PF Chapter 6

Ianto looked at Jack, saw the anguish in his face. "It's not your fault, Cariad. I made it ten time worse. I shouldn't have lost my temper and hit Tad, and I shouldn't have gone to see Rhiannon. You were right. I should have waited until tomorrow." Ianto lowered his head. "I'm sorry I didn't listen to you."

Jack stroked his face. "It's not all your fault. I found the note."

"But who put it there, Jack? Who knew about Tad?"

Jack held Ianto at arms length. "I don't know. It was just there. I didn't recognise the hand writing, but it wasn't yours."

"Send the text to Rhiannon and get this over with. Tomorrow is your birthday and I don't want anything to spoil it." Ianto kissed Jack, then moved to look out of the window to the Hub below.

"I had it all planned, your birthday." Ianto turned. "Should have known better." Ianto smiled at Jack.

"It will be the best birthday ever, as long as you are there, Yan."

"Let's go out, Jack. Doesn't matter where. It's a nice night. We can have dinner. Go to a movie. Just walk. Anything."

Jack laughed.

"What?"

"I just remembered all that food on the floor at your flat. Better go there tomorrow before it rots and makes the whole place smell."

Ianto sighed. "Yeah, I'd forgotten about you going shopping. Was there anything nice?"

"Oh, let me think." Jack sat at his desk. "Bread. Milk. Butter. Strawberries. Cream."

Ianto licked his lips. "Don't. I'm starved."

"Let's go grab a meal at the Oriental Garden." "Can you send the text first?"

Jack nodded, taking out his mobile phone. "Doing it now."

When Jack had finished, he and Ianto walked over to the Red Dragon Centre and the Chinese Buffet.

After dinner, they walked around the Bay by the Norwegian Church, stopping to look out across Cardiff Bay, before heading back to the Hub.

"You wanna sleep with me tonight, or in the guest room?"

Ianto put his arms around Jack's neck, pulling him close. "I want to wake up next to you on your birthday."

They kissed..

"Thank you."

Jack went down the ladder first, followed by Ianto. They undressed slowly, taking their time. Teasing each other. Ianto got into bed first as he slept by the wall. Jack climbed in beside him. The light from the Hub, shone down into the bedroom, illuminating the ladder. Jack turned onto his back putting his left arm under Ianto's head. Ianto rested his head on Jack's chest, just under his chin. They laid like that for ten minutes, without saying a word, then Jack said. "She'll come around, Rhiannon. I know she will. It was out of love for her, what you and your mother did," he kissed Ianto on the forehead. "Did you father….beat you?"

"He hit me a few times with a strap. It was mostly words and gestures. I felt like I never fitted in in his world. I was an outsider in my own home." Ianto lifted his head to look into Jack's eyes. "I wanted him to love me, like you do."

"Some people aren't capable of love, Yan. Maybe the crash changed him, maybe he just changed. We'll never know. You have to let it go. He doesn't want anything to do with you, that's okay, isn't it?"

Ianto was silent for a few minutes. "Until you mentioned him a few days ago, I hadn't thought about him in a long while, is that wrong?"

"No. He abandoned you and your family. It's natural for you to resent him. Even hate him." Jack snuggled down against his young lover. "Rhiannon will see him for what he is, not what he was."

Ianto got up on one elbow and looked down at Jack lovingly. He kissed him gently, touching his face with his finger tips. He could feel himself becoming aroused. Slowly he moved so he was on top of Jack, lying between his legs. Jack was aroused, too. They moved their bodies against each other, their breathing getting harsher, more laboured. Jack's hands caressed Ianto's back, his side, his butt. Pushing their bodies closer together, Ianto kissed Jack's eyes. His neck, his lips. Hungry for love. To be loved. Jack allowed Ianto to lift his legs over his shoulders, to penetrate him. No other man had made Jack feel the way he did when Ianto made love to him. Ianto moved slowly, savouring each moment. He watched Jack's face. A face he loved more than life. A face he trusted with his life.

Ianto quickened his pace, thrusting in and out of Jack's body, bringing them both closer to climax. Another minute, and they were both lost in the moments of orgasm. Their bodies, hearts and minds as one in that moment.

After getting his breath back, Ianto let Jack's legs slip from his shoulders, and collapsed against Jack's chest. "God, I love you so much, Cariad."

Jack brushed back wet hair, kissing his forehead. "I love you, too, Yan."

"Mmm, I always feel so safe with you."

Jack smiled to himself.

"Jack."

"Mmm?"

"When I'm….dead, will you remember me in a 1000 years time?"

Jack didn't need to think about it, he answered straight away. "Yes."

"But I'm just a blip in time for you."

"You'll never be a blip in time, not for me. I love you more than any one I have loved in all my life. I have waited for you all my life. I will mourn you….all my life."

Ianto moved to lay next to Jack, wrapped him his arms. "Tomorrow I'm going to buy you a Birthday cake and decorate your office and the boardroom. We'll have a celebration you will never forget."

"What did you get me," Jack asked, tickling Ianto.

Ianto squirmed. "Not telling."

"Mmm, we'll see about that."

"Jack!"