Suits and suspenders - janto teacher au

Captain jack...

Ianto sipped his coffee, sighing heavily. It was pouring with rain and he had to get the bus, which definitely meant getting soaked
on his way to the bus stop. He knew he should have called breakdown services yesterday. Oh well the damage was done he would just have to deal with wet hair and a damp suit for his first lesson. Or so he thought...

BEEP BEEP

He jumped. Jesus Christ, who was that? He peered out of his flat window curiously and, to his surprise, there sat jack in his SUV. He must be here for someone else, ianto thought, but then jack glanced up at his window from the car and made a beckoning motion with his hands. Ianto snapped into action, he downed the rest of his coffee, not bothering to even put the cup in the sink and rushed towards the door barely giving himself enough time to grab his bag of marking and throw his coat on. He rushed down three flights of stairs before he found himself rushing through the rain towards the car. He slid into the passengers seat. "Hey" he said slightly breathlessly from the cold. Jack smiled "hi... hope you don't mind but I didn't want you getting rained on so I thought I'd pick you up... and I never got your phone number so I just turned up" he shrugged as a way of explanation. Ianto took in the man's appearance, he was wearing a very similar outfit to the day before: a blue shirt, black trousers, a belt and light grey suspenders.  Ianto raised an eyebrow "do you always wear a variation of that outfit?" He questioned in amusement. Jack smirked as he drove, "you've only known me for like a day... but yes ... do you always wear a suit?". Ianto smiled "not ALL the time but ... most of the time yeah" he admitted.

They pulled up at the school way to quickly for ianto's liking but they did need to get to school. They stepped out of the car and threw their coats on. Yesterday had been to warm for coats but now ianto glanced at jack's coat ... Wait was that a...? "What's with the military coat" he asked casually. Jack shrugged "this? I used to be in the RAF ... but then ... I realised I was working my way up through the ranks a little too fast without even doing much... turns out I was getting special treatment cause half the lads wanted to get me in bed.... so I left.... it felt like cheating... yanno.... if I didn't work for it" he explained. Ianto nodded "so ... what rank did you get too before you left?". Jack smiled "well ... technically didn't get far in terms of ranks but it was how quickly I got there that was suspicious... group captain" he finally told ianto. Jack seemed to think for a moment before he swung himself in front of the Welshman. He held out a hand and smiled as if he was introducing himself for the first time "so I guess..." he started "captain jack harkness... and who are you" he smirked. Ianto didn't swoon... not at all... not even a little... he definitely didn't stutter out his own name for the second time in two days... and if he did he was just caught off guard... because he's straight... okay?

Ianto stood outside his classroom and took a deep breath. He had the year ten class first thing today... oh joy.

Ianto tried to ignore the mutters as he handed out the work sheets. "Oi Bernie... did you hear... amy saw mr jones and mr harkness arrive together today."
"Yeah I bet they spent the night together"
"Do you see how they look at each other"
"Didnt mr jones have a girlfriend"
"Yeah... miss Hallett from the primary school... she died though"
"No way! How"
"Car crash I think"
"Damn ... poor guy"
"Yeah but that was like a year ago"
"But guys if you love someone you can't just move on in a year and.."
"shut up carys no one asked you"

Ianto clapped his hands at the front of the class, trying to act confidently "okay so ... today we will be starting on shakespeares sonnets... we will read this sonnet, which is sonnet 18, as a class and then we will go through the first two questions at the bottom of the sheet together". Ianto paced slightly before speaking again "so who wants to read first?" he asked. Several voices piped up, "oh mr jones do WE have to read it"... "mr jones can't you read it like you used too" ... "yeah sir you're well good at the old timey speaking". Ianto sighed "guys you're not kids anymore you're in year ten, you're perfectly capable of" he trailed off as thirty pairs of eyes watched him expectantly "fine" he groaned and began reading. He had forgotten jack wasn't teaching a lesson first thing... until the captain waltzed past his classroom, lingering in the doorway slightly to watch his little show. He smiled (and blushed slightly) at jack's presence as he recited Shakespeare's words. It was too late when he realised he had actually locked eyes with jack as he spoke "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date".

He didn't see jack any more that day, until the bell for the end of the day had rung. He was sitting in his classroom marking books when jack appeared in the doorway. "Hey... uh I just wanted to let you know that I... I called the breakdown service they're gonna come and sort your car out" he told ianto half nervously. Ianto looked up surprised "thank you..." he smiled. He thought for a moment "tomorrow evening me and some of the other teachers are going for a drink... wanna come along". Jack thought for a second "okay... yeah" he agreed before making his way to the door, he stopped and turned for a second "oh and ianto?"
Ianto looked up questioningly "hm?". "You make shakespeare so much more interesting" and with that sentence and a wink... jack was gone. Ianto blushed... by now he knew that jack was a flirty person... that was it... he didn't mean to flirt... he probably only saw ianto as a friend... nothing else... not even that.. they had only known each other for two days. "Captain jack..." ianto thought out loud with a sigh and he didn't even realise he said it.