Pushed To The limit
The clock on Tosh's computer flashed 6:15am in bright red digits when he switched it on. Ianto was always the first one there. Just to make sure everything was nice and clean for when the team turned up. He looked up into Captain Jack's office seeing the lights switched of there was a blue glowing light coming from the sleeping space. Out of curiosity Ianto climbed the stairs and walked into Jack's office, looking down in the small sleeping area Ianto saw Jack sprawled out in bed. Ianto took that moment to watch him sleeping, he looked so peaceful and child like.
"You're staring." Ianto jumped at the sudden disruption of the silence as Jack opened his eyes.
"I'm sorry sir; I didn't know you were still here." Ianto turned bright red at his embarrassment and started to walk out.
"Hey I didn't say it was a bad thing, I thought I sent you kids home." Jack said as he rushed over to Ianto while putting his shirt on. Ianto looked at the floor.
"You did, sometimes I don't want to go home, and it's too quite and lonely." Ianto confessed.
"It is here as well when no-ones around isn't it." Jack questioned, Ianto just shrugged and went to make coffee.
"How are you Ianto?" Jack asked staring up at the man.
"I'm fine, sir."
"You really need to start calling me Jack, Ianto." Jack said as he walked the steps up into the small sitting area and sitting down behind Ianto. "We never got to go on that date."
"Date?"
"Yeah, you know that one I asked you on when we were in the office."
"There are more things that are important right now."
"Yeah but still, Gwen has her life outside of here, Tosh and Owen do too. Why can't we." Jack smiled. Ianto passed Jack his cup of coffee magic. Jack nodded his thanks, Ianto continued to work instead of sitting down and enjoying his morning coffee. Jack looked at Ianto and grabbed his arms stopping him from working.
"Yeah, they may have their life... but for now, we have to work" Ianto moved away from Jack. Just as jack was getting up the hub door opened to reveal Toshiko, Owen and Gwen walking in laughing "yeah I can't believe that either" Tosh giggled walking over to her computer.
"What's so funny" Jack put his hands on his hips.
Tosh looked up at Jack. "Oh it's just a something Owen said." Gwen and Owen burst out laughing behind them.
"Ianto make some of you coffee magic if you will." Owen told him as he walked over to his desk and switched his computer on. Ianto looked at Jack and walked back over to the coffee machine.
"Owen you're going to have to make your own coffee this morning, I need to speak to Ianto, Privately!" Ianto looked at Jack. "Ianto in my office." Jack left without another word. The team looked at Ianto with confusion in their eyes.
Ianto closed the door as he walked into Jack's office, he stood still not sure on what to do. "Sit" Jack said from behind his desk. Ianto sat on the sofa near the window and stared at his hands.
"Ok, you're not leaving this office until you tell me what's wrong." Ianto stayed quite. "Ianto you need to tell me what's wrong?"
"Why do you care?" Ianto shouted at Jack. The team down below looked up at the office after hearing Ianto shout. "I clean up your mess, Make the coffee, make sure everything's perfect. When do I ever get a thank you?" Ianto stood up and left without another word. Jack stood up and ran out to Ianto. Gwen, Tosh and Owen had stopped what they were doing and watched the scene unfold. Ianto was halfway down the steps when Jack grabbed him.
"Get of me!!" Ianto pushed Jack and ran out of the hub. Jack picked himself up of of the floor and looked at the now closing hub door.
"What the hell was that all about?" Owen asked.
"Nothing" Jack turned to the team. "Don't you have work to do?" Jack then walked back into this office in pure shock of what Ianto had done and said.
Ianto walked around outside for a bit instead of going home. He couldn't believe he had just done that, normally, Ianto wasn't a violent person but this job gets to you. Ianto sat down on the bench and put his head in his hand.
"Rough day?" a male voice said. Ianto looked up and saw a young man staring down at him. The man sat beside Ianto and looked at him.
"Look I don't mean to sound rude, but I want to be on my own." Ianto said.
"Yeah I gathered that seeing as you were sat by yourself, but my mum always said that when your angry or upset, if you on your own for to long, it just gets worse, you should talk to someone about it." Ianto looked at the man
"So I should talk to you?"
The man smirked. "No not if you don't want to, but I'm a good listener." The man smiled at Ianto and held out his gloved hand "I'm Scott, Scott Fisher, and you are…?"
Ianto hesitated before taking hold of the man hand. "Ianto Jones." Scott smiled and shook his hand.
"Well Ianto Jones, what's on your mind?"