Pairings: Janto

Dedication: Janto-rulz and Gwencooper08. Both for being great. =P Hehe.

Title: Protected

Summary: Ianto and Jack watch a film on Halloween. Ianto gets spooked but Jack protects him from nightmares.

Jack watched the rest of the team disappear through the Cog Door and turned to the Welshman who was sat on the sofa.

"Happy Halloween…" Jack grinned as he stood in front of Ianto.

"What have you planned this year?" Ianto asked, remembering last year when Jack insisted they went trick or treating dressed as Weevils even though they were two grown men, thankfully Ianto had got out of it and they had gone to dinner instead but Ianto doubted he'd get out of whatever Jack wanted this time.

"A movie?" Jack suggested.

"Really?"

"Yep." Jack nodded and pulled Ianto into his office and sat him on the sofa in there. He pulled a TV closer to the couch and sat beside Ianto. He got some DVD's from the desk before he sat. "Choose one."

"Urm…" Ianto scanned the cases. "They're all horrors. And they look really cheesy and fake." Jack rolled his eyes; he knew Ianto would complain about modern movies.

"PICK one." He insisted.

"That one." Ianto sighed, pointing to one of the cases. Jack walked to the TV and slid the disk into the the DVD slot. He sat beside the Welshman and pulled him so Ianto's head was resting on Jack's chest.

----45 minutes later----

Ianto buried his head into Jack and moved closer to him, Jack laughed at the Welshman's fear.

"What are you laughing at?!" Ianto snapped, and then turned his attention back to the TV. "Ahh! No, no, no! Don't go in there! It's so obvious!" He moved closer to Jack and turned away from the TV. "Why are we watching this?" Ianto whimpered.

"Want me to turn it off?" Jack replied.

"Please." Ianto nodded. Jack got up and switched the TV off.

"Thought you said they were all cheesy and fake." Jack laughed.

"I didn't expect it to be that scary… or gross." Ianto retorted.

"It's ok." Jack smiled. "Come on." He held Ianto's hand and took him down the hatch and over to his bed. Ianto looked at Jack and smiled softly, obviously still spooked.

"You ok?" Jack asked.

"Just… I'm a little scared." Ianto smiled, embarrassed. "God, I'm like a little kid."

"No, you're not." Jack shook his head. "It was a scary movie." Jack shrugged.

"We deal with real life aliens every day." Ianto sighed. "Compared to them… That movie was like a toddler's program. And I was spooked by it."

"Hey, don't be like that." Jack smiled. He moved closer to Ianto and wrapped his arms around his waist and pulled the Welshman close. He kissed him softly on the lips. Ianto put a hand on the back of Jack's neck and deepened the kiss. When they pulled apart Ianto gazed at Jack and whispered.

"Thank you."

"What for?" Jack looked blank.

"Staying with me. Looking after me when I need you." Ianto answered. Jack nodded.

"I do it because I want to… not because you need me to." Jack smiled. Ianto pulled Jack to the bed and undressed.

"It doesn't matter. You still do it." Ianto slid into the bed and was followed by Jack after he had undressed. Ianto shifted closer to Jack and rested his head on Jack's chest and drifted into sleep. He suspected he would've had nightmares had Jack not been with him.

"Goodnight, Ianto." Jack whispered, although it was unheard by Ianto who was already sleeping. He kissed Ianto's forehead and settled in the bed, allowing sleep to take him too.