Different but Sane (12/?) Torchwood
Chapter Eleven
Jack
I watched as James slept peacefully in the recovery room of the hub. He seemed so peaceful lying there but I was waiting for those inner demons to surface. Martha had warned me about them from previous experiences when James had been hurt or when she had stayed over for various reasons. James’ had a guest room in his flat.
I started to stroke his untidy light brown hair, trying to flatten it but to no avail. He really did remind me of him, a man I once loved. It was more the soft blue eyes than anything else. That was why Gwen had argued with me, why Martha was worried and why Ianto wanted to help with the experiment. They just didn’t trust me around him. Right now Gwen and Martha had gone home for the night with Martha telling me to ring her if there was any change, while I had snuck down here after Ianto had gone to the archives. I bent over and kissed him lightly on the forehead before sitting back down in my chair.
“Any change?” Ianto asked from the doorway. I knew that he had been watching me from there for a few minutes. I looked over at him and smiled.
“No, still peaceful, the demons seem to be at rest.” I replied, getting up from the chair and walking over to him. “Are you jealous?”
“About what sir?” Ianto asked pretending to be ignorant.
“I don’t know, you tell me.” I answered with a growl. He smirked.
“What are we going to do about Thomas?” He asked, “Are we going to go find him or.....”
“No let him come to us.” I replied putting a finger on Ianto’s lips, “It’s not your fault you couldn’t stop him leaving.” I added before removing the finger.
He nodded and pulled me into a kiss. I closed my eyes and let him control it by sliding his tongue in my mouth. It was obvious he was jealous but there was something he wasn’t telling me. I let it pass and drew back so I could take his hand and drag him to my office.
James
I woke up to light shining from the lamp sitting to the left of me. It was sitting on a bedside table. To the right there was a chair with Jack’s coat hanging on the back. I blinked a few times before sitting up to discover I was in the recovery room of the hub. How I got here I couldn’t remember. I remembered leaving the cafe to go look for Jack, how I realised I must have been close but after that it was a bit hazy. I saw that I still dressed in my clothes and my shoes were placed under the chair that I guessed Jack had been sitting in.
My head felt a little woozy as I swung around to the side of the bed. I sat there for a few minutes until I stood up and started to walk towards the main area of the hub. The light in Jack’s office was still on when I entered which was good. Myfanwy was flying happily up above and I could hear her as I walked up the stairs to Jack’s office. As I got closer I started to hear moaning and groaning coming from inside the office. Then a voice yelled out....
“Oh god, please Jack, more, more.”
I suddenly froze as I realised that Jack and Ianto were in there, having a good time. It didn’t disgust me or anything as I of course had sex with many males in the past. I just didn’t like the idea of someone walking in on a private moment. Now I didn’t want to disturb them so I turned to leave when the door opened and two naked men appeared in an embrace moving towards one of the workstations. Though they didn’t get far when Jack noticed me from the corner of his eye and pulled back. Ianto also saw me and blushed.
“Oh so you’re awake.” Jack said with a smile, “Just in time to join us.”
“Yes I’m awake, though you’re kind of busy so....” I replied before turning to leave but Ianto interrupted.
“No I was going to leave anyway.” Ianto said walking towards the office.
“You don’t have to I’ll just go back to bed.....” I pleaded but he was already inside grabbing his clothes. Jack just stood there, totally naked.
“Are you going to get dressed?” I asked.
“Would you like me to?” He asked right back with a seductive smile.
I was about to answer when Ianto appeared dressed in his suit. He smiled at both of us before taking off down the stairs. I watched him leave through the cog door before I heard footsteps moving towards Jack’s office. Smiling to myself I walked down the stairs and made my way back to the recovery room.
“Ah there it is.” Jack said as he entered the recovery room. I was sitting on the side of the bed watching as he picked up his coat. “You scared me you know.” He added as he straightened his collar on the coat.
“How?” I asked very surprised.
“How much do you remember?” He asked sitting down next to me.
“Not much I’ll admit.” I replied, trying not to look at him. “Why what did I do?”
“Oh it’s nothing,” Jack said but I grabbed his arm. “Seriously it was nothing James Elton.”
I nodded and let go. There was silence for awhile before I stood up and turned around to face him.
“So what happened then?”
“You fainted in the street James Elton, luckily Martha found you.” Jack replied with a smile before standing up. He moved closer to me until we were face to face, our lips almost touching.
“Are you going to kiss me?” I heard myself ask. Jack gave a smile.
“Do you want me to?”
I stepped back and smiled.
“Not really.”