"Not that it's any of your business, but Ianto's been having a bit of cold feet lately. It's been hard, but I think he's... having trouble with the concept of him and me. I mean, I don't know if I'm ready for a relationship with him, exactly, but... I'm the first man he's been with. It's scaring him a little." He looked a little sad, shoulders slumped, hands in his pockets. It wasn't fair. 21st century people needed to wake up a little. At least John wasn't complicated like that. That's one of the things he liked about him, he supposed.

"You do have a brilliant mouth. Sometimes it does more harm than good, but I'll be the first in line to admit that you use your tongue better than almost anyone I've ever met." He was back to smiling a little. Now really wasn't the time to talk about relationship issues. "Enthusiasm is really one of your strongest features about it."