Age plot (jack)

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Camping was the most exciting thing ever, and Logan bounced a little on his heals as he watched Jack put up their tent.

"Can we roast something on the fire?" he asked. "Will you tell me ghost stories? That would be cool," Logan babbled, still small and youthful.

He wandered over and tried to help. Dragging the blanket around and making their bed.At some point he'd acquired a teddy bear, and he placed it carefully on the make-shift sleeping bag before wandering back over to Jack's side.

"I like the fire," he said, pointing at it. "When it gets darker it'll be really cool."

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"Okay," Jack said hesitantly as he gave it over. It certainly wouldn't hurt Logan so if he wanted to eat it like that...

Jack shrugged a little and put his own near the fire to start toasting it, keeping one eye on Logan and his burnt treat.

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Logan happily munched on his marshmallow, nibbling until it was all gone.

By the time he was finished, he was a sticky mess.

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Jack had his just how he wanted and then carefully pulled it off the stick to eat in one bite. He looked over at Logan and could only shake his head.

"We're going to have to get you clean before bed," he said affectionately. "But there's no point just yet. I have more marshmallows. Want another?"

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Logan nodded, holding his stick out in offering.

"Pweeze," he said, his mouth still sticky from the first.

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Jack pushed the marshmallow on the stick for the little boy so he could burn it, too. There was one left and he didn't even need to debate with himself over whether he should eat it or let Logan have it. Of course he'd save it for the boy.

"Be careful not to get burned," he said.

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"I wont," Logan replied, jabbing the stick into the fire and watching the treat go up in flames.

He giggled again and then pulled it back out to try and blow it out himself.

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When it didn't go out, Jack leaned over and added his breath to the effort. The marshmallow was extinguished, but not before it was just as charred as the other one.

"How about I do the last one the way I like them and I'll share it with you and see if you like it, too?" he asked. He just couldn't imagine the charcoal thing was any good.

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"No," Logan replied, shaking his head. "I had two. You have two," he said with a nod.

He nibbled at his marshmallow, only eating half before tossing it into the fire.

"I'm tired," he complained softly.

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He didn't know why he was surprised at Logan's insistence that they share fairly, but he was. He pulled out the last marshmallow and didn't bother with toasting. He ate the squishy treat as it was.

"We should wash you up, then," Jack said. The words were garbled a bit since he had his mouth full. "Then we can go to bed. Listen to the jungle birds and things."

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"I'm not dirty!" Logan protested softly. "I don't need to wash up."

Except he was filthy and sticky, covered in goo and ash.

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"Just your hands," Jack insisted. "And your cheeks."

And his arms and knees and most of the rest of him...but Jack would settle for hands and face.

"It won't be a real washing. I didn't bring that much water," he said even as he got up to go get the water and a cloth.

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Logan pouted a little, but held up his hands in offering so Jack could try and clean him up a bit.

"I'm not dirty," he sulked again.

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"Not that bad," Jack replied as he cleaned the sticky marshmallow, sausage grease, dirt, and who knew what else off Logan's hands, then folded the cloth to wiped the corners of his mouth.

"You're beautiful," he said without thinking. It was the truth and he said it every time he really noticed, even though Logan always told him to shut up.

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Young Logan didn't really know what to think of that comment, and he tilted his head to the side slightly as he looked at Jack.

He felt tingly again, and he scowled as he looked down at the ground.

"You're stupid," he muttered.

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At least he didn't get kicked.

Jack smiled and wiped off the end of Logan's nose. That was all, then he got to his feet.

"Yep," he agreed. It was easier to just agree. "Come on, I brought that shirt for you to sleep in. You change and I'll take care of the fire."

They couldn't leave it burning, after all.

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"Okay," Logan agreed, getting up and heading for the tent so he could change and get comfortable.

Changed and ready, he curled up on the make shift bed and got himself comfortable. He could hear animals in the woods, and he shivered a bit, hoping Jack would hurry up and join him.

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Once jack was satisfied the fire was out enough he came into the tent, too. Being much bigger than Logan meant it was a cramped space to change in. He eventually got out of his clothes and into a pair of pajama bottoms. He just couldn't sleep naked next to a little boy, even if he really was Logan and they normally slept skin to skin.

"All ready for bed?" he whispered, laying down right next to Logan and opening his arm so the boy could cuddle in close.

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"Yes," Logan replied, rolling closer and getting comfortable. "You smell like fire, Jack."

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"I know. I'll take a shower tomorrow when we go home."

Jack dropped his chin so he could kiss Logan's hair and remained there.

"Maybe tomorrow we can go to the beach," he said softly. "We can build a sandcastle or go out in the ocean and swim." He was just talking, making plans instead of telling a bedtime story.

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"That's not how we kiss," Logan said suddenly, ignoring Jack's attempts to make plans.

"We kiss on lips, because that's what married people do. And we hug, and sometimes we do bad things... And sometimes we hold hands, or we give each other things."

Reaching out, he caught hold of Jack's necklace and gave it a tug.

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"Yeah, we do all that," Jack said, nodding in agreement. "But for right now you're a little boy and we're not going to kiss or do bad things. But we can hug and hold hands. Okay? I love you, I really do. You're just so...young."

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"Am not," Logan argued with a huff. "I'm a grown up."

He wiggled closer and tugged on Jack's necklace again. "I made this," he said proudly.

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Jack smiled when Logan tugged on the bullets, the cord tightening around his neck.

"I know you did. And I wear it every day," he said softly. "It's important to me. You. You're important to me. I know I tell you I love you all the time, but I really do. I really, really do."

If he didn't...if he didn't the past few days would have been different, that was for sure.

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"I know. I love you too," Logan said sweetly, curling up against the other man.

"It'll be nice to be big again though," he admitted.

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"Yeah it will," Jack agreed while rubbing Logan's back lightly. He knew that the boy was small and yet it still surprised him when he realized just how much of Logan's back he could touch at one time.

"I was little here once. I played that I was an alien catcher," he said, his voice low and soft as he tried to lull Logan to sleep. "It was fun...but I was glad to be myself again."