Jack opened his eyes slowly, basking in the sunlight streaming through the bedroom window. The weather couldn't be more perfect, not a cloud in the sky. The rainfall of the day before was long forgotten, and Jack smiled at the irony. The weather mirrored him and Ianto right now, from the bleakness of yesterday to the bright and beautiful calm of this morning.

He looked down to his side where Ianto lay. He looked so content when he slept, his face half buried in the pillow with the ghost of a smile across his lips.

"You're staring again" Ianto mumbled into the pillow, "Stop it"

"How did you know?" Jack laughed, ruffling the Welshman's hair, who turned over to look up at him teasingly,

"call it instinct"

"I'm allowed to stare at you when you look as cute as that"

"Yes" Ianto agreed, "but I am under no circumstances cute"

"Nope, sorry, definite cuteness vibes there"

"You won't be saying that when I ravish you" Ianto leered at the other man, flipping the covers off and pinning Jack to the bed.

Jack laughed up at him, "Ianto Jones, I will always include cute in my descriptions, right up there with amazing, perfect, sexy…"

He was silenced by Ianto's lips pressed hard to his own, insistent and passionate. Jack caught the mood immediately, lacing his fingers in Ianto's hair and allowing access to his tongue. He nipped playfully at Ianto's bottom lip, earning a low growl as the other man turned his attention to his neck, alternating between light peppered kisses and harsh bites that Jack was sure would leave imprints, but as Ianto began sucking on that spot just by his collarbone he lost all sense of logical thought. He moaned and Ianto grinned up at him,

"Is this cute?"

"Oh fuck no just don't stop" Jack gasped as Ianto continued his relentless attack on Jack's neck, his hand trailing slowly down his chest to exactly where he wanted it most. He grabbed Ianto up by his hair, who gave a teasing "Ow" before Jack claimed his mouth again, wrapping his arms around his back to pull him closer. Jack's nails dug into his back painfully as Ianto removed his hand, knowing that wasn't enough anymore. He looked down at Jack, who grinned up at him with heavy lidded eyes, "Take me, Jones"

Ianto smiled, "Yes, Sir", continuing his journey southwards with his lips.

X-X-X

Some time later, sweaty but sated in each other's arms, Jack finally found the clarity to be able to form words.

"You've been holding out on me it seems" Jack gasped, "where the hell did that come from?"

Ianto laughed, "Oh, I'm full of surprises, have to keep you on your toes"

"You certainly did"

Ianto sat up in bed planning to get up, shower and get ready for the day. He was stopped by a gasp and looked back at Jack who was looking at him guiltily.

"What's wrong?"

"I, uh, might have been a bit too enthusiastic" Jack admitted, "there's imprints of my fingernails all over your back"

Ianto got up and headed to the mirror, angling himself to see. Sure enough, there were marks all across the top of his back.

"Well, look at that" Ianto laughed, "I'll take it as a compliment" he turned to face Jack, "Honestly your chest isn't in much of a better state either, sorry"

Jack looked down and noticed the love bites peppering his chest and grinned "Oh"

Ianto smiled, "I spent a lot of yesterday convinced I'd lost you forever. That was me reassuring myself that I had you as my own"

"possessive much?" Jack joked, "no I know, that was us both holding on to what's ours. Plus, it was very fucking good"

"Language!" Ianto mocked, "Right, shower, let's not waste this beautiful day"

"I'd hardly call that waste"

"You know what I mean" he rolled his eyes, "up you get!"

X-X-X

They wandered hand in had around the Bay, basking in the uncharacteristically warm weather. The Bay was bustling, the sun lifting the whole city. The sun was reflecting off the water, the water tower in the centre of the bay glimmering beautifully in the light. They bought ice creams from the pier, leaning out over the bay to watch the world go by,

"Did you really need 4 whole scoops?" Ianto looked at Jack incredulously,

"I couldn't decide between honeycomb, coffee, triple chocolate or vanilla!" Jack smiled definitely "So I got them all"

"You're such a child" Ianto rolled his eyes

"oh really?" Jack grinned, scooping the tiniest morsel of vanilla with his finger and dropping it on the tip of Ianto's nose, "how about now?"

"Now you're a toddler" Ianto glared in mock annoyance, before breaking into a smile. Jack kissed the ice cream off his nose gently and licked his lips, "yum"

Ianto planted a soft kiss on his lips, then leaned his head back and closed eyes, "God, I could get used to this"

"Me too" Jack agreed, "perfect day, with even more perfect company"

Leaning against the railings, Ianto laced his fingers with Jack's gently, basking in the glow of this beautiful afternoon with his beautiful man. He had always loved the Bay, ever thankful that his Dad had the foresight to purchase one the restaurants that took it all in. It was one of many in Mermaid Quay, but all of them were popular, the panoramic views a draw for locals and tourists alike. Of course there was somebody else who had recently opened a restaurant here.

"Ianto"

A small voice to the side of him made his head snap to his left, knowing exactly who that voice belonged to but wishing he could just this once be wrong,

"Lisa"


Short I know but the next chapter, as you can imagine, will be much bigger