TITLE: Nightmares

RATING: 15

SPOILERS: End of Days

WARNINGS: Minor Gwen bashing later on, nothing big though.

SUMMARY: How does Ianto cope when Jack leaves?

DISCLAIMER: Torchwood belongs to the BBC. If it was mine everything would be okay in the world and I wouldn't spend my nights crying into a coffee mug.

Nightmares

Chapter 1

Jack awoke slowly, moving his arm to stretch then the tell tale whisper and moan of his lover waking up made him freeze. Ianto rolled over and moaned a little, but settled straight back to sleep. Jack glanced over at the clock by Ianto's bed side table, it was 4 in the morning. Jack sighed as he realized he wouldn't be able to fall asleep again. He very slowly got up, careful not to wake Ianto, and went to the bathroom. He splashed cold water on his face an re emerged half a minute later to Ianto fidgeting aggressively in his sleep.

Jack froze and watched his lover, still not sure if he should wake him or not. Ianto was having a nightmare again, it didn't happen often, but when it did they were bad. Jack thought he was going to cry when he saw the pain on his lovers face. Then Ianto bolted upright gasping for air, sweat dripping down his forehead. It was moments like these that Jack hated. When Ianto was in pain and Jack couldn't help, he hated feeling useless.

He rushed over and jumped into bed next to the Welshman holding him tight pushing his head to his chest and stroking his hair whispering soft pleasantries He simply held Ianto tight for a while thinking there was nothing in the world that would make him let go. He rocked back and forth gently.

''It's okay Ianto. I'm here shhh'' Jack whispered softly into his ear, desperately trying to calm his lover down.
A few minutes later Ianto was silent but he was nuzzled deep into jacks shoulder gripping him tightly.
''Feel better?'' Jack asked
''Yeah. Thank you'' Ianto murmured into his shoulder. He hated to love this, he wondered why Jack was still there holding him. Any normal man would of ran for the hills. But then again, Jack was hardly normal, but he didn't want his boss to think he was weak. In fact it was the last thing he wanted.

Jack slowly lay back down taking a shaken Ianto with him who lay his head down on the Americans chest listening carefully to the steady rhythm of a heart beat.
''What did you dream about Yan?'' Jack asked cautiously. He wanted to kick him self after. Why bring it back up?
Ianto sighed, he was glad Jack cared about him. He knew the American was genuinely concerned when he looked up and saw that his face was full of worry. He hated seeing Jack like this.
''You.'' Ianto said truthfully looking deep into his lovers eyes.

Jack chuckled slightly but his smile wasn't his usual Harkness grin.
''I'm not that bad am I?''
Ianto saw how what he said could be misinterpreted He smiled lightly. No. Jack wasn't that bad all. It was only bad when Jack was gone.
''You died, but you didn't come back this time.'' His smile was wiped clean of his face.

Jack pulled Ianto over so he was on top of him, grabbed his face into his hands and pulled him down into a bone crushing kiss. Ianto's heart swelled and probably skipped a few beats, he simply returned the kiss with as much force and passion as jack. Jack flipped quickly so he was straddled into of Ianto not once breaking the kiss. He kissed his lovers jaw line, down his neck and sucked on his collarbone, listening to a few moans escape Ianto's mouth. When sitting back up he could see Ianto was feeling alot better which in turn made Jack smile.
''I'm not going anywhere Ianto trust me.''

That's when Jack died, came back. Then left all over again.

Next chapter soon! Reviews are appreciated alot :3