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[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

[Ianto's curled up on a slightly worn couch, for once dressed in jeans and a casual shirt instead of the suits he usuall seems to favour.  He's currently surrounded by piles of  newspapers.  Most of these are open on the job pages, and most of the adverts have been crossed out in various coloured pens.  He seems to have finished with the paper he's looking at at the moment, and places it on one of the piles before picking up a mug of coffee from the table in front of him.  He takes a sip, and pulls a face as he flops back against the couch with a sigh.]  I'd better hope I find something soon.  Jobseeker's Allowance just doesn't pay for rent and decent quality coffee.

((Experiment start!))

Comments

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

You do, because you can't remember.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

That's what everyone keeps saying.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

...what do you remember, about me and you?

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

We're friends. I think. I know you know me in the future, but you never say much more than that.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

...Friends. Right.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

...what do you think we are?

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

Doesn't matter.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

You were trying to convince me we were sleeping together a minute ago, and before that Diva wanted to know if she could borrow you. Considering everyone seems to think I'm the one who's acting differently I think I deserve to know that at least.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

Like I said Ianto, it doesn't matter.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

[He looks for a moment as if he's going to continue to press the argument, then gives him a look instead, reaching for his coffee and turning away from him slightly.] At least you're starting to act like your usual self.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

[That may or may not have been a slight twitch] And how's that?

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

Distant. Like you don't want me to get to know you almost.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

In that sort of situation? I probably don't.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

...are you going, then?

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

DO you want me to?

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

Depends on how you're going to act.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

[slightly sarcastic] How do you think I should act?

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

[Shrugs] You'd know better than me by the looks of things.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

I can't act how I normally do around you. You don't want me to act distant like you think I always do.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

I want you to be less unpredictable.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

Less unpredictable?

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't want you to be more unpredictable. You're bad enough as it is.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

Predictable is boring.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

...I think I do want you to.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

I could just leave you alone.