Wester Drumlins was silent at that time of night. Even the wind kept well away. But there was no malice there, now. Ianto could only feel a kind of sadness, a loneliness, absorbed into its tattered walls.

Jack set the pieces of the Angel on a pedestal he'd brought in from the garden. It was placed at the very center of the other Angels. Right in their line of sight.

"They'll never move again," Ianto said quietly, standing off to the side in the dark cellar.

Jack looked at him. He nodded.

They looked at each other for a long, long moment.

Ianto could feel his face turning red with the effort of keeping himself contained; tears stung at the corners of his eyes. He couldn't keep the quiet act.

"Jack," he broke.

Jack opened his arms.

Ianto dove into them, gripping Jack's shirt, burying his head in Jack's chest. Jack's arms wrapped around Ianto's shoulders and pulled him closer, tight against him, his lips pressed against Ianto's hair. Ianto breathed against him, "You're here, you're here," trying to keep himself from crying and not being able to help it.

He felt a few wet drops against his scalp and he wrapped his arms around Jack's middle, holding on as tight as he could manage.

It felt like an eternity before they released each other. Jack stepped away and wiped his eyes, smiling through tears. "You got me back," he said.

Ianto was wiping his own tears away. "I had to," he said. "I need you."

Jack reached out and put his hand on Ianto's cheek, rubbing his thumb across his cheekbone. He kissed him, softly, taking his hand.

"Come on," he said, quiet. "Let's go back."

At the bottom of the stairs, Ianto stopped. Jack looked down at him from the second step. "What's wrong?"

Ianto looked up at him. "The Angel," he said, thinking. "You said it wouldn't attack anyone. But it went for me. Why?"

Jack smiled. "I told you. The Angel and I were connected. It wanted what I wanted." He held out his hand again. "Come on."

Ianto took it.

They left the house to its silence.

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