[Jack freezes the moment he hears Ianto's voice, only for his shoulders to drop a second later as he lets out a resigned sigh.]
Not really. Just the frustration of dealing with a brain that has two centuries of memories to scatter all over the place and leaves you to do the cleanup.
[The smile he puts in his voice isn't entirely false; this isn't bad, just not something he thought he'd have to deal with again.
Which is why he doesn't have a great idea of where to start on even sort of explaining it to Ianto so he'll actually believe it's nothing to worry about. Still, he turns and sits back down on the bed instead of just telling Ianto he's fine. He is, but he's not sure that will be so easy to believe if he runs off.
After a long moment staring at the floor, he turns with a weak smile.]
You remember telling my younger self you kinda hoped if you had kids that they'd be like him?
[It's such a roundabout way of getting to the real story--stories--but he hasn't been able to think about his life in a linear fashion in ages, forget talking about it that way.]
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Date: 2023-11-26 05:53 am (UTC)Not really. Just the frustration of dealing with a brain that has two centuries of memories to scatter all over the place and leaves you to do the cleanup.
[The smile he puts in his voice isn't entirely false; this isn't bad, just not something he thought he'd have to deal with again.
Which is why he doesn't have a great idea of where to start on even sort of explaining it to Ianto so he'll actually believe it's nothing to worry about. Still, he turns and sits back down on the bed instead of just telling Ianto he's fine. He is, but he's not sure that will be so easy to believe if he runs off.
After a long moment staring at the floor, he turns with a weak smile.]
You remember telling my younger self you kinda hoped if you had kids that they'd be like him?
[It's such a roundabout way of getting to the real story--stories--but he hasn't been able to think about his life in a linear fashion in ages, forget talking about it that way.]