Ianto stirred again for what Jack hoped to be the final time. He brushed a hand through the young man's hair and looked down at him to see his blue eyes returning the gaze.
"You alright?" Jack asked tentatively. The man in his arms nodded and smiled a little. "Good." Jack said in reply returning the smile. Ianto sat up and Jack removed his arms slowly.
"I guess I should…" He mumbled and swung his legs over the side of the bed.
"Whoa, hold on there mister." Jack warned as he reached out to grab his arm and pull him back, but Ianto was too fast. He moved his arm before Jack could even reach him. "What happened last night? What was it?" Jack asked.
Ianto shook his head, "Nothing, Jack. Nothing." Jack raised an eyebrow at that but decided not to pry. He didn't want to further upset him. Of course he had heard Ianto muttering in his sleep the night before but he didn't have the slightest of what he had really dreamed. Ianto often had dreams about Lisa but none had hit him as hard as that one had. It worried Jack.
Ianto was still watching him, expecting him to argue but Jack just nodded, bringing his hand back to his side as he watched Ianto stand up and get ready. He could already tell it was going to be difficult but he was determined to find out.
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Jack sat at his desk watching Ianto on the other side of the Hub. This was how he had spent the day after this morning's awakening. After Ianto had showered and dressed, with hardly a word, he'd gone off to do his work leaving Jack in the dark. So Jack had taken it upon himself to figure out what and why he wasn't telling him.
He watched him as he busied himself with cleaning the Hub and delivering the warm mugs of coffee to the others, noting how he seemed to be avoiding him. The question was why was he avoiding him? They had both been through this before, why was it so different this time?
Jack tore his eyes away from Ianto who was making small talk with Gwen to look down at his paperwork and sighed. He'd been here for hours now and hadn't written or hardly even looked at a single thing. Sure he skimmed through a few files when Ianto had retreated to the Archives for a while but it was impossible to get any work done when there was the possibility he had done something wrong. Had he? Or was it just the dream?
He shook his head. Now he was getting paranoid. Slowly he lifted his pen again, intent on doing something but his mind refused to think of anything else. Jack growled, threw the pen, and stood up; hurriedly making his way to lean in the doorway.
"Ianto!" He shouted loud enough for the man himself to hear. "Coffee. Now." Ignoring the looks from the other team members he turned back around. Satisfied that Ianto would have to come into his office he sat back in his chair and relaxed.
Up until he saw Ianto take the cup of coffee meant for him to Tosh. He bent down beside her and whispered something in her ear before she stood up taking the coffee and was on her way to his office. Ianto in return turned around and hurried to the Tourist Centre.
Tosh entered Jack's office warily and set down the mug. Jack tried not to look surprised or annoyed.
"Thanks, Tosh." He looked up from the mug on his desk and flashed her a smile.
"No problem, Jack." She looked down and nodded. Obviously confused as to why Ianto had asked her to bring the coffee to him and just over all what was going on between the two of them.
When Jack didn't answer her she turned to leave but stopped and faced him again. "Jack?"
"Yea, Tosh?" This time he looked up from the work he was trying to make it appear like he was doing.
"What happened between you two… As a friend I'm asking."
Jack shook his head slightly and shrugged. "I wish I knew honestly."
"Oh…" She bit her lip.
"Yea."
And with that Tosh left. Leaving Jack to turn to his computer and bring up a screen of the CCTV's, watching the one in the Tourist Centre.
