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Tweak says, "I am a leaf on the wind"

Ianto Jones (notjusta_teaboy) wrote,
@ 2007-12-29 03:48:00

After the Christmas Party....
Ianto is silent as he walks next to Alex, heading back to their flat after leaving Minerva's party. He's regretting that he even asked Alex to go with him in the first place. It's dark out, and the streets are wet, reflecting the glow from the street lights. He thrusts his hands into his pockets, staring resolutely at his shoes as they rise and fall from the pavement.

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alexkrycek
2007-12-29 08:56 am UTC (link)

Alex's ribs and face are smarting from the discussion with Cesare. He still does not get why that conversation escalated quite that dramatically. He prods at his face - it's swollen and here is hoping nothing broke. Ianto beside him is silent. The streets are dark and equally without noise.

The party's been ... interesting to see the least. Yet another fight that had him with bruises, and then, vodka that's soaked into his shirt, and makes it cling to his skin. He rubs the back of his hand over his eyes. Fucked.

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	notjusta_teaboy 2007-12-29 08:59 am UTC (link)
	The bruise blooming across Alex's face, and his damp clothes, stinking of alcohol, are fine indicators of how the party had gone. He should have figured. He doesn't look at Alex, speaking instead to the pavement. "I'm sorry. I won't ask you to go to any more parties with me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	alexkrycek 2007-12-29 09:02 am UTC (link)
	He looks up sharply as Ianto speaks, eyebrows arched. "That's a very different tune from that earlier tonight." He kicks at a stray stone on the sidewalk. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2007-12-29 09:09 am UTC (link)
	He hears the stone Alex kicks go skittering off into the distance. He still doesn't look up. "Yeah, well, earlier tonight I thought you might be willing to behave yourself." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	alexkrycek 2007-12-29 09:10 am UTC (link)
	"I'm not Dog who is trained to behave." He shrugs. "I talked to people." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2007-12-29 09:14 am UTC (link)
	He sighs bitterly. "Yeah, I know. Just thought you might be capable of it for one night. Obviously I was mistaken. You got into fights with two people, That's not talking." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	alexkrycek 2007-12-29 09:15 am UTC (link)
	"You're not my father. I talked to people, we got into discussions, we disagreed." The sigh's a surprise though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2007-12-29 09:25 am UTC (link)
	"I know I'm not. I never said I was. I just hoped that maybe you'd be able to carry on a few hours of civil conversation." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	alexkrycek 2007-12-29 09:28 am UTC (link)
	"What do you care who I talk to in what way?" He kicks at another pebble, huddles deeper into his jacket against the cold. "I'm sure you had plenty of nice conversations with a lot of nice people." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2007-12-29 09:29 am UTC (link)
	"I care because I invited you to that party with me. I wanted to spend the evening just doing something nice. Normal. I told you that it was important to me. I told you that it meant a lot to me. I just wanted this one thing. And you couldn't do. Or wouldn't. Doesn't matter much which." He doesn't bother to hide the bitterness, the defeat, in his tone (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	alexkrycek 2007-12-29 09:30 am UTC (link)
	"We were going to a party, together. It was a party not some highbrow dinner where you show up with partner and get pegged as this couple and all that. It was just a party." His tone is incredulous. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notjusta_teaboy 2007-12-29 09:33 am UTC (link)
	He shrugs, his heart sinking more at Alex's words, his tone. "Yeah, You're right. Just a party. Nothing to make a big deal over. Nothing to care about." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	alexkrycek 2007-12-29 09:35 am UTC (link)
	"It was. It's a couple of people in Margate, what else would it be?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)