"Do you?" John prompts, because it didn't feel like an act of trust -- grabbing for his hand like that. It felt like a calculated act, one done expecting to catch him out.
He doesn't doubt that Ianto is sorry, and he doesn't doubt that he regrets doing it now he's been caught and chastised, but he isn't convinced he didn't mean to and he isn't convinced he wouldn't do it again given the right circumstances.
Ianto isn't stupid. He'd known exactly what he was doing, and he'd done it for a reason.
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He doesn't doubt that Ianto is sorry, and he doesn't doubt that he regrets doing it now he's been caught and chastised, but he isn't convinced he didn't mean to and he isn't convinced he wouldn't do it again given the right circumstances.
Ianto isn't stupid. He'd known exactly what he was doing, and he'd done it for a reason.