INSTANT MESSENGER TRANSCRIPT

JACK:  I didn’t do it.

JACK:  Ianto?

IANTO:  Yes?

JACK:  I didn’t do it.

IANTO:  It?

JACK:  I came straight back here on Friday night.

[  IANTO is typing a message  ]

IANTO:  You did the right thing.

JACK:  I know.

JACK:  Do you hate me any less for that?

IANTO:  I never hate you.

[  JACK has left the conversation  ]

[  Ends  ]

The thaw set in.  Uncharacteristically quiet, but Jack had smiles for Ianto now when he appeared with coffee or their work brought them together.  Ianto had smiles for Jack when he came back from various Rift-related outings.

Their colleagues provisionally stopped walking on eggshells.

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