"No?" is all Jack can think to repeat in a very unassured voice. Wants to say What do you mean, no? and Come back but of course he can't because he knows what "no" means -- though his body is having quite the struggle to understand it -- and to ask Norrington to come back into bed when he clearly doesn't want to would show too much of how much he wants this himself.

So he just flops backwards into the sheets and throws an arm over his eyes. Gives out a groan of frusteration as he abstractly listens to Norrington stutter his way through an excuse.

When he asks Jack if he understands, Jack mutters, "Not bloody really," but it's so quiet that he doesn't know if Norrington heard him or not.

This is really entirely unfair and with his erection still containing most of his attention, Jack is a bit distracted from acting immediately. If there ever was a time he wished he was the type of man to care naught about a willing bed partner, this is it. And he still wants to ask what Norrington means by "no".

But he won't. So instead he just mumbles out a bit bitterly, "This isn't one of your strict Naval regulations is it?"

Because teasing Norrington is about all his mind can can up with at this moment.