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[more_flexible]

This is not an EP, I just don't have the energy. However, threads need to happen between Harkness and The Doctor (with a bit of Chase to solve that puzzle), Cuddy, Daniel and Ianto (together or seperate), Ace, and always House. So...top level and we'll thread and that way they'll all be in a tidy bundle for me to NOT DROP!


Jack was there, at the door. Waiting. He wasn't quite what to sure, or how long it had been, but ever since Halloween he had either been smoking pot ot House had been shooting him up with something to keep the dreams under control. He didn't know where to turn, so he played an insane game of ring-around-the-rosies and it had lead him to this door.

Now all he needed was an idea of what to say.

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[doctorcuddymd.livejournal.com]

Lisa hadn't been outside of the compound much, not until today. She'd taken a walk earlier and that had helped clear her head, finally bringing her to terms with what was loss in more forms than one.

Now, when she opened the door and saw Jack standing in the hallway, a fierce rush of emotions rushed across her face. Surprise, relief, fear, and a few more that she didn't quite want to identify.

It..maybe..

"Jack?" Her voice was just as much a turmoil as her expression.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

He turned and smiled at her, putting aside the shit that was going on. "Hey, pretty lady," he purred.

[doctorcuddymd.livejournal.com]

It was him. All the doubt was instantly pushed away, and Lisa managed to hide her outward sigh of relief. "It is you," she said, stepping further out into the hallway. Her smile was a little more relaxed.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

He blinked, startled for a second. If all he really had of who he was, then who else would it be?

"Yeah?" he agreed, eyebrows arching high as he ducked his chin a little. "Shouldn't it be?"

[doctorcuddymd.livejournal.com]

"I hadn't seen you since..all that." Lisa made a vague motion with her hand, in the general direction of the world outside. "I thought.."

She didn't want to say what she had thought, but her eyes faltered slightly.

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

Which the Doctor opened. Rather promptly, and looked rather surprised to see Jack there instead of...well, the outdoors. Atalanta, barely on her leash, licked Jack's ankles. "Hullo, Jack," the Doctor said, then squinted at him, wondering why he looked so damned...

Well, tired or stoned or shattered.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

A little of all three, actually. He stared at the Doctor imporingly for a moment, then bent down and petter Atalanta...almost like he was fond of her.

"Hi," he said to the Doctor...to the ground, since he was bent over. As he straightened up, the neck of his shirt gapped open enough to reveal bandages. "Am I bothering you? I could come back."

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"You don't usually pet her," the Doctor said, looking really worried once he saw the bandages. "And no, you're not bothering me, I can just let her out to do her business...Jack, what's wrong?"

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

Might as well just cut to the chase. Jack took a breath to steady himself and looked into the Doctor's eyes. Once upon a time they'd been blue and had seemed to hold all the answers. Now...maybe some of that was still there, even after all this time.

"...Who am I?"

[real-buzzkill.livejournal.com]

Wilson wasn't behind a door at all. He was outside, sitting in the berry patch pulling weeds, gathering the ripe ones. Everybody liked berries.

"Jack? What are you doing?" he called out as he noticed the strange, circular motions. He hadn't seen Jack since... that day in the rec room. Yet another thing that seemed like a lifetime ago, though it wasn't that long.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"Trying to decide where to go," Jack said, like it was obvious. Only when he stopped to look at Wilson did he lift the brownie and take another bite.

[real-buzzkill.livejournal.com]

Self-consciously, Wilson brushed the dark crumbs away from his shirt. Apparently Jack had met Nancy, too. "Here's as good a spot as any," he offered. "I mean, it's here."

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. It is," he agreed. He walked over, still eating--even though the milf had suggested he'd had enough. That was a great word. "Have you ever heard of a milf?"

[theunascended.livejournal.com]

"Jack."

Daniel had been surprised when he'd heard the knock. Ianto generally walked right in and Daniel hadn't been expecting anyone else. And then he saw Jack.

"You're back."

He presumed that House had told Jack about Daniel's visit, so he didn't bother explaining how he knew that Jack had left.

"Are you...? You look..." He licked his lips and took a few steps back. "Come in. I'm afraid there's no real place to sit down." He nodded at the bed. "Although you could probably drown in that."

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

He came in without a word, shutting the door behind him. One moment, just one, he caught Daniel's gaze and held it, then he started to unbutton his shirt.

The swath of skin...and bandages...and welts...multiplied until the shirt was gone and Jack whispered, "What did she do to me, Daniel?"

[theunascended.livejournal.com]

Daniel was confused until he saw the bandages. As more skin got revealed, Daniel's eyes got wider and wider until Jack finally took off the shirt.

"Holy hell," he murmured, hand reaching out and touching one of the welts. They looked...self-inflicted and Daniel didn't like that. He didn't like that at all.

"Sit down, Jack, and tell me what in the hell has been going on since I last saw you."

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

He was nothing if not obedient. Jack sat and rubbed his palm over where Daniel had touched.

"Shedid something. In my head, she opened something or undid something and I...I don't know who I am. Except for who I am right here, right now. I don't know where I came from and I can feel something. I...itch."

That wasn't quite right, but it was the only way he could describe it.

Tosh

[toshiko-san.livejournal.com]

For Tosh's part she had wanted to talk to Jack, but hadn't wanted to push. Things didn't seem good again, so she'd not bothered him. When he appeared at her door it made her smile, even if it didn't quite reach her eyes. "Good morning," She reached a hand out to take his, the fact that she was tired shining through. "I've missed you."

Re: Tosh

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

Jack nodded, hesitated, then without a word stepped closer and wrapped his arms around her, holding on. He'd held her enough times that it was readily apparent that this wasn't for her benefit at all.

Re: Tosh

[toshiko-san.livejournal.com]

"Jack.." She started to say something but decided there wasn't anything to say after all, just holding him tight, her head resting on his shoulder.

Re: Tosh

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

He held on for a while longer, but ultimately let go and took her by the shoulders and looked into her eyes. "Tosh, I need to know what you know about me. Anything. Everything."

[pawnoffenric.livejournal.com]

"You're blocking the light." Quiet, tired - sounding like the woman that she would one day become, that perhaps Jack had heard snippets of walking past the rec room.

She sounded worn down. Like she'd been captive for weeks, even though she'd imposed it on herself.

She'd showered, at least. It was the one or two things she'd been doing regularly. More then regularly, perhaps. Sleeping was the other.

Not eating. Food... food wasn't that important.

And she was reading. Or had been, until Jack was standing in her doorway.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

He stepped inside and off to the side to let the light in.

"Sorry," Jack said sotly, looking at his feet.

[pawnoffenric.livejournal.com]

Ace shook her head, and flipped the book closed. Somehow, she looked tired even though she'd slept away the whole night and half the day. "Come in?" She'd not seen him... for a while. A long while, actually.

"How're things?"

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

He grit his teeth for a minute and lookd away. "You're not going to like it," he said, then closed the door, killing the light, and he moved closer.

"Ace, you know what I told you abot that woman? Adria? She...did something," he said quietly. Sedate.

The fact that he utterly reeked of pot explained that.

"I...don't think it's safe to be around me. But...but I need...Ace? Help me?"