[for rob]

[more_flexible]

Jack had gone to check in on Ace, see if she was ready to join him or if she wanted a few more days to heal. Either way, he wanted to make it clear he hadn't just left her. When he came out of her room, he paused for a second, then walked to Rob's door, knocking lightly. He didn't even know if he'd be in there, but it was worth a shot.

"Rob? It's Jack. Feel free to tell me to go away."

[Dated Friday night, March 31...kicking off Genderswitch]

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[captainjack.livejournal.com]

Jack sighed softly and nodded. "Yeah. Yeah, that would be good, actually. You were pushed out? What?"

[dr_robchase]

"The Doctor," Chase explained with a wry smirk as he sat down on the edge of his bed, shifting until his back was against the nearest wall. "He grabbed me by one hand, Ace by the other and forcibly dragged us out."

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"Oh...right," he said, ducking his head. "I think he expected there to be some sort of explosion."

It might have been easier if there had been.

"Greg and I split up because I'm a fucking idiot."

[dr_robchase]

Chase patted the bed beside him, like they were girls gossipping or something and he smirked. "I don't believe that. I know House. I worked for him for three years. He's an idiot too."

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

He smiled, just barely, and joined Rob. "Okay. Maybe. But I'm the one who fucked up on Saturday. Anyway...that's a week ago and time keeps moving."

[dr_robchase]

"Funny, that," Chase said, looking at Jack with a bit of a sympathetic look, reaching over to ruffle Jack's hair, like he was a kid or something. "So, what do you want to talk to Therapist Rob about?"

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"I think I'm about talked out," he said lightly. "But you...do you think I'm selfish? Honestly."

[dr_robchase]

Chase shook his head. "Sorry, Jack," he offered. "I dealt with selfish all my life." He'd only started to realize now as a grown man that what his parents had been doing was selfish as all fuck. "You don't really approach, in my eyes," he said, with a bare smile as he pushed Jack down onto the bed lightly, grabbing the sheet.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

He tensed at the push, but laid back anyhow. "Then maybe I should stick with you and say the hell with it to everyone else," he teased...or tried to. He mostly just sounded tired.

[dr_robchase]

Chase shifted and grabbed his pillow, laying down beside Jack and peering at him, no intention to do anything but lie there and be there, but it still felt like something. Or, maybe Chase was just projecting. "Hey," he said quietly, leaning in to chastely kiss Jack, just once on the lips. "Whatever happened, I don't...know, really. But I'm not House. I'm not the Doctor, or anyone else. Just me," he said in a quiet voice. "Just Rob."

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

He kissed him back, but it was only reflex. Just kissing someone he cared for. "I know that. I just..."

He paused and took a deep breath, then looked over at him. "You're not just some notch in my bedpost, Rob. I don't like it that people think I just use them and don't care at all about them."

[dr_robchase]

Since he and Jack had only slept together the few times and it had segued into something -- well -- else, Chase hadn't really thought of himself as a notch, and it was mostly that he just never took the time to think about things like that. Just like he tried not to make his past experiences into a list.

"Go to sleep," Chase advised, which was the best advice he had. "I bet things look better in the morning. They have a habit of doing that."

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"I should warn you, I haven't been sleeping..." he said, sitting up to push his jeans off and strip away his shirt. "I got too used to sleeping with people."

[dr_robchase]

Chase gave a laugh at that, not changing out of his boxers and ratty old t-shirt as he settled in. "Then you can listen to me snore," he deadpanned. "I hear it's enchanting."

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"I've heard you snore," he teased, more lighthearted than before. He settled in next to him, giving him a playful shove on his shoulder. "Enchanting isn't the word I'd use."

[dr_robchase]

Chase snorted at that, settling in too, giving Jack a bit of a grin. "Night, Jack," he wished, before closing his eyes and sprawling as comfortable as he let himself, with another person there.