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When; Wednesday, April 30th
Rating; PG
Characters; Boy Blue playstheblues and Ianto Jones king_coffee
Summary; Blue needs some truths, and Ianto's cursed to spill them.
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After being in the City for five months, Blue could almost wake up and taste the Curse day in the air.

Today was a day like that. Blatant honesty in person (who knew that one of his co-workers was thinking of cheating on their boyfriend's with the girl next door?) blatant honesty on the Network. Blue normally valued honesty, but he had a good idea of privacy as well, and most of the things that had been blurted out he really hadn't needed to know.

In that regard, he knew that it would probably be right, even honest, in a way, to cancel his meeting with Ianto. But Blue was a bit too intent now; cancellation was not an option.

He knocked on the door of Ianto's apartment; that is, of the Torchwood complex (which, by the looks of it, would soon encompass the entire third floor of building seven) and rocked on his heels a bit. His advantage was his age as compared to his appearance, and Blue knew how to manage that, at least.

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Blue paused and considering how much he owed this man, and how much he was willing to say.

"My name is Blue; but you knew that. I was born in Albion, which doesn't mean anything until I say I was born near Dover but I moved to New York City so long ago that I've lost all traces of my accent and most memory of what it was like living there. I worked as an office clerk, then on a farm. I like the 1940's, because the music is good. I play more instruments than I remember."

He thought about it. "I can make Jack cry if I play Blue Skies when he's feeling sad, and I can make Cori, that's my boyfriend, be nice to people, which he very rarely ever is."

Blue paused again, then started up. "I'm not very good at lying. My mother taught me that honesty wasn't just the best policy, it was the only one that mattered. I'm really sorry I asked you questions that make you uncomfortable, and I hope that you'll be able to forgive that bit of selfishness. I never had many friends until I came here, and now that I have them, I hope I never lose them."

Blue looked up at Ianto and cocked his head a bit. "Does that help?"

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Ianto had noticed that while Blue had told him a lot of things, it was really nothing at all. But he also wasn't willing to push.

"It's told me some things," he said, offering Blue a smile.

For all the time they'd been there, Ianto realised, they hadn't ordered yet. Oops. "Weren't we getting something to drink?"

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It was true, and it was something Blue was practiced at; telling a lot but not saying much; it was something that was encouraged by the rest of the Fable population.

"What would you like?" Blue asked. "It's on me."

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"Orange juice, if you don't mind. Like I said, not mad on coffee from places like this."

Not that the coffee was necessarily bad, it was true, but Ianto could make so much better himself.

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Blue ordered a juice for Ianto and a hot chocolate for himself and came back to the table, sipping at the drink.

"I assume you're normally a lot more discrete, right?"

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Accepting the juice with a thank you, Ianto nodded. "Yup. Usually I don't say very much at all." He drank a little of the juice and found that he was actually quite thirsty.

"First time I've been cursed, too."

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Blue smiled knowingly.

"There are worse curses, but the first one is always a doozy." He remembered his first curse and shook his head. "You kind of get used to them, after a while."

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"I think I arrived halfway through something to do with the Titanic? I never really found out, you know." He shrugged a little. "I don't like the idea of getting used to this, though."

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"Can I give you some advice?" Blue said a little softly, "as someone who's been here for a while."

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Advice? Ianto was ready to take any advice that he could get.

"Yes please, I would appreciate it."

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Blue nodded. "Find the people you trust and stick to them. Don't ever let them down. On a curse day where you're cursed, know that you're going to be doing things that aren't you and be okay with it. On days that you're not cursed, take care of your friends." He took a long drink. "And always avoid getting on the Network on days you feel like you have to say something revolutionary?"

He sighed. "This place gets to you if you don't make friends. But sometimes the people you least expect are the ones you lean on the most."

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And to Ianto, it sounded like very good advice.

"Thank you," he said, and of course he meant it,

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Blue smiled back at Ianto. He meant every word.

"You're welcome, of course."

He always meant it.