he doesn’t always say the right thing. jack is blunt, and honest. it’s not that he doesn’t pick up on social cues, it’s that he doesn’t have time for them. he liked to stick to the point, and if anyone got offended, then that was on them. but he realizes what he’d said to her hadn’t come across in the right way. that jack sounded as if he didn’t want to be here, on a park bench at midnight, with the one being in the world who understood what he was going through, when it was entirely the opposite. despite wanting to leave her and never see her again, to never feel these feelings again, jack stayed. he wanted to stay. he supposed he should tell her that. to make it clear.
‘ i don’t want to part ways, ’ he finally says, breath clouding against the chilled, night air. they’ve been doing this for centuries - drifting away and then towards each other again. maybe this time they didn’t need to leave each other. maybe this time jack didn’t want to walk away from whatever this was. head slowly turns to gaze at peggy, his expression flat, though a hint of confusion and curiosity at his own emotions can be seen at the crease between his brow. ‘ we can be lonely together. that’s what i want, too, ’ cautiously, as if it were a new experience, jack reaches out to lay his hand over hers. ‘ this isn’t something i do, so i’m not sure how. but i can try, ’ a pause. ‘ as long as you know what you’re getting into, ’
if her heart could warm , she certain it would when he said that he didn’t want to part ways . no one wants the vampire they will outlive , no one wants to run the risk that she could kill them . but things are different with jack . she can’t hurt him , at least not physically and it makes their emotional connection even stronger . a connection she wishes they didn’t have . this terrible life would be easier if they could co-exist without the new feelings lingering . they’re not new feelings though , she’s felt them for a while but it’s only been in the past few years she’s let herself feel them .
“ you don’t ?” she replies , sapphire eyes lighting up with a ray of hope she didn’t wish she had . everything peggy has learned about jack has come from bits and pieces over the past seven centuries but she knows this about him . that he would rather be alone . so would she , but somehow she doesn’t feel alone around him . doesn’t feel like he’s draining her battery in a way most humans do - and it’s because he’s not human . his hand covers hers and a soft smile appears on ruby lips . “ jack . how long have we known each other ?” it’s a rhetorical question because she’s lost count . “ i know exactly what i’m getting myself in to .”
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