It had taken nearly a week to convince Ianto to go out to a club with him, then another week to find a free night. Without Tosh and Owen it was hard to find time away from Torchwood. However the day had only amounted to a Weevil and was mostly calm, Gwen could handle it for the night. She had seemed happy enough to give them a night out together. The puppy eyes that Jack had flashed at her probably had something to do with this. Jack had nearly dragged Ianto from the Hub, stopping only to order the younger man to change from his suit into something more suitable. After asking around and some research Jack had found what he thought might be the best club in Cardiff, at least for this occasion. It was loud with thumping music and young attractive men. It had been awhile since he'd been to a gay club and Jack had even changed out of his period military for the occasion. Generally he wasn't one to label, but it would be nice change to be in a room where he could hit on any of the men he wanted without getting hit. Almost like being in his time again.

It hadn't been easy to get in at the door, Ianto hadn't been to a gay club since he was in collage, before Lisa had charmed her way into his life. As they walked up to the curb the music could be heard from inside, muffled by the walls. Men dressed in tight designer clothing. Jack took the lead at the door and since it was a weeknight they managed to get in with a Jack Harkness smile and no hassle.

As soon as they stepped through the door the music blasted around them in a nearly deafening mindless roar, the underlying beat thrummed through them like a living heart beat. Jack could feel it in his chest like a second heart and he mused upon the feeling, wondering if the Doctor felt like this all the time, two hearts thundering away in his chest. Strobe lights flashed, spotlights panned over the floor, colors bounced dazzlingly off ever surface. He watched the men on the dance floor, all of them moving to the music, a writhing mass of kissing and groping and grinding. Jack felt vaguely nostalgic for the fifty first century.

He caught Ianto's eye but his young lover tugged him over to the bar at the side off the room pushing Jack into a stool and sitting down beside him. Jack chuckled and ordered two beers placing the money on the bar, shooting the bartender a winning smile. Ianto rolled his eyes, but he took his beer and drank deeply. Jack looked around him, sipping slowly, his eyes glued rather blatantly to the many attractive men around him. The music around him was familiar, but after the seventies he'd stopped trying to keep up with it at all.

The song slid into another , smoothly with no interruptions and Ianto lifted his head in recognition. He didn't move, still drinking, but Jack could see by the way he nodded his head along that he at least enjoyed the song. He took one last swallow of beer and stood up, offering a hand to his lover.

"Would you like to dance?" He asked, bowing at the waist in a gentlemanly gesture. Ianto rolled his eyes, but he smiled and took the hand, letting himself be pulled to his feet and dragged out onto the dance floor. The club was crowded even on a Thursday, but the space between him and Jack was hardly existent and the music thrummed through him as he danced with Jack for the first time in public. He wasn't counting that time at Gwen's wedding. It hadn't' really been much of a dance, and he'd noticed the way Jack was watching the rest of the team over his shoulder.

"Aren't you glad you came?" Jack hardly had to lean in order to speak next to his ear, though he still had to yell, unable to speak over the music. Ianto smirked at the man and nodded, pressing against Jack's chest.

A sudden tapping on his shoulder made Jack pull away if only a little and turn his head. A young blond with clothing that wouldn't have fit it had been any tighter and large blue eyes was standing behind him, watching Ianto.

"Mind if I cut in?" He asked, but he didn't actually wait for Jack to respond, instead treating it as a rhetorical question and he more or less pushed Jack out of the way, sliding between them and stealing Jack partner. Ianto's eyes widened in surprise but Jack smiled, laughing and moved back and away, giving Ianto all the permission he needed to mingle. Jack knew well enough that he was the only man that Ianto had had any sort of relationship with since collage.

He managed to make it back to the bar, sitting back down at the same spot as before. The bartender smiled at him and handed him a glass, pouring something amber into it. Jack thanked him, but he was trying to catch glimpses of Ianto through the crowd.

"Your boyfriend wander off?" It was the bartender, leaning on the counter, and Jack realized he was the only one sitting at the bar. He drank the shot and tried not to scowl.

"He doesn't let me keep that leash on him outside of the house." Jack fell back on his jokes, trying to keep his grin both light and perverted. He pushed the empty shot glass up further on the bar and the bartender refilled the tiny glass. "I don't know why, He looks good in a collar. Nearly as good as he looks in a suit." Jack drank down the shot in a single swallow, and the bartender grinned, barking out a sharp laugh.

"You're a real flirt aren't you?" He observed and Jack laughed back, turning back to the crowd to search for Ianto. He spotted him after a moment. Some dark hair boy toy had taken a liken to his lover. He nearly growled, watching the man move against Ianto, so close they must have been able to feel each other breath on their cheeks. He took back anything before he had said in reference to this being like his time. Men in his time weren't boyfriend thieves! Well, actually that was lie. They were, but it made him feel better to curse the 21st century and every man in it that had eyes for Ianto.

He sat, watching the dance floor and exchanging occasional words with the bartender for nearly a dozen more songs and half a dozen more shots. One for every time Ianto changed men. Being immortal had it's merits in how much alcohol you could drink. He wouldn't be driving, but he was still going to be lucid. He was nearly ready for his seventh shot when Ianto managed to find his way back, panting a little and with a silly grin. He sat down beside Jack, and lean over to kiss his lover. He intended a quick peck, put Jack pulled him in for a long lingering kiss, nearly pulling his lover into his lap.

They were rather distracted when the bartender cleared his throat. They both looked over, Ianto smiling guilty, and Jack grinning triumphantly, having staked his claim over Ianto. The bartender chuckled.

"Hey, lover boys. The cutie over at the end of the bar wants to know if you my popular friend would let him buy you a drink." Ianto looked up in surprise to see a darkly handsome man give him a half wave. He just blinked back, stunned at the attention he was getting.

"No, I'm...I'm good." He smiled at the bartender, who shrugged and moved away, Jack couldn't help but shoot a triumphant look over Ianto's shoulder at his defeated rival. Ianto himself looked at the shot glasses in front of them and raised an eyebrow at Jack. "It's a good thing you have that immortal metabolism." Jack laughed and kissed Ianto again, this time this kiss managed to be chaste. A silence descended, one that was more metaphorical then literal, the music still blaring the the background. Jack would have asked Ianto to dance again but his lover still looked tired and Jack was afraid of losing him to the masses again.

Ianto waved the bartender down and ordered something cool and sweet and sat sipping "I'm sorry I made to wait." He smiled at Jack and took another long sip off his drink. He hummed along to a song, and Jack watched him, not able to help the fact that Ianto made him feel something warm. Something more then lust.

He had been watching Ianto, too closely is seemed because he didn't notice a man approaching until he was already sliding into the seat beside Ianto and ordering a drink. He was young and attractive, and watching Ianto with a smile. Jack watched with gritted teeth as he introduced himself charmingly and smiled and behaved like the perfect gentleman he looked. They were no more then a few feet away but he couldn't hear what was being said, the other man talking softly so Ianto had to strain and lean in closer to hear. He did hear Ianto laugh, and noticed the bartenders apologetic smile. He didn't react, and rather ordered a beer.

He sat, sourly sipping at the beer and watching Ianto be seduced by another man. Well he did think that Ianto needed to get out more. Wasn't this what he wanted? No, it really wasn't. He took a drink and thought about just grabbing Ianto and leaving, or punching out that other man who was hitting on his lover. He stared morosely down at his drink. Someone grabbed his shoulder, and he turned slowly to see Ianto, the younger man smiling at him.

"C'mon. Let's go." He placed a few bills on the bar, paying for both their drinks and tugged Jack up. Jack looked over his shoulder to see the man who's been seducing Ianto had moved on. Jack grinned and slid his arms around Ianto's waist, pulling his lover close. Ianto scowled at Jack for the surprise but then he smiled and didn't pull away. As they left the club Jack could have skipped, and Ianto noticing his excitement but thinking it from the alcohol, chuckled.

"Stop that." He laughed, his arm moving around Jack waist and nearly tripping them both. They laughed, and Jack casually hailed a taxi, not having brought a car so they could both drink. Ianto smirked at his lover's relaxed posture.

"Hurry this up so you can shag me senseless while the night is young." Jack looked over at Ianto with a lecherous grin and nearly pushed his younger lover into the taxi. Ianto gave the man the address to his flat, seeing as Jack lived in the hub and soon the were sitting comfortably in the dirt taxi.

"I had fun tonight." Jack looked over at Ianto is question. "Thanks for making me come."

Jack grinned and gave his lover as chaste a kiss as he could manage. The driver ended up warning them not to take it too far in his cab after he groped Ianto.

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Oh thank god that's done! Writing this was like pulling teeth! It was awful!

Sorry it sucks and is short and late. I am typing this at my cottage, but really I was just not wanting to write this. Erg, I dunno why because I liked this idea but writing it was awful.

Well, it's up, so read and review. Sorry again this is so late, and thanks again to my first two reviewers and a thanks to my shinny reviewer! ^.^