Title: So Far From Normal

Author: Seether79

Characters: Jack/Ianto, Team

Rating: R overall

Spoilers: General spoilers for both seasons

Summary: Ianto isn't sure of what he wants anymore

Beta: lj user"the9thdoctor" at lj user"plotbunniesinc"

Author's Notes: Set after adrift

Warnings: Mentions of Jack/someone else, nothing serious

Disclaimer: I do not own Torchwood (There would be a lot more boy action if I did)

A/N: Thanks to everyone who has been reading and/or commenting :)

Chapter 4: So Jealous

Jack and Ianto sat in a nice Italian restaurant drinking wine and waiting for their food. Jack had been the perfect gentleman all evening, opening car doors and pulling out chairs; Ianto had to roll his eyes at this, insisting to Jack that he wasn't a woman and did not want to be treated like one; Jack had just laughed happily and continued to be the 'man' on this particular date. "I'm hungry." Jack complained as his eyes surveyed the room.

"Just try and be patient, Jack." Ianto laughed as he sipped his red wine and smiled. He'd been having a far better time than expected. Jack hadn't mentioned his little meltdown the night before, and Ianto was grateful for that. He was in the mood just to have a nice night out with Jack that would hopefully end with some spectacular sex, and maybe even staying the night. For once he felt like they were in a real relationship.

"Patience has never been my strong point." Jack smirked and Ianto was surprised to feel Jack's foot running along his thigh softly. "Have I mentioned how much I love you in red?"

Ianto looked down at his red shirt and smiled a little; he had worn this shirt for that very reason. Jack's foot was making its way higher up Ianto's calf and Ianto had to place his hand on it to stop its travelling. "Bad Jack." Ianto hissed.

"Sorry." Jack laughed. "You're just so irresistible, I can't help myself."

"Try and control your sexual impulses." Ianto grinned.

"After we eat we should go to the pub and have a few drinks." Jack suggested. "Enjoy the time away from the Hub while we can."

"Sounds like a plan." Ianto replied as he saw the waiter walking over with their food. "The food is here so you can stop complaining."

"I wasn't complaining." Jack said with a small pout.

"Of course you weren't, saying 'I'm hungry and where is our food?' a hundred times in the space of half an hour is normal dinner behaviour." Ianto said sarcastically.

"See, this is more like it. When I'm in a place like this I always feel Welsh." Jack commented. He and Ianto were sitting at a small round table towards the back of their favourite bar.

"Why?" Ianto asked with a grin and raised eyebrow.

"Don't know, just something about it." Jack smiled as he took Ianto's hand. "Are you having fun?"

"Yeah." Ianto answered. "It's been nice to just have a relaxing evening out. No aliens, no caffeine deprived co-workers or hungry dinosaurs; just me and you."

"It is nice." Jack agreed.

Ianto found himself wondering if Jack was putting on this softer side for his benefit. The idea that Jack was just humouring him bothered him, he really didn't need Jack's pity. At the same time he didn't want to judge Jack and come to the wrong assumptions, after all, Jack seemed to genuinely be enjoying himself and was never one to fake happiness if he wasn't feeling it. Ianto was trying very hard to not think like this and just be content that he was happy for once. "I'll get us some more beer."

"Thanks." Jack smiled.

Ianto managed to find a spot to wait for service and smoothed out his collar as he waited for the barmaid to make her way over to him. He noticed the man beside him glance over a few times and wondered if he had tomato sauce on his shirt or something along those lines. The man smiled at him and Ianto smiled awkwardly back. "Hi."

"Hi." Ianto replied the guy was looking right at him now. He was tall with blonde hair, light green eyes and was more tanned then most people in Cardiff were.

"Having a good night?" The man asked him.

"Not too bad. How about yourself?"

"Slowly getting better." He smiled, Ianto wasn't sure but he had a sneaking suspicion that he was being hit on; the tone of the guy's voice and the way he was looking at him spoke volumes. "Are you seeing anyone?"

"Am I seeing anyone?" Ianto repeated his question. "Yes, no, sort of. It's very complicated." Ianto was feeling very flustered all of sudden. He realized this was the first time he had been asked if he was seeing someone since he and Jack had started their fling or whatever it was. The team asked things of course but he had never actually had to say if he and Jack were together; he supposed they were to a degree, but did it count if one of you were having sex with multiple people at the time.

"Right." The man said. He had a look of confusion across his face and Ianto didn't blame him. "Is the sort of person a guy or girl?"

"He's a man." Ianto replied.

"So you're gay? Just want to make sure I'm not making an idiot of myself." The man laughed with good humour.

"Well, no, yes, sort of; it's all really complicated." Ianto laughed, he knew he sounded like a moron at the moment.

"I'm Daniel Bell." Daniel said holding out his hand.

"Ianto Jones." He replied as he shook Daniel's hand.

"So would it be rude of me to ask why things are so complicated for you Ianto?" Daniel asked him.

"...I wouldn't even know where to begin." Ianto replied as the barmaid stood in front of him. "Two pints please."

"Not a problem." She replied with a smile.

Daniel took a card out of his pocket and handed it to Ianto. Ianto looked at it, it was Daniel's number. "You're a lawyer."

"Yes I am, please don't hold it against me." Daniel smiled.

"Thanks." Ianto said as the woman placed his drinks in front of him, he passed over a handful of change. "Here, get one for yourself."

"Thanks."

"Good looking and generous, you seem like quite the guy." Daniel told him. Ianto smiled nervously at him as he placed the card in his jacket pocket and picked up the two beers.

"Well, I better be off, but it was nice meeting you." Ianto told him.

"Nice meeting you as well. Give me a call if you ever want to hang out or something. I'm very uncomplicated if that helps!"

Ianto just smiled at him one last time as he started to make his way back over to his and Jack's table. He had no intention of ever ringing Daniel but he had to admit it was nice having someone show an interest in him. He smiled at Jack as he placed the beer in front of him and returned to his own seat, sipping the cool frothy beverage as he did. He noticed Jack looking at him strangely. "What?"

"Nothing." Jack replied and Ianto could tell he was deep in thought. "Who was that?"

"Who?" Ianto asked, not sure what Jack was asking about.

"That guy over at the bar?" Jack clarified as he indicated over to where Daniel was sitting with two other men.

"Nobody." Ianto told him with a smile. Jack looked at Ianto intensely for a few seconds before looking away and Ianto wondered if everything was all right.

"What are you getting Tosh for her birthday?" Jack asked changing the subject and Ianto was grateful for it.

"I brought her a Japanese Children's book, her favourite. She's always telling me how she wishes she still had a copy of it." Ianto told him.

"That's a really nice gift, Ianto." Jack said as he placed his hand on top of Ianto's. "You're always doing things like that."

"It's nothing." Ianto replied as he felt his cheeks going red.

"It is something; you're a good person, you should take pride in that." Jack told him and he picked up his hand and placed a light kiss on the palm. Ianto couldn't help but feel a little giddy; he loved it when Jack got like this; caring and affectionate.

"We should leave." Ianto told him.

"We only just got these drinks." Jack said a little confused. Ianto picked up his glass and downed his drink

"There's beer at my flat, and a bed." Ianto told him with a smirk. Ianto picked up his glass and downed his drink

"I love the way your brain works, Jones, Ianto Jones." Jack said with a grin of his own.

Ianto placed his jacket across the back of the couch while motioning for Jack to take a seat. "Do you want a drink?" He asked, Jack was looking at where he had just placed his jacket before nodding yes. Ianto smiled as he made his way to the kitchen and grabbed two beers out of the fridge.

"Why do you need a lawyer's card!" Jack yelled from the living room.

Ianto made his way back in and saw Jack holding the white card Daniel had given him earlier. He saw no reason to lie about it after all he wasn't planning on ringing the guy and even if he was Jack and he weren't exclusive. "I don't need a lawyer."

"So why do you have it?" Jack asked.

"That guy at the bar earlier gave it to me, I think he was hitting on me." Ianto told him as he placed Jack's drink in front of him and took a seat next to the older man.

"Really." Jack said in a strange voice. "So you took his card, guess that means you're interested."

"No, I was being polite." Ianto told him. "Why were you looking through my pockets?"

"I saw him hand you something and wanted to see what it was." Jack answered.

"Why didn't you ask me?" Ianto said with a raised eyebrow, curious to why Jack was acting so out of character.

"I did." Jack said sounding annoyed, which cause Ianto to feel annoyed as well.

"No you didn't, you asked who he was; not what he handed me. Two different things." Ianto told him, feeling smug when he saw the irritated expression cross Jack's face.

"Fine." Jack said sounding pissed off as he opened his beer and took a large mouthful. "I just think it's a little rude to go out on a date with one person and then get other people's numbers."

"It's not like I asked for it, he just gave it to me. I don't understand why this is bothering you so much." Ianto told him. Ianto didn't know why Jack couldn't just drop this, they were having a great night until now and Ianto just wanted to go back to being happy.

"It's not." Jack said in a voice that reminded him of a four year old who had just had their favourite toy taken of them.

"Good." Ianto replied in a soft voice. They sat in silence for a long time and Ianto had no idea what to say. He wondered if Jack was jealous, which Ianto doubted. Jack Harkness was not a jealous man, he would always say 'jealousy is for the 21st century, I'm a 51st century guy, we're above that kind of thing.'

"He had stupid hair." Jack muttered and Ianto looked at him with disbelief. "And that tan was completely fake."

"Oh my god, Jack. What on Earth is wrong with you tonight?" Ianto asked as he ran a hand through his hair with frustration. Only Jack had the ability to make him so happy and so pissed off all in the same night.

"Are you going to go out with him, because if you do make sure you wear protection. Don't want to get herpes or something." Jack said bitterly as he took another sip of his beer.

"I already told you I wasn't interested. Do I have to remind you, Jack, you're the one that can't keep it in his pants; not me." Ianto said with an aggravated tone as moved further away from the man, not wanting to near him when he was like this.

"I don't like this." Jack said as he stood up and started to pace the living room. Ianto watched him with a look on bewilderment. "I don't like this at all."

"Don't like what? I'm having a hard time trying to figure out what is going on right now." Ianto asked.

"This feeling... How many people have you slept with while we've been together?" Jack asked, suddenly standing still looking at Ianto with a slightly desperate expression.

"What!" Ianto yelled as he also stood up. "You can't ask me that."

"Why not?" Jack asked confused.

"How would you like it if I asked you how many people you've had sex with while we've been doing it?" Ianto asked him. He was really pissed off, he couldn't believe that Jack of all people had the nerve to ask him a question like that.

"I don't know how many, a lot." Jack replied. "Now you answer."

"What is this, Jack?" Ianto asked as he desperately tried to figure out what was going on with the older man's head.

"I don't know, all I know is that all of sudden I really don't like the idea of you running around having sex with other people." Jack answered him. Ianto looked at him with wide eyes. Jack was jealous, he actually was jealous; almost to the point of acting like a crazy person. Ianto really hadn't been expecting this.

"I haven't slept with anyone." Ianto answered softly taking pity on him.

"No-one?" Jack said sounding surprised.

"Not one."

"Really."

"Yes, really."

"I feel a lot better." Jack said and Ianto saw the look of relief cross Jack's features.

"You can't have it both ways, Jack. If you're free to fuck whoever you want then I can do the same thing." Ianto told him as he sat back down. He wasn't sure if he felt sorry for Jack or if he was really mad at him. All he did know was that he felt incredibly tired all of a sudden.

"I know that." Jack said in a soft voice as he also sat back down. "This is unbelievable."

"What is?" Ianto asked him, too tired to even turn his head to look at Jack.

"I'm jealous, I've never been jealous in my life. Gotta say, I don't like it." Jack replied with a small self deprecating laugh.

"Welcome to my world." Ianto said and was surprised at how bitter he sounded even to himself.

"I don't want you to have sex with anyone else." Jack said, sounding small to Ianto, almost like a lost child.

"You can't expect me to be monogamous if you're not going to be. That's not fair, Jack." Ianto told him. He didn't want him and Jack to be over but a small part of him was wondering if this would be the ending of their relationship.

"I could be faithful." Jack whispered as he moved closer and took Ianto's hand in his own. "You'd be surprised at what I can do when I want something or someone bad enough."

"I only want to be in that kind of relationship if it's something you really want. If you do it for the wrong reasons it'll never work." Ianto told him with a sad voice. "If you promise to only be with me, Jack, I could never forgive you if you slept with someone else. It's okay, well not okay, but I managed when you sleep with other people because you've never promised me anything; if you promise to be mine and only mine then things would be different. I know you, Jack. You'll try your hardest but someone will come along and you'll think 'just this once.' It would kill me, I don't think I could handle it."

"You're assuming that I have no self control, Ianto. You've written me off before even giving me a chance, doesn't seem fair." Jack said. They were both staring at the wall in front of them. Ianto wasn't sure what to do or say, he wasn't really sure of what was going on.

"Do you love me, Jack?" Ianto asked after a long while.

"Why?" Jack asked him as he looked over at Ianto.

"Because honestly, the only way I see you being faithful to someone is if you love them. So I'll ask again, do you love me, Jack?"

TBC

A/N: Thanks to my lovely beta, thanks for reading and comments are love :))