im_torchwood

Logan

Jack slipped behind the wheel and headed for the Torchwood hangar on the outskirts of London. It wasn't marked and heavily gated and guarded but Jack's ID got them in without a problem. He and Logan walked in and then out the back where a ship was waiting to be 'inspected'. It was a beutiful piece of machinety, sleek and silver, untouched by time or travel. Jack touched the ship and the metal opened and morphed into stairs for them to enter.

Inside the light glowed softly from unseen sources. Jack went to the pilot's seat and looked at the controls. The Nandovarian tech was close enough to Chula systems that it took him no time to close the door and give Logan a look.

"Get buckled in, I'm not sure what sort of inertial dampeners this baby has."

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Jack watched as Mars grew bigger and bigger and they passed the red planet. Then the music drifted to him and curiosity got the better of him and he wandered back into the room.

"What is that?" he asked. "That song?"

"Huh? Oh, I dunno- It's been in my head a lot though. ...Just parts of it. I don't remember where I heard it," Logan replied with a shrug. "It's weird, even though the ship's playing it- it sounds wrong. Like- I dunno. Like the first time I heard it, it was louder, faster... Like it was playing right in my brain."

"In your brain?" Jack replied, giving Logan a skeptical look. "In my experience that is never good."

"I think it's just a side effect of having too many memories, you know? Some stuff is bound to get lost or buried. I know the song, I just can't place when or where it's from," Logan shrugged.

"Yeah, there's some things that are jumbled for me, too. Like I'm sure I was on the island but we went to Neptune. But how can that be?" Jack replied as he joined Logan on the bed.

"I don't know, man. All of this is kind of crazy. At first I was just so happy to have you back that I wasn't thinking about it, but it's really insane," Logan shrugged.

Jack smiled at that and reached out to stroke his face. "I know what you mean," he said. "I'm still so happy to have you back. To have it all back."

Leaning into the touch, Logan grinned and then rolled closer to settle against Jack.

"I just hope the universe is done shoving memories into our heads. I don't think I've got room for any more."

"I only want to make new ones," Jack replied and indulged in a slow, soft kiss.

It was so easy to kiss Jack, to get lost in it and moan as he pulled Jack closer to him.

"Love you, Captain," he murmured.

Jack smiled and nipped at Logan's bottom lip lightly.

"I'm so in love with you," he replied. "Forever. Across time and space and dimension. I will always love you, Logan."

"I know. I've seen it happen," Logan replied, smiling and stealing another kiss.

"God, it feels good to be so far from the Earth."

"It really does. There's going to be hell to pay when we take this ship back. I might lose my job," he laughed.

"Don't say that- You told me this wasn't going to be a big deal," Logan sighed, as he pulled back with a frown. "Jesus, Jack- You can't lose your job over this. It's just some bullshit whim of mine."

"Logan," Jack said with no nonsense. "Do you honestly believe they're going to fire me? The only way they can have any hope of controlling me and baiting the Doctor is to keep me in the ranks. THe worst that will happen is they'll move me somewhere. Maybe Glasgow."

"It doesn't matter- You shouldn't be drawing attention to us, man. What if they figure out what happened? Sure, they might just let you go on being Jack Fucking Harkness, but you're not stupid enough to believe they'd do the same for me. They'd have me locked up in one of their vaults to study later in a heartbeat," Logan frowned.

"You know I'd never let that happen," Jack said. "And I know you're one hell of a con artist, Logan. You can play dumb. We can make it out that I was trying to impress you. It'll be okay. Really," he said with unrivaled arrogance.

Logan just hummed, shockingly not in the mood to start a fight over it. ...He couldn't tell if that was a mark of maturity on his part, or just the result of being kind of emotionally spent still. Since his memories had been altered, he felt worn down. It was as if his mind was constantly processing things.

"So what are we going to do when we get there?"

"To Jupiter or back to England?" he asked. His smile was rather suggestive about what he had in mind when they had the giant planet in view.

"Both?" Logan replied with a soft laugh, stretching out a little more on the bed.

Jack leaned down to touch him, making a move to lie down but the alarm went off.

"We're here," he said. "Come see..."

He offered his hand.

Taking the offered hand, Logan used it to pull himself to his feet and follow along at Jack's side. The ship hummed softly, and it was a comforting sound- One he'd missed- The faint hum of an engine felt like home.

Jupiter loomed before them and Jack put the ship into orbit. Looking at the stripes of clouds. Jack slipped in behind Logan and wrapped his arms around him.

"Isn't it beautiful?" he said softly.

"It's amazing," Logan said honestly, leaning back against Jack as he drank it all in. "It makes me feel really small though."

"You're not wrong. I feel small too when I realize just how vast it all is. It's humbling," he replied softly, nuzzling in against Logan's neck.

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