Ianto lay, sprawled across Jack's chest in his large double bed, feeling an indescribable mixture of guilt and pleasure as Jack ran his fingers through Ianto's hair.

"So young." Jack murmured, kissing the Welshman on his temple. Ianto looked up, defiantly.

"I'm only two years younger than you."

"Tell me about your family." Jack said, suddenly.

"You sure?" Ianto asked, looking wary.

"Positive. I want to know you, all of you." Ianto smiled at this.

"Emily, my wife, she's twenty-seven. We were childhood sweethearts, met at High School. Then, when school was over, Emily and I moved in together." Ianto smiled at the memory. "Then, she told me she was pregnant. And I thought it would all fall apart. I wasn't ready to be a dad; I was only nineteen for Gods' sakes!" Jack nodded, playing with Ianto's hair absentmindedly.

"But...we worked through it, God knows how. Jo, Joanna, she's ten now. And then, Em and I got married, just before Jo was born. Shotgun wedding." Ianto reminisced with a sigh. "Then John came along. He's..." Ianto paused. Jack looked at him questioningly. "Special. I mean...he sees things, hears things, knows things other people don't. He...talks like he's from another time." Jack laughed. "He's amazing. You'd love him." Ianto added.

"If he's anything like you, I know I would." Jack said. Ianto chuckled, trying hard not to think about what Jack had just said.

"And Matthew, he's so much like his mum. Courageous, outgoing, beautiful..."

"You really love them, don't you?" Ianto couldn't meet Jack's gaze, for fear that he might cry. He simply nodded.

"Jack..." He asked, suddenly. A thought had just occurred to him. "Where do you think we'll be in a year's time?" Jack looked startled.

"I...I thought...I hadn't thought...I assumed this was just a bit on the side, that you'd ditch me when you got bored. I figured you loved your family too much to ever do anything to hurt them. Especially after everything you just said to me." Jack looked at Ianto, who, this time, wasn't afraid to meet the older man's eyes.

"I do, I just...I can't bear the thought of loosing you."

"I know, I...I understand if...if you want this to be over."

"No!" Ianto exclaimed, quickly. "I'd never want that...and...And that's what scares me."

"Ianto. Do you want to be with me?" Jack asked, and Ianto nodded immediately. "Enough to leave your family for?"

"I..."

"Just answer the question."

"I don't want to hurt them...but I can't pretend this is just some thing between us. I think about you all the time. My family, I love them. But I need you." Ianto said, honestly. "I can't live a lie."

"Then you have to tell them." Ianto started to interrupt, when Jack cut him off. "Whether or not you tell them you're leaving them is up to you. I'd understand if you just told them it was some worthless little thing that didn't mean anything."

"It's not though."

"I know that. But whether you want them to know that, is your choice."

"But, I..."

"Just think about it, Yan. Think about us, everything we could be." Ianto closed his eyes, and thought. He could see it, he could see it all. A perfect life with Jack, waking up beside him every morning. Ianto'd never shown any interest in men before, but now he automatically thought of himself as gay. It was his knee-jerk reaction. Ianto opened his eyes, seeing Jack lying underneath him, and he knew it was all he ever wanted.

"Okay." He said. "I'll tell them."