This fic never actually got given a title, so it still remains 'Untitled'.
It's a Jack/Gwen/Ianto story, starting from season 2, episode 4, 'Meat'.
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Ianto walks into Jack's office. It's been half an hour since Gwen stormed out of the hub after refusing to RetCon Rhys. He sits on Jack's desk, facing him.
Ianto: Got my stopwatch at the ready, Sir.
Ianto smiled.
Jack: I'm not really in the mood tonight, Ianto.
Ianto sighs.
Ianto: It's Gwen, isn't it?
Silence.
Ianto: You love her, don't you?
Silence.
Ianto: I need to know, Jack. I need to know where I stand with you.
Silence.
Ianto: Please, Jack.
Jack sighs.
Jack: Ianto, it's complicated.
Ianto: We have all night.
Jack: It - it's not that I don't love youIanto, I do. It's just that...Gwen, she -
Ianto: She's special.
Jack: Yeah.
Silence.
Ianto: Jack. Don't do this to yourself. It's not fair on anyone. You'd clearly rather be with Gwen. Just, tell her how you feel.
Jack: How can I? She's already found the man she's going to spend the rest of her life with. She's marrying him soon, for God's sake. I can't just waltz up to her and say 'congratulations on your engagement, oh, by the way, I'm in love with you'.
Ianto: You have to. If you don't, you'll never forgive yourself. The only thing you're scared of is admitting to your own feelings. Jack, you're so scared that someone has the ability to hurt you that, in the long run, the only person who ends up hurting you is yourself. You almost lost me when you couldn't admit your feelings. Just, don't let history repeat itself. That's all I'm saying.
Jack sighed.
Jack: Ianto, just leave me alone. Please.
Ianto waits for a moment, then, when Jack doesn't look back, turns and walks out of the hub without a backward glance, a tear sliding down his cheek as he realises that he has probably lost the man he loves.
To be continued...