Kiss 1\1
#006 in my Jack/Ianto prompt table "kiss"
synopsis: It's been a week, and Ianto still hasn't agreed to a date.
Rating: PG
Spoiler(s): season 2, episode 1 (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang)
Pairing: Ianto/Jack, Ianto/Tosh(implied)
“When are you free for that date?” Jack walked into the information centre and leaned on the door frame. “It's been a week now.”
“I'm off whenever you tell me.” He concentrated on stacking the new leaflets on the desk. “So that would be never; I can't remember the last time I had a night off, something always happens. Weevil attacks, Blowfish, your psychotic ex-boyfriends.”
“So, you didn't get much time off whilst I was away?”
“No. Surprisingly I was a little busy.” He turned around. “I went out with Tosh a few times for a drink, but we always got called back. Torchwood doesn't leave time for much of a love life.”
“You and Toshiko?” Jack sounded surprised. “Together?”
The Welshman smiled a little. “It was never really going to work; it ended up as more of a lonely hearts club than a date to be honest. It felt like kissing my sister-- if I had a sister.”
“You kissed her?” Jack's lips suddenly became very dry and his fingers fidgeted with the rack of leaflets. “Was it just a kiss, or was it more than a kiss? Did you--”
“We went on a few dates Jack, use your imagination.”
“I don't think I want to imagine that, I think something would short-circuit if I tried.” he licked his lips for the second time and swallowed something hard, yet invisible, in his throat. “I mean to think of you two together, being together, it just doesn't register in my mind as something real.”
“A lot happened whilst you were away. It was like finding another way to live, everything had to be done a different way. Life was hard without you.”
“Obviously not too hard.”
“You want to be careful, you're very close to sounding jealous.”
Jack lowered his head but locked eyes with him across the room. “Do I have anything to be jealous of?”
“Well, you don't really have any right. You left.”
“But I came back.”
Ianto was silent for a moment, and sighed a little before walking slowly towards Jack as he leaned on the wall. “Are you going to leave?”
“I can't promise that I'll stay, but I can promise that I won't want to leave you again.”
“And that's how you felt before?” Ianto asked. “You wanted to leave?”
“I wanted answers from my Doctor and I got them, now I want something else.”
The Welshman stood in front of him. “What?”
“I want you.”
“You know that you can't just waltz back into my life like you never left it, don't you?” Ianto closed the gap between them until their bodies were almost touching. “I won't let you pick things up where you left them. No more late-night meetings in your office for a quickie before bedtime, I want more than that and if you can't give me that then forget it; I'm not your sex toy.”
“Why do you think I asked you out on a date?”
Ianto smiled. “To soften me up so that I would allow you to give me one in the office?” He kissed his lips softly. “I'm free tomorrow night, you can pick me up and take me somewhere nice.”
“Eight o'clock?”
“Seven thirty” Ianto corrected, “ if you're late then don't bother coming. You get one chance.”
“Noted and understood.”
Ianto walked away towards the desk and pressed the red button to open the door.
“Just out of interest. You and Toshiko--”
The Welshman smiled as he walked through the doorway. “It was over before it began.”
synopsis: It's been a week, and Ianto still hasn't agreed to a date.
Rating: PG
Spoiler(s): season 2, episode 1 (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang)
Pairing: Ianto/Jack, Ianto/Tosh(implied)
“When are you free for that date?” Jack walked into the information centre and leaned on the door frame. “It's been a week now.”
“I'm off whenever you tell me.” He concentrated on stacking the new leaflets on the desk. “So that would be never; I can't remember the last time I had a night off, something always happens. Weevil attacks, Blowfish, your psychotic ex-boyfriends.”
“So, you didn't get much time off whilst I was away?”
“No. Surprisingly I was a little busy.” He turned around. “I went out with Tosh a few times for a drink, but we always got called back. Torchwood doesn't leave time for much of a love life.”
“You and Toshiko?” Jack sounded surprised. “Together?”
The Welshman smiled a little. “It was never really going to work; it ended up as more of a lonely hearts club than a date to be honest. It felt like kissing my sister-- if I had a sister.”
“You kissed her?” Jack's lips suddenly became very dry and his fingers fidgeted with the rack of leaflets. “Was it just a kiss, or was it more than a kiss? Did you--”
“We went on a few dates Jack, use your imagination.”
“I don't think I want to imagine that, I think something would short-circuit if I tried.” he licked his lips for the second time and swallowed something hard, yet invisible, in his throat. “I mean to think of you two together, being together, it just doesn't register in my mind as something real.”
“A lot happened whilst you were away. It was like finding another way to live, everything had to be done a different way. Life was hard without you.”
“Obviously not too hard.”
“You want to be careful, you're very close to sounding jealous.”
Jack lowered his head but locked eyes with him across the room. “Do I have anything to be jealous of?”
“Well, you don't really have any right. You left.”
“But I came back.”
Ianto was silent for a moment, and sighed a little before walking slowly towards Jack as he leaned on the wall. “Are you going to leave?”
“I can't promise that I'll stay, but I can promise that I won't want to leave you again.”
“And that's how you felt before?” Ianto asked. “You wanted to leave?”
“I wanted answers from my Doctor and I got them, now I want something else.”
The Welshman stood in front of him. “What?”
“I want you.”
“You know that you can't just waltz back into my life like you never left it, don't you?” Ianto closed the gap between them until their bodies were almost touching. “I won't let you pick things up where you left them. No more late-night meetings in your office for a quickie before bedtime, I want more than that and if you can't give me that then forget it; I'm not your sex toy.”
“Why do you think I asked you out on a date?”
Ianto smiled. “To soften me up so that I would allow you to give me one in the office?” He kissed his lips softly. “I'm free tomorrow night, you can pick me up and take me somewhere nice.”
“Eight o'clock?”
“Seven thirty” Ianto corrected, “ if you're late then don't bother coming. You get one chance.”
“Noted and understood.”
Ianto walked away towards the desk and pressed the red button to open the door.
“Just out of interest. You and Toshiko--”
The Welshman smiled as he walked through the doorway. “It was over before it began.”