III.

Ianto was looking forward to a night of…well, whatever happened and hopefully quite a bit of it…with Jack. And yet he wondered if it was a good idea. It had been a difficult day after all, from the terrible incident with Tosh and her girlfriend, to the even worse debacle at the Ferret with Mandy and the Savior, to his mother's frightening health news. Maybe sex with his boss wasn't the answer, especially considering he'd thrown Jack through an interstellar rift only minutes earlier.

"Hang on," Ianto said out loud as he realized something. He turned toward Jack. "Are you all right?"

Jack glanced sideways and grinned. "I'm about to enjoy a night of hedonism and debauchery, why wouldn't I be all right?"

Ianto frowned. "First of all, I said nothing about hedonism and debauchery," he pointed out, wondering again what he'd got himself into, though he was definitely intrigued. "And second of all, I had to give you CPR earlier. You went through the Rift and stopped breathing."

"And your point is?" asked Jack in that infuriating way he had of making something very serious the least important of his concerns.

"Do you need to see a doctor to make sure you're not injured?" Ianto asked dryly. He was definitely wondering why he'd kissed Jack and invited him home; it could be amazing, but it would probably be exasperating as well.

"I'm fine," Jack replied with a shrug, pulling up to Ianto's building. "I can handle it if you can." He wagged his eyebrows; Ianto rolled his eyes. This might be over quicker than he thought.

"Jack, I'm serious. You seem all right, but maybe you should have someone look you over?" As soon as the words left his mouth, Ianto regretted them. "And not me," he added. "A real doctor."

He thought for sure that Jack would offer another innuendo filled retort, but instead, he sighed. "Look, are you changing your mind? Because I understand if you are, but I'd rather you just say so."

Ianto narrowed his eyes and leaned toward Jack. "Maybe I want to make sure you don't fall asleep on me," he replied, adding a seductive lilt to his voice. "Or pass out when we…" He leaned even closer and whispered something exceptionally dirty in Jack's ear. It was wildly out of character for him, and he wasn't quite sure he was even ready for such a thing, though having said it, he found himself thinking it might be rather nice.

Jack's eyes widened. "Ianto Jones, you surprise me," he murmured, also moving closer. "I hope you're not just teasing."

"Are you okay?" Ianto enunciated slowly, lips hovering above Jack's but not quite touching. He was flagrantly using Jack's interest to bully an honest answer from him, but considering what had happened that night, Ianto didn't want to sleep with Jack only to see him hurt even more.

Jack smiled, his eyes softening. "Yeah, I'm fine, really. I'm tired and sore from the CPR, but I've also been with Torchwood for a while, and nothing that happened tonight hasn't happened before. I always recover," he added, sounding somewhat bitter.

"You've been through the Rift before?" Ianto asked, hiding his surprise and letting his lips tease at Jack's.

"Not exactly," Jack replied, his tongue slipping out to slide along Ianto's lower lip. "But I have been sold into slavery, beaten, and revived."

Ianto filed that piece of information away for later, determined to suss out whether Jack was serious or telling tales again. He sucked on Jack's lower lip, earning a soft moan from the other man. "So you're used to this sort of thing?"

"Not if you mean gorgeous Welshman teasing me outside their flat," Jack replied.

Ianto kissed him full on, much more assertively than he had earlier. "Who says I'm teasing. Coming up?"

Jack winked. "I thought you'd never ask!"

They kissed again and tumbled out of the car, hurrying upstairs to Ianto's flat and stumbling into his bedroom. It was quick and dirty and Jack fell asleep immediately afterward, but Ianto didn't begrudge him the rest. He did, however, intend to wake Jack before morning. It was just this once, after all, and he intended to make the most of their night together.

Author's Note:

This one is for Avaantares, even though it turned out nothing like she thought! She pointed out that Jack died and needed CPR and how would Ianto react when he realized? I had a little too much fun with the snark and innuendo, though, so I wrote her another one, and that's next! Enjoy!