Fic: Just Four Words

[smithy161]

Just a little ficette from the depths of my exhausted brain.

Title: Just Four Words
Rating: G
Pairing: Jack/the real Captain Jack
Summary: A kind of missing scene from the episode Captain Jack Harkness. Jack knows the test of real power is knowing when not to use it.
Length: 200 words

Comments

[silverrose]

Guh! I love Jack/Jack.

[smithy161]

Mm, me too. I can watch that kiss over and over and...

[gauky_1976]

I love them too and watch the kiss at least once a day...often more!!

[mad_jaks]

just popped in to give your icon love

[_medley_]

Oh, that is fabulous and painful and very powerful. Also, I didn't even notice the second person until I read it the second time, and usually I find it jarring. But not when you do it.

[smithy161]

Wow, that's an awesome compliment. And I'm glad, because I love second person!

Thank you!

[phoenix64]

*sniff* Jack. Yes. I can see this going through his head. Absolutely.

[smithy161]

Oh, yeah. I can practically sense it in the episode.

Thanks for reading!

[donutsweeper]

*sobs*

[smithy161]

*Offers tissues?*

Thanks for reading!

[donutsweeper]

*grabs them* you don't have any donuts or a nice stiff drink too, do you?

There is just something SO sad and heart breaking about 1941 Jack and they way he and TW Jack acted towards each other

[smithy161]

I have a box of mini-doughnuts! *Hands them over*

And yeah, agreed. That episode never fails to make my eyes damp. Maybe because Barrowman and that other guy are such wonderful actors, they just utterly nail the emotions in a way that's still subtle. And the idea of our!Jack, usually the mysterious guy who saves the day, having his own heroes makes me happy too.

[karaokegal]

WOW! You could launch a whole AU right there. I'm still concerned about what ramifications the whole dancing/kissing had in the death of CJH. I have serious doubts about that whole "surprised by Germans during training exercise" thing. Anyway this is beautiful and I could so imagine Jack thinking about it this way.

[smithy161]

I have really no idea how anyone back then would actually have reacted to two men kissing so blatantly in public, but fuck. I hadn't thought about it like that. Ouch.

But yeah. Glad you liked this! Thank you for reading.

[donutsweeper]

Someone wrote up a whole dissertation after it aired that we were reading more into the dance/kiss than people would have at the time. They had footnotes and everything referencing data and books of the era

[smithy161]

That's interesting. Any idea where it was posted? I'd love to know the actual facts from that time.