Summer 10 - newcomer mingle

[kollomods]

[ It's late morning when the ferry comes around, landing on the jetty and letting off a small but valued group of new arrivals. Olivia is out there, greeting and handing out information packets.

Later in the afternoon, there's a small welcome party set up at the community center. The tables are laden with cinnamon buns, elderflower lemonade, fresh strawberries and an assortment of small cookies and other treats. There's also thirium lovingly set up to the side of the buffet, for the android population. Ingvar shows up a little later with his accordion, setting the mood with some traditional folk songs like he's wont to do. ]

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[forever_jack]

Jack is very friendly and personable. Sometimes a little too friendly and personable, but he's doing his best to rein that in at the moment!

He takes the proffered hand and gives it a firm, warm shake, unperturbed by the lack of a smile. "Good to meet you, Terry. Captain Jack Harkness." He turns towards the house. "Come on in. I've got some coffee on if you'd like some?"

[traumatizing]

Jack's discovered the hack to Terry's friendship: Coffee. His expression brightens considerably and he huffs a sigh that's like the weight of the world slipping off his shoulders, following Jack into the house.

"I'd love some."

[forever_jack]

Well, that worked out well, then! He grins when Terry perks up at the offer of coffee, and leads him inside.

"Great! Kitchen's through here." He glances back at the new guy as he reaches down a mug and pours the coffee. "It's not as good as my boyfriend Ianto makes, but it's still pretty good. Something about this place, I think. Perhaps it's the water!"

[traumatizing]

Something about that makes Terry smile warmly, (it's a small smile, but it's there,) probably just the smell of coffee. He watches Jack pour, nodding along at the comment on the water, and tips his head thoughtfully.

"Is he here? Your boyfriend." He tries to sound just curious-- god forbid he come across upset or anything like that. It's just a little hard not to feel like it's some kind of cosmic joke if the first person he meets is gonna be canoodling with his boyfriend or whatever.

[forever_jack]

He chuckles wryly as he hands the mug over. "Funnily enough, yes. He arrived on the last ferry with our other boyfriend, but they didn't know I was here and I didn't know they were coming. Totally unplanned! I... hadn't seen much of them for rather a long time. It's all a little weird!"

[traumatizing]

"Your other boyfriend?" Terry raises his eyebrows, taking the mug at the same time and holding it in both hands, "that's a pretty big coincidence."

[forever_jack]

"Spike," he nods, draining the last of his own coffee and pouring himself some more.

"And yeah, isn't it," he agrees blandly. "Almost seems like someone up there - or at least someone overseeing this island - wants to see us back together!"

[traumatizing]

The names mean nothing right now, but there's not that many people here. Terry suspects he'll bump into them sooner or later. Either way, it doesn't seem like Jack is super enthused about this, but they literally just met. It's not Terry's place to pry.

("Back together" though? Maybe he won't be walking in on much canoodling after all. Sounds messy.)

"Lucky you," is what Terry settles on, slightly hoping the lack of positivity on his part is swallowed up by the mug as he works his way through his own coffee.

[forever_jack]

Jack's... ambivalent about it. Very mixed emotions. Mainly because it's all so incredibly complicated.

But yeah, Terry's probably safe enough from walking in on canoodling, at least for the moment.

He catches the lack of enthusiasm for the subject and deliberately shifts away from it.

"So... Terry!" He glances across to the guitar case now resting inside the door. "You're a musician?"