Title : The Bare Essentials
Rating: M
Synopsis: Ianto notices a few strange changes in his body, What is the reason and what can he do to stop it?
Disclaimer: All these Characters belong to the BBC, I just use them for my own silly purposes.
Authors Note: Thank you all for your reviews, they are greatly appreciated!
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Jack smiled and walked out of the doorway, pulling Iantos shirt back to feel.
"I can't feel anything" He said slightly disappointed.
"I don't think you're meant to yet, they're still tiny, it doesn't feel like theres an actual other person in there, more like bubbles moving about" Ianto answered, lying his head back against the pillow.
"Are you alright" Jack finally asked climbing on the bed next to Ianto finally
"I will be," Ianto answered, a smile ghosting over his face.
"I should go back to work." Jack smiled, kissing him on his forehead. "Are you sure that you will be alright"
Ianto sat up, one hand resting on his bump before nodding and smiling reassuringly.
Jack stood in the doorway, and looked back at Ianto. The feeling in his stomach became tighter, swooping and lifting. The urge to stay there was massive.
Before he could change his mind he gave a little wave and left.
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Jack entered the hub, a small smile playing on his face, almost immediately he was approached by Owen.
"Well how is he?" He asked anxiously
"How is who? Ianto? Is he okay?" asked Gwen, overhearing, and therefore being followed by Tosh
"He fine." Jack burbled excitedly "They're kicking" He said a smile cracking over his face.
Coos of "That's fantastic" and "Awww" Came from the three workmates, Gwen and Tosh smiling happily and Owen with a look of relief on his face.
"Come over and see him, its got to have been over a fortnight since he's seen anybody except me" Jack offered.
"I'm up for it" Agreed Tosh
Gwen nodded and smiled, as did Owen, before returning to work.
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Ianto got up and stood next to the wall that he had slashed, running his fingers over it. Impulsively he went to the kitchen and grabbed a plastic bag.
Walking methodically from room to room he picked up everything that he had hidden from Jack. Broken pieces of glass inside a book in the front room, a small scalpel, stolen from Owen underneath the drawer tidy holding cutlery, and other numerous things that had been taped to the back of drawers that Jack was unlikely to go in, hidden in socks, and under the sofa.
Ianto finally came to the bathroom, picking up a large bottle of bath oil which was a white, sort of opalish colour. It was the kind that was meant to be displayed rather than used. Unscrewing the lid, he picked out a sandwich bag that he had hidden in there. His contingency plan. When Jack had caught him with the oven, one of the things he had got rid of was any and all pills. Ianto had been making daily trips to the corner shop, There was a different person there every day, and no questions were asked. He would pop the pills out of the packet and dispose of it in a neighbours recycling bin so Jack would not get suspicious.
Ianto opened the bag, and poured around a hundred paracetamol out into his hand. He walked to the toilet and dropped them, turning his hand in slow motion into the bowl. Watching them for a few seconds, he flushed and watched them disappear. He was going to stop this. He was going to get better. He had a reason to keep going.