A/N: For my darling Ali, whom I love and who doesn't need to be jealous. You'd better review baby doll.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
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Gareth seemed to like Gwen. Out of her, Owen and Tosh, she was the only one that Gareth didn't cry at. Deciding that Gwen was capable of looking after him for a bit, he left the sleeping baby in his basket beside her desk and went to talk to Jack who had just attempted to sneak past them into his office without being noticed.
Entering Jack's office he paused by the door and watched Jack for a few seconds. He was banging his head repeatedly against his desk and mumbling to himself.
"Sir?" he asked gently, making Jack jump.
"Oh, Ianto, it's you."
"Yes, Sir. Sir? Is there a problem with me brining Gareth in today? You looked a bit put out that I brought him in. It's just there's nobody to look after him and I couldn't exactly leave him on his-"
"Ianto, it's fine, I was just a little surprised is all," Jack said, ruffling his hair with a slight sigh "I didn't know that you were with someone, Ianto. Or that you were having a kid. I would have thought that you'd share something like that with us."
Ianto was surprised to see that Jack looked genuinely disappointed.
"Sir, Gareth isn't my son, he's my nephew. If you hadn't dashed off you would have heard me tell the others."
"He's not your son? You're single?" Jack asked, an untameable grin spreading across his face.
"Yes, though I'm insulted by how delighted you are at my lack of a love life."
Jack didn't reply but instead flung himself round his desk and kissed Ianto on the lips. Hard. Ianto didn't respond, just stood for a few seconds, arms hanging limply at his sides before stepping away.
"Why…well, err…what was that?"
"Am I that bad a kisser?" Jack joked though inside he felt like his heart was breaking.
"No, it's just, where the hell did that come from?"
Jack nervously ruffled his hair again.
"Okay, I'm going to be honest which hardly ever happens so count yourself lucky," they both knew he was stalling so Jack cleared his throat and went for it "when I thought you were with someone and you had a kid, I was unbelievably jealous and I couldn't face you and stuff. But then when you said Gareth isn't yours I was really really happy and couldn't help kissing you."
Jack's words came out as a big rush and it took Ianto a few seconds to make sense of his speech. When he did he looked incredibly gloomy.
"I'm sorry jack, I can't do this," said Ianto, moving to the door and looking sadly at Jack "Gareth may as well be my son. His parents are dead and I'm his guardian. I have to think about him and how what I do will affect his life. I need to be with someone who's prepared to be a parent to Gareth, and I know you're not that person."
Before Jack could say another word Ianto had slipped out of the office, leaving him stood there, utterly shell-shocked and wondering what he was supposed to do.
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A/N: Poor Jack. Poor lonely Jack. Anyway, only one more chapter to go. Reviews?
