"I'm fine," Ianto defaulted. Then he sighed and shook his head. "No, sorry. That's an outright lie. I've just been left to myself in the archives for a bit too long. Too much time to think."

Actually, something had been weighing on his mind for a while before then. And he desperately wanted to just let it out and share it with the boy in front of hum, but he wasn't sure the reaction would be well received. So he changed the subject.

"What about you? I haven't really seen you in a couple of days. Really haven't seen much of Jack lately either, now that I think of it." He continued to cradle his coffee in his hands. He was going to have to remember his gloves the next time he went back to his apartment.