Backdated Tues after kidplot end (locked to Carolyn might end up NWS)

[goldilockaubrey]

Jack had come home from the marina, showered, and began to dress but stopped as he caught sight of his body in the mirror, and all the scars.

Wearing nothing but his boxers he was standing in front of the mirror with a serious expression, taking stock.

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[notyourcaptain]

It wasn't long after he'd gotten home that Carolyn arrived. "Jack?" she kicked the door shut behind her and went to the kitchen to set down the groceries she'd bought. "Jack, are you home, or am I talking to an empty apartment? Oh, hello Lola." She set the bags down and crouched carefully to rub the dog's ears.

[goldilockaubrey]

"I am in here, dear girl!' Jack called from the bedroom, though with less than his usual heartiness.

[notyourcaptain]

She frowned and pushed to her feet, hand on her stomach. "Jack?" she made her way into the bedroom, pausing in the doorway when she saw him standing in front of the mirror, "is everything all right?"

[goldilockaubrey]

Jack's eyes lit up when he saw her and he smiled gently.

"If you will believe me, I was just looking at these marks trying to remember how I got them. Some of the biggest ones, I don't recall the circumstances at all... and this one," he turned to point at a small circle on the small of his back, the smallest scar of all, "Was the most painful wound of all... well, until... and that didn't leave a mark at all."