Bute Park, Cardiff

[likesthecoat]

It's chilly but clear out--though it will rain by nightfall, from the look of the clouds in the distance--and Ianto spreads a blanket on the grass near other picnickers and kneels down to unpack the basket. "Cheese and crackers for starter?"

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[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

"I promised you a nice vacation, didn't I?" Absently he strokes her hair. "Despite all the teasing and whatnot online."

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

Martha laughs and closes her eyes a bit and enjoys Ianto's fingers in her hair, "Yes you did. Despite all the teasing online." She grabs another piece of apple and munches happily, kicking off her shoes.

"And it has been a lovely vacation... So far anyway." She smirks up at him.

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

He raises his eyebrows at her but smiles anyway. "Do you expect it to go sour? Barring any alien interference we should have a quiet time.

"Do you want to go out again tonight?"

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

Martha chuckles, "No, I don't think it will go sour and its up to you love. I'm fine with just staying in if you'd like, or we can go out dancing if you want."

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

"Either's fine. I don't go out unless I've got visitors, but we can stay in, too. Play video games," he adds and waggles his eyebrows, because he's that relaxed.

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

"Oh well," Martha laughs and realizes she hasn't been this relaxed in a long time. "Just be aware that I will kick your butt at them."

Martha is quiet for some time before speaking up again, "So tell me something interesting Ianto."

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

"Maybe at some of them . . ."

He's quiet a moment at her next statement, and then says softly, "How about . . . I think I'm in love."



[ooc: Have to be on my way! Will catch you later.]

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

Martha laughs before stopping abruptly at Ianto's next statement. "Ianto, what?" She sits up, surprised and notices that Ianto is telling the truth.

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

He looks away. "That's not even the interesting bit." He picks up an orange and starts rolling it between his hands to loosen the peel. "The interesting bit is that it's with someone I've never met."

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

"So, this is E then right?" Martha bounces a bit on the blanket and turns to look at Ianto.

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

He nods and starts peeling the orange with his fingernails. "I think I love him and I don't know what to do," he says quietly. "Because there's the other bloke who's--who's--" He sighs and hangs her a segment.

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

Martha takes the orange slice from Ianto and places a kiss on his forehead. "I've found I'm not so great at giving advice at this stuff, but my original question remains the same, will you be able to be with E? Other than online?"

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

He smiles faintly at the kiss. "I don't know. The situation is so fucking complicated--and not just because I'm, you know, torn between two lovers," he says and rolls his eyes at his own melodrama. "He's . . . he's a long way away."

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

Martha pauses, finishes off her orange and nods, "Yeah, I know how that is." She pauses as she fishes for a few grapes and hands some over to Ianto.

"I will admit to well, wanting to know who it is," Martha blushed and looked down at her feet. "Because of us being online and all... but, I didn't want to push or anything."

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

Ianto pauses. Lorne's told Sheppard . . . that was the only worry Ianto had, really.

"It's Lorne," he says and eats some grapes. "But, you know, kind of keep it under your hat, please? I'm not ready for it to be common knowledge yet."

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

Martha blinks for a moment and then has to cover her mouth so that she doesn't giggle too loud. "I'm sorry but the two of you, are incredibly cute."

Martha smiles brightly at Ianto and begins to swipe a bit of cheese from him before she pauses, "Oh... Oh crap..."

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

He rolls his eyes again at the "incredibly cute," and then frowns. "Oh crap, what?"

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

Martha pauses and looks back up at Ianto, "That was why you wanted to know where they were..."

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

"Yes," Ianto says slowly. "And you know, don't you."

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

Martha pulls back, "Yeah I do, John told me."

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

Ianto nods, focusing on the orange. "It's been hard to figure out . . . someplace on the ocean where the natives grow strawberries . . . I've thought sometimes the base was off Ireland somewhere."

he looks at her. "So were are they?"

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

Martha blinks, feeling herself being torn in two different loyalties.

She looks down at her grapes before looking back at Ianto and finally whispering, "Pegasus galaxy."

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

Ianto stares at her.

"Outer space," he says flatly.

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Martha breathed softly. "I looked it up the other day. Around 2.7 million light years away..."

Martha moves forward and hugs Ianto close, "Oh Ianto..." she sighs.

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

He leans into her. "Suddenly a great many things make sense," he says quietly. "2.7 million light years away . . . I'm never going to meet him."