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Jack had heard Daniel'd broken his wrist on the dino expedition and he wasn't surprised; the Daniel he'd known back home had a tendency to collect injuries like baseball cards and apparently not much had changed in the eight years Jack had missed. He hadn't had a real, good talk with him since New Years and since Carter'd shown up there were all sorts of issues that Jack kinda wanted to bury for a little while in lieu with hanging out with his best friend.

Problem was, said best friend was usually busy with something or other and Jack, oddly enough, felt bad about interrupting. But with he and Carter feeling all awkward about kiss number two it was about damn time Jack spent some time with someone who wasn't leggy and blonde and vaguely attracted to.

Besides, Daniel lived next door so even on his bad knee it wasn't a long trip to knock at Daniel's hut and beg for some time.

"Got a minute? Ran out of interest in watching the walls in my hut and figured we could go for a walk."

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"For? No. Because of?" Daniel shrugged. "Jack, you two have been in love with each other for years. Anyone who knows you two at all can see that."

Jack shrugged slightly. "I love her, yeah. Nothing I can do about it though. She's not interested in screwing up both our lives with it and I can't say I blame her. She's got more self control than I do when it comes to that."

Daniel sighed. "You two are both...if I could, I'd lock you two together in a room and not let you out for days. That would settle something, at least."

"I don't think Sam'd forgive you for that," Jack pointed out. "Because I'd probably end up tearing her clothes off, not that you wanted that particular mental image."

Jack however, thought it was pretty nice.

"You know, I really don't think I want that image, no." He'd never exactly thought about Sam like that. Except for that one time after Oma had sent him back to the mortal plane and then it had been less explicit imagery and more wondering if maybe there had been something with this person.

That had been before he'd remembered about Jack and Sam.

"It's okay, you can just think about me instead," Jack teased, hinting back at Daniel's joke from earlier. "Sure that'll get your motor running. Really though, as far as Carter goes, it's in her court. She knows how I feel."

"You two are my best friends and I am not going there for either of you." Daniel's lips quirked. "Although, really, Sam has one up on you. She doesn't tune out when I'm talking at length on some kind of new discovery." He smiled a little more as Jack continued. "At least it's out there, now. I was beginning to wonder if you two were ever going to mention it or if it was going to continue to be the skeleton in the closet that everyone knew about but never admitted."

"Might as well admit to it. I've been out here three months, I'm pretty sure I died on Edora no matter what you guys say and...hell, Daniel. I love her. There's no Air Force out here breathing down my neck about it and I told her after she told me we had some kind of arrangement in her timeline to get together after I retired. I figured if future-me, alterna-me whatever had the balls to admit to it, I ought to."

Jack grinned a little. "You think maybe I can sign the cast? I promise not to put anything vulgar on there. Much."

"You did not die on Edora, Jack. Remember, I'm the only one who's died around here." Maybe it was better not to bring up the one time that Ba'al had Jack. It wasn't like he actually remembered being there. He'd just heard the stories after. And then he realized what Jack had said.

"Wait, wait, wait. Arrangement?" His eyebrows rose. "You two have been keeping things from me."

He held out his cast. Guy's mark was already there. "Don't worry. If anyone was going to do vulgar, it would have been Guy. Instead, he decided to go the smart-ass route."

"Man after my own heart," Jack mused, trying to find a blank spot to sign. "And I don't know anything about it, but Carter said that we'd talked about it in her timeline. Getting together after I retired and making a go of it, that is. Since I love her and it was out in the open, I figured it was okay to go ahead and pursue it out here, but like I said earlier, she's not interested."

More than that. More like it was complicated and Carter was dragging her feet because she wanted to get home, but that was Carter's business.

"Fine kettle of fish, isn't it?"

Daniel put his good hand on Jack's wrist, stopping him for a minute. "Hey. You'll figure it out, the two of you. I have faith in you." And he had half a mind to go track Sam down and have a word with her on Jack's behalf, not that he was going to tell Jack that. He liked having all of his limbs attached.

"Maybe. Or maybe I'll just find myself some other gorgeous, leggy blonde. There's a little British girl named Jane that's kinda cute. She's got a kid," Jack said, smirking a little. Of course, since Jane was probably young enough to be his daughter, she was off-limits except to flirt with and be friendly.

"Jane...Bennet?" Daniel shook his head. "Oh, Jack. Never change. Seriously. Never change."

"Yeah, Jane Bennet. She's cute. If you weren't already with someone, I'd send you her direction. Think she's kinda lonely," he said, laughing a little. "It'd do her some good."

"We met. A long time ago. She's friends with my ex." The only ex remaining on the island unless you counted Owen. And he didn't. "And if Patrick and I broke up..." The image of Vala passed through his mind and he went quiet.

"See? You've got options. I've got a whole lot of nothing," Jack said, grinning in spite of the flat tone. "So good for you."

"For now." Daniel did not expect at all that it was going to remain like that. Especially if he had anything to do with it.

"For now," Jack agreed. "Got nothing in front of me but time though, so we'll see. Doesn't have to happen today. Didn't for you, did it?"

Daniel laughed. "No. Not quite immediately. Although the first person I was interested in here I thought was a woman at first. The island's particular set of hijinks were in effect." Get the subject off of things that were making Jack brood.

"So, Daniel. Haven't been fishing with me yet," Jack said, laughing a little. "Think I can con you into it?"

Daniel groaned. "Oh, fishing, huh?" He sighed and threw up his hand. "How good I'll be, I don't know, but I can at least watch." He decided not to mention that he had been fishing with Jack. Once. Just in his future.

"Watching's fine. I just like the company," Jack admitted, smiling wide. "You're some of the better company I can get."

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