"You'd be surprised with how hard you are to resist, Ianto," Sulu said, coyly but truthfully. Ianto was more than just a bad mood away from being too much to handle, or anything like that. He was worth every moment of self-doubt and worry and frustration Sulu could possibly have over him.

"And no, it doesn't really. It just helps make the inward gaze a little less scrutinizing." Neither of them were safe from being caught in that trap right now, after everything that had happened, but at least it wasn't making the conversation any worse. "Just remember that everything is going to work out."