The Ex and The Mr
Author Notes: Sorry, the title is rubbish I know but o well, tbh stole it from Mickey's line in School Reunion in Doctor Who with David Tennant lol, of course Mickey say says "the ex and the Mrs" but o well. Sequel to Just An Old Boyfriend. Result of an over-active imagination and curiosity lol :D. thanks to everyone who read Just An Old Boyfriend and gave me great reviews or just added the story to their favourites list, which is credit itself. Glad so many of you liked it so I thought instead of making a big long story out of it cause I loved the cliff-hanger, I'd do a sequel to explain who Scott is and how they'd met. Like I said with the first story, I dn't know if I'm putting these two back together, in fact might do an AU for Ianto and Scott just as pure fun lol :D. what does everyone think ? Please let me know xxx
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters or the rights to Torchwood they belong to Russell T Davies and the BBC.
Summary(sort of): Jack has returned to find Ianto has moved on and his living life with a mysterious man, he still has feelings for Ianto and vice versa but will Ianto break Scott's heart to take Jack back after everything that has happened in the three years Jack was missing ? Emotions run high and in a strange twist of fate, Ianto finds his way back into Jack's bed but is it love or just a way to get over Jack…
Chapter 1: Talking
"Yan, babe…"
"Don't, Jack, please just don't."
"But…"
"Ianto, who is it baby?"
Ianto walked back over to his partner; who hadn't moved from his position on the couch, and kissed him softly.
"Just an old boyfriend, babe, am gonna go for a walk with him ok? I'll be back in a couple of hours."
"You better be, I need my personal heater with me." Scott smiled sweetly.
"I will promise, and is that all I'm good for?" Ianto faked shock.
"Well, company too." Scott grinned.
"I'll be back soon babe, promise." Ianto smiled softly, knowing Scott was trying to lighten the mood.
"Ok baby, I'll see you later." Scott replied, kissing Ianto again.
"Bye sweet."
"Bye gorgeous, bye Jack."
The last part of his partner's sentence caught Ianto off guard, then he realised that he told Scott the only other man he'd been with was Jack and then his eyes filled with tears as he thought about the betrayal he was going to undertake tonight and how he would hurt Scott so badly.
He quickly pushed the thought aside, he and Jack were going to talk, nothing else.
"So what's been happening then, I mean apart from you getting with…" Jack replied, trying to hide his jealousy.
"Scott. And nothing really."
"Oh ok. So…"
"So, what, Jack?"
"How've you been?"
"Is that why you came back, Jack, to check up on me? I'm fine, Jack. Me and Scott are fine." Ianto spat out the words like venom; protecting his relationship with Scott and stopping himself falling back into Jack's arms again.
"Ianto." Jack said softly, the one word that had brought him back to Earth.
"What, Jack?" Ianto asked harshly, knowing it needed to be done.
"I'm sorry." Jack whispered and turned in the opposite direction, heading back for the Hub.
"Jack, wait." Jack stopped and turned to face Ianto. He was broken, he had left Earth to get away from the pain but he could never run from what he had done. "I moved on, because I had to, Jack, I don't have forever. I could have helped you, me and Gwen could have helped you, but you left us so we adjusted to life without you. Gwen and Rhys couldn't live in Cardiff anymore after what happened that day, couldn't live in Wales, so they moved to Scotland, so I had to adjust to life without them too. But then I found Scott and he's a great guy…"
"Oh."
"I'm sorry but I just can't hurt him, Jack. I love him too much, truth be told, I still love you but it's time to move on, Jack. I'm sorry."
"I understand and I shouldn't have left you to cope on your own…"
"You mean, me and Gwen."
"No, Gwen has Rhys now. I mean you, Yan."
"What?"
"I left because I thought if I ran, the pain would go and it would make it alright. Then I could have a normal life with you. No Torchwood, no aliens, just you and me with Gwen and Rhys living down the road or a couple of streets away… I didn't care so long as we could be together, but the more I ran, the more the pain caught up with me, the guilt and the sorrow, I just wish that I could have changed what happened so that Steven lived, but what could I do?"
"Jack, I'm glad the pain didn't go away, because if it had then I know I wouldn't be able to take you back, because I would have lost that heart, the heart that I fell in love with, the heart that even when I nearly killed everyone and killed you still took me in and still loved me. The heart that stopped the pain and helped me love again, the heart that makes you human, Jack. The very thing that sets you apart from most of the aliens we monitored as Torchwood and the Rift. I would never want to lose that, Jack. You killed your own grandson because you thought it would save future kids, and lost your daughter, you have to live with that forever. But that pain will make you stronger, in time, Jack, it will change you but for the better, it will make you a better person, and if the 456 do come back it will help you learn and we'll fight them without losing anyone. Me and Gwen will fight alongside you, we'll die alongside you if we have to…"
"No, no one else is dying in my care, I lost Tosh and Owen, I lost my team before you and I nearly lost Gwen, but I also nearly lost you, more than once. I'll fight them on my own and you guys will live."
"So you'll die on your own again, you'll push me and Gwen out and die from
that poison all alone?"
"It's what I deserve, I should die for every life I gave to them…"
"It doesn't work like that, Jack, that's not how the rules go, you can't change the past only the future."
"I can't have you in my future though, that's all I wanted."
"Jack, you need someone you can live forever, not me."
"But I do need you, Ianto, you're the reason I'm back. I need you to help me, to get me through this."
"It's just that you didn't trust me to help you, Jack. To save you. And I just don't understand why? Don't you love me?"
"I did trust you, Yan. Without you, I might as well be mortal again… I just didn't want to bring you down with me. I didn't want to lose you. I didn't want to lose you to the darkness that still haunts you. Because I love you, and I guess that now, I have to let you go. Let you live a proper, normal life like you deserve. No more Torchwood. No more aliens. It's over. The nightmare's over, Yan. And I'm happy for you, even if it is breaking my heart seeing you with someone else."
"I'm sorry, Jack but I didn't know when you were back. When you left me and Gwen, and Rhys on that hill, it just tore me apart cause I knew that you were torn up about leaving Gwen. I knew that I was second best to her…"
"Yan, that's not true. I love you. I really do."
"Who you trying to convince, Jack? Me or yourself? I know the score, ok. And now you don't have to worry."
"Yan, baby, it wasn't like that…"
"Don't, Jack. If there's anything else you know where I live but please try and sort it yourself, me and Scott are trying to live a Torchwood free life."
"Yan…"
"Leave it, Jack."
"But…"
"Bye, Jack."
"Bye, Ianto." Jack replied, placing one last kiss on Ianto's lips; noting the shiver it still gave the younger man.
The taste of Jack was like a drug to Ianto, he felt like he'd been to rehab while Jack was away but he could never quite get over the addiction of Jack.
Before he registered what he was doing, he kissed Jack back, hard and longingly. Jack grabbed Ianto around the waist, pulling him closer and deeper into the kiss; he knew what he was doing was wrong but he loved Ianto and he was going to make sure he knew it.
The taste of Ianto was like a drug to Jack. He'd never met anyone like him; even Gwen couldn't compare, he just wished Ianto knew that.
He cupped Ianto's face in his free hand, pulling him closer, breathing in his scent. The kiss turned desperate and needy and Jack wanted to keep Ianto in his arms forever but he could feel the temperature dropping and it was starting to get chilly now.
Jack pulled away, Ianto stepping forward for another kiss and Jack had to refuse. They couldn't stay out much longer otherwise they'd both be ill.
"Back to mine?"
"Yeah." Ianto smiled, kissing Jack again.
Jack wanted to mention Scott but thought better of it. He loved Ianto and wanted him back. Torchwood was gone, they could have a normal life, and Gwen was up in Scotland with Rhys. They could finally be happy, him and Ianto, like it had always meant to be.