Thursday night, 20 September 2007

[sortofaman]

The Doctor (and his hair) was awoke out of a sound sleep by the sound of fine pebbles hitting the porch outside. Letting Chase sleep, he poked his head out, dodged a new rain of pebbles, and then quietly slipped on boxers and a shirt before going downstairs and outside.

His hair, still sleepy, lay flat and slightly wavy against his head. "Jack," he said softly, squinting in the waxing half-moonlight. "What're you doing here?"

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[captainjack.livejournal.com]

Jack was unshaven, but as cheerful as ever. "Oh, good. You're up. Can I sleep here tonight?" he asked. This hut tourist thing wasn't so bad, really.

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"You look..." The Doctor was confused. His hair wobbled a bit, still dimly coloured from sleepiness. "Like you've been sleeping rough. C'mon in."

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"Thanks!" he replied, walking past the Doctor. "I stayed at Ianto's last night, and didn't get up to the Compound today. How're you?"

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"I'm okay," the Doctor said. His hair looked, if possible, even more dubious than it had at Karen Filippelli's tail. "What's wrong with your hut?"

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"Greg's there," he smiled, looking back over his shoulder as he went straight for the cupboard to help himself to some water. "With James."

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

Greg made sense. James did not. It took a moment for the Doctor to parse this, and his hair stood up once he did. "And you're not there," he said, trying to figure out why this was apparently a Good Idea to Jack, as it was clear that he'd been...well, sexiled.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"Well, no," he chuckled. "I'd just be in the way. They have so much time to make up for," Jack said, pouring his cup full. "Ianto thinks it's just the island, but really...have you seen them together?"

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"No," the Doctor said, hair turning a faint shade of sickly green--not envy, but slightly nauseated--"Jack, did you and House break up?"

It was like someone had drugged him or something.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"No? I don't think so. I don't know. Maybe," he shrugged, then took a drink. "We probably should. He said he was done doing the two boyfriends thing. What's wrong with your hair?"

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

He wasn't drunk or stoned. The Doctor could tell that much on smell and the fact that he was walking normally. So maybe, just maybe, this magic thing fucked things up more royally than just silly things. The lack of affect was almost appalling.

"It's mood hair," he explained, "Rob zapped it after I turned him into a cat by mistake. Do you want to break up with him?"

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"No, I don't think so. I love him," he replied lightly. "But he and James are made for each other. I can't compete with that, you know?"

Jack took his cup and went to the sofa to sit down. "Rob did that?"

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"I'm of the opinion," the Doctor said, his hair turning very neat and straight as if to indicate his thoughts being orderly, "that the universe is too big for any of that business. And yeah, he did. You're just going to sit there and drink water?"

It crossed his mind that Chase might be better at this as it seemed to be psychological, but he wasn't going to wake him up, not at two in the morning.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

Jack looked vaguely stunned and looked down into his cup. "That was the plan, unless you have something else," he smiled. The Doctor's words had all but fallen on deaf ears.

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

Which meant that either Jack had a really good case of denial going on, someone had wiped his memory, or there was island magic that was playing tricks. "Uh," he said, supposing there wasn't much he could do. "Dunno," he said, "we could talk."

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"I could get us something good if I had James's wand. Or any wand. Did Rob use a wand?"

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"I got one," the Doctor said. He snuck back upstairs, then back down with a wand that was made of polished dark wood, almost with a blue tinge.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"Leave it to you to have nicer wod than Wilson," he smirked, taking it from the Doctor and pointing it at the table. "I want hypervodka," he said, swishing it a little.

A lovely crystal bottle appeared, with two chilled martini glasses.

"Easier than you'd think, huh?"

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"Is that Amarian crystal?" the Doctor asked, squinting at the bottle through his specs. "Damn, always knew you had expensive tastes. And of course I'd be nicer than Wilson." It was a point of honour.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"Looks like," he nodded, pouring half a glass for both of them. No need to get bombed before they could even talk. Jack passed the Doctor his and raised his glass. "To Partners," he smiled, looking as if he was just about ready to kiss him.

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"Indeed," the Doctor said, but he wasn't within distance even after the toast, making darn certain of that. His hair looked a bit stern.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

A look proved to be just a look and Jack took a long, slow sip. "God, that's good. Last time I had it was New Year...remember?" he grinned. "Did I ever tell you about the time I had four before going to my execution?"

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," the Doctor said, "and you slept with the executioners? Kept in touch, too, wasn't it." He smirked a little and sipped carefully. "Rather I had that power than just running fast."

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"Never underestimate running fast," he laughed. "I've gotten out of plenty of scrapes by doing just that."

Jack settled into the couch, getting comfy and semi-horizontal before the liquor kicked in. "You sure you don't mind if I sleep here? Just tonight."

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"Nah, it's cool," the Doctor said. "You want to crash in Romana's room, there's a bed there." He took another sip. Hypervodka, dear god.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"That's one I've never been in," he purred, draining his glass. "God, I love this stuff. Too bad we can't figure out how to make it here. Or anywhere near Earth. You know." Jack laughed and leaned forward to pour another measure, guaging his sobriety by how much the floor rippled.

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

The Doctor waved off a second glass for now. "Well, it's a little hard considering you have to be inside a star going nova," he drawled.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"There is that," he laughed. God, he felt good. At this rate, he may just keep that bottle filled. He looked over at it, and surprisingly enough...the level was where it had been before he decanted any at all.

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

The Doctor, not certain what was going down, shrugged and finished his drink. "You ever have the martini at the Oyster Bar in New¹¹ New York?" he asked.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"I don't think so. I don'tthink I ever got quite that far. Not a lot of battles in that era," he said, taking a deep breath. God, he felt good

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"They had this bartender there, Suzy. And if you offered to buy her a drink after she was off duty, she'd break out these lemons that she'd filled with the hypervodka and use those to make the best martini Earth ever saw."

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"Is that so?" Jack asked, melting a little deeper into the cushion. "What did you get after you two had drinks?"

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"She slipped something into the Marquis de Longe's Harvey Wallbanger for me," the Doctor said. He smirked.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

Jack snorted. Of course...he and the Doctor would always have differing agendas. "Good work," he smiled. "Suzy...I'll have to remember that."

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure," the Doctor said, "that she'd be happy to oblige your wants as well, Jack, mate." He stretched.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, but she isn't here, and you are, and I've got all I want right here," he drawled.

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"Jack," the Doctor said, drawling his name in that way that indicated that he was sorry, but no.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

He rolled his eyes. "Don't talk to me like that," he sighed.

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"Like what?" the Doctor asked, brows raised.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

He blinked and tried to focus on one of the three Doctors before him, settling on the middle one. "Like I'm Wrong," he replied.

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

The Doctor didn't quite know what he meant, and since he'd had just enough hypervodka to not remember the conversation that he'd seen on the reel, he blinked. "Uh. You want some water?"

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"Might be a good idea, yeah," he smiles at the Left Doctor. "Water between drinks."

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

The Doctor's hair moved slightly off kilter as he stood up and got Jack another glass of water. "Maybe more than between drinks. You're gonna get the hangover from hell."

The hair nodded.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"Not if I just keep on drinking," he grinned, the hair more than a little distracting. "You know what I miss, too? Good champagne."

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"You can't drink forever, Jack," the Doctor said. He poured water for himself and drank it.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"I c'n try," he slurred, then tipped back the entirety of the new drink. He blinked as three doctors became six became nine, and when he blinked, he didn't open his eyes again.

Maybe the Doctor was right after all. It was very hard to keep drinking once you'd passed out.

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

The Doctor heaved a long sigh and shuffled off to get a light blanket, draping it over Jack. He set a pitcher of water nearby, but not close enough to get knocked over, and sighed again, before heading upstairs to bed.

Something was very off.