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Title: Until We Do
Rating/Warning: PG
Wordcount: 529
Spoilers: None
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kellifer_fic
Category: Jack/Daniel (est. rel)
Prompt: For_minxy_ - "something that will never make the history books."
Dear Sir, It is with greatest regret that I…
Jack puts his pen down, balling up the piece of paper he’d been working on and tossing it into the wastepaper basket. He leans back in his chair, scrubbing a hand over his face.
Dear Sir, It is with deep regret that I…
Another piece tossed into the trash across the room. Three points, Jack thinks idly. There’s a half-empty cup of coffee on his desk and Jack picks it up, noting that it’s cold and there’s a fine skin forming on the top.
He’s normally annoyed by Daniel’s clutter but now he’s grateful for the distraction.
In the kitchen he rinses the cup and then sets it in the sink full of water to rid the bottom of the layer of coffee that won’t budge otherwise. He watches a brown bird land on the window ledge and tap at the flaking paint a few times before it alights.
“You finished?” Daniel’s hand rests briefly on the small of his back, fingers splayed, before he moves off. He’s opened the kitchen cupboard and is looking for a mug. Jack pops open the dishwasher by his hip and sees the top shelf is full of them. He hooks one out with his fingers and holds it in Daniel’s direction.
“Did you know Captain Sanderson?” he asks as Daniel accepts the mug with a smile. The smile drops from his face and Daniel turns his back to Jack, pouring coffee from the pot. Jack remembers the sound of panic, the smell of smoke and the way Daniel’s BDU jacket was soaked through with blood.
He wants to kick himself.
“Not… well,” Daniel answers, his back a stiff line. He takes a sip of his brew before turning back to Jack. “I mean, not before…” He shrugs and it’s such a helpless gesture that Jack wants to hug him, but knows that Daniel can only stand so much contact when he’s hurting.
He lets Daniel touch but holds himself back.
“I just wish-“
“Don’t go there, Daniel,” Jack admonishes mildly, knowing that regret is circular and once you’re caught in its grooves, it’s hard to get out.
With regret I must inform you…
“But she’s-“
“Daniel!” Jack snaps, a little more sharply. He doesn’t mean to but he knows where this conversation will end up and he’s already blaming himself for what happened. He doesn’t need Daniel to try to shoulder it.
He gave the order after all.
“But-“
Jack moves forward, still quick, and catches Daniel’s bottom lip with his fingers, tugging it over his top lip. Daniel heaves a breath that blows his fringe up because of the way Jack is holding his mouth. Jack watches and only lets go when Daniel’s eyes flick from indignant to weary.
He trails his fingers along Daniel’s jaw as he lets go. Daniel lets him and Jack tries not to see it as a sign that Daniel is getting over his latest trauma because there are so many and just too much…
These days he takes what he can get.
“We never leave a man behind…” Daniel says and Jack grimaces.
“Until we do.”
Title: Until We Do
Rating/Warning: PG
Wordcount: 529
Spoilers: None
By:
kellifer_ficCategory: Jack/Daniel (est. rel)
Prompt: For
_minxy_ - "something that will never make the history books."Dear Sir, It is with greatest regret that I…
Jack puts his pen down, balling up the piece of paper he’d been working on and tossing it into the wastepaper basket. He leans back in his chair, scrubbing a hand over his face.
Dear Sir, It is with deep regret that I…
Another piece tossed into the trash across the room. Three points, Jack thinks idly. There’s a half-empty cup of coffee on his desk and Jack picks it up, noting that it’s cold and there’s a fine skin forming on the top.
He’s normally annoyed by Daniel’s clutter but now he’s grateful for the distraction.
In the kitchen he rinses the cup and then sets it in the sink full of water to rid the bottom of the layer of coffee that won’t budge otherwise. He watches a brown bird land on the window ledge and tap at the flaking paint a few times before it alights.
“You finished?” Daniel’s hand rests briefly on the small of his back, fingers splayed, before he moves off. He’s opened the kitchen cupboard and is looking for a mug. Jack pops open the dishwasher by his hip and sees the top shelf is full of them. He hooks one out with his fingers and holds it in Daniel’s direction.
“Did you know Captain Sanderson?” he asks as Daniel accepts the mug with a smile. The smile drops from his face and Daniel turns his back to Jack, pouring coffee from the pot. Jack remembers the sound of panic, the smell of smoke and the way Daniel’s BDU jacket was soaked through with blood.
He wants to kick himself.
“Not… well,” Daniel answers, his back a stiff line. He takes a sip of his brew before turning back to Jack. “I mean, not before…” He shrugs and it’s such a helpless gesture that Jack wants to hug him, but knows that Daniel can only stand so much contact when he’s hurting.
He lets Daniel touch but holds himself back.
“I just wish-“
“Don’t go there, Daniel,” Jack admonishes mildly, knowing that regret is circular and once you’re caught in its grooves, it’s hard to get out.
With regret I must inform you…
“But she’s-“
“Daniel!” Jack snaps, a little more sharply. He doesn’t mean to but he knows where this conversation will end up and he’s already blaming himself for what happened. He doesn’t need Daniel to try to shoulder it.
He gave the order after all.
“But-“
Jack moves forward, still quick, and catches Daniel’s bottom lip with his fingers, tugging it over his top lip. Daniel heaves a breath that blows his fringe up because of the way Jack is holding his mouth. Jack watches and only lets go when Daniel’s eyes flick from indignant to weary.
He trails his fingers along Daniel’s jaw as he lets go. Daniel lets him and Jack tries not to see it as a sign that Daniel is getting over his latest trauma because there are so many and just too much…
These days he takes what he can get.
“We never leave a man behind…” Daniel says and Jack grimaces.
“Until we do.”
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She's one of those Marvin The Martian type characters... hasn't been in the show often but people like her... she is paired with Hermiod alot.
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