First Floor Garage, Tuesday Evening

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Dressed in a pair of old denim overalls and t-shirt, Sam sat on the floor next to her motorcycle/swoop bike, surrounded by many, many scavenged, rigged, and purchased parts, her tool box, and the schematics, which she'd reclaimed from the Danger Room Shop once the garage renovations were complete.

Today was all about the power source. Gasoline and combustion engines were so very twentieth century.



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[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Funny, I don't remember hearing that," she laughed.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Sam's laughter prompted Jack to laughter of his own as he picked up another gear to clean. "People don't spread it around, I think thet don't want you to get a big head. But I figured it out on my own."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Well, I'm sure that choosing you had nothing to do with you feeling that way?" Sam teased, taking the clean gear and fitting it into position.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"It might have," he conceded smugly. "But only a little bit."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Uh huh," Sam elbowed him, not convinced.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"You don't believe me," he said sadly. "I'm hurt." But he didn't look it, eyes sparkling as he poked her in the ribs. "What can I possibly do to convince you of the esteem, no, the awe, I hold you in?"

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"You don't need to convince me, Jack," she swatted his hand away.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Pity." He swapped the clean gear for another dirty part and started rubbing it. "I was kind of looking forward to it."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Promises, promises," she said, fitting the clean gear into place. And then watching as it popped out. "Darn it."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"My shower has our names on it when we're finished here, and I always keep my promises." Jack frowned at the space where the gear had so briefly been. "Okay, why did that happen? Too small? Or the wrong shape?"

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam popped it into position. It stayed this time. "Just me, working too quickly and not paying attention."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Am I distracting you?" he asked as he set the clean part next to Sam's elbow and reached for another dirty one. "I can go, or be quiet, if you want."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Maybe a little, but I like the company," Sam said. "Don't go--I'll just have to pay a little more attention and remember it's not a set of Legos."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"I was hoping you'd say that." Jack finished the last of the bits and started arranging them in order of size, smallest to largest. "Because this is fascinating. I've never been part of building anything before."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Not true," Sam said, "You just don't remember. Seriously, you had a Lego model of the entire school and town. But I like building things, too. It's...soothing."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"I'm not sure Lego actually counts as building something. But you're right." He fell silent, trailing his finger across the metal teeth of the gears. "It is soothing. I can see why you like it."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Of course it does," Sam stopped a second before squeezing his shoulder. She took the gear from him, then got up and moved out of the way.

"You want to put it into position? It goes here," she pointed, "and are you my first passenger, once it's running?"

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Yup, and absolutely." Jack shifted over and studied the space, then reached for the gear, slipping it into place. "I wouldn't miss a ride on this for the world." He lifted his hand away cautiously to see if it would stay.

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

The gear stayed nicely in place. "Look at that! My Jack, the mechanic." She kissed his cheek.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

He was ridiculously pleased, and it probably showed when he grinned at her. "Not quite, I don't think. I just have clever hands," he said and wiggled his fingers at her. "But I'd like to learn."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Jack's grin was totally adorable, in Sam's opinion. "I knew that about your hands already, but I'll be happy to teach you, if you want."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"I want, definitely. And I'm going to have to come up with something really good to thank you." He leaned over, pausing long enough to say, "This will have to do for the moment," and kissed her deeply.

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam closed her eyes, and enjoyed the moment--the smell of engine parts and engine grease, the feel of Jack's lips on hers, the feel of his hair, slipping through her fingers.

"That will do nicely," she said, breaking away when the urge to breathe became too persistent.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"For a start," Jack promised, slightly breathless and entirely enthralled by Sam. "I was right, you know, you are incredibly, amazingly sexy. You always are, but there's something about you down here that's irresistible."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam looked around the room, then back at Jack. "This is a good place. Closest thing to my lab that I've found."