The determination that Ianto was showing to Sulu and Jack made Sulu want to kiss him. It was just so nice to see it, to see and hear Ianto trying his hardest to keep an optimistic outlook, and he couldn't begin to put it into words. It made the whole thing just a little sunnier, a little brighter for him, and it helped fortify his own determination.

He couldn't reach from where he was sitting to kiss Ianto, though, so he settled for reaching out and putting a hand over his, smiling honestly and happily at Ianto. "Good," he said, "Because we haven't given up on you, either." Sulu couldn't do that, anyway. Even if there was no hope left, he wouldn't be able to give up. He hadn't when Ianto had died, after all, so what could make him give up when it was something they could fix before Ianto died again?