"Am I?" Jack asked, a half smile on his face as he looked towards the Doctor.

It wasn't as simple as that though now, was it? He didn't just want to be with the Doctor, one of his team, under his wing, a step behind. He wanted to be here, a step beside, always there.

"Yeah," he said with a nod, "well you're mine. So it evens out."

Jack looked down to the water and the frayed edge of the rope ladder he could see just ahead. He let the bag fall down from his shoulder and hooked on his arm and he took hold of the device.

"Got it," he said, swinging the back down to an alcove in the rock face. "Time to do some heroics. No stupid moves, got it."

He threw the device up and caught it again before nodding to him. "One more thing though, before we go down..."

And on that, he leaned in and kissed him.

"Right. Now I'm ready."