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Ianto looked up from where he was sitting on the bench in his cell. The door opened and Ianto held his breath as Jack walked in carrying a pizza box. Ianto didn't fail to notice that it was not from the same pizzeria that Annie worked for. He also didn't fail to notice that the pizza box was rather large.

"Hungry?" Jack asked smiling.

"I could eat. Not like I can say no."

Jack stopped but after a moment smiled. "Yeah well, it's still nice to ask." He leaned against the opposite wall and slid down until he was sitting comfortably. "Mind if I join you?"

"Okay," Ianto said hesitantly.

Jack motioned to the spot next to him and Ianto stood up and mirrored Jack's position in the available space.

"You look tired sir," Ianto stated after grabbing a slice of pizza.

"I'm okay."

Ianto smiled. "Okay I was being polite. You look like you are about to fall over."

Jack rubbed his eyes with his free hand and nodded. "Four rift alarms, two weevils, paperwork, debriefing the PM and I had to feed the guests, buy new supplies, and archive the paperwork."

"What? You archived paperwork?" Terror seeped through his body.

"Knew that would get a reaction out of you. No, all of the files are piling on the spare table near the entrance."

"My desk," Ianto whispered.

"What?"

"My desk, it's not a spare table, it's my desk."

"Oh...sorry. I can try to sort them-"

"No! Whatever you do, don't go in there. Hire a new archivist to put those away. Just don't have any of the team do it. I spent months working on that. It's the only part of my legacy that is still intact."

"What do you mean hire someone to do it?"

"Well, it's not going to file itself Jack or did some new piece of technology come through the rift that you've been hiding from me?"

"I don't need a new archivist or piece of technology. That's what I got you for." Jack's voice was casual as reached for another slice of pizza.

Ianto froze. "Jack, sir, I-"

"I said you were suspended, not fired."

"But Jack-"

"You think I was going to put you through all this just to retcon you?" Jack said around his pizza bites.

"No...I just...oh never mind."

"Hey, tell me," Jack said putting his hand on Ianto's arm.

"I just didn't think I was ever getting out of here."

"You're still a member of this team, Ianto."

"How are they? The team."

"They're fine. A little shaken up. Caffeine deprived," Jack sighed.

"They can't bear to look at me, huh?"

"Why would you say that?" Jack asked.

"No one's been done here since I've been here. Owen and Tosh do tests on weevils usually. They've been working on their tests for months. It would take a hell of a lot to stop Owen from getting the data. He was saying he was finally getting some results. Gwen likes to make sure the guests are okay everyday. I can't imagine her bleeding heart to stop, you know, bleed. That is, unless it's turned cold for another reason. And you are cleaning, which you would never do unless you had to."

"Then you don't know your team as well as you think you do. Look up and smile."

"Excuse me?"

"No one's there now, because I sent them home, but the camera is still recording."

"CCTV?" asked, looking up.

"Owen wired it to the main screens in the board room, and in Tosh's station. They are always looking at you. I didn't tell them to, they told me after they've done it. And the reason none of them have been done here is because I asked them to. Owen wants to prod you with a full exam, Gwen tears up and goes all motherly every time she passes the CCTV footage and I think if Tosh came down here she would never leave."

"So why are you here Jack?" Ianto asked, running his hand through his hair.

"Cause I want to."

"I don't understand why," Ianto murmured.

"Remember when we used to do this? Eat dinner together and just talk."

"The last time was our first night together."

"Yeah. It was the day that Owen opened the alien cage."

Ianto started to laugh. "Those mouse like buggers were all over the autopsy bay and Owen was screaming."

"And you just smiled and threw him a mouse trap," Jack laughed.

"We eventually gave him a break, but it took us six hours to collect them all. The look on your face when I brought in the pizza. You were terrified"

"You said the alien mice got it!"

"And you believed me!" Both of them were lost in the memory of that day, laughing. Ianto was trying very hard to catch his breath and Jack was clenching his sides. Their breath began to even out, but they were still smiling. Jack looked over that young man sitting beside him. There it was. There was the smile that Jack thought he would never see again. Relief spread through him as he reached over and tilted Ianto's face. He leaned in and captured Ianto's lips with his own. It took a second for Ianto to respond, but he did for a moment and for that moment nothing else existed for the two men. Ianto was the first to pull away. He was looking at his hands in his lap. Jack stared at him for a minute before grabbing the pizza box and standing up. "Get some sleep, I'll be back tomorrow."

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