I think the problem with that is that there's far too much baggage and history for it to be a no-strings bit of fun - If either of them wanted something like that then they could have had it with anybody they wanted.
However much both of them are able to compartmentalise things, you can't just skim over all the hurt and the past - although, coincidentally, that same history may be the same thing that stops Jack letting himself getting more involved. They're sort of stuck in no-man's land, at this awkward stage where there's clearly something there but it would be way too brave to take it further. Their own shread history is both a bond and a hindrance.
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Date: 2008-05-13 04:16 pm (UTC)However much both of them are able to compartmentalise things, you can't just skim over all the hurt and the past - although, coincidentally, that same history may be the same thing that stops Jack letting himself getting more involved. They're sort of stuck in no-man's land, at this awkward stage where there's clearly something there but it would be way too brave to take it further. Their own shread history is both a bond and a hindrance.