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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[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

"Oh yeah, all those limbs and nakedness," Martha shudders but grins up at Ianto. "And pale bums."

[ooc: alright, I'll talk to you again soon. good luck with training]

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

He tweaks her nose. "I warned you I was just out of the shower, didn't I? And you still come barging in for a full view of my very pale bum."

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

She wrinkles her nose and laughs, "I think I might have been blinded for a few moments there."

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

"Welsh," he says, pointing to himself. "It's part of the package, like the vowels."

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

Martha leans back against Ianto, smiling widely. "Pretty vowels, pretty men, pretty pale arse."

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

He puts both arms around her for a lingering hug. "Odd girl, you."

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

"And yet, you still love me. So what does that say about you?"

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

"That I like odd girls." He hugs her tighter and chuckles.

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

Martha kisses Ianto's cheek and chuckles softly, "Among other things it does."

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

"Oh? And what other things are those?"

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

"That you have impeccable taste for one," Martha smirked at Ianto and stole an orange slice.

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

"I knew that already," he says airily. "You've seen my flat."

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

Martha rolls her eyes and pushes Ianto back and pinches his arse, "Cocky bastard, yeah?"

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

He yelps, laughing, and tries to roll away. "I know my strengths, that's all!"

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

"And your weaknesses?" Martha pulls out the jar of apricot jam and waves it in front of him.

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

He smiles and rolls his eyes, and mutters, "Yeah, I learned it to make it for Lorne. Hush.

"And at least I'm willing to challenge myself."

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

Martha smiles indulgently and can't help herself with how cute that really is, "Are you saying I don't like challenges because I don't make my own preserves?"

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

He throws back his head and laughs. "Was this conversation about you?"

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

Martha pauses and sulks, properly chastised, "No it wasn't, it was about you and your harem of men."

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

"And for whom I make apricot jam, because he likes it," he says and takes a baguette out of the basket for the jam. "Because store-bought is nothing like home-made."

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

Martha smiles at him as she hands over the jam and watches Ianto take care of the baguette. "So back on the subject of your harem," she drawls and begins to pick through the picnic basket.

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

"Yes?" he says without looking up from slicing. Tricky job, this. Easy to slice a finger.

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

Martha's teasing tone dropped a bit as she lowered her own head to try and see Ianto's face a bit better, "How are you managing love? Seriously?"

[ooc: have I mentioned I kind of love their relationship?]

[morethanteaboy.livejournal.com]

He shrugs and spreads a bit of jam on a slice of baguette.

"The only time I'm not thinking about Lorne and missing him and wanting him is when I'm with Jack, and that's mostly because at those particular times I'm not thinking much at all."


[ooc: Me too. They're so easy with each other. *crosses fingers Jones&Jones are like this next season on TW*]

[hisdarklady.livejournal.com]

Martha nods, noting the second name but not commenting on it just yet. "He's a necessary distraction, among other things."

[ooc: oh yeah, very easy and relaxed and martha can do things to him and not worry if he'll take it the wrong way. She rather likes that. *hopes so too, though I honestly had a bit of a soft spot for Ianto/Martha before TIC*