Yeah, lying together after sex has always been their special space, when revelations can be made that'd be impossible at any other time.
"Thanks, that means a lot," he says, giving Ianto a grateful squeeze. "And obviously there are other people who'll miss them, it's just, I didn't know any of them. Not really. I never even visited their home world or met any of their family - and afterwards, I couldn't bear to. I just let the authorities deal with all the notifications. I don't even know if they had any kind of funeral. I just sort of... ran away."
Something he's not proud of, any more than he was the last time, after Ianto and Stephen. It makes him feel too much like the Doctor, and he's always prided himself on not being like the Doctor and actually staying to pick up the pieces afterwards. (Although, admittedly, a lot of that was because he was stuck in Cardiff and couldn't just run away.)
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"Thanks, that means a lot," he says, giving Ianto a grateful squeeze. "And obviously there are other people who'll miss them, it's just, I didn't know any of them. Not really. I never even visited their home world or met any of their family - and afterwards, I couldn't bear to. I just let the authorities deal with all the notifications. I don't even know if they had any kind of funeral. I just sort of... ran away."
Something he's not proud of, any more than he was the last time, after Ianto and Stephen. It makes him feel too much like the Doctor, and he's always prided himself on not being like the Doctor and actually staying to pick up the pieces afterwards. (Although, admittedly, a lot of that was because he was stuck in Cardiff and couldn't just run away.)