Here it is finally! sorry I took a week off to go look at gallerys in london oh the life of an art student I love it! it even gives me time to write!
Day Nine.
Jack woke in a sudden fitful start, he sat up quickly, but Ianto was still there. He let out a long sigh praying his jumpy movements hadn't woken the Welshman up. His watch read 6am. He lay back down carefully. Taking his wrist strap off the side where he had left it for most of the holiday. He opened it and started to check on the rift. Tosh had checked all rift predictions before they left there had been non-predicted but he liked to keep an eye on it anyway.
"Do you ever stop working?" Ianto muttered as he rolled over to face Jack.
"I'm not working."
"Yes you are! I'm going to enforce a new rule, no working in bed!" He snatched Jacks wrist strap off him with his right hand and rolling back on to his right side he held it just out of Jacks reach.
"Hey!" Jack said smiling.
"Well you keep mixing work with leisure!"
"You mean pleasure because that's exactly what you are!" Ianto rolled his eyes dramatically.
"I don't know why you try to charm me."
"I have to make you feel loved else I fear you may run away with Toshiko." Ianto laughed and started to nod.
"Well it's not going to be Owen!" Jack laughed this time.
"Give me my vortex manipulator back!" Ianto pretend to think about it for a second
"No." He said smiling. Jack raised his eyebrows.
"Ianto." He warned and Ianto shook his head still keeping it out of Jack reach. "Well then I guess I'm going to have to take it from you myself..."
Tosh moved around the small kitchen, Owen sat on his bed eating toast and Gwen was still asleep. There was a loud thud and a groan and then a peel of laughter form Ianto them a disgruntled humph and then a small argh from Ianto. Owen looked at Tosh an eyebrow raised.
"Don't go in they are at it again." There were some more noises and then Ianto started laughing again.
"They don't normally laugh so much." Tosh observed. Owen grinned.
"Right lets go check it out, it'll only embarrass Tea-boy and I love it when he blushes!" they walked down the boat, Owen knocked and they entered they looked at the scene in front of them and laughed. Ianto had got Jack wrapped tightly in the duvet and was sat on him wearing a t-shirt and his boxers, it was clear there had been a small skirmish of a fight and now Ianto was turning Jack wrist strap over in his hands saying.
"So how do you turn this thing off?" Owen was laughing so hard he had to leave the room. Ianto looked at them both with a wide smile. "Can you work it out Tosh?" he threw it to her just in time Jack managed to free himself enough to flip them back over and pin Ianto down, maybe a little too roughly although Ianto was not complaining.
"No ideas but if you keep Jack busy for a moment I can go hide it!"
"Perfect." Ianto grabbed Jack t-shirt and pulled his lips down to crash into a passionate kiss. Jack pulled back with difficultly Ianto had a tight grasp on his shirt.
"That's cheating!" he gasped as Ianto pulled him back into the kiss. He loosened his grip and pushed Jack away slightly.
"You never stated any rules to this game."
"Oh so it's like that is it?"
"You always cheat it's my turn."
"You are a very naughty boy Ianto Jones." Ianto laughed
"Don't you know it?"
"Oh yes and I love it."
"Well that's the most hilarious thing I have ever seen in my life!" Owen chuckled.
"You've been saying that for the last hour." Tosh observed as she cleared away breakfast, Jack was still grinning and Ianto ran a hand through his damp hair. He made a mental note that if he actually needed to get clean not to let Jack anywhere near him when he was in the shower.
"Speaking of that incident, may I have my wrist strap back?" Ianto shook his head,
"No I'm confiscating it!" Owen laughed and stood up.
"and with that I am off to get this boat moving ." he climbed out the front and Gwen hopped out to help him. Jack pouted at Ianto.
"Please give it back." Ianto once again pretended to think about it but shook his head. Jack grumbled and stood up at there was the loudest clanging noise and a splash. Tosh, Jack and Ianto all exchanged looked before racing out to the front of the boat, there in peels of laughter was Gwen and up to his knees in water was Owen, stood in between the boat and the bank. He scowled as the others started to laugh.
"It had to be me didn't it?"
"Owen, you know you can't walk on water!" Jack chuckled.
"I know that rock is unstable I went to step on to put the mallet from taking the pegs out back and it tipped me in." Gwen nodded.
"That explains the bang we heard inside. " Ianto took the mallet out of Owens hand that was held above his head.
"Come on give me a hand." Jack grabbed under Owens arms and helped pull him out.
"Sorry Owen trousers off you are not going inside in canal covered clothes. Jack grinned.
"He's only saying it so he can say he got Owen out of his trousers." Gwen laughed and Owen scowled. Owen reluctantly removed his trousers and took the towel Tosh offered him.
"Shower now and then a glass of the coke we have to kill anything you may have accidentally ingested." Ianto said sweetly and Owen nodded as he went inside. Jack chuckled again. Owen called back.
"Just chuck those jeans they are old anyway." Jack put them in the bin by the path and then climbed on the boat and sat on the roof with Ianto and Tosh. Gwen cast off and turned the boat around as they started their journey back. Owen appeared and looked up at them a glass of coke in his hand. He was shaking his head.
"Well someone was going to fall in." He laughed. He climbed up carefully next to the others.
"You did it gracefully."Jack teased.
"Oh Thanks, be nice to me or I'll set Ianto on you. I know he's a match for you." Ianto grinned and Jack laughed.
"Alright Alright." Even Jack chuckled and Ianto moved in and kissed him on the cheek.
"I'd never do as he asked."
"But I know you'll always do as I asked?" Jack whispered playfully. Ianto shrugged.
"Perhaps."
"Did you enjoy your swim Owen?" Gwen teased as he made his way down to her end of the boat. He sighed.
"Oh leave it will you." She nodded. Owen looked at Ianto lean back more relaxed on Jack. "Iantos relaxing more isn't he, he's not as uptight." Gwen looked at the pair.
"I think he's finally coming to terms with Jacks love of him."
"I think your right. I can't wind him up as easily anymore." Owen pretended to look sad.
"At least we will still get his coffee!"
"But if Jack and he breaks up and he leaves we are so fucked!" Owen laughed. Jack came up to join them.
"Should my ears be burning?"
"Just saying you can't leave tea-boy because if you break him and then he leaves we won't have his coffee and then we won't function at work and it will all be your fault."
"Owen you will be please to know I have no intention of breaking Ianto except in the bedroom." Owen groaned.
"Thanks for that Harkness."
"My pleasure." He laughed.
"So have you been exiled?" Owen asked looking at Tosh and Ianto who were looking at a magazine. Jack smiled.
"Apparently my choice in wallpaper is rubbish and I should leave it to the people who have eyes and taste, according to Ianto anyway." Owen laughed.
"I think he's right just look at the hub!"
"Have you ever tried painting that place?" Owen did not say anything, "No I didn't think so...If you want to decorate feel free!"
"Err no I think we will live." Owen stood up and stretched.
"Careful there tinkerbell you might slip." Owen batted at Jacks head and Gwen laughed.
"For that I'm getting Ianto to make the coffee and say you asked!" he walked off carefully to the other end and sat down with Tosh and Ianto.
"Oh trust it to be a nice morning and miserable afternoon!" Jack complained.
"Well at least we have had a little bit of good weather." Tosh said as she munched her sandwich. Jack mumbled his agreement through another bite of his lunch.
"It's not that bad." Ianto said picking at his lettuce." Jack watched him smiling.
"When we move in together I'm going to make sure you eat enough vegetables!" he joked and Ianto smiled as he ate the lettuce.
"It fell out the sandwich!" he said with a sigh. Jack raised his eyebrows. "you know I eat chicken mayo sandwiches with lettuce." Ianto said in a matter of fact tone. Jack nodded.
"True, ok I'll let it slide...this time." Tosh laughed.
"I like vegetables and I eat them more than you do!" Jack said nothing. "Oh you know it's true." Ianto grinned and Jack nodded.
"Alright, Alright but you can't argue I get enough pineapple!" they all laughed.
"Ianto is perfectly healthy." Owen said as he opened a packet of crisps. "He eats correctly, he exercises."
"Well there's no doubt of that." Jack grinned.
"Oh we don't need to know." Owen muttered.
"Is Gwen alright up there?" Ianto asked to the room at large.
"She's a big girl, she'll survive." Owen said tipping the crumbs from his crisp packet into his mouth. He rolled up the empty packet and put a knot in it. "So what are we going to do?" Owen asked as Tosh cleared away the plates again. Jack stretched stood up and offered his hand to Ianto. Ianto looked up at him bemused.
"Afternoon nap?" he asked grinning. Ianto took his hand and nodded.
"Just keep it down alright." Owen moaned. Ianto smiled at Tosh.
"Do you need a hand?"
"No you go off with Jack you made lunch after all." She smiled at him and Jack tugged at his arm and he rolled his eyes at Tosh turning his eyes to Jack she heard him chiding him.
"You are so impatient."
"I am not!" Jack pulled him into the room and closed both the doors locking the outer one.
"You are!" Ianto laughed as Jack pushed him on to the bed.
"I am not impatient!"
"Sure you're not." Ianto grinned.
"Are you being sarcastic with me Jones?" Jack lay down next to Ianto and looked into his eyes. Ianto nodded.
"Very much so." Jack grinned.
"I knew it." They lay on their sides looking at one another before Ianto lent in and kissed Jack softly. Jack smiled.
"Now who's impatient?" Ianto settled back again.
"I'm not I could stay like this all day." Ianto smiled daring to take Jacks hand and entwine their fingers.
"Do you know what I'm looking forward to most about when we move in together?"
"What?" asked Ianto smiling slightly as Jack pulled him closer.
"Lazy mornings in bed on a Sunday, me, you and some of your special brewed coffee. All snuggled up under the warm duvet you in my arms. Perfect."
"Rift permitting."
"I'm going to put it on divert to Owens mobile so he will get all Sunday call outs!" Ianto laughed.
"That's cruel!" Ianto chuckled.
"We do our fair share of call outs. If I want to lie in and have Sunday mornings with my gorgeous Welshman then I will and as I'm the boss what I say goes!"
"Oh really?" Ianto asked kissing Jack softly on the lips.
"Yes and as your boss I'm saying there will be plenty more of that!" Ianto kissed Jack again.
"Oh even I agree with that!"
"Do you agree with Sunday mornings?" Jack muttered against Iantos lips.
"Sounds like heaven." Ianto whispered as Jack kissed him again.
Owen sat on the sofa and Tosh sat next to him flipping through photos of the team.
"That one." Owen said pointing at a particularly lovely photo of Tosh, Jack and Ianto with their coats and scarves wrapped tightly around them and cradling warm coffee in their hands. Tosh marked it and they continued to go through the photos. "Do you think they are napping or..."
"I don't think they are." Tosh said smiling.
"What is that in reply to the napping or the sex?"
"I think they are napping!" Tosh said hitting his arm playfully.
"Really, I can hear whispering!" Owen said pretending to listen. Tosh hit his arm again.
"Leave them be!" she chuckled.
"Alright, alright." They continued to look through the photos on Tosh's laptop, deciding on making an album alongside their original idea. After Ianto and Jack had gone off to their room, Owen had told Tosh his idea to create a few photo frames for them to decorate their flat and knowing how the rift was bound to play up once they returned they had decide to start choosing photos now. Thing was there was so many photos so they were choosing lots and planned to make them an album although neither said it they thought it would be nice for Jack as well once they had all gone. They spent a lovely afternoon together muttering about layout and even Owen agreed it should be in a large leather album one that would last and go well on Jacks bookcase and Iantos mind you! They'd picked out enough photos and Tosh had filed them to print when they had time she planned to do it the weekend Jack and Ianto went away.
"She quickly closed the document folders and opened up a game, she and Owen pretended seamlessly to have been playing for hours. Jack looked perfect as usual and Ianto looked a little sleep ruffled but other than that very cheery. They sat down and Jack read the paper whilst Ianto read a few chapters of his book before starting cooking dinner.
The team all sat around the little table tucking into large plates of spaghetti bolognaise. A happy silence fell as they ate.
"So you two decided on any colours or anything for this flat yet?" Jack nodded but wouldn't speak with his mouthful, Ianto swallowed first and started to explain.
"Blue in the bath rooms, red in the bedrooms and well not sure about the kitchen yet as its an open plan kitchen to living room." Owen nodded.
"Sounds great very like you two." Tosh said taking some of the herb bread Ianto had made and cooked in the oven.
"Oh yes," Jack grinned, "Ianto in the bedroom and me in the shower, shows whose boss in each!" He grinned tucking into more of his dinner as Ianto blushed, Tosh giggled and Owen and Gwen nearly choked.
"Thanks really needed to know that Jack!" Owen muttered after he got his breath back.
"Just being truthful and Tosh pointed it out first!" Tosh's eyes widened, and she swallowed.
"I was just commenting, Ianto's favourite colour is blue, which Jack always wears and Jacks is Red which Ianto always wears and each of you looks amazing in it and together you complement . So your showing it in your home." Ianto had never thought of it like that but yes, even though he liked other colours he always wore red that he knew he looked good in and always-liked Jack in his dark blue shirts. He never thought about how they looked together. Clearly, his thought showed in his face as Jack nudged him gently and he started as he looked up at the rest of the team, he smiled at them, and they all looked at him.
"Sorry zoned out for a moment what did I miss?"
"Nothing." Jack said kindly but he had a feeling he'd missed something he could tell by the looks on the others faces. He raised an eyebrow at Tosh, she gave him I will tell you later glance, and they continued to eat.
Several hours later, they were all yawning and rubbing their eyes.
"I'm going to have to go to bed." Gwen said standing up.
"I never heard you utter such sensible words PC cooper." Jack said standing up and offering his hand to Ianto, who smiled.
"I'll be in in a minute." He smiled. Jack looked surprised.
"Alright see you whenever you decide to join me!" Jack left the room along with Gwen and Ianto turned to the other two.
"Alright what did I miss?" he almost demanded.
"Ask Jack." Owen said simply. Ianto looked at Tosh who stuttered.
"It was just what he was hinting at." She said quietly. Ianto was concerned already and it must have shown again as Tosh's eyes widened. "It's not bad Ianto. Its good and unexpected that's all." She said quickly. Ianto relaxed.
"Please tell me." He said looking imploringly at Toshiko.
"He just said, well it's a good job we complement on another it a sign we are meant to be more." Ianto looked at Tosh.
"What?"
"Oh common mate put the pieces together." Owen said exasperatedly.
"I will...I have..."Ianto stood up, "Goodnight." He picked up a glass of water on his way through to Jack. He placed it down as Jack looked up at him from his book.
"So you decided to grace me with your beautiful presence then!" Jack teased.
"I thought you deserved it." Ianto said not looking at Jack as he stripped down and climbed in next to him.
"Sometimes I think I don't deserve you."Jack said sadly. Ianto looked at him a sudden concern filling him.
"You deserve me Jack, everything, you deserve so much more than what I can give you and you deserve to have whatever you want. Less or more, whatever you want Jack you deserve it." When he'd finished he felt a little stupid as Jack looked at him. He looked away from Jacks eyes and down at the sheets between them.
"I love you." Jack said simply and Ianto looked up smiling slightly.
"And I don't think I will ever tire of hearing it!" he chuckled.
"I like that you're being more honest with me." Jack smiled.
"What did you mean at dinner?" Ianto asked quietly and quickly.
"I'm not sure, I just...I'm realising this is a good thing we have and it gets better and better the more I let myself enjoy it. The further I fall the...oh Ianto I can't put it into words, do I have to you know what I'm saying." He stopped. "I'm just thinking more about the imminent future than the future future!" He finished somewhat lamely or so he felt. Jack looked almost tearful and Ianto put his hand on Jack face kissing him softly.
"Yes." He said simply smiling and kissing Jack again. "Whatever you want, I'll give you everything I can." Jacks heart melted at what he heard. He kissed Ianto softly feeling that they had reached the point in their relationship where they knew one another so well no more words were needed.
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