Hearts

She asks him about threesomes, and his heart melts when she blushes; flips at the twinkle of mischief that gives away every dirty detail of her plan. He's waited for this moment.

She wants them both right now, and he'll get it for her. But he knows where her heart will settle once the novelty wears off. She wants them both, but nobody ever wants Jack for long.

So he tells her they have a conspiracy, and when he kisses her she doesn't stop him. At all.

Everyone knows the Doctor will come running when he hears his companion scream.

Breaking

The Doctor won't look at him today. Jack knows why.

He shows all the signs of a man trying to be reasonable when what he really wants is to kick his rival so far off the TARDIS that Jack will still be in the air by the time she finishes her dematerialization sequence.

He guesses this means the Doctor won't be ambushing him in the control room ever again. Or at least not in a very nice way.

It'll all be worth it. He's doing this for Rose and the Doctor both. They'll thank him, someday.

That'll hurt even worse.

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