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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]

"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.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"You thought that I'd grabbed my guns and looked so good playing hero that you couldn't wait to kiss me?" he teased. Teasing was better than telling her what had happened.

[doctorcuddymd.livejournal.com]

She broke into her first real smile in days. "Exactly, mister hero. You figured it out," she said, "so since you brought it up.." Her eyes were dancing and she closed the distance between them in a few steps.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

Jack grabbed her around the waist and went to dip her, to kiss her deeply, but winced and sucked in a sharp breath through gritted teeth. Bad move all around.

He did kiss her quickly, but put her back up as quick as he could.

[doctorcuddymd.livejournal.com]

Lisa knew him too well. Her hands came up to his shoulders, steadying him even as they kissed, and when he drew back she looked up into his eyes.

"Are you hurt? Jack."

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"A little, it's nothing," he said lightly. "Just means no acrobatics or fast dancing."

[doctorcuddymd.livejournal.com]

A little meant a lot, in most cases. "Well, I know you'll miss the acrobatics," she teased, but her eyes were still concerned. "Let me have a look. I'll make it quick."

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"Greg already took care of it," he dodged, trying to keep her from seeing beneath hte button down shirt. "Really, Lisa. It's okay."

[doctorcuddymd.livejournal.com]

"All right, I get it. You don't want me to worry." The smile was still at the corners of her lips, but she could see a glimpse of bandage from between little patches the shirt couldn't quite cover. And it didn't look okay.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"Nothing to worry about," he told her. "Everything's fine."

One of these days he'd learn that maybe that was one line he'd used way too much.

[doctorcuddymd.livejournal.com]

Lisa gave him a knowing look. She'd heard him say that too often, and she knew when he meant it and when he didn't. When there was something to cover up and when there wasn't.

Now definitely fell into the first category.

"Well, then come in and stay for a bit?" she asked. "I've missed you."

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"Been a busy week," he replied lightly, but stolled with her into her room. "Is Stacy around?"

[doctorcuddymd.livejournal.com]

"Not right now," Lisa said, glancing into the hallway before shutting the door behind them. "I've been in the clinic more than usual."

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

Jack sank onto her bed with a sigh. "Good. I...well...you can tell I'm lying," he stated. "Something happened on Halloween, Lisa."

[doctorcuddymd.livejournal.com]

"You're right, I can tell." Lisa watched him carefully, then sat down beside him. "What happened?"

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

He took a breath and sat up straighter. "Daniel had been hallucinating this woman...Adria...and she was real on Halloween. Really here. And," he sighed softly, not looking at her, "She got inside my head. I...everything I've told you? I don't know that any of it is true, except what's happened here."

He finally looked up, broken. "All I'm sure of doesn't even span two years, Lisa."

[doctorcuddymd.livejournal.com]

Lisa's eyes stayed on his face, watching him as he talked. Watching the change in his eyes, the doubt. Her hand reached for his, closing over his fingers and entwining.

"What did she show you that makes you unsure?" Her fingers stroked against the backs of his gently.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"My...mother."

[doctorcuddymd.livejournal.com]

Her fingers tightened on his, letting him move closer if he wanted to. "Jack.."

His mother? It wasn't possible..but was it?

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"I'v been having dreams, but I never saw her face. Not until Adria got inside my head and...I don't know what she did."

[doctorcuddymd.livejournal.com]

"What do you remember about it happening?" Lisa asked softly.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

He opened his mouth, looking at her blankly for a minute, then shook his head. "I don't know. It's all twisted together. I...I don't know."

[doctorcuddymd.livejournal.com]

Lisa nodded, her eyes searching his face. It wasn't hard for her to see the loss, the aching there. "Okay," she whispered, "okay." Reaching up she pulled him a little nearer, so he could lean on her if he wanted.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

That was enough. To lean. Then hold. Then cling to her like one of them would disappear at any moment.

[doctorcuddymd.livejournal.com]

His embrace always had a way of taking her breath away. Of surprising her, reminding her of what she meant to him if ever there was a small chance she'd might forget.

Lisa wrapped her arms around Jack, feeling his face press against her neck, and held to him more tightly than she had in a long time.

"It's okay," she murmured, "it's okay. Don't hold anything back..." It was soft, murmured nonsense but she knew he'd understand.