[TW/CA fic] One More Bad Plan (Auggie/Jack, Auggie/Joan; PG-13)

[rm]

Title: One More Bad Plan
Fandom: Torchwood/Covert Affairs crossover
Pairing: Auggie/Jack, mention of Auggie/Joan
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Torchwood, none (although assume set post-CoE); Covert Affairs, the currently un-aired 1.7 spoiled here.
Author's Notes: I've been trying to write a Jack/Auggie fic forever. And it's been completely frustrating me. This isn't that story, but this is somehow connected to that (much, much dirtier) story that I will eventually figure out how to write and finish. Also, Auggie/Joan? Y/Y? Someone's got to be on that page other than me, yeah?



“Nice ink,” Jack says, ghosting his fingers over Auggie's back.

“Thanks.”

“When you'd get it done?”

“Nice way of asking the hard one.”

Jack shrugs and stretches his legs so that his toes dig into one of Auggie's ankles.

“After I got out,” Auggie says, tempted to shove Jack's feet away, but not bothering.

“So you've never --”

“Yeah. It was raised for a couple of weeks after, but even I'm not that flexible; could only catch the edge of it.”

“Who went with you?”

Auggie nods, because that question's actually astute as opposed to obvious. Jack's good at this, but Auggie's not sure if by this he means the pillow talk or what is clearly the man's method for getting the story on whoever he's fucking.

“Joan,” he says eventually.

Jack's breathing pauses for a moment, and he remains silent.

“Not what you expected to hear,” Auggie says, knowing that maybe his voice sounds just a little like he's waiting for Jack's disapproval.

“No. Thought it would be a couple of your guys.”

“Or a girlfriend?”

“Something like that.”

“Boyfriends in Tikrit – not really the best plan.”

“Yeah, I tend to ignore best plans,” Jack says.

Auggie shrugs. “Hey, your funeral.”

“So you and Joan?”

“Mmmmmhmmmm,” Auggie says stretching now himself and kicking a leg over Jack's. It's obvious the sex was really good. Jack can practically feel the memory of it next to him.

“Went on for a while, huh?”

“Six months? Something like that.”

“Arthur know?”

“No idea. When we're in the same room, I assume yes; when we're not, I assume no.”

Jack chuckles. “And now?”

“What? Joan?”

“Yeah.”

Auggie considers for a moment. “Complicated. Fond. Really, really infuriating.”

“You still into her?”

“You always act like a pain-in-the-ass boyfriend with your random hookups?”

“Part of my charm.”

“I'll keep it in mind.” Auggie pauses. “Joan recruited me. Joan, however, also treats me like a child. So me and Joan are between me and Joan.”

Jack nods thoughtfully. “That's fair.”

“Glad you approve,” Auggie says, irritated in a way it's easy to be only with someone you like too much.

“It really is nice ink.”

Auggie rolls over onto his back so Jack can't see it anymore. He closes his eyes for a moment, and huffs out a sigh. “Jack?”

“Yeah?”

“How 'bout we talk about something I have, instead of something I don't?”

Before Jack can answer, Auggie rolls on top of him, knowing what the answer should, will, be.

“Oh. Yeah. Please,” Jack gasps, right on cue and playing it up even as he hardens against Auggie's thigh.

Auggie laughs. He's so glad they understand each other, even if this whole thing is absolutely the worst idea he's had in a while.

Comments

[keenquing.livejournal.com]

Since you're the reason I'm watching CA now (and thank you for so much Auggie-pushing, guh)...

Mmm, I like this, and it's really got me excited about the other fic once you get that all figured out.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And Yay!

[taffimai.livejournal.com]

“You always act like a pain-in-the-ass boyfriend with your random hookups?”

“Part of my charm.”

Love this exchange.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Jack's such an ass.

[taffimai.livejournal.com]

And he expects you to love him for it.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

Auggie rocks! Hands-down my fave character.

Jack is the little black dress to end them all. For serious. Nice dialogue!

Auggie/Joan I could sort of see. I'll look for it. :D

[rm.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And yeah, I am ALL about Auggie on CA.

[melebeth]

Interesting. I have to think about implications :)

[rm.livejournal.com]

Hee. Thank you!

[count-to-seven.livejournal.com]

Really enjoyed that. For something so short, you packed a lot in.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I think the struggle is not putting too much in while acknowledging a whole lot of shit going on for both these guys.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

You wrote Auggie/Jack!!! I love you!!! I'd never have thought of Auggie/Joan, but now that you mention it- yeah, I can definitely see something there.

“Glad you approve,” Auggie says, irritated in a way it's easy to be only with someone you like too much.

great, great line

[rm.livejournal.com]

Thank you! There's going to be a lot more Auggie/Jack in my world (and I'm really fascinated with my random conviction of an Auggie/Joan backstory, so, er, maybe that too), there's just various stuff I'm still working on navigating both from a character perspective and a writer perspective.

[valancy-joy.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah... Jack is sort of the best worst boyfriend ... or maybe that's worst best or something, but this was lovely.

You are not alone in thinking there is something to Auggie/Joan.

I keep mulling scenarios for how Auggie ended up on/back on her team (post injury), and who made that happen and why.

ah backstory... :)

[rm.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Joan's interest in Auggie seems pretty personal, and not just in a "someone I'm extra responsible for" way. And he seems to enjoy her so much.

[alt_universe_me.livejournal.com]

Aw, pillow talk :) I apologize for not having anything constructive to say, but I figured I'd still let you know that I enjoyed this.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

This is rather sweet, isn't it? The bigger fic is kinda totally more fucked up. But hey, I wrote something cute!

[tree00faery.livejournal.com]

...I really need to see Covert Affairs, huh?

[rm.livejournal.com]

UHUH.

[tree00faery.livejournal.com]

Eeeps!

I shall get on that. Since I have like a week before school starts back up again, I probably have time...

[asphaltangel.livejournal.com]

I'd been looking for you to post since you mentioned that you had a story in mind, and even if this isn't that story, it's nice to read something unique. And Auggie backstory is currently eating my mind and all my fic, so yay to it happening to others!

[rm.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And yeah, that tattoo is tantalizing. I got obsessed with this idea he's never seen it.

[asphaltangel.livejournal.com]

And you should write much more about this idea. Yes.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I may write this business with him and Joan I have in my head at some point, but I think I need to get to the end of the season before I'm going to be able to figure out how.

[bodlon.livejournal.com]

“How 'bout we talk about something I have, instead of something I don't?”

2x4 to the chest, right there.

Also, hell yes.

[rm.livejournal.com]

AWESOME! Thank you!

This would not leave my head after I saw that spoiler, so I'm sort of using it as my window in.

[bodlon.livejournal.com]

I'm totally rubbing my hands together in anticipatory glee.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Also, Auggie/Joan. I am all over writing a lot of that, because I remain convinced that the show may even give it to me at some point.

[elainasaunt.livejournal.com]

I know I said the other day on your post about why to watch CA that I didn't have time for another TV show, but a combination of that post and Sendhil Ramamurthy proved too much to resist. I dived right in with the latest ep, thinking I'll get up to speed later with recaps somewhere. (Anyone got links?) So, yeah, I went for Jai but I stayed for Auggie. And Annie, actually. Now I'm dying to read the bigger fic, find out what Jack's doing there, get the Auggie-Joan story, all of it. Sigh.

[rm.livejournal.com]

YAY! I have converted people to the awesome bad show of awesome.

[timelady.livejournal.com]

Aww... so short... Call me insane, whenever anyone says fic, I just sort of assume 5-15 pages, which is the length of my chapters for the DWIAs.

Joan and Auggie... In fic, I can see it. In actual series, Joan just seems too old for him. I kind of think they had probably more like an Auggie-Annie relationship in the past, with her being the computer girl, giving him orders and intel and lifeline and him being the agent in the field. It seems like she's really protective of him like he is with Annie now.

[timelady.livejournal.com]

Watched through the re-run that was on earlier tonight and there is definitely something there. She touches him a lot. On the shoulder when he's on the computer, she nearly touched his hand in that episode that was just on. But he is really non-responsive to her. Wont face in her direction when she speaks, didn't want to go into her office, etc. Granted, she's probably the one who ordered him benched, so he holds a grudge for that. Though there is still that level of respect/awe (when Annie asked about Joan in the field and he said she was one of the best). I can kind of see maybe they did have something and when she benched him, he ended the relationship.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I would never write a chapter this short, but I totally write small fics this length and shorter a lot.

Thank you for reading!