(Jack, Joe - 10/16)

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So, okay, he hadn't gone to see the dinosaurs, but he had gone up to the mountain. It hadn't been a long trip or a long stay. Gone on Tuesday, back by Thursday morning. Nothing monumental or exciting had happened, and whatever it was he'd been hoping to find out there hadn't been found.

Still, Linus had enjoyed the trip, and a few days away from the world had helped clear his head a little.

The hut was starting to get a little untidy again, but he made no move to clean anything up, dumping his bag out on the table and tossing the dirty laundry in a pile in the corner before putting down the food he'd grabbed for Linus at the compound when he'd stopped off for a shower.

In fact, his hair was still damp, and when he heard someone head up the steps to his stilted hut he raked his fingers through it, causing it to stand on end as he glanced over to see who it was.

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Smirking, Logan sat up slowly and leaned against the headboard.

"Looks like I've got you trapped, Harkness. No diving today, the island will have to eat without your help. You'll just have to hang out for a bit. Maybe even be social or something."

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Jack looked under his hand and swore softly. Logan was right, though. No diving. Swimming was probably out entirely.

"You say that like I don't know how to be social," he said, laying back down slowly.

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"I'm just fucking with you, man," Logan snorted, reaching over to run his fingers lightly through Jack's hair.

It was an all too intimate gesture, one he wouldn't have thought twice about before. But now, after spending a whole night together, Logan pulled his hand away awkwardly, not wanting to seem too attached or affectionate.

Still, there was something about having Jack there that just felt... good, and Logan slowly lay back down beside the other man as he spoke.

"So what are you going to do?" he asked quietly. "I mean, now that he's gone, what happens? After Neil left here, I couldn't even sleep in the bed. I had to stay with Joe for a few weeks. And even after I was ready to come home, I ended up sleeping on the floor. You gonna stay with one of your friends? Like that woman, the one with the baby... Tosh, right?"

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He scrubbed his hand over his eyes and then pinched the bridge of his nose. Too fucking much in common.

"I haven't stayed at the hut since he vanished. I was out of that bed as fast as possible. I slept at Ianto's. Helen's. The Doctor's. Here. Guess I'm taking it on tour..."

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"Nice to know my place makes the top five," Logan said dryly, "Doesn't matter how long you stay away though, it's still there when you get back. All the memories, the scent. At least until you start replacing the memories, until the smells and sights change or whatever. Then it gets easier."

He was silent for a long moment, and then glanced over, brushing his fingers over the bruise beneath Jack's ribs.

"I've never hurt someone like that during sex before. Not while I was inside them," he said softly, quietly changing the subject a little.

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"Could always burn the fucking place down," he said quietly, lifting his chin to look down at Logan's fingers. He reached up and ran his hand over the guy's bicep and smiled softly.

"Did you like it?" he asked. "I don't usually scream like that."

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"Yeah, you could," Logan agreed, knowing that was probably what he'd have done.

"And... yeah. Yeah, I liked it," he admitted softly. "It was intense. Made me wonder what else is hiding in that mind of yours, Jack. You show me all these things, tell me all these stories. And part of me... Part of me wishes you'd show me, that you'd use it on me and then teach me all about it. It kind of scares the shit out of me that I think that way now."

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"I could, you know," he said, rolling to face him. "About knives and guns and ropes and nerves. And lying. Manipulating. How to smile. Tone of voice. Posture." He paused and searched for something in Logan's eyes, then leaned in and kissed him softly.

"You really don't want to know all the shit I hide, Logan. It's for the best that I don't do it anymore. I turned my back on it when the Agency fucked me over. Having John here was...let's just say it wasn't all bad, but it wasn't a good thing."

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Logan let the kiss linger, pulling back slowly and studying Jack as his hand came to rest on the other man's arm.

"Maybe not everything you hide, but some of it. You must know what it's like, that feeling of curiosity. I mean, aren't you ever curious about me?" he asked. "We spent something like two years fighting, and now we end up in bed at least once a week it seems. You must be a little curious. Or are you so arrogant that you think you already know me?"

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"You give away more than you think you do," he replied, keeping his expression placid. "I don't know everything, but I know a lot. And I figure that if you want me to know, you'll tell me. I...am not used to just telling people things. Hell, House never wanted to know. He'd listen, but...he never asked. And John," he sighed softly and pulled back and laid flat on his back.

"He knew what I was like a long time ago. You know how you think I'm crazy? You're sort of right. You have to be crazy to be a good Time Agent, and trying to live a normal life after everything I've seen and done? It's not easy."

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"I don't expect you to lay out everything on the table. It wouldn't be any fun if it was that simple. I like it when you tell me things though. Good, bad, whatever," Logan replied. "...And I don't give things away."

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"Oh, good...because there for a second I was afraid you wanted to get touchy-feely," Jack smirked, deflecting the urge to take a chance and open up. He was so sick of getting hurt, and it was so much easier to be glib or say nothing than to put himself on the line.

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"Heaven forbid," Logan snorted, running his hand down Jack's arm. "Who needs touchy-feely, when you can have sex and pent up aggression? I was always better at screwing than I was at talking."

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Jack smirked and rolled, agreeing with that sentiment with a slow, lingering kiss that woke him up even more than the sunlight. If he was going to have been here all night, then he was going to take advantage of it.

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There was something about waking up beside Jack that was just... Wrong. To be laying in the bed he'd once shared with Neil, with a man he'd hated so deeply on the other boys behalf, seemed like the ultimate betrayal.

The guilt that hit him was enough to make him pull away slightly.

Still, kissing Jack, touching Jack, fucking Jack. All those things felt right, no matter where they were, and Logan couldn't stop touching him or holding him as he let out a soft sigh and leaned closer again to return the kiss.

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He kept rolling until he straddled Logan, curled over him so he didn't have to break the kiss. He ached all over in the best ways and the sensation of skin on skin was easier to lose himself in now that it was morning.

"You want me to stop?" he asked softly, making no move to quit.

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"No," Logan murmured, arching up against the other man with a deep groan. "There isn't a word for how much I don't want you to stop, Jack."

His hands moved to hold the other man's shoulders, and he dragged him down into another kiss. It was rougher this time, teeth grazing over Jack's lip as he pressed himself tighter against the other man.

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"Mmm, good," he replied, his lips and hands roaming randomly as he lowered himself to fit tightly against Logan, acutely aware of the guy's heartbeat against his own chest.

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Part of Logan couldn't help but wonder if he should ask Jack how he felt, if he was okay or if he needed to talk about John... About what had happened, or even about what they'd done together the night before.

Except he didn't. He didn't even try.

"I want you," he said instead, his voice practically a growl.

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That much was obvious. Jack shifted a little and rolled his hips, rutting slowly against Logan as he moved from kissing him to mapping his throat. He smelled like sleep and sex and lust and tasted even better. He honestly couldn't think of a good reason he'd never stayed until the morning before now.

"You've got me," he murmured.

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"No I don't," Logan said with a breathless laugh. "No one has you. But it's nice like this. Nice to pretend."

He tipped his head back a little and moaned.

"Same way you don't have me. Not yet anyway."

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"Not yet," he agreed, kissing his way lower. He flicked his tongue across Logan's nipple and sucked slowly, savoring him. Last night had been such a frenzied blur that he was taking his time and enjoying himself. For now, anyway.

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Moaning softly, Logan's hip's rolled up against Jack. Dragging his fingers slowly down the other man's shoulders and arms, he let himself enjoy the other man's mouth, the way it felt to have Jack up against him, the way he smelled, the way his skin felt against his own... All those stupid things that tended to get lost in the rush to get naked and get off.

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He moved to the other and ministered Logan's nipple to a taut peak with his tongue before he stretched to kiss him again.

"Roll over," he purred, the words carrying unadulterated promise. And just to be...something...he added, "Please?"

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The added please was enough to make Logan drop whatever bullshit argument he'd have usually come up with, rolling over slowly and making himself comfortable.