Stimulus: Liar
Spoilers: Countrycide – loved that ep, for some reason. This is set after Ianto has lied in the 'snogging' game and said his last kiss was Lisa when actually he and Jack kissed in the water in the hub… remember? EEE!!
POV: Ianto's
Dedication: Right… it's a bit of a list. Ready?
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Disclaimer: I do not own Torchwood. If that's the sort of speech they have to make every time it wins an award I'm quite happy not to… phew! Think I'll go lie down…
AN: Enjoy :) Oh! Forgot to tell you miserable lot that I've started a LiveJournal account under the name of CaféAime (coffee love… cue 'awwwws'). Technical help needed! Need a background!!!
-x-
"You lied."
Ianto doesn't even have to turn around to know it's Harkness walking behind him. Harkness must have run ahead to catch him up. The realization that his plan to stay as far away from Harkness as he possibly could has failed hits him like a hammer, and he almost groans. He'd walked ahead because if he'd stayed with the group he would have had to hear Tosh complain about missing kit and Owen grumble about grass and Gwen twitter on about nothing and see those looks from Ja- Harkness out of the corner of his eyes that he doesn't really want to try and explain. Betrayal lurks beneath Harkness' eyes and Ianto doesn't want to think about how those looks affect him. So much pain…
"Yeah? Well you didn't exactly set the telling-the-truth bar very high, sir."
"Is that what this is about?" There's no humour in his bark of a laugh, and nothing funny at all about the way Harkness grips his arm so tightly. Ianto still won't look at him. "I'd go back there right now and tell them we kissed if I didn't think you'd be upset."
The tsunami of soul-drenching confusion that this sudden truthfulness brings about makes it absurdly hard to turn and try to ignore the pain throbbing in Harkness' eyes. Ianto focuses instead on the anger that twitches in his robust jaw, instead. Angry Harkness is so much easier to hate. "Firstly – we kissed?" He raises a hand to prevent Harkness' protest - or is it so he can pretend he didn't see the way that Harkness' full lips curved downwards? "I don't count that as a kiss. Secondly," he continues, too loudly, to drown out the noise of indignation Harkness emits. "Since when did you care what I think?"
For a moment, his heart stops.
For a moment, he looks into Harkness' eyes.
Jack's opening his mouth. "Because – "
"Take the next left."
