Burned Out (Jack/Syd. SPD)
Title: Burned Out
Pairing: Jack/Syd
Fandom: SPD
Rating: G
Episode referenced: Meteor
AN: For Meg, who prompted me with Jack/Syd snuggles. I think this kind of fits? Um, be warned that I haven't written Jack/Syd for, um, at least two years? >.>
Syd made her way slowly to B Squad's common room, Peanuts tucked firmly under one arm, uncaring of who would see her. She couldn't sleep and right now she didn't care how many calories hot chocolate contained, she just needed some. The doors slide open quietly and she was halfway across the room to the replicator when she realised she wasn't the only person not sleeping tonight.
Jack was standing by the windows, back to the door, but she didn't make the mistake of assuming he didn't know she was there. Disregarding the quest for hot chocolate she set Peanuts carefully down on the nearest seat and walked over to where Jack was standing, his arms folded across his chest. She couldn't see his expression to gauge what he was thinking so she simply did the first thing that came to mind and wrapped her arms around him. He stiffened momentarily, then relaxed almost immediately into the hug.
"I should be furious with you," she murmured, moving her head slightly as his dreadlocks tickled her nose.
There was a quiet huff of amusement as his hands came to rest on top of hers. "Give it time," he replied. "Tomorrow you'll be yelling at me."
"Probably," she agreed, tightening her arms around him and trying not to think back to the moment Sky told them Jack hadn't made it. "It was stupid, Jack."
"I know," he said quietly. "But I still had to do it. Sky might think he can do everything, but sometimes you just have to go with your gut, which he's terrible at." He paused at Syd's quiet snort of agreement. "I couldn't let him do it by himself, Syd. You know that."
"It was still stupid," Syd said into his shoulder, smacking his chest as hard as she could, which wasn't very considering she couldn't move her hand much at the moment. "We thought you were dead, you moron."
Jack didn't reply, at least not with words, but he did turn around to hug her tightly.
"And Z is going to kick your ass in the morning," she finished.
Jack laughed and brushed a light kiss against the top of her head. "I know."
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Pairing: Jack/Syd
Fandom: SPD
Rating: G
Episode referenced: Meteor
AN: For Meg, who prompted me with Jack/Syd snuggles. I think this kind of fits? Um, be warned that I haven't written Jack/Syd for, um, at least two years? >.>
Syd made her way slowly to B Squad's common room, Peanuts tucked firmly under one arm, uncaring of who would see her. She couldn't sleep and right now she didn't care how many calories hot chocolate contained, she just needed some. The doors slide open quietly and she was halfway across the room to the replicator when she realised she wasn't the only person not sleeping tonight.
Jack was standing by the windows, back to the door, but she didn't make the mistake of assuming he didn't know she was there. Disregarding the quest for hot chocolate she set Peanuts carefully down on the nearest seat and walked over to where Jack was standing, his arms folded across his chest. She couldn't see his expression to gauge what he was thinking so she simply did the first thing that came to mind and wrapped her arms around him. He stiffened momentarily, then relaxed almost immediately into the hug.
"I should be furious with you," she murmured, moving her head slightly as his dreadlocks tickled her nose.
There was a quiet huff of amusement as his hands came to rest on top of hers. "Give it time," he replied. "Tomorrow you'll be yelling at me."
"Probably," she agreed, tightening her arms around him and trying not to think back to the moment Sky told them Jack hadn't made it. "It was stupid, Jack."
"I know," he said quietly. "But I still had to do it. Sky might think he can do everything, but sometimes you just have to go with your gut, which he's terrible at." He paused at Syd's quiet snort of agreement. "I couldn't let him do it by himself, Syd. You know that."
"It was still stupid," Syd said into his shoulder, smacking his chest as hard as she could, which wasn't very considering she couldn't move her hand much at the moment. "We thought you were dead, you moron."
Jack didn't reply, at least not with words, but he did turn around to hug her tightly.
"And Z is going to kick your ass in the morning," she finished.
Jack laughed and brushed a light kiss against the top of her head. "I know."
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