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Whenever Daniel spent the night at Jack’s he either took a bath or went home to take a shower. After awhile, Jack noticed this pattern, but he still didn’t understand.
“Why don’t you just take a shower here?” Jack asked one morning while making them breakfast.
Daniel quickly dismissed the question, “No, no it’s fine. I have a few errands this morning, so I have to go anyway.” He walked past Jack and made a beeline for his jacket.
Jack turned off the stove and followed Daniel, “Hey, wait!” He stood in the doorway, blocking Daniel’s escape. “Why are you rushing out, sweetheart?”
“I told you, Jack. I have errands…” the sincerity in his voice trailed off as Jack raised his eyebrow at him.
“You can take a shower here then do your errands,” Jack tried to rationalize, “I mean, you have a change of clothes here and-“
He was interrupted by a kiss, something he usually wouldn’t complain about. “I just- I have to go, okay?” Daniel wrapped his arms around Jack’s neck, kissed him again, and used that position to pivot Jack out of the doorway. “I’ll see you at work.”
Daniel was gone before Jack could reply.
“Fuck,” he cursed under his breath. Jack was like putty in Daniel’s hands. One kiss could completely sidetrack a conversation. Damn it, he was going to figure this out though.
When he got to work he noticed Daniel was limping more than usual. Jack pulled him aside as soon as he got the chance.
The SSR agent walked up to Daniel’s desk and leaned on it casually. “Sousa, I can’t seem to find a file. I’m guessing you’re to blame?”
Daniel looked up with a curious smirk, “Excuse me? My filing’s impeccable.”
“Yeah, well,” Jack scouted a little closer to Daniel, “The files in the back room say otherwise.”
Seriously, it was a miracle no one knew about their relationship.
Daniel rolled his eyes and grabbed his crutch, “Fine. I’ll take a look.”
Once they were alone Jack’s demeanor completely changed. “Hey,” he whispered, “You okay, killer?”
The SSR agent looked confused, “Yeah? I’m fine. Are you?”
He lightly caressed Daniel’s cheek and stared at him for a moment. “You sure? You don’t seem fine.”
Daniel took a step back. “What does that mean?”
“It’s- it’s just… the limping seems worse. You should take it easy-“ Jack stopped talking when he looked at Daniel’s face. His smirk from earlier became a glare. Great, Jack really put his foot in his mouth this time.
“We have talked about this.”
“But-“ Jack tried to cut in.
Daniel put a finger to Jack’s mouth, “No, let me finish. I know my strengths and weaknesses.”
Jack nodded, “I get that, but you have to admit you’re stubborn.”
This earned a laugh from Daniel, “You’re one to talk!”
They both looked at each other with fondness, despite wanting to yell at each other. It was true, they were both stubborn, but they were also in love.
“Is that why we came back here? Here I was thinking you were going to sneak a mid-day kiss.” Daniel looked at him with puppy dog eyes, which always made Jack weak in the knees.
“That too,” he whispered into Daniel’s ear. They both instinctively reached to lock the door before a quick kissing session.
Sneaking kisses during the day was a bad habit that neither wanted to quit anytime soon.