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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[justlurkinghere]

Which would be when Derek let himself right on into the house to find Jack. On the plus side, he had two coffees from the Perk.

"Jack."

[bitten_notshy]

Really, at this stage in their relationship Jack would have felt vaguely slighted if Derek hadn't let himself in. He nodded a greeting, then gestured for Derek to wait while he finished typing his sentence.

Once that was done: "Hey. Good morning."

And then a sniff. Somebody smelled suspiciously like Stiles this morning.

[justlurkinghere]

Derek manfully ignoring the sniff, only turning slightly red under all that stubble. "I have to go back to Beacon Hills to cut my uncle in half."

Aw yeah, rip that band-aid right off.

[bitten_notshy]

"I thought he burned up."

Tactful!

[icecoldfrost]

Your phone is ringing, Jack! Because Emma wants to check and make sure you haven't been eaten by your midterms yet.

[bitten_notshy]

"Hi, Emma." Jack sounded happy to hear from her. "I miss you."

[icecoldfrost]

"Of course you do," she agreed cheerfully, her cell tucked against her shoulder as she started setting up to give herself a manicure. "By my estimation, you're in midterms right now, and that's dull. I'm not dull. I'm pretty."

Modest. Totes modest.

[bitten_notshy]

"You're prettier than the Bayeux tapestry, I'll give you that," Jack said. It was comforting to have Emma be so thoroughly Emma at him. "No,the studying's fine. If I take a few classes over the summer I'll be ready to graduate in December."

And then ion to law school, because he was a glutton for punishment.

"What are you up to?"

[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?"