Down for: Lost Mind
Jack's thoughts during 'Lost City'
A quick one before diving into the complex thoughts of Sam for the next chapter.
If it weren't for the looming threat coming from Anubis and the ancient knowledge gnawing on his brain, things were going well. They had shoved all feelings back into the room, locked twice, moved on, and now challenged each other to crossword puzzles. They had fun. If it hadn't been the hottest thing that happened to him in a very long time, Jack could almost forget that he had made out with Carter.
That's how good things were going.
But when Jack opens the door and finds Carter standing in front of his house looking nervous as hell, he can only think: Oho!
And oho is right. Carter tucks in her lip, blinks at him with big blue eyes, and his thoughts are all back to that kiss. His body seems to remember, too, so he escapes to the kitchen to fetch two beers and stick his head into the fridge. Unfortunately, this gives her time to look at the pictures on his wall, and when he comes back, she is looking at the one of his earlier life.
Carter sure doesn't know how to act on a date.
Whoops.
It's not a date.
Definitely not.
This must have been an ancient thought.
Jack tries to focus on the task on hand: sipping his beer without further thought-accidents. And of course, it's getting awkward. Carter notices and doesn't even sit down, but puts her beer on the table and stutters something about it being a bad idea to come here. Yes and no. He wants her to be here. He could grab her and kiss her and finish what he started in the infirmary a couple of weeks ago and blame it all on some ancient confusion. But no, as much as he wants it, no. He's probably going to die, and he's not doing that to Carter. He's not going to throw his feelings at her now.
Finally, she sits down, and when she says she should have done it, he's at the brink of kissing her again.
Carter.
Somehow he manages to wrap his feelings in the husk of a vague sentence that hopefully tells her how he feels, just, you know, without telling her.
He's not lying when minutes later Daniel pokes his head into the living room and asks if they are interrupting. No, they are not. Nothing inappropriate is going to happen. No words are left to say. And after all those four people are his family. They are everything he needs. And he needs them to be there for him now and soon for Carter because even though she still sees the cop, her coming here shows Jack, she's not done with whatever there is between the two of them.
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