[Jack snorts softly] Not to discourage your flattery, but even I admit that was a terrible look. It just looked less terrible on me than pretty much anyone else. [He can't help tripping into Ianto's touch, even if he can still feel that edge of tension of unknown origin running under the surface. Any other time, he might feel safe in asking what's going on, but now…
Now, he's happy to let Ianto do what he's done so often and talk around the elephant, until it actually becomes a danger to others]
Why am I not surprised you actually knew something about her? [he grins, clearly pleased. He always forgets how much knowledge Ianto's gathered, not just about Torchwood but so many other things, in such a relatively short amount of time.]
It is…mostly accurate, if highly dramatized. They just show the reactions to what happened to her eldest, and Rudolf has a heartbreaking little solo when he's a boy about her being away so much, and what happened at Mayerling is shown in a lot more detail. Nothing graphic, more like ballet, but it's still--not something I've been comfortable seeing for a couple years now.
[Ianto might not have seen what happened taht New Years Eve like John, but Jack still knows he doesn't have to explain--especially since he had to write the damn report.
He's pleased to find his throat doesn't tighten with too much grief at even a sideways mention of Alex, and his soft smile is actually genuine] Mostly I've been listening to it to see if my German's still half-decent, and music helps to keep someone from kicking my ribs so much if I sit still for more than an hour.
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Date: 2024-04-12 11:53 pm (UTC)[He can't help tripping into Ianto's touch, even if he can still feel that edge of tension of unknown origin running under the surface. Any other time, he might feel safe in asking what's going on, but now…
Now, he's happy to let Ianto do what he's done so often and talk around the elephant, until it actually becomes a danger to others]
Why am I not surprised you actually knew something about her? [he grins, clearly pleased. He always forgets how much knowledge Ianto's gathered, not just about Torchwood but so many other things, in such a relatively short amount of time.]
It is…mostly accurate, if highly dramatized. They just show the reactions to what happened to her eldest, and Rudolf has a heartbreaking little solo when he's a boy about her being away so much, and what happened at Mayerling is shown in a lot more detail. Nothing graphic, more like ballet, but it's still--not something I've been comfortable seeing for a couple years now.
[Ianto might not have seen what happened taht New Years Eve like John, but Jack still knows he doesn't have to explain--especially since he had to write the damn report.
He's pleased to find his throat doesn't tighten with too much grief at even a sideways mention of Alex, and his soft smile is actually genuine] Mostly I've been listening to it to see if my German's still half-decent, and music helps to keep someone from kicking my ribs so much if I sit still for more than an hour.