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[callmemajor]

There are noises coming from Lorne’s closet that shouldn’t be coming from any closet. Clinking glasses and laughter and talking and…is that music?

And then Lorne steps out of the closet (pardon the pun) ahead of Jack.

“It’s not much,” he says, glancing around the sparsely furnished room, “but it’s home.”



[ooc: Adult content.]

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[callmemajor]

Lorne takes them out of the bay and carefully weaves the jumper through the towers of the city, flying low, so Jack can get a sense of the size of it and the architecture.

[firstcptjack.livejournal.com]

"You must spend half your time exploring just the city," Jack said, still watching with wide eyes. "It's huge!"

[callmemajor]

Lorne nods. "We do have regularly scheduled expeditions within the city herself."

He eases the jumper out towards the water and flies low again, skimming across the surface of the ocean. They're moving fast, but the inertial dampeners mean they don't feel the speed at all.

[firstcptjack.livejournal.com]

Jack smiles at him. "The city's a she?"

[callmemajor]

Lorne blushes a little. "Well...yeah. She's...a ship. Ship's are always female."

[firstcptjack.livejournal.com]

Jack looks at him, then back out the window. "The city's a ship," he murmurs.

[callmemajor]

"Uh huh," Lorne says. "She floats on the ocean, and she...well, she's got a stardrive too." That always sounds crazy, no matter how many times he says it.

[firstcptjack.livejournal.com]

"So she can fly in outer space? The entire city?"

[callmemajor]

"Theoretically, yeah. We've never had to use the stardrive. Not sure we've got enough power."

[firstcptjack.livejournal.com]

"What does she run on?" He peers through the front shield. "Obviously not coal."

[callmemajor]

"No, not coal," Lorne says with a soft laugh. "Zero-point energy. It's...energy from subspace."

[firstcptjack.livejournal.com]

It's all so strange . . ."What's subspace?"

[callmemajor]

"It's..." He's tempted to make something up. Jack would never know. "Actually, I have no idea. Something...sciencey."

[firstcptjack.livejournal.com]

Jack laughs. "Okay, that'll do."

[callmemajor]

Lorne laughs as well. "So, where do you want to go, babe?"

[firstcptjack.livejournal.com]

Jack just shakes his head, still smiling. "Out there, Evan. Just, out there."

[callmemajor]

"You're awfully easy to please," Lorne says.

[firstcptjack.livejournal.com]

"I'm just happy to be with you," Jack says and looks away from him.

[callmemajor]

Lorne's quiet for a moment, smiling to himself.

Eventually, he whispers, "Me too, Jack."

[firstcptjack.livejournal.com]

Jack looks at him and reaches over to rub his arm.

[callmemajor]

Lorne glances over at him and takes his hand.

[firstcptjack.livejournal.com]

Jack weaves their fingers together.

[callmemajor]

Lorne rubs his thumb over the back of Jack's hand. "Sure you don't want to see anything in particular?"

[firstcptjack.livejournal.com]

"What's there to see? It's all ocean, isn't it?"

[callmemajor]

"Well, there's the mainland, about twenty minutes due east, forest or beach there, or we could visit the settlement if you wanted to. We could take her down into the water, if you wanted to see that. Or," he grins, "we could take her up."