11
Ianto stirred in the bed, something alerting him and he opened his eyes to find Jack crouching close to his face.
"Hi" Jack grinned.
"Wha' timesit?"
Jack smiled softly as Ianto writhed in the bed, starching like a cat and he whispered, "Almost lunch."
"Wha?"
"Space jumping catching up with you" Jack said softly, "It affects people differently, Boeshane has a different atmo and some people are more affected than others. Going out yesterday beyond the dome and breathing it in might have made you sick."
"Shit" Ianto's eyes widened, "Jack I am so sorry. I shouldn't have gone, I just didn't think and…"
Jack waved a hand, "We've already gone over that and agree we both acted badly, yeah? I think that it will be one of many bumps in the road as we try to navigate a relationship, be it real and pretend we will have to be friends. I like you. A lot. Iike, really. I hope you forgive me for my outburst, I so very much forgive you for stealing my only child."
Ianto snorted as he tried to glare at him but gave in as he smiled back, then his smile faded as he looked around the room.
"What's wrong?" Jack asked with surprise.
"The light's wrong" Ianto sat up, "Jack why is it so dark for this time of day? This is why I did not wake. Is this normal? Is there something wrong with the lighting?"
Jack stood, surprised by the sudden wakefulness of the usually sleepy man and opened the curtains and made a noise as he saw the semidarkness outside, "Weird."
Ianto slid from the bed to drag on his robe and opened the door to the patio of his room, stepping out and looking up then gasping as he looked at the incoming storm. "Jack?"
Jack stepped out beside him and looked up, then made a noise of alarm, grabbing Ianto and pulling him back inside then racing to a tablet and frantically punching in codes.
"Jack?"
"It's a megastorm" Jack said as he worked, "Seems the war over in sector five had resulted in a planetary bomb. That's a planet's worth of debris coming towards us at a great rate. Shit, some of the pieces are huge"
"You mean, a planet has died? Were there people on it? Oh for the love of Pete, a civilisation just wiped out, really?" Ianto moved to look over Jack's shoulder and as he watched the small screen filling with asteroids a loud klaxon started to sound. "Cariad?"
"Alice" Jack stood and turned to Ianto with open horror, "Ianto love go get Alice from her room, I have to gather the staff. There is a shelter under this block that will shield us but we have to go now. OK?"
"You will be right behind us?" Ianto whimpered as Jack saw Ianto's fear as well as concern for him and stepped forward, taking his face in his hands, and touching their lips together in their first kiss.
WOW
Time seemed to stall out as they stood there and then Ianto stepped back and it all sped up again, the blush forming on Ianto's cheeks gorgeous to watch, "Cheeky that. Taking liberties in a time of crisis, Sir."
"And you call me cheeky" Jack sighed, "Gods Ianto. Please get the bub, I will gather everyone else. Thank Pete it is still early, only four or five here. No doubt a staff member is already trying to cajole her away from the morning picnic and she will be digging in."
Ianto nodded as he pulled on warm socks and shoved his slippers back on, scuffing off as Jack watched for a moment, still thinking about that kiss.
Ianto found her where they thought she would be, sitting defiantly at the wee table with her arms folded telling her nanny to leave her alone.
"There you are" he gasped theatrically, "I was so scared. Darling, show me where the bunker thing is will you? I promised Daddy I would go there but I am so silly I forgot to ask where it is. I don't want to disappoint him."
They raced for the large blast doors that was the entrance to the underground facility that spanned the block under the buildings and as they slid in Ianto glanced back to see Jack striding towards him with staff in tow. Ianto stepped aside and let them enter then felt Jack's hand side to his lower back as he encouraged Ianto down the stairs. The sterilising curtain of air blasted them and he felt the fine spray as Alice squealed with glee.
The boom of the boors closing made them all jump, then laugh nervously as the automated system went into lockdown.
They entered the huge facility and Jack immediately moved Ianto towards a private room, "My family made sure we have the deluxe accommodations here, a room to ourselves."
Ianto entered the room and looked at the dusty bedding, the little table and chairs, and spider webs in the corner of the room that showed this facility had been unkempt for some time then feeling a sudden claustrophobia he tried to leave, turning into Jack's waiting arms.
"Hey, hey what's this?" Jack said softly as he held him, alarmed at the tremors in his body and he ran his hands up and down his back as he soothed him, "It's OK."
"Problem with small spaces" Ianto whispered as he buried his face in Jack's shoulder, "Silly really."
"Well I hate spiders so who's sillier" Jack replied softly as he rocked them gently.
Ianto felt himself relax as he chuffed with laughter.
What a pair.