Chapter 2 - Wearing Too Much
Ianto began to get dressed, trying to ignore Jack, who was stood on the walkway watching his every move. Grabbing his trousers from under a pile of papers he pulled them on over his boxers, he continued to be watched by his observer. He pulled his shirt off the plant it had obviously landed on earlier.
"Jack! For God's sake, stop watching me and put some clothes on!" He yelled, beginning to do up his shirt buttons. Jack was still stood on the walkway, a smirk on his face.
"Maybe I don't want to!" Came his immature reply. "And leave those undone."
"Don't want to stop watching or put some clothes on?" Ianto asked, leaving the buttons and shoving his tie into his pocket.
"Both…"
"Jack! Where are your clothes anyway?" He suddenly realised that since the others had left, he hadn't seen Jack wearing any clothes at all.
"I left them at your apartment." Jack answered proudly.
"But you were wearing them this morning… oh nice one Jack!" That must have been where he disappeared to before the hide and seek that never really happened. "Well don't you have some spares or something?"
"I knew you'd say that, so guess what I did with them."
"Oh marvellous! Now what? You can't exactly go about wearing nothing. And I've only got this outfit." Jack looked at him suggestively. "No! Don't even think about it! You are not having these!"
"Then perhaps we should go and collect them…" He smirked at Ianto.
"You could just have said if you wanted to go back to the apartment."
"It's more fun this way… don't you think?"
"'Fun' is not the word I would use, 'stressful' yes maybe."
"Live a little Ianto. No point wasting your life being boring."
"You think I'm boring?!" Ianto was not very pleased with Jack's tactless comment.
"Would I be stood here naked if you were boring?"
"I don't know, would you? Yes probably, just with some other poor victim."
"Victim?! Hardly Ianto."
"It's hard to take you serious when you're stood there naked." Jack walked over towards where Ianto was stood, placing his hands on his shoulders.
"I don't think 'victim' is the right word, 'partner' maybe. Boyfriend? Love?"
"Seriously Sir, if you want to try the romantic thing, you need to be wearing some clothes!"
"Seriously Ianto, if you want me to do the romantic thing, you need to stop calling me sir!" Jack yelled back, mimicking Ianto's tone of voice.
"Oh, very mature!" He snapped back.
"Look Ianto, if I go put some thing on will you stop arguing?!" Jack never would have thought that the first time he called Ianto his boyfriend he would get yelled at for being naked.
"Maybe…" Ianto did his best to stay annoyed, which was hard to do when Jack was stood right there completely naked, barely seeming to care and had just called him his boyfriend; which really made him want to kiss him and more.
"Well I'll go and get my clothes then!" Jack headed towards the Hub's exit, letting the huge metal door roll aside.
"But Jack! You're still…" The door slammed shut behind him. "…naked!" He sighed, this could be interesting.
Ianto ran over to the pavement slab lift, jumping onto it and activating the control panel. Hopefully he would be able to get to the apartment before Jack did. Luckily he didn't live too far away from the Hub.
He climbed into the SUV, heading for the back of the apartment building; he could already hear sirens, most likely the police after Jack. Ianto parked the SUV in a car park behind the building, sneaking into the back entrance, he could see the blue lights reflecting off the nearby buildings.
He took the elevator, it had to be a quicker than walking up 6 flights of stairs.
He unlocked the door, half surprised to see that Jack was already there, sat on the edge of the bed, legs crossed. But he was happy to see he had decided to put something on.
"How on earth did you manage to get all the way here completely naked?!" Ianto exclaimed, making sure he shut and locked the door behind him.
"Police can't catch me!" Jack replied.
"I thought you would be the reason for the sixteen police cars outside!"
"Sixteen?! That's a record for me!"
"A record?! What is it with you and danger?!"
"Hey! Stop trying to argue with me. At least I'm wearing something now!" Jack was annoyed that Ianto continued the argument even when he had sorted out the initial problem.
"Well if you ask me I think you're wearing a little too much now Jack…" Ianto sat down on the bed next to Jack; he couldn't keep up the angry act any longer, Jack had called him his boyfriend barely ten minutes ago, how could he be angry at him?
"Same could be said about you Ianto." Jack wasn't about to pass up an opportunity like this.
"For once I totally agree." Ianto told him, leaning in to give him a kiss, which Jack passionately returned…
Jack wrapped his arms protectively around Ianto, pulling him closer against his body. He loved moments like this, they gave him a chance to appreciate the things about Ianto that no one else did; his musky smell always with a slight hint of coffee, the vulnerability that he never let any one else see, among others.
"Jack."
"Hmm?"
"I was never your victim. Partner yes and definitely boyfriend."
Jack smiled. "Love?" He asked inquisitively.
"Only if you'll be mine."
"Hmm… I do love you Ianto…" He murmured the statement, half wondering if it was a good idea to admit it.
"I love you too…" Ianto cuddled up closer to Jack, and he wrapped his arms tighter around him.
Jack couldn't help but smile, it had been a long time since he had admitted to loving someone; he had been hurt so many times. But he had finally said it, he loved Ianto, he had known that for a long time. But he was glad to be told that he loved him back, even if deep down he'd always known.
He gazed down at his young lover, he looked so peaceful sleeping; you never would have known the tortures he had been through, especially the ones Jack knew he still dreamt about. He had lost count of how many times he had woken Ianto from the nightmares; he always hated seeing him so scared and upset. But all the same it was good to know that Ianto needed him, and to be honest he needed him too, though he doubted he would ever admit it.
He knew that eventually they would not be together anymore, ''til death do us part' they always said, he knew about that too well, but he didn't want to think about that; now was what was important, these moments with the one man he loved more than anything.
A/N: That's all for now... I will most likely do more chapters, just to have a break from my regular ones, though these may be a long way ahead since I have 3 fics to keep up and 2 more I want to do some time.
