torchwoodteaboy | [RL WITH SULU][backdated to 03-20] Shoreleave: Part 2

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[RL WITH SULU][backdated to 03-20] Shoreleave: Part 2

Ianto had thought that one day on the planet had been exciting enough, but the prospect of another, when Sulu had mentioned it, had been too good to pass up. They'd had such a nice time on the beach, after all. It was only fair that they do a little exploring, let Sulu look for the alien plants that he would want to and get to watch the other man geek out about something for a while. Ianto himself had been embarrassingly excited about the planet and the beach and all the previous day, after all. It would be nice to be able to be the one to sit back and watch the excitement on someone else for a change, reverse roles from the previous day.

They hadn't gotten too early of a start. After all, this was a vacation for the pair of them, and it wouldn't do to have to wake up in the wee hours of the morning (if there were such a thing in space, Ianto didn't really even know). But they gave themselves the better part of the day, and after having a bite to eat (Ianto wasn't sure he would ever get enough of being fascinated with the replicators), and a quick stop by Ianto's flat for more clothes for him (he needed long pants if they might be venturing into the jungle, after all, it was only practical) they found themselves beaming down to the planet again, Sulu with his kit and Ianto with...well. The clothes on his back, really. He didn't really have anything to bring along himself, since they were mostly going to be exploring inland this time.

Ianto looked up at the clear blue sky above him, and smiled at the fact that even the weather seemed to have adjusted so that it was cool enough for him to be comfortable in jeans, but not too cool that it wasn't still pretty warm. "...god," he said. "It's like this place is gorgeous every day." He shot a smile sideways at Sulu. "Better not let me visit for many more days, I might want to stay," he joked.

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Sulu made a vague gesture to a small shelf in the corner of the tub, where three dispensers were set up. "Left is shampoo, middle is conditioner, right is shower gel," he said, knowing it was probably a lot different from anything Ianto was used to but figuring he could make the most of it. He lifted his head then, giving Ianto an appraising look. "Are you saying you want me under the influence of sex pollen again?" Because. Well, other than the potential asphyxiation, he had to admit, he'd pretty well enjoyed himself then and there.

Ianto raised an eyebrow and quirked a smile. "I'm not sure that I ever want to have to stick you with another hypospray, if I can help it, but... The other part. The sex part. It was rather exciting. Different, and all. If you're interested..." He blushed slightly, lowering his eyes for a moment. "If you're interested, we've got some things in storage at Torchwood that work in sort of the same way, but. You know, minus the part where you're allergic to them, I hope. If you're interested, we could... Try giving some of them a go, sometime," he propositioned, idly, before going to get some shampoo out, lathering it in his hands before turning back.

"What d'you think, would it be worth looking into?" he asked, moving forward and starting to work his hands through Sulu's hair, the motions equal parts shampooing and massaging as he did so. Sulu'd scared him a little earlier in the day, he hoped that he wouldn't mind the doting on him because of that.

Sulu sighed, leaning into Ianto as the other began to work his hands through his hair, closing his eyes to avoid soap and water and just because he really was kind of tired. He couldn't help but grin lazily at Ianto's question, though.

"Yeah, I think that'd be worth looking in to. I'm not sure how I'm even supporting myself right now, honestly. You practically turned me completely boneless, with the way you were touching me back there." He cracked open an eye enough to look up at Ianto, "Not to mention, some of the stuff you were saying. I liked that, too. Using your voice against me and all."

"Only some of the stuff I was saying?" Ianto asked, trying to sound mock-offended and not even achieving that, there was too much of a smile in his voice. He ducked his head, blushing. "It was... It was sort of fun, to be honest. Having to be a bit more creative than I normally do. I'm glad that it worked, though. Any of it. I was half worried that I'd have to bring you back to medical...y'know. As you were," he said, with a bit of a smirk, working the shampoo further into Sulu's hair, using his fingernails to scratch a little more.

"Or just leave you like that, which I'm not sure which'd be worse, having to wait it out or needing medical help." He laughed, slightly. "I was pulling out all the stops. I'm... I'm honestly glad that you're not telling me it sounded ridiculous, really..."

Despite the soap in his hair and the fact that he was, really, trying to get clean (or let Ianto help him get clean), Sulu leaned up and kissed Ianto firmly, hands bracing against his hips. "Ianto Jones," he said, grinning, "You could read out a menu at a restaurant and I'd find it hot. That's how good your voice is."

Leaning his head into Ianto's hands, he closed his eyes to keep from getting anything in them and continued, "And I wouldn't be the first person to show up in medical with an allergic reaction to pollen like that. For some stupid reason," he chuckled, "People like to roll around in the stuff without thinking about whether or not they're allergic. I have no idea why."

Sulu knew his shower well enough to be able to reach over, filling his hand up with shower gel, lathering it briefly between his hands before bringing them around Ianto's sides, up to his back. He figured if Ianto was helping him, the least he could do was return the favor.

Ianto hummed at the touch, at the feel of Sulu's hands running over his skin. It felt wonderful to get clean after getting particularly gritty, especially as gritty as the pair of them had gotten, what with the run and then the swim and then the pollen and the sand. "Mmm, no, can't imagine why anyone'd do that either," he said, with a bit of a grin, considering the fact that the pair of them were pretty guilty of said crime.

He shifted slightly, so that Sulu was more in the path of the spray as he started to wash the shampoo out, careful not to get it in Sulu's face too much at all. "Guess I'll have to learn to take advantage of that, then, if you like the way I talk so much," he said, with a smirk of a smile. "...I wasn't kidding, you know. With the things that I said... I." He laughed. "I think it'd be rather fun, to catch you off-guard with something like that."

Having gotten the shampoo out of Sulu's hair, he figured he should keep going and just reached back, fumbling a little, before grabbing some conditioner, shifting Sulu out of the water once more so he could start massaging it into his hair. "Hope you don't mind if I do. You sounded pretty interested in it earlier, after all..."

Sulu wasn't hard to pamper, that was for sure; even something simple like Ianto washing his hair was enough to make him feel lazy and at ease. Not that he normally didn't feel like that, but it was different here. He smiled a little, pressing his fingers into Ianto's muscles as he all but brushed sand off of Ianto's skin.

"I don't think I'd mind. At all." His smile quirked at the edges and he all but drawled, "I never really took you for the type of guy to be into surprise phone sex, though." Though that wasn't strictly true - he knew Ianto was really not nearly as polite and gentlemanly as his persona made him out to be. But, that was the best part. The fact that he'd never really expect it to happen just made the idea of it actually happening that much more intimate.

"Mmm, I'm just full of surprises, then, aren't I?" he said, with a smirk in his voice as he reveled in the feeling of Sulu's hands on his skin. It wasn't exactly a massage, but his tired body didn't seem to care all that much. It was contact, and it was his, and he couldn't get enough of it, wouldn't be able to get enough of it even if he tried. "Like to keep you on your toes. I've got to keep myself remaining interesting somehow, after all."

Ianto finished putting the conditioner in Sulu's hair and shifted so he was directly under the water again, massaging his hands through the other man's hair, though his pace was becoming seriously more relaxed, the closer he got to getting the conditioner out of Sulu's hair. He hadn't quite finished before he leaned forward, pressing another kiss to the other man's lips, a lazy one, his hand only barely working itself in his hair, as if his brain hadn't quite told it that it didn't need to be moving any more.

Sulu tilted his head to help rinse his hair free of conditioner, leaning against Ianto as he did so. He felt himself being pulled a little and leaned into the kiss he knew was coming, sighing against Ianto's mouth and bringing his hands up to run over Ianto's neck and shoulders, leaving a trail of soap in his wake.

"You're plenty interesting," he said, smiling a bit into the kiss, "But the deviant behavior helps." His hands gripped at Ianto's arms, the water clearing the gel away, and then he brought his hand up to Ianto's neck, threading his fingers through his hair and feeling the grit there. "Think it's your turn," he mumbled, making a move for the shampoo.

"I suppose it is," Ianto replied, putting his hands on Sulu's waist and stilling for the moment, as the other man prepared to give him the same treatment he'd just done. "I'm glad you do think I am interesting, though. Sometimes I certainly don't think I am. Certainly not on the days I'm running inventory. There's nothing interesting about writing up supply lists. That's where the deviant behavior comes in, I guess."

He leaned against Sulu slightly, although he was careful not to lean too much, because he wasn't certain how sturdy the other man was on his feet in that moment. "I should probably be returning the favor and giving you a bit of a body wash too, then, shouldn't I..." he remarked, idly. Sighing, he tipped his head forward and pressed his forehead against Sulu's temple. "Maybe in a moment..."

"There's no rush," Sulu replied softly, lathering shampoo between his hands before reaching up to run them through Ianto's hair, fingertips scratching lightly at his scalp as he worked the lather through. "We've got plenty of time. The Enterprise doesn't run out of hot water, after all."

Sulu really didn't mind if Ianto never got around to the bodywash stage of things - he felt clean enough, considering, and he was just as lethargic as Ianto seemed to be. The water was warm and the steam was helping unwind his nerves; if there'd been enough room for both of them to lie down, Sulu would have probably suggested that they did exactly that. "When I finish up here, we could go lie down, if you want?"

Sulu speaking to him in that soft tone, suggesting that they go lie down afterward, it was as if the other man was reading his mind. He closed his eyes to protect them from the spray and shampoo that might run into them and nodded. "Yeah, lying down sounds like a pretty good idea to me right now. Turns out, I guess that I'm pretty knackered, thanks to today." The adrenaline of the last while was starting to wear off now that Ianto knew that he wasn't in any danger anymore, and because of that he knew it was just a matter of time before he crashed.

He sighed in response to Sulu's hands working through his hair, the motion lulling him into a further state of relaxation. He hummed slightly under his breath, his fingers tightening on Sulu's waist minutely. He always had liked Sulu's hands, after all, especially when they were on him, or playing with his hair. "The Enterprise might not run out of hot water, but if we're not careful, we're going to be the ones that run out of steam before too much longer."

"It's sort of been one of those days," Sulu agreed quietly, his hands slicking through Ianto's hair a few more times before bringing him forward under the spray. He was really starting to feel honestly exhausted, and it was almost refreshing after the adrenaline and the fear and the aphrodisiac; it was the kind of feeling you only got when you felt safe enough.

"Last thing I want is for us to pass out here, though. Do you want me to go ahead with the conditioner, or should we save it for later?" he asked, leaning in to nuzzle against Ianto's jaw. He wouldn't normally have done it, but - he was tired and comfortable and all too ready for a nap with Ianto. It had felt like the appropriate motion for the state he was currently in.

Ianto leaned into the nuzzle, not caring if it was a bit more affectionate than they normally got with each other. It'd been a long day, after all, and a lot of that time he'd spent fearing for his life, running, swimming, having some pretty mindblowing sex, or worrying about Sulu there. So a little extra affection was more than welcome in his books.

"Mmm," he said, before taking in a deep breath and pulling his mind through the fog it was descending into to think. "I think that my hair can survive without conditioner for now," he said. "But you and I would not survive passing out in this shower, and since it looks like that's where we're headed...yeah. It can wait." He brought his hand up to cup the side of Sulu's face for a moment, turning to press a kiss against his cheek, before resting his head against Sulu's. "We should get out."

Nodding against Ianto's chin, Sulu moved back to press a button on the wall of the shower, the water starting to taper off from full blast to barely even a drip. He then moved, carefully stepping around Ianto to grab them both a towel, handing one over to the other before wrapping one around himself and stepping over the rim and into the bathroom proper.

Truthfully, he wouldn't have minded staying in with Ianto even just a little bit longer, but he knew as well as Ianto clearly did that if they didn't get out right then, they probably wouldn't be able to later. He smiled at Ianto. "See, I know when to call things off," he said, laughing a little. "Even if that shower was more relaxing than the beach had been." It wasn't exactly true, but after everything they'd been through that day, it certainly felt it.

Ianto shook his head before stepping over the rim of the tub, holding onto the wall as he did so (never could be too careful, after all) before, with both feet on solid ground again, starting to towel off. "I'll give you that you know when to question when to call things off or not," he said, with a smirk. "It did end up being my call, the way you asked, though. Unless it was your plan to get out then all along, regardless as to what my answer would have been..."

Ianto took his time toweling off his hair and the rest of him, knowing that they were going to be lying down in Sulu's bed and that he'd rather be as dry as he could be for that. "Feels nice, to be clean," he remarked, although it was followed by a yawn that he hadn't felt coming until it was forcing its way out of him. "Relaxing as the shower was, I'm looking forward to relaxing more with you..." he said, with a smile.

"I had an idea of getting out, but I wanted to see how you felt about it," Sulu replied, pretending that he was unwilling to admit that it had been Ianto's idea. Really, he wouldn't have minded staying in a little longer. But, from the way Ianto yawned, suddenly, Sulu knew that they'd made the right decision. He couldn't help but yawn a little himself, covering his mouth with his hand briefly before moving to finish drying off, tilting his head towards his cabin.

"We can leave the towels wherever," he said, slowly moving to head out to the bed, "We're going to have to wash everything anyway. I would just use the sonic shower, but I really don't want to risk any of the pollen sticking to our clothes afterwards." It was better to do it the old-fashioned way, when it came to pollens. He had sprays in his lab that would help, too. "But for right now - we've got a bed to relax in."

"Mmm, that we do," Ianto said, following Sulu from the bathroom into his cabin and towards the bed. He gave his hair one last halfhearted ruffle with the towel, smoothing it over with his hand when he was done before looking around for a moment. Alright, so leaving the towels wherever sort of went against everything within Ianto that valued organization and a place for everything and anything, but he was tired, and Sulu was right. They were going to have to clean pretty much everything anyway. So he tossed it back in the direction of the bathroom, and it landed somewhere inside, which was good enough for Ianto.

Approaching the bed, Ianto went to pull back the sheet, crawling in and scooting over to make room for Sulu before sprawling on his back, groaning slightly. "I never thought that just lying down in your pretty standard military bed would feel as amazing as it does right now," he remarked, idly.

Sulu was quick to finish drying off - he'd gotten good at it, what with his job and all - and tossed the towel aside, not even aiming for the bathroom. He hadn't been kidding about leaving things lying around; he did it all the time, especially when he was exhausted, and he wasn't going to go back into the bathroom just to hang the towel up again or anything. Maybe later, though.

For now, he was focused on climbing into bed with Ianto, practically falling into it. Without a moment's hesitation, he was spreading out, one of his arms snaking over Ianto's chest to hold onto him - both because he wanted to, and because he really didn't want to fall off the edge accidentally. After a moment, he drew a knee up to hook over one of Ianto's legs, shifting around a little to try and get comfortable. "I love my bed," he said, already sounding like he was ready to pass out. "Perfect for naps."

Ianto made a low noise in agreement with Sulu, bringing his hand up to lie on Sulu's arm across his chest and hold him in place, to make sure that Sulu wasn't going anywhere, neither falling off the bed nor moving away in any way. Because he was comfortable, and he didn't want Sulu to move any further away from him than he had to. He liked being sprawled, tangled up with him in bed, and the fact that inevitably, at least one limb of the other man ended up thrown over him, on top of him. Leaving him feeling secure and comfortable.

After a moment, though, he groaned. A nap. "We're going to need to set an alarm or something," he mumbled. "If we don't want to end up sleeping until I'm supposed to go back to Torchwood tomorrow, that is..." He had a feeling that they could probably manage it accidentally, and Ianto was looking forward to being able to enjoy the rest of the vacation, despite the fact that they were no longer on the vacation planet. That didn't mean that it was over yet, after all.

Sulu really didn't want to have to get up after he'd gotten comfortable, but the fact of the matter was that they did need an alarm if they didn't want to sleep for the rest of the day and well into the night. His communicator was still in his bag, though, so thankfully it wouldn't be too far a walk.

Sighing, he sat up. "Yeah, we really are," he decided, managing to pull himself out of bed and get his comm, setting it so that they would have a few hours of sleep before they got up. "That should do it," he sighed again, turning back to the bed and climbing in as quickly as he could. He tried to rearrange himself like he had been before he'd gotten up, too. "Hopefully that works, and we don't just sleep through it."

Ianto shifted to make more room for the other man, grabbing onto his arm as he had before and tugging him further towards him. He liked being tangled with Sulu, after all, and was hopeful that him making the other man get up for that brief moment wasn't going to ruin the lazy sprawl that they'd had moments earlier. Didn't seem like it made too much of a difference, though, as they settled back in.

"I'll try my best to make sure we're up," he said, idly, his eyes falling shut again. "There's lots more to get up to. This vacation's not over yet, and besides. You just told me that there's a jacuzzi function on that tub, for one..." he mumbled, turning his head to yawn again. He was sure that they'd come up with more things to get up to later before, he was just too tired now that he was horizontal to remember much of them.

Sulu grinned a little, nodding his head against Ianto's shoulder as he gladly draped across the other's side. "Yeah, there is. It's kind of awesome," he said, his words drawling a little from sleep. "Of course, you're going to have to be able to wake me up, first..." After all, Ianto had mentioned something about being very good at that - or at least, determined to be good at it.

Sighing a little, Sulu closed his eyes. "Hopefully the alien planet thing wasn't too bad for you, all things considered," he said. "I promised you I'd take you. I'd just hoped there wouldn't be any running for our lives." He casually failed to comment on the sex pollen bit. Other than his allergies - well, it was definitely not so bad.

Ianto smiled softly. "I think I'll be able to manage that," he said. "I've done it before, after all. I know just how difficult you can get. I'll be persistent, though. I promise. Got to get you up to figure out how to turn the alarm off on your communicator anyway, otherwise it'll be going off at us forever." Which wasn't necessarily a lie. True, he had no idea what to do with it when the alarm did sound, and if it were something a little less straightforward, it was going to need Sulu to do it, but. Ianto'd be up for the challenge.

At the mention of the alien planet, though, Ianto shook his head. "No, not bad at all. I really liked the beach, and the jungle was nice until we had to start running. Terrified me out of my mind, that thing did, but I work for Torchwood." He smirked. "I'm used to big baddies chasing me and running for my life, anyway. And hey, all things considered, we got off pretty easy this time. Just had to jump off a cliff, is all..."

"Yeah," Sulu replied with a half-hearted sort of laugh, "Just a cliff. Granted, it wasn't nearly as high as the dive I took off the drill..." He wasn't sure if he'd ever actually told Ianto about that. He knew he wasn't in any shape to talk about it now; he could already feel himself starting to go through the shutting-down process that came along with sleep.

"I usually just hit it," he added with a yawn, "The comm, I mean. It usually works." Somehow. He was pretty sure he wasn't supposed to do that, but still, it was the easiest way to deal with the racket it made. Of course, it didn't always work... "But. We'll figure it out. You'll figure it out, I mean. Once we wake up..." The way his voice drifted at the end indicated just how close he was to passing out.

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