Actually, I quit. No one takes my frock.

[captainjack]

There were only so many things to do in a day, and Jack had done most of them. Most. Sure, he'd missed out on some expert flirting, and the bookshelf had decided he needed books about what to do when the honeymoon was over and coping with memory loss. Those, and one can of film.

He'd seen it. It really wasn't his shining moment, but it was...well

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[theunascended]

"Jack," Daniel said, walking into the room and smiling. His smile faltered a little when he noticed the screen. "And Jack. You're dancing and...is that Big Ben?" He supposed it shouldn't really surprise him. The Doctor always seemed to get everywhere.

Except...Rose didn't seem to recognize Jack.

"When is this?" he asked, sitting on the arm of the couch next to Jack.

[captainjack]

"Hey, hi," he smiled as he pointed at the screen. "This is the show that isn't Torchwood. The one about the Doctor. Specifically, it's when I nearly wiped out the human race and met them."

[theunascended]

"Yes, I remember her from the last time we..." Daniel looked down at Jack, blinking. After a minute, he shrugged. "Well, I suppose we all have our moments." He turned his eyes back to the screen. "I see your flirting skills haven't improved."

[captainjack]

"No reason to improve on perfection," he chuckled. "What's up?"

[theunascended]

"I wouldn't call it perfection," he teased. "Closer to imperfect fumbling." Far from the truth, actually, but designed to get a response. "Not much, really. Just taking a break from the rigors of miniature puppy caring." Really, Tosh would have it easy when her baby was born.

[captainjack]

"I've never fumbled," Jack purred, turning his attention fully to Daniel.

[theunascended]

"That's what you say." He nodded to the screen. "She may be charmed, but I keep telling you, I'm immune. Clearly you're just not good enough." He shifted, leaning back against the wall and watching the episode. Jack was certainly different than he was here. Maybe a little more calculating.

[captainjack]

"No," Jack chuckled. "You're just not worth it. Her? There? She called me flash."

[theunascended]

"Oh, now you wound me," Daniel said, moving away Jack and going to the far side of the couch. "I'm not entirely sure what flash is," he muttered. It sounded like something that Cassie would have said. "But you are an enigma." Of course, Jack knew just how much he liked puzzles.

[captainjack]

On the screen, Jack asked Rose if she liked Glenn Miller, then he lifted a small device and Moonlight Serendade. He spread his arms and stepped closer until he had her in his arms.

"That?" he said, pointing at the screen, "is flash."

[theunascended]

"That? Is romantic. With a side of cheese." He shook his head and chuckled. "I don't know how anyone could fall for it for long. I'm sure you must have some better lines somewhere, although I'm sure I haven't heard them." He paused. "Either in here or on screen."

Not that Daniel was any better, but they weren't talking about him.

[captainjack]

"You'd be amazed at who falls for it." Jack grinned, but it fell a bit as him on screen cut the romance and got on with the con.

[theunascended]

I like to think of myself as a criminal.

Daniel glanced over at Jack and then moved closer. Staying on the other side of the couch because he was teasing was one thing. This was something different.

"Just never headbutt me," he said seriously. "The last freelancer I knew did that." He paused, knowing his next words might distract Jack briefly. "Of course, then I stripped her naked."

[captainjack]

"I don't do that anymore," he said softly. "There's a lot these reels don't show." He looked at the Doctor on the screen with complete admiration for the Doctor for a moment, then turned back to Daniel.

"You can strip me naked, though. That, I'll do."

[theunascended]

"Why did I have a feeling that was the part that you'd focus in on?" He nudged Jack's shoulder with his own. "You'd have to be knocked out, first, though. And I really don't think you'd appreciate me punching you."

"I know, Jack," Daniel said softly. "You're not...well, okay. I do know that smile. And the charm. But the rest?"

[captainjack]

He dropped his chin and turned his head, looking at Daniel from beneath his lashes.

"I was a Time Agent. That much I can remember. Not exactly the philanthropists of time and space."