Ianto smiled back at him. "Ah well. Not really, no. Just a teaboy. A teaboy that works for a top secret organization that defends the planet against alien threats, but. A teaboy nonetheless, honestly."
"Don't let him lie to you," Jack called out, from inside the lift as the two joined him. He pressed the button for the main level after he was sure the two of them had safely entered, and the lift lurched downwards, as Jack continued his thought. "He does much more than serve coffee. He pretty much runs the place, honestly. I'm the public figurehead, but without him, well. We'd probably be swimming in takeout boxes by now, and I guarantee you that the pterodactyl and the Weevils wouldn't smell half as fresh as they do."
Ianto blushed. "I try my best," he said, hoping Jack'd leave off the compliments from then on. It was hard not to preen, when they were coming from Jack, and he was hoping that John wouldn't catch on to the fact that he and Jack were... Well, whatever they were to each other. He didn't really want it to be apparent that they had anything closer than a flirtatious boss and employee relationship, he supposed. John seemed to be alright with Jack and his attitudes, but. Ianto didn't want to make the other man feel uncomfortable, or anything. He still wasn't used to this whole thing. It came in waves, when he questioned it, and this was definitely one of those questioning times.
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Date: 2010-10-22 04:29 am (UTC)"Don't let him lie to you," Jack called out, from inside the lift as the two joined him. He pressed the button for the main level after he was sure the two of them had safely entered, and the lift lurched downwards, as Jack continued his thought. "He does much more than serve coffee. He pretty much runs the place, honestly. I'm the public figurehead, but without him, well. We'd probably be swimming in takeout boxes by now, and I guarantee you that the pterodactyl and the Weevils wouldn't smell half as fresh as they do."
Ianto blushed. "I try my best," he said, hoping Jack'd leave off the compliments from then on. It was hard not to preen, when they were coming from Jack, and he was hoping that John wouldn't catch on to the fact that he and Jack were... Well, whatever they were to each other. He didn't really want it to be apparent that they had anything closer than a flirtatious boss and employee relationship, he supposed. John seemed to be alright with Jack and his attitudes, but. Ianto didn't want to make the other man feel uncomfortable, or anything. He still wasn't used to this whole thing. It came in waves, when he questioned it, and this was definitely one of those questioning times.