Suits and suspenders - janto teacher au

The recovery period

They woke the next morning in the same position they had fallen asleep in the night before. Ianto woke first and shifted off of the captain, laying a blanket over him before he left the room to make coffee.

Jack woke a minute later. He panicked slightly when he found a blanket on top of him where ianto had been. "Ianto?!" He called out, trying to sound questioning rather than frantic. "Just making coffee" came the answering welsh vowels. Jack smiled and hauled himself off of the sofa, making his way to the kitchen. "How are you, ianto?" Jack questioned, standing in the doorway. Ianto nodded towards him with a smile "I'm okay... now that you're here". Jack smiled and made his way over to the Welshman. He stopped, his arms raised slightly in mid air "um". Ianto turned round and took jack's hands, guiding them to his own hips almost experimentally. The Welshman took a breath, "it's okay..." he murmured disbelievingly "it's like... when it's you it's okay". Jack breathed in slowly as he moved his hands around Ianto's waist interlocking his fingers at the back. Ianto shuffled closer, "Jack..." he adressed. "Ianto..." jack breathed. ianto moved forward, closer to jack. He lifted a hand, cupping the captains cheek. He swallowed, licking his lips nervously as he leant in. Jack could feel Ianto's breath tickling his his upper lip. He could smell the subtle scent that could only be described as ... purely... ianto and he could feel thier hearts beating in an almost identical rhythm. Suddenly the coffee machine hissed in anger at being forgotten, snapping the men out of their trance. Jack cleared his throat as ianto turned away, blushing, turning his attention back to the coffee.

They sat at the dining table in silence. It wasn't an awkward silence ... more of a mutual silent agreement. Jack was the first person to speak, "so do you... want to go to the police?" He murmured softly as to not startle ianto. Ianto stared into his coffee "no" he shook his head "I don't remember their names or... or what they looked like... I just ... want this... it's ... nice" he confessed. Jack pulled a face "what do you mean... this?". Ianto flushes pink as he shrugged "dunno... just this" he gestured around the room "you ... me it's nice". Jack nodded slowly, still not quite understanding. "Shall we ... watch a movie?" He asked after a second of silence. Ianto perked up immensely "Disney?" He almost pleaded, jack laughed "course ... bambi?" jack suggested. Ianto's eyes widened "you WERE listening when I was telling you about my favourite Disney films" he exclaimed already making his way to where he kept his rather large stash of dvds.

Halfway through the film jack had begun to study the eyes of bambi. "That's what you do... bambi eyes" he announced. Ianto looked up, "what?" He giggled. "You make your eyes go all wide and shining and it's impossible to say no to" the captain teased. Ianto leant against him "I see" he chuckled slightly? pulling a blanket around them both.

When jack was changing the dvd to another film ianto frowned, "shouldn't you ... tell the school where we are?". Jack smiled, turning around to him "I already did", he went to sit back down beside ianto and the Welshman relaxed against him one more mumbling something incoherent. "What was that" jack queried, ianto looked up "I said you're the best" he repeated. Ianto lent up suddenly pressing a small gentle kiss to jack's head before settling back down to watch the film. Jack blushed slightly, unable to concentrate fully on the movies as Ianto's arm circled around his waist.

That's where they stayed for the majority of the day, watching Disney film after Disney film. "Jack?" Ianto questioned looking up at the american "I think... next week ... I want to go back to work and have some... normality". Jack nodded "if that's what you want". Jack glanced at his watch "we should sleep soon... do you have any clothes I can borrow?". Ianto nodded and led jack through to the bedroom. Jack stood awkwardly for a while after he had changed into one of Ianto's T-shirt's and a pair of jogging bottoms. "I could... sleep on the couch?" He suggested. Ianto shook his head furiously "no can you ... stay here it's just ... the dreams" he whispered in a small voice. Jack just nodded silently. They curled up in bed both laying in the middle of the mattress close to each other for warmth. At least they told themselves it was for warmth. Ianto sighed, maybe ... just maybe the recovery period wouldn't be as long and unbearable as he had first thought.

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A/N:
Sorry it's a bit shorter and more rushed than normal.