Logan

[im_torchwood]

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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[logan_echolls]

Jack was so familiar, and the kiss was just right. It was like coming home, and Logan moaned softly before finally pulling away.

"Kind of sparse in here. Do you think there are beds built in somewhere? Maybe a TV or some games or whatever? It's a long distance ship, right- So there should be more than some food and two seats."

[im_torchwood]

"You'd think. Start looking around. Maybe one of these panels in the bulkhead opens out," he said, reluctantly letting go of Logan so they could explore the ship.

[logan_echolls]

Running his fingers over the walls, Logan searched for hidden seams- Only to accidentally find a button instead.

The wall opened up, exposing a pure white room and a simple computer panel.

"Check it out. I've seen this before. Remember that ship we stole on our way back from Kitmarnox? That ship had one too- Hard light hologram deck. It's small though... Multifunctional room?" he guessed, looking back at Jack for conformation.

[im_torchwood]

"That would be my guess," he nodded walking inside. He scanned the panel with his strap and read the details, then began to touch the panel. Lights lowered and swelled and a bed appeared.

"I'm sure that's not all it does. But it's a start. See if it's soft."

[logan_echolls]

Logan wandered over, examining the bed, then flopping onto it.

"Soft enough for me. This will do," he decided, kicking off his shoes as he settled in.

"If we ever buy our own place, we need to install one of these, man."

[im_torchwood]

"This kind of tech is above and beyond," Jack laughed as he fell onto the bed beside Logan. "We could just cloak this ship and live here. Park it on Big Ben...what do you sa?"

[logan_echolls]

"I could be into that," Logan laughed, grinning at Jack as he rolled onto his side to face him. "We could leave Earth whenever we wanted- Just vanish."

[im_torchwood]

"We could stock up on supplies and just go," he said. "This has a light drive, we could see the galaxy. I promised you on the island I'd show you the stars..."

[logan_echolls]

"Yeah, you did," Logan grinned, rolling over so he was half atop the other man. "I used to think you were talking a lot of shit sometimes- But I wanted it to be true. I wanted to see the universe with you."

[im_torchwood]

The only reason Jack stayed on Earth was Torchwood and he didn't have to do that. He was free, his strap was fixed, he could go wherever he liked. But he'd been waiting. He thought he'd been waiting for the Doctor but maybe this whole time he'd been waiting for Logan.

"Do you want to?" he asked. "We could go get supplies. We could just...go."

[logan_echolls]

Logan was silent for a long moment, then shook his head.

"I can't just vanish- I know me and Dick aren't as close as we used to be, but he'd still freak out if I just vanished, and Veronica..."

Veronica couldn't say no to a good mystery.

"Besides, I'm not some immortal freelancer any more, remember? One day I'm going to be old and grey, Jack. I need a real home to come back to."

[im_torchwood]

"All right," Jack said, then kissed him. "If we've got a life time then we'll make the most of it on Earth. But we can get out of London any time you want. There's the whole world..."

[logan_echolls]

"Yeah," Logan replied, though his smile was fading, and he found himself rolling away.

"Except- I don't want to live long enough to get old and grey. I don't want to get older than you look. I don't want to be some little old man, chasing you around- or forgetting who you are. I don't plan on sticking around for that part, you know?"

[im_torchwood]

"I'm getting older..." Jack said. "Slowly, but I am. I...don't want to talk about this. I don't want to think about it," he said then and abruptly got up and walked out.

[logan_echolls]

Logan didn't follow him- He understood it wasn't a topic either of them wanted to talk about. It was a bridge they'd cross when they reached it... Though Logan struggled to keep it all bottled up inside.

He was going to get old. He was going to die. ...He was going to lose Jack either way. This, as lovely as it was, wouldn't last.

Laying on his back in the centre of the bed, Logan started to hum softly to himself. It was a quiet song, slow and melancholy, and eventually the room picked up on it and began to play it softly.

[im_torchwood]

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?"

[logan_echolls]

"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."

[im_torchwood]

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

[logan_echolls]

"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.

[im_torchwood]

"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.

[logan_echolls]

"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.

[im_torchwood]

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."

[logan_echolls]

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."

[im_torchwood]

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

[logan_echolls]

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.