Suits and suspenders - janto teacher au

Empty bed, empty heart

Ianto woke the next morning to an empty bed and a note.

Ianto,
I have a feeling you will regret last night so I thought it best to leave. Obviously it was just the one night and I don't expect anything from you.
Sorry
~ Jack

Ianto froze, was jack apologising for ... sleeping with him. He couldn't help the wave of sadness that overcame him as he stepped into the shower. Before meeting jack he had thought that he was straight... he wasn't too sure what this meant for him now but... did it really matter? Maybe he was bi?

It was the weekend now so he had two days before seeing jack again.... would it be awkward?

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Monday came way too quickly, ianto thought as he sat at the wheel of his car. Just before he started up the engine his phone rang, he was surprised to see jack's name pop up on the screen.

"Hello?"

"Hi! Ianto, listen i have no car could you... pick me up I was going to take the bus but I haven't got any change ... only my card"

"Uh yeah I can pick you up... where do you live?"

After getting jack's address, ianto set off and he didn't know why he was so nervous. At least jack wanted to carry on as normal. He honked his horn twice as he pulled up outside the block of flats jack had mentioned. Soon enough jack was slipping into the passengers seat. "Hey" jack muttered softly as he buckled his seatbelt. "H-hi" ianto replied, making the mistake of scanning jack up and down. The american looked somehow even more attractive today than usual. They were silent for the majority of the ride until they finally pulled up outside of the school.

The school day was pretty rough for ianto, apparently two teachers taking the same amount of time off and then arriving at the school together sparked gossip amongst the students. "Guys please" ianto tried weakly as the questions flooded in.
"Why were you off sir?"
"Are you and mr harkness a thing sir?"
"Oh my god did you shag him?"
"Sir? What's going on with you and mr harkness?"
"But sir ain't you straight though?"
"I thought you only loved that Lisa woman?"

Ianto floundered in front of the class until he couldn't take it anymore. At the mention of Lisa's name ianto did something he vowed he would never do. He walked out on a class.

He made his way through the dm front office ignoring the calls of "mr jones ?? Mr jones where are you going ? IANTO!". He flung himself into the drivers seat of his car slumping slightly in the seat. He swallowed, taking a shaky breath. What even was his life? Maybe teaching wasn't for him... maybe he wasn't cut out for the joke.

Jack hadn't been teaching a lesson when he had looked up in surprise at ianto stalking past his classroom. Hadn't Ianto been teaching a class? He made his way down to the front office, "did ianto come through here? He questioned looking around for the Welshman. The secretary gestured towards the car park and Jack made his way to Ianto's car. "Are you okay?" Jack questioned as he slipped into the passengers seat. Ianto nodded slowly "jus' kids rumours.... painfully true rumours" he muttered. Jack sucked in a breath "right ... Um ianto about the other night it's okay ... I know what it was". Ianto looked up, jack could've sworn he saw a flash of fear in his eyes but he must've been mistaken. "What was it?" Ianto half whispered. Jack smiled "I get it you were curious... I know you didn't enjoy it that much ... it's okay really". Ianto looked stricken, did jack really think he hadn't enjoyed it? If anything he had enjoyed it too much... that's what scared him.

Ianto felt a sudden surge of bravery, he needed to show jack he was wrong. He lunged forward, capturing the captain's mouth with his own. For a moment jack melted against him, tangling his fingers in the back of Ianto's hair. Ianto's felt himself being gently pushed away "ianto... please stop this ... you're insanely beautiful ... don't do this to me... I don't want to be an experiment" jack told him gently "you can't force yourself to become a completely new person after Lisa... that's not how it works I- I'll get a different ride home". "Jack I'm not experiment-" ianto began but it was too late.. jack had left the car and was making his way across the carpark. The rejection tore through him like a knife as he started the car... there's no way he was going back in there. There was one thing he didn't see. The children stood at the window watching the two teachers, gawping in a mix of surprise and triumph as they watched the exchange ... and the kiss...

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A/N: this one was a little shorter today sorry.