text; locked to owen harper -> forward-dated to after the event

[torchwoodteaboy]

[Jack has gone wandering, as he does some nights, and Ianto can't sleep. He's got something on his mind. Well, he's always got something on his mind, but right now he's thinking about Jack. And his death. And how he doesn't know. He doesn't know, and Ianto's thinking that he might need to tell him. It's a thought that definitely doesn't help him sleep. So he reaches out to Owen. He can only hope that he's still awake, and if not, that he won't wake the other man up in sending him this message. At...1:15 in the morning, he notes with a wince, checking the time of the message as he sends it.]

Hey. Are you still up?

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[doctorweevil]

You know, weird thing is, I probably wouldn't want anything more serious now if it hadn't been for Diane. We were only together for a few days, but she...she reminded me of what it was like to be that close to someone. [And what it was like to lose someone.] It made all the sleeping around just seem so fucking pointless. [Not that he'd stopped entirely - he wasn't quite willing to go that far - but he'd done it a lot less.]

At least I know Clara won't leave me. [She's independent, like Diane, but he knows she wouldn't abandon him, even if she could.] Doesn't mean this place won't take her from me, but it won't be her choice. Mind, I'm still trying to figure out how someone like her could love me. [Owen laughs bitterly, shaking his head.]

[torchwoodteaboy]

[Ianto nods, before going to fill his tumbler up again. He does understand. Hell, he had thought that he would never be in a relationship again, let alone a serious one. And then he had ended up falling for none other than Captain Jack Harkness, professional flirt and the last person on Earth to be able to nail down in a relationship, as far as he can tell. At least, a relationship with the label of one on it. He knows that Jack loves him. Jack knows the he loves him in return. But there's so much more to what they are, and short of actually talking to Jack about it...

Never mind that, though. Owen probably won't want to hear it and they're talking about Owen right now anyway.] Stranger things have happened, Owen. [Ianto isn't going to tell Owen that he's selling himself short, but it's definitely implied in his tone of voice.]

[doctorweevil]

[Owen might be arrogant and cocky, especially when it comes to sex, but he also knows himself entirely too well. He knows what he's like - that he tends to be a shitty person quite a lot of the time, that his arrogance is really a facade, one of the tools he's always used to push people away from him. And, quite frankly, he's not sure he deserves love or happiness or any of that bollocks. But he sure as hell isn't going to voice any more insecurity than he's already done.]

I'm used to strange things happening. What I'm not used to is good things happening, at least, not to me.