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

[torchwoodteaboy]

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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[torchwoodteaboy]

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..."

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"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.

[torchwoodteaboy]

Ianto wasn't sure whether Sulu'd told him about the drill or not. He remembered the other man mentioning something about a fear of heights after a fall, and fighting Romulans on a drill, but the two pieces of information had never been put together in the same sentence and Ianto really wasn't together with it enough to make the connection himself in that moment. "You're going to need to explain that to me, sometime," he said, knowing like Sulu that this was definitely not the time to try.

"But you're right," he said, with a smile at the way he could hear that Sulu was almost passed out right there. "We'll figure it out. When we wake up." He tightened his grip on Sulu's arm where he had his hand, not wanting to move any more than that, even if a kiss would have been nice. "Sleep well," he said softly, feeling like goodnight wasn't really the right thing to say when they were planning on just napping for a few hours.