Authoress Note; I do not own Torchwood or Nickelback. Torchwood belongs to BBC and Nickelback...belongs to Nickelback. Set on the song "Savin' Me" by Nickelback.

Prison gates won't open up for me

On these hands and knees I'm crawlin'

Oh, I reach for you

Well I'm terrified of these four walls

These iron bars can't hold my soul in

All I need is you

His heart aches as he stares at the coffee maker, watching as it slowly brewes and the coffee drips into the pot. His eyes seemed blank, they didn't even show the hurt and daily desperation he always had. Ianto Jones had never been one to sulk before, always ready to move on and let the past be the past. Learn from his mistakes and, eventually, learn to accept them as he went along. But, for once, he couldn't move on. Couldn't forget. Couldn't forgive.

Come please I'm callin'

And oh I scream for you

Hurry I'm fallin'

"Jack!" He screamed, writhing in pain as he viciously fought the shackles on his skinned-wrists, binding him. Yelling Jack's name when he was in trouble was a knee-jerk reaction; it came naturally, something he didn't even think twice of. Jack was the leader of Torchwood, of their messed-up little team. But maybe it was also because Ianto felt safe with Jack; after everything Jack had done to him, killed Lisa and almost killed Ianto himself numerous times, he still trusted the black-robed captain. Even though he hated, loathed, that he had to admit it; Ianto needed Jack. Addicting as a drug, but he made life more livable.

Show me what it's like

To be the last one standing

And teach me wrong from right

And I'll show you what I can be

"You can't die."

Ianto stared him down, not letting the man before him take the easy route out like he always did. For a moment, Jack looked like he would put Ianto in his place, tell him just how things was ran around here. But the only thing that the suddenly-weary captain did was sigh, eyes going heavenward as if he would see all of the answers to life there.

"No, Ianto, I can't die."

There was a silence. Ianto couldn't think of what would be the right - the proper - thing to say to that. But he could only think of what he would like to do, to say. He wanted Jack to see him as a human being, as a person who could do more than just serve tea and coffee, and tidy up while they went on life-threatening adventures to catch the supernatural beings that roamed. How often Ianto just wanted to scream, 'Screw the supernaturals!' and make Jack actually look at him. But he couldn't. Jack would always be the last one standing. Ianto would always be the tea-boy.

Say it for me

Say it to me

And I'll leave this life behind me

Say it if it's worth saving me

"Is it worth it, Jack? Am I worth saving to you?"

The question hung between them for what seemed like hours. Eventually, a small smile crept over Ianto's lips as he looked down into the darkness below him, hanging on for dear life. Jack was on the safe side this time, standing on solid ground while Ianto hung above him, held up by flimsy ropes that were digging into his hands as he held on tighter. The supernatural being was dead. Maybe Ianto would be the second to die that night.

"I thought not." Ianto said quietly, not looking up from the hole below him. How easy it would be to let go, let his hands just slip, and welcome the darkness and the death with open arms. An easy ecscape. Suddenly, his head snapped up and he looked steadilly into Jack's eyes. "Promise me one thing, would you? Get another person to tidy-up for you. You do know how to make a mess."

Jack swallowed. "Ianto, don't do this..."

Ianto just gave him one last sad, small smile. And then he let go.

Heaven's gates won't open up for me

With these broken wings I'm fallin'

And all I see is you

These city walls ain't got no love for me

I'm on the ledge of the eighteenth story

And oh I scream for you

Come please I'm callin'

And all I need from you

Hurry I'm fallin'

Jack was standing above him.

"Ianto."

Ianto silently cursed. Jack had saved him once more; even when it was unwanted. He didn't open his eyes.

"Ianto, you are worth saving."

Hurry I'm Fallin'

"Ianto. I love you."