There ain't no point in moving on
Summary: While Jack is gone Ianto finds someone else. What will happen when he comes back.
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Chapter one
It had been two weeks since Ianto and the rest of the team had come back to an empty hub. Since then Ianto had been spending his free time in his local pub, drinking alone,going home at three in the morning half drunk. He did not understand Jack. When Jack had come back from the 1940s they had a vague conversation about taking their relationship to the next level. When Jack had come back to life, he had kiss Ianto in front of everyone as if he was making a statement , next thing Ianto knew Jack was gone. There was a night were he left a voice message half drunk "where the hell are you, are you coming back, I miss you. No, you know what, fuck you,I know you not coming back because if you were you'll be back by now. I don't need you to be happy, I don't dot need your smile to light up my day, or you to look at me to make me feel safe, you know what I'm done moping about you. Goodbye" . But the truth is he needed Jack more than anything thing.
Ianto was staring at the half empty glass of whiskey, Jack's favorite. When a finger taped him on the shoulder, instantly he turn around and said Jack's name.
"Who?" Said a man standing next to Ianto " Ianto it's me, David from uni"
David, his first male crush, when he discovered he was bi, he never acted on it, I never made a move. The first time he made a move on a man was on Jack, and there he was again thinking about Jack.
"Yeah, David sorry, long time no see" Ianto said trying not to seem like a mess " how are you?"
"Fine and you "
"Well you know..."
David took a chair and said " mind if I join you"
They talk about old times, for the first time in days he was not thinking about Jack
They talked way into the night. It had turned out that David had a crush on Ianto in university, and was to shy to say anything, he was now a successful businessman. When David asked Ianto about his job he said he worked for the government and that the official secrets act prevent him to say any more.
"So, what are you doing in a pub on a Wednesday night on your own?" Asked Ianto
" Just came in to the toilet, on my way home, and I could ask you the same"
" Oh, the guy I was seeing left with no explanation, so I practically live here now" the Ianto said like it was no big deal.
"Jack?" Ianto looked confused " you were hoping he was the one who tapped you on the shoulder won't you"
"Yes" confessed Ianto bitterly "I just miss him"
" I understand, it sucks to be dumped for no reason" David said " the best thing you can do is to move on" he lent over and kissed Ianto. Ianto did not pull away, but instead pleased his hand on David's neck.
When they pulled away ianto bite his lip and said "I live five minutes away"
Next morning Ianto walked into the hub, a different man. He gave everyone coffee with a smile, he wrote the reports happily. He hummed as he cleaned up. He still was thinking about someone but that someone was not Jack any more.
In the afternoon he got a text message from David
" hey, had fun last night. I was wondering if you like to have dinner tomorrow night.
Xxx David "
Ianto smiled like David said the best thing to do is to move on. He responded
" I'd love to, see you Friday
Ianto:)"
TBC