Jack smiled at Sulu, and lifted his own hand to rest on the side of Sulu's neck. It was slightly more of an intimate gesture than putting his hand on Sulu's shoulder, but then Jack was just more of an intimate sort of person. The gesture was intimate, without being sexual, only something that someone as comfortable with himself as Jack could pull off, after all.

"I think this time around, I might be able to make an exception. Especially if that tea works as well as I remember it working," he said, with a smile. He kept his hand there for a moment longer, before bringing it down to his side again. "Alright, then," he said, taking in a breath. "Let's...let's go back in there and face the music then, I guess," he said. He couldn't say that he was exactly ready to be facing Ianto again, not really, but it was like Sulu had emphasized. They weren't sure how much time they did have left, and so what use was it wasting it being angry at him, when they could at least be helping out in some way.