"Phew." Jamie stirred slightly from the movements but only snuggled all the more against Jack who was breathing heavily, feeling like he'd just had a mini heart attack. The weight had been all too familiar, like the darkness he'd floated in when he'd given in. Jamie stirred again, hugging onto Jack tighter as he could sense Jack's fear though he wasn't sure what Jack would be afraid of... Wait... A memory of sorts flashed in his mind that made his heart squeeze painfully. Was Jack... afraid of him? Jack whined slightly but he hugged Jamie so tight that he didn't know he might be hurting him. Jamie wasn't sure what to make of the conflict he felt... was it even his conflict?

"Jack?" He murmured softly, not moving. Not sure if he should hold Jack or let go...

"J-jamie..." Jack stuttered, fear of losing Jamie shooting over the bond. Jamie sighed a little as he finally understood and he shifted to place a gentle kiss against Jack's lips, silently reassuring him that he wasn't going anywhere... that he belonged to Jack. Jack returned the kiss eagerly, happy at the reassurance and returning the reassurance that he will always belong to Jamie too. Jamie sighed a little into the kiss before lightly running his tongue along Jack's lips... that kiss he'd dared use against Jakoul... He wanted to try it again. Jack 'mmed' into the kiss, wrapping his own around Jamie's tongue. Jamie shivered the moment their tongues touched... His hold on Jack tightening a fraction. The sensations made thinking almost impossible. Jamie didn't care, he loved every second of it. Jack rubbed Jamie's back, his touch feather light, as he fought for dominance against Jamie into the kiss. Jamie was all too eager to back down and let Jack have dominance as the feather light touches sent tendrils of pleasure down his spine.

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He'd no idea a simple kiss would have led to that but he didn't feel the slightest hint of regret and he didn't even feel self conscious even as his mind began to slowly collect itself again. Jack shivered.

"Does that tell you how much I love you?" He looked at Jamie with eyes full of the love given to Jamie. Jamie smiled lovingly up at him.

"I'd say so... I've... never done anything even remotely like that..." He murmured as he lightly played with some of the end strands of Jack's hair. Jack chuckled because it tickled.

"Hey, easy. My hair is ticklish for some odd reason. Ever since I was born and reborn my head's been ticklish." Jamie wondered at that, releasing the strands a little reluctantly.
"Sorry... it's just so soft..." He smiled a little. Jack smiled back.

"It's fine." Jamie settled, content a moment though he flushed a little as his mind fully registered everything. He wondered if it meant the same thing to spirits as it did with certain animals... his books hadn't ever covered this sort of thing. Not that he minded if it did... he already had belonged to Jack before that. Jack lay there with Jamie, tired. Before he was aware of it, Jamie drifted off to sleep; his body humming in gentle satisfaction and tiredness that could only come with this sort of bonding. It was hours before the sun's rays filtered through the window; Jamie stretched as the sun's rays woke him up. He couldn't remember ever having slept so well. Jack was entangled in the mattress, an arm here and there.

"Mmm... no... no more chicken.." Jack muttered in his sleep. Jamie tried not to chuckle as he disentangled himself from under Jack without waking him. Jack nibbled on his pillow.

"Mmm... marshmallow..." Jamie dressed and then moved the pillow away from Jack before he actually ate the thing in his sleep. Jack whimpered in response.

"Marshmallow come back... I promise I won't eat you..." Jack made a grab for the pillow in his sleep; Jamie snickered a little and decided to gently shake Jack awake before he could grab the pillow and eat it. Jack groaned.

"What Princess Bubblegum? I'm only eating one of your candy people... no harm done..." Jamie laughed a little, Jack obviously had seen that show too many times; even if he didn't know what a TV was really.

"Come on Jack... before you eat something you regret."

"But I want the marshmallow..." Jack whines and began eating Jamie's pant leg.

"Jack..." Jamie said, not sure he didn't like where this was going, but he did need to get Jack awake. Jack only grunts in response as he continues to try and eat Jamie's pants. Jamie twisted a little to try and get away, but that was sort of a bad move and he shuddered even as he tried to shake Jack awake before this became embarrassing.

"J-jack..."

"What?" He said, waking up slowly not even realizing he was still chewing on the pants but he stopped after a moment.

"Mm... what in my moufth?"

"The pants I'm trying to wear." Jamie said as calmly as possible... which wasn't easy. Jack spit them out, jumping back.

"Oh... eww..." He rubbed his tongue a moment before asking.

"Why didn't you stop me?"

"Been trying the last couple of seconds. I managed to save you from eating this pillow first and you weren't happy about that so you tried eating my pants instead." Jack stared a moment in shock.

"Well... um... next time give me a real marshmallow."

"I'll have to remember that. Anything else I should keep on hand to be eaten?" Jamie asked, arching an eyebrow as he wondered how Jack thought he just carried marshmallows, of all things, around on him.

"Nope." Jack stood up, looking at the sun.

"How long have we been asleep?"

"Just until the next morning I'd think. I donno... how long does your ice last?" Jamie smirked a little, indicating all the ice Jack had sent out so that they'd have some privacy the night before.

"Um..." Jack blushed.

"24 hours." He snickered a little then.

"Well, let's get breakfast."

"You might want to put on some pants first." Jamie said with a slight smile, his eyes gleamed a little mischievously. Jack gasped.

"Oh." He found his pants and put them on.

"Now I guess we go down for breakfast." Jamie chuckled, tossing Jack his hoodie before he finished melting the ice on the door and walked out. Jack slipped it on and floated down with Jamie to see that North and Bunny were arguing about whether or not to check on Jack and Jamie or not.

"And I'm sayin-" Bunny stopped and whipped around, eyes widening and then suddenly the Pooka's jaw clamped shut. He rubbed a paw over his face and muttered.

"If ya need me I'll just... yeah..." Jamie watched, wondering what the rabbit was going on about. It didn't occur to him that Bunny would be able to smell what they'd been up to in the last 24 hours. North turned from Bunny and smiled.

"Ah! Jack! Jamie! Good morning!" Jack snickered, playfully punching Jamie in the shoulder.

"Good morning North." Jamie looked at Jack, then it dawned on him and he flushed slightly.

"So, um... how are things going North?" Jack asked, trying his best not to burst out laughing.

"Other than night before you mean?" North seemed puzzled at Bunny's odd behavior. Tooth fluttered over. Seeming a little concerned.

"There was a lot of damage last night Jack... are you okay?"

"I'm fine and what do you mean?" Jack was trying to act dumb, he didn't want to remember the attacks.

"It's just that las-" Jamie surprised them by cutting her off.

"We know. It's been dealt with." Jamie glanced over to Jack then with a bit of a smile.

"Oh... Well, okay..." Tooth watched them both, she was beginning to suspect... Jack smiled back.

"Yeah, anyways what's for breakfast?" North shrugged.

"Have not bothered seeing yet."

"Oh." Jack drooped because he didn't know how to cook at all. Jamie smiled a little.

"Come on. I'm sure we can figure something out." Jamie headed to the kitchen. Jack followed close behind.

"Do you know how to cook?"

"Yeah. With it just being mom, me and... Sophie. ... I kinda had to look after her a lot." It still hurt something fierce to think of his sister and he'd had to swallow a lump around the name. He missed her... he knew he always would.