Sometimes it’s a barely their awareness in sleep—rousing slightly, feeling the bed shift in that particular way, Jack’s soft breath and feet padding out of the room. Not a nightmare, likely restless…figure out which of the kitchen drawers Jack rearranged in the morning.
Others, he wakes fully because Jack’s had a bad one, enough to shake Ianto fully awake himself by it. From there, it’s about figuring out what Jack needs, and sometimes it really is to just be left alone until the fear abates enough for him to articulate a need—a kiss for touch, a touch for sex, an utterance of Ianto’s name for support and conversation.
Lately, it’s been this: waking fully, Jack still in bed or padding out of the room. Not restless, not a nightmare. Something new—and new isn’t always good.
So this time, when Jack stands, Ianto doesn’t feign or reach for sleep. He sits up, staring at Jack’s indecisive figure.]
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Date: 2023-11-26 05:09 am (UTC)Sometimes it’s a barely their awareness in sleep—rousing slightly, feeling the bed shift in that particular way, Jack’s soft breath and feet padding out of the room. Not a nightmare, likely restless…figure out which of the kitchen drawers Jack rearranged in the morning.
Others, he wakes fully because Jack’s had a bad one, enough to shake Ianto fully awake himself by it. From there, it’s about figuring out what Jack needs, and sometimes it really is to just be left alone until the fear abates enough for him to articulate a need—a kiss for touch, a touch for sex, an utterance of Ianto’s name for support and conversation.
Lately, it’s been this: waking fully, Jack still in bed or padding out of the room. Not restless, not a nightmare. Something new—and new isn’t always good.
So this time, when Jack stands, Ianto doesn’t feign or reach for sleep. He sits up, staring at Jack’s indecisive figure.]
Trouble? Torchwood or otherwise?…