that comes from different people." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

chipswiththat
2017-01-03 04:13 pm UTC (link)

Most of all Spike just needs to adjust to their new dynamic and everything will be fine. He'll find his niche in this relationship (perhaps he already has) and then they can go back to their usual habits of one-upping each other. Maybe it'll go faster than Jack thinks. Maybe something will happen as soon as tomorrow.

"You would know, wouldn't you." In this aspect alone he'll defer to Jack's expertise. Spike's never even had an infatuation with more than one person at a time.

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	foreverjack 2017-01-05 03:12 am UTC (link)
	Who knows? Maybe it will... "I've had a bit of experience in that field, yeah," he quips, grinning, and then he sobers, thinking this through. "To be honest, I think we already are dividing things up pretty neatly. You're the romantic, I'm the hedonist. Ianto gets the best of both worlds." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

chipswiththat
2017-01-05 03:29 am UTC (link)

"That's the only thing that matters, far as I'm concerned. Him."

Never would've done any of this if it weren't for Ianto and his diplomatic ways. Sure, Spike's worked pretty hard at getting this right but he would've given up a long time ago if Ianto hadn't so clearly wanted it to work. Amazing, really. Then again...

"Although... under different circumstances, I probably could've whored myself out to you."

Like they talked about way back when, blood for handjobs. He considered it, briefly, but the rules didn't allow for it and chances were high that he would've talked himself out of it immediately anyway.

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foreverjack
2017-01-06 03:13 am UTC (link)

Even for Jack, this really is all about Ianto too. Sure, he always had a bit of a thing for Spike, but he never would have done anything about it (probably, barring warden-related games) if Ianto hadn't opened up the doors to a threeway relationship.

He smiles softly, thinking how very far they've come, the two of them. "You know, surprisingly, I'm kind of glad you didn't. This is so much better."

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chipswiththat
2017-01-06 09:12 am UTC (link)

Honestly, the three of them are more than the sum of their parts, there's not a doubt in his mind about that. He loves Ianto but he has to wonder if it would've been the same without Jack in the mix. There's something dangerously potent about what they've got going here and he means that in the best of ways.

That response makes him quirk a brow in mild surprise, tho.

"Why Jack, are you admitting that there's something more than instant gratification?"

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foreverjack
2017-01-07 08:22 am UTC (link)

Well, to be fair, Ianto probably wouldn't have been quite as open to new things - and certainly a lot less experienced in them - if he hadn't been with Jack. Almost certainly not to such an usual (by twenty-first century standards) relationship as their threeway one!

He chuckles at Spike's question, perhaps a tiny bit self-conscious at having been caught out on that one. "Perhaps sometimes. Sometimes there's a good deal of enjoyment in anticipation."

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	chipswiththat 2017-01-07 11:50 am UTC (link)
	"You have no idea." He hums, with a sly smirk. Now that they're doing this, he really can't keep himself from thinking about the many, many ways he could get the upper hand with Jack. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foreverjack 2017-01-07 04:15 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh yeah?" he asks, because that sounds as if Spike has some ideas and he's always curious to know what they are! And for the record, he's not likely to protest at Spike getting the upper hand with him now and again! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2017-01-08 04:48 am UTC (link)
	"Mmhm." So happy with this turn of events. It got way too depressing for awhile there, riling Jack up like this is so much better. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	foreverjack 2017-01-09 03:15 am UTC (link)
	"Not going to tell, huh?" He shrugs, not too bothered, really. After all, this counts as enjoyable anticipation too! "Well, I dare say I'll find out in due course!" He smirks. "I might have some ideas tucked away for you too, you know." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2017-01-09 04:42 am UTC (link)
	If he told, he would've immediately ruined this whole anticipation thing, of course! He'll need to think of something really good though. Knowing Jack it's going to be difficult to come up with something really mindblowing. "Oh, I know. I have very high expectations." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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