{"id":227614,"date":"2014-02-13T15:42:01","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T15:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/02\/13\/and-this-is-the-other-valentines-day-fanwork\/"},"modified":"2014-02-13T15:42:01","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T15:42:01","slug":"and-this-is-the-other-valentines-day-fanwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/02\/13\/and-this-is-the-other-valentines-day-fanwork\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

And this is the other Valentine’s Day fanwork friday. Jack\/Cas, and this one’s a bit more angst, also on AO3<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The first time Castiel came for Jack on Valentine\u2019s day it was 2010. They\u2019d worked together a couple times in the year since Ianto\u2019s death, but he wasn\u2019t really looking for anything when the fourteenth of February came around.<\/p>\n

But then Castiel was there, appearing literally on his doorstep. Jack stepped back and let him in, going to sit on the scratchy mattress. Castiel sat next to him and merely took his hand. Jack took a ragged breath, leaned on the angel\u2019s shoulder, and for the first time, started to cry.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

The next time they met up it was 1937. War was on the horizon and Jack was working undercover. He couldn\u2019t really change anything, of course, but there was still work he could do. So he was more than a bit shocked to walk into a tavern in the south of France and find Castiel standing at the bar with two glasses of wine.<\/p>\n

Jack gave a tiny smile and took a glass from him. \u201cIt is Valentine\u2019s Day, isn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jack raised his glass in a toast. \u201cCome on back to mine tonight?\u201d<\/p>\n

He nodded and they drained their glasses and at least for that one night Jack truly had comfort.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Early in 2217, Jack was working at a bar on station orbiting a small blue planet when a familiar face walked in. He smiled broadly and poured two glasses of wine for old time\u2019s sake. \u201cCastiel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJack.\u201d He sipped his wine and Jack could tell the years hadn\u2019t all been easy on him, angel or no. They chatted a bit and that night Jack was the one giving comfort to Castiel.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Back to 1974. Jack was spending Valentine\u2019s Night chasing down an alien in the streets of London. He\u2019d narrowly avoided himself a week earlier, but he knew exactly where his current self was spending the night. He cornered it in an alley and prepared to take it, only to be jumped by a second one from behind. He fought them both, but a knife (or was it a claw?) found his heart and they left him dead with the trash.<\/p>\n

He gasped awake to Castiel holding his hand. He smiled ruefully. \u201cHappy Valentine\u2019s Day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Castiel helped him up, checking him for other wounds, even though there wouldn\u2019t be any. \u201cThey have returned to their ship, they will not be a bother to you or anyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou took care of them? Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Castiel merely inclined his head and helped Jack back to his flat, where he stayed until dawn.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

In 4207, Jack kicked open a door. The handful of demons turned to the human, one of them scoffing. He fought (perhaps ironically) like a man possesed, not stopping until every one of them was dead. Only then did he move to release their prisoner.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnew you\u2019d come,\u201d said Castiel.<\/p>\n

Jack kissed him. \u201cDon\u2019t talk, save your strength.\u201d He helped Castiel to his feet, out the door, and into his ship.<\/p>\n

Castiel touched his cheek. \u201cBy Earth calendars, today is Valentine\u2019s Day.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s our lucky day,\u201d smiled Jack, kissing his hand and worriedly watching the angel fall asleep.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

At a Valentine\u2019s Day dance in London, 2003, Jack slowly danced with Castiel. He leaned in and stole a kiss, glad that this was a time and place where he could be himself with Cas.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll try not to chase any aliens tonight,\u201d he smiled.<\/p>\n

Castiel gave him a look. The song ended and Jack took Castiel\u2019s hand, twirling him. They retreated to the side and each took a glass of wine.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo stolen moments,\u201d said Jack.<\/p>\n

\u201cWherever they might be,\u201d answered Castiel.<\/p>\n

\u00a0also on AO3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And this is the other Valentine’s Day fanwork friday. Jack\/Cas, and this one’s a bit more angst, also on AO3 The first time Castiel came for Jack on Valentine\u2019s day it was 2010. They\u2019d worked together a couple times in the year since Ianto\u2019s death, but he wasn\u2019t really looking for anything when the fourteenth … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[22026,55,1741,156,13043,4736,22027,3235],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227614"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}