𝑯𝑨𝑹𝑲𝑵𝑬𝑺𝑺 . retweeted
he smooched jack's nose, his jaw before resting his forehead against the captain's. “in every regeneration if i'm not by your side i'll find you. i promise you.”
and in jack's own defense, he hasn't been this. . . openly affectionate with anyone in a long time.
flirtatious? oh sure, but this— personal? no.
𝑯𝑨𝑹𝑲𝑵𝑬𝑺𝑺 . retweeted
once the plates were in the sink he gave them a quick wash, turning his head to press a kiss to the top of jack's as it rested on his shoulder. satisfied the plates were clean enough he dried his hands so his arms could loop around the immortal's waist and hold him close.
" i can imagine, " he doesn't judge, he's been quite rough with torchwood a few times over the years. likely too much, but that'd alright. rather too much than let things lapse and take over.
he's taking his own plate to set in the sink, before returning and +
as he finished his steak, he leaned forward a little. " i wish you all the luck possible. don't forget to check for signs of brainwashing, someone close could be doin' it unwillingly, "
" alien parasites, mind control, yadda yadda, " been there, done that.
" either way, at least you've got your files back. shouldn't be too hard to see if a digital copy was made. " though a physical print would be a little harder, not too much harder with the hidden watermark everything has.
he knows, the captain's worked undercover spying before.
𝑯𝑨𝑹𝑲𝑵𝑬𝑺𝑺 . retweeted
⠀we ⠀all ⠀wear ⠀masks. ⠀we ⠀all ⠀pretend. ⠀presenting ⠀a ⠀perfect ⠀illusion ⠀on ⠀the ⠀outsideˏ ⠀while ⠀we ⠀desperately ⠀try ⠀to ⠀hide ⠀who ⠀we ⠀are ⠀on ⠀the ⠀inside.
" a leak? geez, guess y'all don't retcon your people enough, " a very morbid joke, one he rushed to apologize for. " — bad joke. " especially given he had all of it destroyed and removed from even UNIT's possession.
" in all seriousness, i wouldn't think anyone in there would +
" i'm more than happy to help. 𝒊f that's something you'd want, of course, " again, no pressure. he knows when to take it slowly.
or feels as if he does.
they were, in many ways. " either way— whatever reason they had, it wasn't . . . wasn't even remotely right at all, " parallels to when torchwood themselves realized he couldn't die flashed before his eyes. victorian era torture methods? yuck.
cannot recommend.
" 𝒚eesh— someone really, really hated you, didn't they? " not even a joke, as he stared onwards for a moment. he's been dissected before, and more than once, so he knows. . . the horrors of it all.
for better or for worse, anything alduin has experienced, jack probably +














