[Jack holds his tongue while Ianto talks, biting back the interjections and clarifications he wants to make at first. He's never really been sure how he felt about the whole business, because he's not sure how he was feeling about anything back then.
He does let out a soft laugh at the mention of Channing--Ianto's got him there, despite how jarring her appearance in his life had been at first. As much as he tries to run from any connection to his past, there's something comforting in knowing his wife's family kept going, in some way.
When Ianto kisses him, he melt into it happily and lets out a fuller laugh against his mouth at that comment about the socks.]
That goes both ways, you know. Never thought I'd actually give living with someone another go. Even tried to convince myself that when I did with John that the fact it was in a dream meant it wasn't really that serious.
[And they all know what bullshit that was, and even Jack knew it at the time, much as he didn't want to admit it to himself. Which was why he'd tried to make himself forget the whole thing even faster than he would have ordinarily.
Sighing, he curls a hand against Ianto's nape as he steals a quick kiss of his own.]
Think it bothered me more when I was married. Most the lies I had to tell Bess were pretty easy to rationalize, and I could give her enough half-truths that I didn't feel like I was actually deceiving her. But I couldn't exactly tell a woman I married in 1899 that the reason she wasn't getting pregnant was because I got fixed in the 51st century, all because of some job I wound up running away from. But it's probably knocking around because of that and…being reminded of why I was being quite so reckless as a teenager.
[Something he still hasn't told anyone about besides a man who died in 1941.
Shaking that away, he nuzzles at Ianto's jawline.]
I hadn't got it through my thick skull back then that I could be an orphan and still have a family. Took me way longer than it should have to pay attention to that lesson. [he presses a quick, open mouthed kiss to the hammering of Ianto's pulse at his throat] To realize I had it here.
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He does let out a soft laugh at the mention of Channing--Ianto's got him there, despite how jarring her appearance in his life had been at first. As much as he tries to run from any connection to his past, there's something comforting in knowing his wife's family kept going, in some way.
When Ianto kisses him, he melt into it happily and lets out a fuller laugh against his mouth at that comment about the socks.]
That goes both ways, you know. Never thought I'd actually give living with someone another go. Even tried to convince myself that when I did with John that the fact it was in a dream meant it wasn't really that serious.
[And they all know what bullshit that was, and even Jack knew it at the time, much as he didn't want to admit it to himself. Which was why he'd tried to make himself forget the whole thing even faster than he would have ordinarily.
Sighing, he curls a hand against Ianto's nape as he steals a quick kiss of his own.]
Think it bothered me more when I was married. Most the lies I had to tell Bess were pretty easy to rationalize, and I could give her enough half-truths that I didn't feel like I was actually deceiving her. But I couldn't exactly tell a woman I married in 1899 that the reason she wasn't getting pregnant was because I got fixed in the 51st century, all because of some job I wound up running away from. But it's probably knocking around because of that and…being reminded of why I was being quite so reckless as a teenager.
[Something he still hasn't told anyone about besides a man who died in 1941.
Shaking that away, he nuzzles at Ianto's jawline.]
I hadn't got it through my thick skull back then that I could be an orphan and still have a family. Took me way longer than it should have to pay attention to that lesson. [he presses a quick, open mouthed kiss to the hammering of Ianto's pulse at his throat] To realize I had it here.