Pain behind death

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Jack died. Again. When didn't he? He knew he'd died because of the pain. The pain that tore through him every time he was forced to drag himself back to Earth. He gasped as he came back fully, reaching for the glass he knew would be stuck in his head from what had killed him. But it was gone. Someone had already removed it and, if jack had to guess, it was the same person who was now cradling him in his arms. "Shhhh it's ok jack I'm here" came the voice of the man jack now recognised as ianto.

Twenty minutes later they were in the SUV, ianto driving in silence as jack thanked him over and over again. "Really ianto thank you you don't know how much it eased the pain to have the glass pulled out of me before I woke up and to have you hold me like that just thank you" he babbled for most of the journey. "Mhm" came iantos short reply as he parked the SUV outside of the hub. Jack watched worriedly as ianto slammed the SUV door with a force he had never displayed before and stormed all the way into the hub and into the kitchen. "Ianto... whats wrong" jack asked hesitantly. Ianto took a deep breath and slammed his hands down the the kitchen side "YOU DIED JACK!" He shouted turning back to the captain "YOU THEW YOURSELF INTO THE SITUATION AND UNDER THAT FALLING WINDOW WITHOUT ANY HESITATION".
"Ianto i..."
"NO JACK YOU DON'T ANYTHING DO YOU REALLY WANT TO DIE THAT BADLY". Jack stared shocked at ianto for a second,he couldn't really think that.... could he?
"Ianto, I can't stay dead and I know that. I do it to save all of you" he explained to the younger man sorry.
"I DONT KNOW THAT JACK" ianto screamed tears filling his eyes "AND EVERY TIME I HAVE TO SIT THERE HOLDING YOU. WATCHING THE LIFE DRAIN FROM YOUR BODY. HOPING AND HOPING THAT THIS ISNT THE TIME YOUR LUCK RUNS OUT. HOPING THIS ISN'T THE TIME THAT YOU LEAVE AND NEVER COME BACK TO ME!!"
This time,despite knowing he shouldn't, jack got angry. "WHY DO YOU EVEN CARE IANTO" he bellowed as tears gathered in his eyes.
"BECAUSE , JACK.  I LOVE YOU"
"THEN STOP LOVING ME".
"I CANT" and, with those final words, ianto sank down onto the kitchen chair laying his head on the table, the shake of his shoulders was the only sign that showed jack the Welshman was crying. Jack moved his way over to ianto and put his arms around him "I'm sorry ianto I...." he paused, unsure if he was ready to admit this not only to ianto but to himself "I love you too, and I think about you every time I die. You're my last thought every time ianto and you're worth so much to me and I mean it".

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