http://anextimeagent.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] anextimeagent.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhighdorms2007-02-14 07:14 pm
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Second floor common room: Wednesday morning after first period

It was Valentine's day. Jack had it on good authority that it was a day dedicated to love and romance, the inevitable outcome of which was pretty much always sex. That made it his kind of day, and - seeing as he hadn't done anything for his birthday yesterday - he'd decided to do something for Valentine's Day.

Which was why he'd picked up some handwavy supplies after Spy Tech, and commandeered the second floor common room kitchen for the making of pancakes. Heart shaped pancakes, in fact.

This is not easy to do when you've only got the use of one arm, the left one being tucked away in a sling to keep it from moving around. But he was managing, sort of, accompanied by occasional swearing as he missed a flipped pancake.

There was strawberry syrup, maple syrup, chocolate syrup, and lots of whip cream (though it was the kind that came in a can) along with a slowly growing stack of pancakes.

[ooc: open of course - heart shaped pancakes for all!]
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[identity profile] anextimeagent.livejournal.com 2007-02-14 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"I can do that. Petty crime can be fun, if you do it right," he said, tilting his head to match River's. "Yeah, they show up when you least expect them, but eventually you have to move on." Jack's mind was carefully blank as he spoke. "That's the way the world works."

[identity profile] moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com 2007-02-14 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
River neither agreed nor objected to that. For all she knew he might be right. She found it difficult imagining a life without Simon, but even that might happen. He needed something in his life apart from looking after her.

"I'm sure you could offer advice," she said, referring to the crime career. She picked up the cream can and began creating a cream pattern on her hand.

[identity profile] anextimeagent.livejournal.com 2007-02-15 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
"I'd be happy to." Jack watched, fascinated, as she shaped cream into patterns on her hand. "If I ever see you again. Once I leave here, that's pretty much it." He offered her a lopsided smile. "I'm going miss here, miss this life. Miss the people. But that's what life is. You have to keep moving on."

[identity profile] moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com 2007-02-15 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
Putting the can down, River licked the cream of her hand, creating a new pattern. "I know. I'll miss you." She glanced at him, suddenly realising how much. "Jack? Before you go..." She interrupted herself, shaking her head.

[identity profile] anextimeagent.livejournal.com 2007-02-15 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
Knowing she'd miss him made him happy and sad at the same time. "Before I go what?"

[identity profile] moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com 2007-02-15 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Some other time," River replied and smiled. "Fandom won't be the same without you," she said teasingly, but of course, that was how she felt.

[identity profile] anextimeagent.livejournal.com 2007-02-15 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
Jack was being eaten alive by curiosity, but all he said was, "I'll hold you to that 'some other time'. And of course it won't," he scoffed. "It'll be Jack-less, and that's automatically less fun."

[identity profile] moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com 2007-02-15 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
Licking the last of the cream off her hand, River laughed at his comment and then slipped one arm around him, giving him a gentle hug, careful not to make the shoulder hurt.

[identity profile] anextimeagent.livejournal.com 2007-02-15 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
Jack closed his arm around her, hugging her close. "I am going to miss you," he said quietly. "I really am."

[identity profile] moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com 2007-02-15 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
And River felt happy hearing that. Words made a difference to thoughts, after all. Reaching up, she gave him another kiss on the cheek. "Thank you for the pancakes."

[identity profile] anextimeagent.livejournal.com 2007-02-15 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
"My pleasue, River. Thank you for the harpoon," he said, grinning as he stepped back and let her go. "And for getting it out of me in the first place."

[identity profile] moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com 2007-02-15 07:44 am (UTC)(link)
"Wouldn't have left it in your shoulder," River replied. "Wouldn't have suited you." She turned and headed back upstairs.

[identity profile] anextimeagent.livejournal.com 2007-02-15 09:24 am (UTC)(link)
"See you, River." Jack watched her go, a half-smile on his lips, then turned back to the pancakes.
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