"Mornin' Ianto." Gwen said as she entered the hub.

"Good morning, Gwen." Ianto replied as he was fixing the coffee machine. And he continued; "The coffee will have to wait a bit, someone messed the machine up, again."

"Jack, you know you have to keep you hands of that thing." she sighed.

"That's not what you said last week …" Jack said with a teasing smile.

Gwen rolled her eyes and Ianto had to laugh. Ianto laughed; even with all his dependency issues, he could enjoy the flirting. The reassurance that behind al the jokes, there was a trustworthy and loving man. But also a lonely man. Because Jack was lonely, he'd left home and joined an agency that was now shut down. He became a conman, and gained immortality in the process.

But Jack knew more than anyone that it was a curse. Seeing all the people you love die, remaining alone and being scared of commitment, because every relationship just leads to being alone and covering that up with a bunch of innuendo.

But Jack was still a human being, and humans don't get to choose if loving someone suits them. He loved Ianto, but at the same time was afraid of having a meaningful relationship with him. Ianto had told him about some of his issues, and he didn't want to make things worse. Ianto was such a sweet person who was so afraid of hurting anyone that he always ended up hurting himself. Jack was worried that if something went wrong, he wouldn't just love a lover and a friend, but also a crucial member of the team.

Jack walked over to Gwen and said: "Gwen, you come with me. We have to examine those new alien artifacts."

"I'll repair the coffee machine and bring you a cup." Ianto replied.

Gwen and Jack left for the archives and Ianto went back to his coffee cave.

"Making coffee for the boyfriend?" Gwen asked.

Jack's face turned bright red.

"Uhm, yeah."

Gwen laughed and said:

"Nothing to be ashamed about, it's sweet. I wish Rhys would do something like that. And it's nice to know that beneath all the jokes and the flirting, there's a human being with feelings and everything."

"Don't worry, just because I've got a boyfriend doesn't mean that there'll be less inappropriate sexual tension between us. Now, what do we have here?"

"Unidentified alien objects, found in an apartment, the people who lived there were found dead in their bed they were holding them in their hands. They died of dehydration." She read from the chart.

"They died because they were so busy having sex that they forgot to drink?" Jack asked with an amused look on his face.

"I know, even weirder because they were in their eighties and the man was impotent."

"Okay, so we have a retired couple dieing of sex with alien devices in their hands. Let's look what these things can do." He said as he picked up one of the egg shaped devices.

"No buttons, how do we activate this thing?" Jack asked as he more closely examined it. Gwen also picked one up and she noticed that the devices started emitting some kind of light. Her heartbeat quickened and she suddenly felt a desire to kiss Jack. Their lips met. What was this? Were it the devices? She didn't know what was happening. She couldn't stop kissing him. She wanted him, she could feel he wanted her to. She unbuttoned Jack shirt, and Jack unbuttoned her blouse. All they could think about was each other, they felt like their minds and bodies were one, and they had no control over it. A rush of adrenaline and hormones. It felt so good.

The sound of mugs smashing into the concrete floor and the smell of coffee filled the room. Jack suddenly stopped and realized what he had done. But by then, it was already too late.

I don't really like this chapter, but the next one will be a lot better (I hope).

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