"I want you," Ianto snapped back, then immediately shut his eyes and shook his head dismissively at himself. "You know what I mean. You'd never be happy with me," he said quickly, then opened his eyes to look at Jack again.
"But you should want yourself. You should be happy with yourself. And House should want you just as you are, too. Completely honest. You can't love someone until you love yourself. It's one of those trite sayings, but it's true. He can't love you fully and completely because he doesn't love him. He can't be happy with you as you are, flirting with everyone, fucking everything, doing what you want to do because he doesn't have confidence in himself. So he drags you down with him."
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Date: 2008-05-02 01:48 am (UTC)"But you should want yourself. You should be happy with yourself. And House should want you just as you are, too. Completely honest. You can't love someone until you love yourself. It's one of those trite sayings, but it's true. He can't love you fully and completely because he doesn't love him. He can't be happy with you as you are, flirting with everyone, fucking everything, doing what you want to do because he doesn't have confidence in himself. So he drags you down with him."