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Chapter Twenty Nine
The next day Owen deemed it safe for Ianto to go home and the team insisted that both he and Jack took the weekend off to rest. Owen had kept a watchful eye on Jack, worried about his blood pressure, but since Ianto had regained consciousness he had seemed a lot better. The two men drove home in silence and Ianto waited for the argument that he knew was coming, to his surprise it didn't happen as soon as the front door shut.
"Come on sit down" murmured Jack, cupping Ianto's elbow and leading him into the living room.
"I'm fine Jack" said Ianto, "honestly" but he soon sat down anyway as he caught the look on Jack's face. He looked so angry and upset that guilt began to gnaw at Ianto's stomach; he couldn't imagine how much stress he had put Jack and the baby through.
"I am sorry Jack" said Ianto "it was an accident, but everything is okay now. I feel fine."
"An accident?" hissed Jack, "what part of you jumping in front of a seriously pissed off and dangerous alien was an accident?"
Ianto frowned, "it was going to kill Owen."
"Yeah and it could have killed you!" Jack's eyes filled over with tears and suddenly Ianto felt like the worst man in the world.
He quickly stood up and enveloped his arms around Jack who pushed at his chest trying to get free. Ianto refused to let go and whispered into Jack's hair, "I am so sorry cariad." He could feel Jack's tears dampen his shirt and held the trembling man tightly.
"I thought that we had lost you" Jack whimpered, "I thought I'd have to raise the baby alone."
"Never" whispered Ianto, "I'd never leave you."
"You can't promise that!" shouted Jack, pushing out of Ianto's embrace. "You will leave me eventually and if you keep putting yourself in danger then you will sooner rather than later, maybe even before the baby is born!"
"Jack...I'm so sorry" Ianto whispered tears sliding down his cheeks.
"I'm taking you off of fieldwork."
"Jack, no, you can't do that."
"Yes I can Ianto; I'm your boss as well!"
"Jack we can't do that to the rest of the team, how is putting them in more danger going to help us? We'd just feel guilty, they need me there. You need to trust that I can handle myself, is that it? Do you think that I'm an incompetent field agent?"
"No" said Jack helplessly, knowing that Ianto was right. "I don't, not at all but I just hate you being out there and me staying in the Hub. I can die over and over, you can't, I should be protecting you."
"Oh Jack" sighed Ianto, holding Jack closely to him again. "Owen was in danger and I saved him, the creature got a lucky swipe as it went down. I couldn't let Owen die, could I? This could have been a lot worse Jack."
"You had to have surgery" said Jack, his voice muffled from where he had his face in Ianto's neck.
"Minor surgery Jack, a small tear that's all I had. I'm fine honestly."
Jack raised his head and looked at Ianto, "I know" he whispered "but Yan I was so scared."
"I'm sorry" whispered Ianto.
"Just promise me that you won't do it again."
"Jack I can't-"
Ianto cut off as Jack tore himself out of his embrace eyes blazing "yes you can!"
"I can't not try and save a team mate if they are in danger Jack!" said Ianto a little louder, trying to hold onto his temper. "Just because I have a family now does not mean that I have more of a right than them to live!"
Immediately Jack sagged, all the fight was taken out of him and he visibly wilted "just promise me that you won't take any unnecessary risks Ianto" he said quietly.
"I promise Jack."
The two men stood awkwardly in silence, it wasn't a proper row neither of them had come out right; Jack knew that Ianto had a responsibility when he was on the field to protect his team mates and Ianto knew that raising the child alone was a real fear for Jack.
Jack hesitantly stepped forward and cupped Ianto's cheek "I'm sorry" he whispered.
"Me too" Ianto whispered back.
Neither man knew who initiated the kiss but soon their lips met softly. Jack needed to know that Ianto was safe and well and Ianto needed to make up for the pain that he had put his partner through.
The kiss suddenly turned more passionate and Ianto opened his mouth to let Jack's tongue caress his own. Jack poured all of his fears into that kiss and it soon turned messy and frantic, "I need you" whispered Jack breaking the kiss. The need for him to really know that Ianto was safe and well went unsaid but Ianto knew that it was there.
Ianto clasped Jack's hand and led him up the stairs to their bedroom; he stood passively as Jack began to strip him, knowing that Jack needed to feel like he was in control. Jack began to suck at Ianto's neck, teasing the young man with his tongue. This spurred Ianto into action, he began to undress Jack and before they knew it they were lying naked on the bed, with Jack on top of Ianto.
Jack peppered Ianto's skin with kisses, slowly making his way down the young man's chest. He paused as he saw Ianto's wound, angry black stitches closing the flesh stretching from Ianto's side down to his hip. Jack closed his eyes and momentarily placed his hand on Ianto's chest, the strong heartbeat reassuring him.
"Jack" Ianto whispered and pulled him up into another long sweet kiss, trying to get Jack to stop thinking about his injury. Soon Jack pulled away and made his way back down Ianto's body; he mapped the skin around the angry red line that would eventually scar with his tongue making Ianto shiver in pleasure and gradually moved lower.
"Jack please" begged Ianto as Jack purposely avoided his groin and began to kiss the inside of his thigh. His hand groped wildly and soon found the tube of lube left on their nightstand and pressed it against Jack's hand on his thigh.
"So bossy" grinned Jack as he took the lube.
"And you love it" gasped Ianto as Jack nipped his thigh.
Jack climbed his way back up so that he was face to face with Ianto, "that I do" he said tenderly. They kissed again and for Ianto the world just faded away, he held Jack's face in his hands and just concentrated on Jack's soft lips and tongue. He gasped as he suddenly felt a wet finger pressing at his entrance; he hadn't realised that Jack had opened the lube.
Soon a second finger joined the first and Ianto was writhing as Jack brushed against his prostate. "Jack!" he gasped and Jack met him in a kiss, their teeth clashed but neither man cared or noticed as they pleasured each other. Ianto reached down and grabbed Jack's arse, pulling him closer, showing him what he wanted as Jack scissored his fingers, stretching and preparing his lover.
Soon Jack could wait no longer, Ianto's breathy moans in his ear made him physically ache with the need to be inside his lover. Jack slowly entered Ianto, thrusting shallowly, his hips moving slowly; he focused on the feeling of being encased by Ianto, he realised that soon he would be too big to have sex this way and was determined to enjoy it. Ianto groaned in pleasure, enjoying the feeling of being completely filled by Jack. It was a slow coupling, one that was needed to reconnect and reassure the two men that they were both safe and well.
After what seemed like forever Ianto began to feel a tingling in his toes signifying his oncoming orgasm. "So close" he gasped in Jack's ear holding onto the man tightly. Jack groaned as felt the build up of his orgasm coiling in his stomach; he began to thrust faster seeking his release. Ianto tightened his legs around Jack, digging his heels into him, spurring him on; before he knew it his vision tunnelled and he came with a cry of Jack's name. Ianto's contracting muscles pushed Jack over the edge and he came with a hoarse shout seconds after.
Jack slumped on top of Ianto sated and exhausted but with a huge grin on his face; Ianto held on to him panting and trying to ignore the pressure Jack was putting on his injury.
"Jack" he whispered, "you need to get off me."
Jack rolled off of Ianto quickly. "I'm sorry" he said, "are you okay?" he looked down at Ianto's stomach, trying to see if his stitches were still intact.
"I'm fine" smiled Ianto, his face immediately contorted into a wide yawn, "except that you've worn me out."
Jack smiled and cuddled into the younger man, within minutes both men were sleeping and snoring softly.
