Jack's Room, 33 Apocalypse Ave., Sunday Morning

[bitten_notshy]

After he got back to the island, Jack spent most of the day Saturday parked in front of intentionally bad TV. It was easier not to think about what had happened in Beacon Hills if he was staring at Kardashian Kleavage. He went to bed early, fell into a dreamless sleep

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[so_hawkward]

Clint was pretty sure he was on the low end of people Jack might want to talk to, but that wasn't going to stop him from coming by anyway to check on him. He knocked on the door to the house and figured that if Jack shut it in his face, he'd at least know whether or not to talk to him in the future.

[bitten_notshy]

Jack did not shut the door in Clint's face. He looked a little surprised to see him: that was all.

"Hello," he said tentatively. "I wasn't expecting a visit."

[so_hawkward]

"I wasn't expecting to visit either but then I realized it might be a nice idea," he said. "I, uh, can come back another time if you're busy. I just wanted to see how you're doing."

[bitten_notshy]

Jack thought fleetingly of the essay upstairs and decided it could wait. "No, I'm not busy." He stepped back from the door to let Clint in.

"I've been better," he admitted. "But physically, I'm fine. How are you?"

[so_hawkward]

"I'm all right. Could certainly be worse," Clint said, coming inside. He wasn't sleeping much but he figured he had that coming. "You healed up pretty fast. That's good."

[bitten_notshy]

"It's part of the package," Jack told him. "Took me a while to get used to. I kept putting bandages over things that went away in an hour."

[so_hawkward]

"That's a nice benefit," Clint said. "Is that, uh, pretty universal? Among werewolves, I mean."

[bitten_notshy]

"Among the ones here, at least," Jack nodded. "I haven't been able to test the legend that if you hurt one of us as a wolf, it'll show up when we're back to ourselves. But it seems plausible."

He turned into the living room and sat on the couch. "Did you want anything to drink?"

[so_hawkward]

"No, I'm good," Clint said. He sat down as well and tried not to look too uncomfortable. "I was wondering... you said you could tell me a little about you guys so I can stop being an idiot about wolf stuff?"

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[bitten_notshy]

"I can try," Jack answered. "I only got bitten a little over two years ago, so I've seen both sides. What did you want to know?"

Re: 5

[so_hawkward]

"I'd like to know basics, I guess?" Clint said. "Kitty wants to stay friends with Derek, and she's friends with you, and I know it's stupid to worry about her when nothing's ever happened to her with you guys. I feel like if I knew more, I'd worry less and she'd trust me more. Again."

Re: 5

[bitten_notshy]

"Might keep you from going off with the next Kate, too," Jack said dryly. "Well, twenty-eight days out of the month we're almost like anyone else. My senses are better than they were, and I'm faster and stronger, but it's nothing that keeps you from living a normal life."

Re: 5

[so_hawkward]

Clint nodded. "But the other three days, you have to deal with the full moon?" He had picked a few things up, at least.

[bitten_notshy]

"Yes. Or I do. Derek's fine except for the day the moon's at its peak, lucky bastard. Weres in his world have a fair amount of control from what I've seen,no matter what the hunters want you to think."

[so_hawkward]

"So... he's actually like the least dangerous?" Good job Clint, good job. "This is probably kind of a personal question so you can tell me if I shouldn't ask but, do you wish it hadn't happened? Like, do you wish you could be human?"

[bitten_notshy]

"If he's dangerous, it's not because he's a werewolf," Jack said, and then his eyes slid to the side. "I don't know. I try not to regret things. I'm not happy it happened -- but I enjoy what I can do."