Despite how cold Ianto's skin was, Sulu didn't flinch away or even really register it. All he noticed was that Ianto was touching him for the first time since he'd gotten there, other than to hold Sulu's hand. He couldn't help but smile at it, tilting his head into his touch slightly.
"I know it's going to be hard," he said quietly, reaching out to rest his fingers under Ianto's jaw, feeling out his pulse. "But as long as you've got a pulse, there's going to be a way to help you. Remember that." He'd have time to be mad later, after all this was over. He could tell Ianto off after he felt better, for hiding all this from him and Jack. He was a hypocrite, he knew, because he preferred to do things on his own, but still. He'd be too relieved not to want to get a little frustrated at the other man. Right now, though, he was too focused on reassuring Ianto that things would work out to do anything other than feel for his pulse and smile at him, sad as it may have looked.
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"I know it's going to be hard," he said quietly, reaching out to rest his fingers under Ianto's jaw, feeling out his pulse. "But as long as you've got a pulse, there's going to be a way to help you. Remember that." He'd have time to be mad later, after all this was over. He could tell Ianto off after he felt better, for hiding all this from him and Jack. He was a hypocrite, he knew, because he preferred to do things on his own, but still. He'd be too relieved not to want to get a little frustrated at the other man. Right now, though, he was too focused on reassuring Ianto that things would work out to do anything other than feel for his pulse and smile at him, sad as it may have looked.