Oh, and, despite me talking lots about soldier/lover, I do want to clarify. I think their relationship amalgamates the two. Ianto, when Jack is about to swan off again says, (with a not-genuine smile and mildness) "you're the boss"-- it's a clear dig, a subtle reprimand, and from JB's face you see that Jack takes it as such. So clearly Ianto follows Jack because he chooses to, because he respects/loves him, not just because "he's the boss"-- he's telling Jack, essentially, 'you're being a tosser, you're treating me like a subordinate, and I'm clearly more than that', Or rather, signalling his awareness that Jack is trying to box their personal discussion into a 'work' box, where he can be the boss and Ianto is his employee and he's in his mysterious, disappearing comfort-zone, but that ain't gonna cut it. This goes some way into explaining how they manage to deal with their work/life balance, to keep it all separate-- have a domestic but still go on a mission an hour later, you know?
Clearly it's 2am and I'm overthinking. I think bed is the only useful response! :D
Hell, even at work Ianto sometimes shows up Jack - in KKBB he orders him around, in Meat Jack defers to him in front of Rhys ("Do I show off?" "Just a bit.") Ianto has never been a weepy sub. Never. Ianto follows Jack utterly and completely out of choice and he has gone against his orders/wishes in the past when he thought it was the right thing to do (end of days).
Oh, and, despite me talking lots about soldier/lover, I do want to clarify. I think their relationship amalgamates the two. Ianto, when Jack is about to swan off again says, (with a not-genuine smile and mildness) "you're the boss"-- it's a clear dig, a subtle reprimand, and from JB's face you see that Jack takes it as such. So clearly Ianto follows Jack because he chooses to, because he respects/loves him, not just because "he's the boss"-- he's telling Jack, essentially, 'you're being a tosser, you're treating me like a subordinate, and I'm clearly more than that', Or rather, signalling his awareness that Jack is trying to box their personal discussion into a 'work' box, where he can be the boss and Ianto is his employee and he's in his mysterious, disappearing comfort-zone, but that ain't gonna cut it. This goes some way into explaining how they manage to deal with their work/life balance, to keep it all separate-- have a domestic but still go on a mission an hour later, you know?
Clearly it's 2am and I'm overthinking. I think bed is the only useful response! :D
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NIGHT.
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Jack: ...I like the philosophy.
Ianto: I gathered.
:DDD
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