Chasing the Saturdays
A/N – It's been a while. I've been a little messed up lately and just couldn't get my head around writing this. As always I hope this comes out like it is in my head. Don't know what is with me and writing about Ianto's door. :-P
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6 – Open Up
It was very late to the point of possibly being called very early when Jack climbed the steps to Ianto's flat. He was supposed to have met the younger man the previous night. They were going to talk… to try to figure out where they stood now that Jack was back from being with the Doctor.
There were no lights on in Ianto's flat. Jack wasn't surprised to find that he had not waited up. He should have called, but in his attempt to capture the rogue weevil, he had lost his mobile and his coat had been torn beyond recognition. Jack smiled at the thought that the loss of the coat would bother Ianto more.
Now he stood, finally out of the pouring rain, right outside Ianto's door. He knocked and got no response. He thought he could hear the television playing quietly, but that might have even been one of Ianto's neighbors.
He knocked a little harder. "Ianto, it's me. I know it's late… or early. I'm sorry. Come on, open up."
Silence. It seemed Ianto was really mad at him now. The younger man was usually a light sleeper so the knocking would have definitely woken him up. He briefly thought about using his "boss's key" to unlock the door, in the event that maybe Ianto was hurt and couldn't get to the door. He decided against that option at least for the moment, because he knew the younger man's fury would increase exponentially if he wasn't hurt and Jack burst into his flat to hours after they were supposed to meet.
Jack took a deep breath and let it out slowly. Without his greatcoat, the rain was soaking through his shirt and even his normally high temperature was starting to drop.
Leaning into the door as to (hopefully) not disturb the neighbors at this early hour, Jack spoke again. "Ianto, listen… I know you're probably furious with me about last night. I tried... I really tired to get here. Come on, just open up and let me in to explain."
Eventually he slid down the wall and sat on the landing. He continued talking through the door. Going over the night's events… assuring Ianto that even though his coat had been ravaged, he had managed not to die. Apologizing about not calling – even saying he should have tried to find a pay phone somewhere, or hacked into some other kind of network.
Eventually, the "conversation" turned to his time away with the doctor. "It was you, you know, that kept me going. I really wanted to come home to you. Wow… 'home'… well, yeah… this is home. You're my home, Ianto Jones. I had a lot of time to think." He glanced over the railing and saw the sky beginning to lighten and the rain begin to stop. "Ianto, please… just open the door. I promise you I will make it up to you."
He rubbed his hands over his face. This was it. Ianto had begrudgingly given him a second chance and he had wasted it. No wonder the younger man was refusing to open the door.
"Jack?"
He looked up and there was Ianto standing on the landing, holding a take away coffee cup and a small bakery bag.
"Ianto!" Jack stood up quickly and wrapped his arms around the started younger man.
"Jack, are you okay? Where's your coat?" Ianto said, trying to pull back a bit.
Jack smiled into Ianto's shoulder. "You noticed the coat."
Ianto pulled away finally and unlocked his door. "Come inside, you're soaked. I tried to call you last night but it kept going straight to voicemail. I saw there had been a weevil sighting and went out looking for you thinking maybe…." He set the cup and bag on the kitchen counter and turned to Jack who stood dripping in the foyer. "Did you die?"
Finally Jack relaxed a bit. He crossed the room and wrapped his arms around the younger man. "Not this time."
~End~
A/N – Soooo? Questions, comments etc are greatly appreciated. Again, I'm sorry for the long delay, but alas... life happened. Hope you enjoyed it. I still have a couple for this one and I do have some ideas.
Thanks for reading!