Jack could not stop grinning, nor could he remember ever having woken up this happy; he slid his arm under his head to support his neck the better to gaze and the gorgeous young man who was sprawled asleep across his chest. After all that had happened, all the times they had almost met only to lose each other again, he had convinced himself that he would never be in this situation. He felt so loved, more adored than he had ever been in his long existence. Jack lay back, closed his eyes, let his mental barriers fall and sent a message out into the aether.

I cannot thank you enough for this man. The presence of his love warms my life and before I did not even realise how cold and empty it was. I am forever in your debt and in your service.

Ianto gave a soft little snort in his sleep and tightened his grip on Jack's torso. Jack's couldn't help himself; he placed a fervent kiss on the young man's temple drawing a sleep fill moan from his bed mate. Two sleepy grey blue eyes looked up into Jack's and a soft smile quirked the mouth that Jack already knew he would never tire of kissing.

'Hey' whispered Ianto, 'I didn't dream you.'

'Nope'

Ianto began to disentangle himself from Jack but Jack wrapped his arms tightly around the younger man, 'hey' he teased, 'where do you think you are going?'

A delicate blush suffused Ianto's cheeks 'toilet'

Jack laughed, 'Oh, you are adorable' he extricate and arm from the twisted sheets and gave a wave in the general direction of the bathroom, darting forward to place a long lick and a kiss on Ianto's bare bottom as he slid from the messy bed.

Ianto leant against the bathroom door – he idly noticed that the bathroom was as over large and expensively appointed as the rest of the apartment – he tried to catch his breath, being with Jack was like trying to ride a skateboard that was attached to a speeding sports car. From Ianto's perspective there had been no time at all between standing in the lift staring at the enormous apartment Jack was calling home and being naked, hard and leaking as Jack slid into him with a strange mixture of passion and tenderness that had almost bought tears to his eyes. He took a deep breath, opened the bathroom door and stepped out

Jack, who had been lying in wait for him outside the door immediately grabbed him and pressed him up against the wall, swooping in for a kiss that destroyed all of the sang froid he tried so desperately to recapture in the sanctuary of the bathroom.

'Mmm Ianto' purred Jack, insinuating a hand between their naked bodies to splay it over Ianto's tight abdomen.

A wave of vertigo swept over Ianto as a hundred retcon suppressed memories suddenly reinstated themselves in his head. He gasped and pushed Jack away from him. Jack looked pained and confused, 'Yan?'

'Oh God!' Ianto slid down the wall and clasped his head in his hands. Worried now, Jack knelt in front of the distressed young man and took his trembling hands in his own. Ianto forced himself to look Jack in the face, 'We were in an alleyway in Cardiff' he said slowly, 'you were kissing me and you touched me...' he took Jack's hand and placed it back on his stomach, 'here. Then there was some weird creature, it attacked you and I killed it, then I went back and you...you..'Ianto began to cry, 'you were dead.'

'Oh Yan, no' said Jack softly

'Yes, yes you were. I'm not making this up!' cried Ianto, 'Jack I held your dead body in my arms, I had your blood all over my hands. That elf man of yours came and took you away from me, he took you away.' His fingers scrabbled hopelessly against Jack's naked chest, 'how could I forget all that?'

Silently Jack cursed Gwen Cooper and hoped her life in Kazakhstan was brutal and unpleasant, he placed a hand on Ianto's face wiping away his tears with his thumb, 'Oh sweetheart don't cry,' he took Ianto's hand and placed it on his own chest so that Ianto could feel his heart beating strongly, 'see? I'm here now.'

'But I remember it' said Ianto

'I know' said Jack, raising the young man to his feet and wrapping a comforting arm around him, 'I know you do darling. Come and lie down with me and let me explain.'

When they were both back in bed Jack pulled Ianto into his arms, 'I love you, Yan and I don't ever want to lie to you, that is the first thing you need to believe and understand.'

Ianto smiled, 'I do and I love you too, cariad'

Jack kissed him, 'It's a bit of a long story. I was born in the 51st century; I was mortal and I travelled through time and space. I ended up working for Torchwood, monitoring alien visitors to our planet because something happened to me on my travels that meant I could die but I didn't stay dead. That's what happened that night in Cardiff. My elf man as you call him was a Valerian, an alien. He made me mortal again. I returned to you as soon as I had revived but one of the team had given you an amnesia drug that wiped your memory.'

Ianto rolled himself so that he was lying on top of Jack, 'so, you are from the future?'

'Yes'

'And your elf man lover was an alien?'

'Yes'

'And you used to be immortal but now you aren't?'

'Yes'

'And we love each other?'

'Yes'

'OK, then.'

Jack frowned, 'OK? That's it?''

Ianto kissed him, 'well, it wasn't as long a story as you implied so I do feel a bit cheated on that score but I love you so I don't really care about anything in the past, the here and now is all I care about. All I need to know is that we are going to be together and all the rest just peripheral detail.'

Jack laughed, 'Ianto Jones you are amazing, breath taking, wonderful, I will try for the rest of my life to deserve you.' Almost involuntarily he thrust upwards against Ianto so that their erections rubbed together, swallowing heavily as Ianto's eyes darkened with lust as he bit down gently on Jack's neck. Ianto slithered down Jack's body pausing to mouth and nibble at his pert nipples. Jack carded his finger through Ianto's hair and moaned softly as the young man continued his worship of Jack's body, blowing gently though the curls at the root of Jack's penis, chuckling as it gave an almighty twitch and smacked him in the face. 'Patience' mumbled Ianto as he by-passed the engorged cock and sucked both Jack's balls into his mouth.

'Oh my God' screamed Jack

Ianto released his ball with a soft slurp and grinned happily up at his flushed lover, 'and don't you forget it' he smirked before he bent his head again to the task of making the gorgeous man who loved him come apart under his hands. He took Jack's balls back into his mouth, taking care to graze them gently with his teeth as he did so. Jack hissed with pleasure and spread his legs wider, giving Ianto access to his pulsing entrance, the combination of Ianto's tongue and teeth teasing him to the edge of madness and the soft stroking and probing of those clever fingers around his hole made Jack whimper with need.

'Please' he almost sobbed,' please'

Ianto licked a long slow stripe from the sensitive skin behind Jack's balls down to his arsehole poking the very tip of his tongue inside, making Jack say what sounded like a very rude word in a language that Ianto was unfamiliar with. Suddenly Jack rolled them so that he was now lying on top of Ianto. Ianto gave a undignified yelp as Jack straddled him and lowered himself onto Ianto' weeping cock. The tight heat enclosing his erection so unexpectedly pushed Ianto over the edge of his orgasm and he came hotly inside of his lover who responded by spurting his release over Ianto's chest.

For a while the room was quiet save for the heavy breathing of the two satisfied men, then two quiet, sleepy whispers,

'I love you.'

'Love you more'

Ianto fell asleep first, entwined in the arms of his lover feeling safe and loved as never before. As Jack also drifted toward a sated slumber he was sure that on very border of audible range he heard a soft tinkle of delighted laughter and soft zephyr of a whisper echoing in his mind,

Rest easy beloved child, this love of yours and his is no more than you deserve. It is a love you have earned and a love you will cherish You will thrive together throughout your long, your very long lifetimes, carrying safe in your hearts and your souls, the blessing of the Universe Sentient.

The contented smile on Jack's face was matched only by the one on Ianto's