"Ianto," jack roared across the hub, "what is this you have done to me?"
Ianto looked back at jack with a puzzled expression, he had not see jack looking so tired for ages, actually he had never looked so tired. "Jack I have no idea what you mean"
"the past week every time I have fallen asleep I have seen your face," Ianto brows raised " I have not seen you sexually just you are there" He stood up and walked across to Ianto tripping over wires and chairs as he went. "see this Mr. Jones," he pointed to the tidy hub, "this is what you've done, I dare not sleep so I stay away and tidy over and over again."
"well Jack this is the cleanest I have seen the hub since I have started so I see it as a good thing," Ianto embraced Jack in his arms as his legs started to wobble, "Coffee?" Jack's head nodded. Ianto dragged the older man to the nearest still standing chair and placed him on the sofa; as there was less chance of him falling off that. "Why did we ever finish what we has jack?"
Jack looked at Ianto still with love in his eyes, "it was all my time away with the doctor remember you said the distance was killing you," Jacks eyes started to tear up from thoughts.
Ianto smiled as he gave jack the coffee, "looks like we are going to have to get some more coffee you have drank it all," he said with a cheery tone to his voice. Jack took a long gulp of coffee and looked into Ianto's eyes. "Jack it was good but it was painful."
"Can you wait?" Jack asked Ianto now more wake.
"Wait?" Ianto was now even more puzzled, "wait for what?"
"Well the doctor is going soon something to do with his daughter and I am staying again, I will be about 10 minutes away from yours on the bay." Jack held his breath for what seemed an eternity searching for an answer.
"We'll see but I have feeling for someone else, not saying its going to go anywhere yet but who knows?" Ianto looked at jack, and saw him in tears, the words we'll see and then hearing that Ianto had moved on killed him again, his heart sank.
Jack pulled back his tears "but…." he took a sip of the coffee to help calm him "it was only distance did you forget me that easy?" He got up and walked over to the coffee machine and left his cup by the side of it.
"I could never forget you, just the distance made us better friends"
"the distance, Ianto was not negotiable the doctor needed me so I had no choice, but it was only distance" By this point jack had took Ianto in his arms and was whispering into his ear as he knew saying it any louder would cause him to start to cry again, and he had only just stopped.
"I love you, and I hope you know that but I can't not see you it hurt me too much" Ianto stood up and walked over to his computer. "this…" he pointed to a video jack had left for him before he disappeared, "this was all I had at night, a video, how can that be a relationship?" Ianto's voice was almost a shout, jack had never heard him shout unless it was pleasant words or subtle sound from when they were in bed together.
"please Ianto don't shout," Jack was crying again "I'm sorry I couldn't be closer but I will be soon."
"why shouldn't I shout is it hurting you like you hurt me?" A tear ran down Ianto's face the memories of the pain were flooding back, "did you ever think how I would feel?"
"everyday!" Jack shouted through the tears, "I thought of you everyday, every time I died I prayed it wouldn't be the last so I could see you again."
The cog door moved and the sirens sounded, jack knew someone was coming. Ianto looked at the camera's "it's only Gwen." Jack stood up and walked toward his office and put on his coat, "running away again?" Ianto snapped again.
"no I don't want her to see me crying, so I am going to the vaults." Jack wiped his eyes, "coming?"
"NO! Jack you can't control me anymore, I am not your tea boy" Ianto's tears ran faster as he became more angry with jack and more saddened at the way he was treating jack at the same time. Jack took one last look at the hub and ran to the vaults to talk to Janet, at least she wouldn't shout at him.