Well. John had offered to break his fall...? In the end he does so admirably, as the theory of sliding down the vine works a lot better than the practice of it, and as Ianto suspected, he’s really not strong enough to successfully slow his descent. John’s hands reach out to catch him just in time for his feet to tangle in the vines and he breathes a sigh of relief as a potential disaster is averted. Right. Not trying that again then.

Easing his hands off the vine once he’s sure he’s not about to fall over he glances aside at the other man sheepishly. “Well, I didn’t know whether I could hold myself the whole way down, so.” It seemed like a good idea at the time...