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In the end Logan had never made it back to the hut. At least not to stay. He had stepped inside just long enough to grab his board and wetsuit, and had headed off to the beach.

Maybe leaving your husband's birthday to go surfing wasn't the best thing to do- but there was only so much Logan could stand to watch. BetweenJack flirting with others and others flirting with Jack, Logan felt ill. Maybe it was how Jack was, and maybe it was something he'd eventually get over, but today wasn't that day. he didn't like watching Jack flirt with others, and if that made him a shitty husband... Well then jack could just find himself someone more willing to share.

Someone like that asshole who'd been practically drooling on him.

He spent an hour in the waves, and then eventually made his way to the compound to shower and dress. Time had passed, and he felt guilty now for leaving Jack at the party- But a little voice in his head assured him that Jack had likely had more fun without him anyway. It was easier to smile and charm people without your husband glaring after all.

Still, he needed to go home. He couldn't hide forever.

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"This is hard, this marriage thing," he said quietly, wrapping his arm around Logan. He pulled the other man as close as he could get him but it just wasn't close enough.

"There has to be a way to fix this. What if...what if when there's a party, we stick together. You can kick me if I flirt and no one will come on to both of us." He paused and took a breath. "That would probably be hell for you, huh?"

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Logan closed his eyes, reaching back to hold onto Jack's hip.

"I don't want to stand around kicking you every time my feelings get hurt. I don't want to be some nagging wife. I think maybe I should just stop going to parties."

Except Logan knew that he'd just end up sitting around at home wishing Jack had stayed with him rather than rush off to flirt and dance with half the island. He'd become resentful and angry, and that would solve nothing.

"Maybe you can just retcon me every time there's a party," he suggested flatly.

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"Yes. That's a much better idea," he said dryly. "Because rather than work it out, I'll just erase the things that aren't easy between us. Come on, Logan. Really. What about if I had a time limit? These parties happen all the time. I could go for an hour and then we could go..."

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"I don't want to put a time limit on you," Logan sighed. "Can't you just control yourself a little? Maybe remind people you're married when they undress you with their eyes, or just tone down the flirting? You can be friends with people without making their panties wet."

He was quiet for a long moment and then rolled over to look at Jack.

"What if we made it a game? What if at every party, you had to win me over? What if you had to find a new way to get me to come home with you? You can still mingle, but if you want me to leave with you- you have to work for it."

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Jack's lips were pressed against Logan's shoulder and his smile was so broad he knew Logan could feel it.

"I like your games," he said softly. "It's not as if everyone doesn't know that I'm all yours...but that would be fun. I do like seducing you. But what if I screw up? What then?"

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"If you screw up, I sleep in here. Alone," Logan replied simply. "Or at Joe's... Whichever."

He smiled a little, but he looked drained. Emotionally, he had been through a rough day. He was ready to simply call the day a loss.

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"That's a pretty good incentive," Jack agreed, kissing Logan's shoulder one more time.

"Do you want to sleep alone tonight?' he asked hesitantly. "Did I fuck up that bad?"

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"No," Logan replied simply. "I dunno what I want, but I don't want to be alone. I fucked up too. I shouldn't have gone surfing, I'm sorry."

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He peppered Logan's shoulders and neck with soft kisses and tightened his arm around him, too. Moving his hand until he found the other man's, he twined their fingers together.

"Apology accepted. I'm sorry, too. I really try not to flirt, you know. I don't flirt with Scotty. I didn't flirt with Robin. But I'm sorry. I'll really try not to do it at all. I just don't even notice, you know? I just have always done it. That doesn't make it right, though...and I hate that it hurts you."

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"Don't apologize, please just don't. I already feel like shit for ruining your day, don't make it worse. I should have stayed. I should have just drank until I didn't care about who was flirting with who. It's bad enough my own birthday is always a pile of shit- now I'm fucking up yours as well."

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"You do realize it's not really my birthday, right?" Jack asked, ghosting his lips along the short hairs on the back of Logan's neck.

"It's okay, Logan. It's just a huge misunderstanding. It won't happen again, right? You'll stay, I'll seduce you, and we'll come home together like we always do. That's all that matters in the end. that we're together."

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Jack's touch made him shiver, and Logan nodded a little as he pressed closer. When Jack touched him that way, it was too hard to argue.

"I love you," he said quietly. "I didn't mean to kill the mood. I'm such a fucking moron sometimes," he sighed, running his fingers down Jack's arm as he leaned in and kissed his shoulder before settling against him.

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"Moron," he teased, letting his hand roam to Logan's ass. "Now knock it off and keep touching me like that. We might find the mood again. And if not? I could sleep with you just like this. Close. I love having you close to me."

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Honestly, Logan wasn't sure he was in the mood anymore. He wasn't sure he could fuck him when he fe3lt so shitty about how he had acted. However, he wanted to give Jack something worth having after giving him such a hard time.

The other man echoed his choice of words, and Logan shrank back slightly. He knew Jack didn't really think he was a moron, but in his current state it still bit into him a little, and he tried to tune it out as he did as Jack asked.

He touched the other man lightly, hoping that was what he wanted.

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Jack could just tell. He knew Logan well enough that he figured it was useless to con Logan into fooling around. Sure, he could force him, push him down and take it...but he didn't feel like being rough. Logan's gift touched what hint of a romantic Jack had in him. Rough could wait.

"I like that," he said quietly, pressing his nose and lips to Logan's skin. He closed his eyes and just breathed in the scent of him.

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Logan ran his hand down Jack's side, touching him lightly and speaking softly.

"I'm sorry," he babbled. "I'm sorry I'm such a fuck up sometimes," he whispered, groping and touching him lightly.

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"Logan...stop it. It's okay," Jack assured him before catching his face and kissing him slowly. He let it linger, just pressing, brushing, and breathing against Logan's mouth. It was as sweet as he ever got.

"I love you. That's all there is to it. You don't need to be sorry, baby. Really."

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Pressing closer again, Logan kissed Jack slowly, savouring the taste of the other man and ignoring the way his doubts whispered the names of all the other people Jack's lips had kissed.

"I hate being like this," he said. "I don't want you thinking I'm like him. ...And I don't want to feel about you the way I felt with Neil when he flirted with people."

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Like him. Sometimes it was really hard to not draw comparisons between House and Logan, though Jack tried very hard not to. And he could see where Logan would see a connection between Neil and Jack.

It was just a mess.

"I hate it too," he admitted. "Making it a game the next time doesn't make it better now. I don't know what to do."

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"Jack, you don't have to do anything. I just hope that next time something like this happens, it goes better than it did today, you know?" Logan sighed, letting his fingers slide up Jack's arm.

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"It will. Next time it'll be different, I promise," he replied, daring another tender kiss.

"You should get some sleep. I'm sure surfing wore you out. We can talk more in the morning."

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"Don't try and put me to bed just because you're a filthy old man now," Logan protested lightly, squirming away with a hint of a grin.

"I can stay up as late as I want. I can go all night."

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"You always say that," Jack chuckled. "Okay, whippersnapper, show me what you've got. Let's see if another year means I can't keep up with you anymore."

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Logan laughed a bit and rolled away, grinning as he wet his lips. After all that stress and pain, he was feeling playful, and he nudged Jack's ankle gently with his foot.

He didn't say anything. He was sure he didn't have to. Sometimes he and Jack simply understood one another,

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He nudged Logan back, then hooked his leg over the younger man's and pulled a little, getting Logan's knee between his own.

"You like that? Whippersnapper? I should call you that all the time," he grinned, reaching out to ruffle Logan's hair.