I wonder what you've got conspired, I'm sure it dawns a consolation prize

[echolls_cursed]

It didn't matter. It didn't matter that they'd fought. That they'd tried to compromise. None of that changed the way he'd catch Jack smiling now and then as the other man thought about his thrilling adventure. It didn't change the fact that while Jack had been off playing the hero and having adventures, he'd been home. He hadn't been invited. Not

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[captainjack]

Day one, Jack was calm enough. A gun was gone and some staples and things. Jack could tell that Logan had probably just gone off for the night. It was troubling that he'd left his necklace, worse that he'd left Linus, but Jack was calm. Logan could take care of himself. Jack knew that

[echolls_cursed]

By day five he was missing Jack and the dogs, and he had started wondering why he hadn't brought Linus along with him. Still, he had slowly sunken back into his depression, and the idea of going home just seemed like too much work.

Curled up in his bed, he didn't notice the man approaching his camp. He wasn't paying attention and he didn't have his guard up. Things had been peaceful, and besides the bite, the trip had been- well, boring.

[captainjack]

Jack walked up and cleared his throat.

"Logan?" he asked, nervous again when his husband didn't move. "Logan? Are you okay?"

[echolls_cursed]

Jack.

He rolled over slowly, resenting that soft and worried tone in the other man's voice. Once upon a time, there wouldn't have been worried words. The other man would have grabbed him by the hair and dragged him home, telling him that he should stop screwing around and quit sulking. Back then, Jack hadn't treated him like he was fragile. Back then Jack used to want him as a partner, not a housewife.

Glaring, he rolled back over.

"Go away," he muttered.