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Ianto snuck through the door of the hub and looked around searching for Jack. He didn't want to talk to him, not after that argument. Going in quietly, so not to wake Jack, he hurried to the kitchen and stopped dead in the doorway.
Stuck to his coffee machine was a single red rose and a note
I'm sorry cariad my life is too long and yours too short to spend it fighting J x
Ianto fingered the angry purple bruise on his cheek but smiled, he loved when Jack was apologetic. He became so romantic and of course make-up sex was the best as Jack tried to adhere to his every whim to make him happy.
A noise came from the door as the others arrived. Ianto grabbed three cups and set about making them coffee. Walking into the hub he handed out the coffee and gave them his best good morning smile .Ianto placed the tray down on Gwen's desk and waited for the inevitable reaction.
"Ianto!" Tosh rushed forward and put a hand to his bruised face "what happened?"
"Its ok, Tosh I just fell over" Ianto batted her away and smiled, well he had provoked him…
Ianto didn't remember how it started but he remembered storming out of Jacks office with a naked Jack hot on his heels yelling at him.
"COME BACK HERE!"
"We aren't working now Jack ,you can't boss me around!"
Ianto remembered, they had been lying in bed, Jack had said something.
"I'm not your toy Jack, I'm not here just for you to use, boss around and then discard when someone else comes along!"
"And I'm not your boyfriend Ianto when we started this you promised it was just sex! I can't afford a boy friend I can't afford to fall in love!"
"Well that's ok! Because I could never love you Jack Harkness! You're vile and my flesh revolts at your touch"
Jack was a little shocked, he didn't know why he was angry at Ianto, it had been his fault he had only mentioned Gwen and her apparent attraction to him, it obviously struck a cord with Ianto.
After that Ianto couldn't remember much only that Lisa was mentioned and Jack had hit him, knocking him to the floor.
Ianto had got up wiping the blood from his spilt lip and stalked out to get dressed.
He had been avoiding Jack since; he didn't want to talk to him.
Ianto went back to the kitchen and made Jack one of his special coffees.
He opened the door to Jacks hatch, Jack had not come out all morning, and the others just assumed he was on a hunt but Ianto knew better.
Climbing carefully down the ladders trying not to tip the tray Ianto called out in a sing-song voice,
"Jaaaack wakey wakey"
"Ianto?" Jack whispered huskily, Ianto could tell he had been crying.
"Yes Jack its me, I've brought you a coffee."
Jacks eyes brightened at the word coffee, he reached out for it as Ianto sat down on the bed next to him.
"Oh Yan I'm so sorry" Jacks face creased with worry as he stroked Iantos cheek.
"It's ok Jack" Ianto placed his own hand on Jacks pulling it away from his face.
Jack looked down at there hands, then into Iantos eyes.
"Ianto last night I said I couldn't afford to fall in love"
Ianto kissed his lips softly and smoothed Jacks rumpled clothes.
"Its ok Jack I'm scared too" Jack looked up from his lap
"Ianto I …I"
"I'm scared to fall in love too, after Lisa I was scared of ever loving again in case I loose it again" taking Jacks face in his hands and smoothing Jacks hair he whispered in Jacks ear "I love you Jack"
"But I will lose you" Jacks face suddenly his years, "I can't go through that again I just can't!"
"Jack, even though that is so we must make the best memories we can so that you have those memories and remember these good times, remember me Jack"
Jack kissed Ianto hard.
"I love you Ianto Jones, and though these times will end I will always remember you"
He pushed Ianto back on the bed and pounced on him throwing his empty mug aside and knocking the tray from Iantos lap
Up in the hub they heard the crash of a mug breaking and the metallic clink of the tray hitting the wall. Owen raised an eyebrow.
"Beer anyone?" he asked heading for the door as the sound of gasping and grunting came floating from the hatch.
Tosh and Gwen glanced at each other and rushed after him.