Fic: Fairy Mischief Chapter 4/5
Title: Fairy Mischief
Fandom: Torchwood
Pairings/Characters: Jack/Ianto, Tosh, mentions of Rhys/Gwen and Owen/Gwen
Summary: Jack sets Gwen straight about what she thinks is going on between them, all the while dealing with the fairies.
Rating: R
Beta: The amazing royalladyemma
Disclaimer: I don’t own the pretties of Torchwood. RTD can keep Gwen, and I am pretty sure that Jack and Ianto belong to one another.
Author Notes: This is the first sequel to my alien Ianto fic Screams of the Lost, my take on ‘Small Worlds.’
Chapter 4: The Talk
“We’re going to have to tell Gwen about me, aren’t we?” Ianto asked softly from where he was still curled up in Jack’s arms. The pair had moved to Jack’s bunk after Owen finished his exam of Ianto.
A sigh escaped Jack’s lips as he nodded sadly. “I hate to say it but I think we are; it might be the only way to get through to her. But I dread the way she is going to react to this.” The ‘to you,’ was left unspoken but they both knew that Gwen was not going to react well to having an alien working with them.
“She’s going to say I’ve been using mind control on you.” Ianto already had a feeling that is what Gwen thought and finding out that he was an alien would only make her believe her delusion even more.
A growl escaped Jack’s lips as he tightened his grip on Ianto. “That is more than likely going to be her response but I plan on making it very clear to Gwen, and to anybody else that comes along, that I’m with you because I want to be. It’s time she got over her delusions of us ever being a couple. My heart belongs to only one member on this team and that is you, my gorgeous Welshman.” Jack gently kissed Ianto on the lips.
Ianto melted into Jack like he always did whenever Jack kissed him. The worry about how Gwen would behave was forgotten as Ianto lost himself in the pleasures of Jack’s lips.
*****
It was about an hour later when Tosh and Gwen returned to the Hub; Tosh had made sure that Jack had had enough time to calm down and would not shoot Gwen on sight, hopefully. But given the intensity of the glare that Jack was sending Gwen from the moment he saw her again, it might have not been enough.
Jack and Ianto had emerged from Jack’s bunker at the same time that the two women returned. “My office, now!” Jack growled at Gwen. He wanted to get this over and done with now before he had time to let his anger fester and grow.
Placing down the bags of food she was carrying Gwen wisely stayed silent and left for Jack’s office; as she passed by the two men she made sure not to make eye contact with either of them.
Jack gave Ianto a tender kiss to the forehead before heading off to have the much needed talk with Gwen. Ianto watched Jack go before continuing down the stairs and joining Tosh and Owen, all three of their gazes drawn to Jack’s closed office.
The office door had barely shut behind Jack when Gwen blurted out. “I’m sorry!”
Jack shook his head. “I’m not the one you have to apologise to; that’s Ianto and trust me, you will apologise once we’re through here. What you did was cruel; there are no other words for it. I will not accept that kind of behaviour ever again; if you do anything like that again, then you’re gone from this team.” Jack held up his hand to stop her from speaking.
“I am not finished Gwen. I brought you up here to set the record straight on what you believe is happening between us. I had no idea that you took my flirting so seriously, or that you actually believed that we had a future together. I flirt with everything that moves and you were no different. I’m sorry that you saw it differently than I intended, but the truth is, Gwen, I will never see you more than a work colleague and friend.” Jack informed Gwen with total sincerity.
Gwen shook her head; she refused to believe him. Clearly, Ianto was making him say these things to her. “But you keep telling me how human I make you feel, and you never flirt with anyone the way you flirt with me;” Gwen was quick to point out; she wasn’t going down without a fight.
Jack sighed; it was clear Gwen wasn’t listening to him and while he hated being harsh with her, she needed to hear the hard truth. “I used you, Gwen, to make Ianto jealous. You were fresh and new, I thought upping the flirting with you might just bring out the green-eyed monster in Ianto and I would finally get the man I wanted into my bed. I gave no thought at all as to how you would come to see my flirting and what it would mean to you. But all I cared about was getting Ianto; I didn’t stop to take into consideration your feelings and for that, I am sorry.” And he truly was.
“Plus Gwen, you have to see you don’t love me, not really. You love the hero in the big coat, not the man. If you looked past the mask and saw the flawed man beneath you would run from me. You claim to have feelings for me but how can you when you don’t even know the real me.”
Gwen fought back the tears that were threatening to fall. “But what is so special about Ianto Jones that you would be willing to trade an innocent child for his safety? Please, Jack, explain it to me, help me to understand.” She pleaded with the man.
Jack shook his head. “If you want answers, you’ll have to ask Ianto; it’s his secret to tell and I will not betray the trust he has given me. And what’s so special about Ianto? Oh, where do I even begin? He loves like no one I have ever met before; he loves so purely and deeply and he loves me. He not only sees past the mask I wear, but he loves and accepts every part of me.” He would not force Ianto to tell Gwen anything he wasn’t ready for her to know, but seeing the determined glint in her eyes, Jack knew that she would not let go until she got her answers.
Jack wasn’t quite finished with Gwen yet, “And that brings me to your reaction to Ianto being in the field with us. Do I need to remind you of your complete disaster of a first day? How many people died because your mistake? Just like you, Ianto made a mistake, only he did his for love.” Jack’s blue eyes became as hard as ice. “What’s your excuse?”
Gwen blinked and found that she had no answers to give Jack. Yet she still couldn’t help but think Jack was letting this thing with the fairies go far too easily. ‘I’m sorry, Jack, but I can’t let this one go and in time, you’ll see I was right.’
Hidden in the shadows, the fairy that had stayed behind to keep an eye on the undying one and his team scowled as the annoying one refused to listen to her leader. She was going to be a problem, one that they would have to deal with and soon.
*****
Tosh, Owen and Ianto had set up the food in the conference room; okay, so Tosh made Owen help her set up lunch while Ianto rested in a chair. Neither one dared to argue with Tosh when she had that mother bear look in her eyes. While they worked Ianto quietly informed them of his and Jack’s idea about letting Gwen in on who he was.
Owen didn’t react well to that little piece of news. “You can’t be bloody serious? She’s bad enough now but once she learns the truth about you she’ll be even worse in her delusions that you have Jack under some kind of mind control. I honestly don’t know if your shields could take another beating like the one you just endured.” He might not act like it but Owen really did care about his teammates, and Ianto had already been through enough in his young life. The medic decided that he would not allow Gwen to add to his problems.
“If she turns out to cause too many problems about Ianto’s heritage then we’ll have no choice but to Retcon her.” That, surprising enough, came from Tosh.
Owen and Ianto blinked at the growl that escaped the normally quiet and peaceful Tosh, and Owen suddenly found himself turned on by her. “You know, Tosh, this side of you is very hot,” and Owen gave her one of his best leers, one which actually left Ianto smirking slightly at the man.
Tosh raised an eyebrow in disdain. “Sorry, Owen not interested.” If Owen had said something like that to her earlier, well, she would have gladly taken him up on his offer. Fortunately, his interest in Gwen had been a cold shower wake-up call; she knew that Owen would never see her as anything but a friend. She had made a vow at that very moment to move on from him and find someone who would love her for who she was, and she now knew that was not going to be Owen Harper.
Ianto smiled at his friend; he could see the change come over her, and he was glad that Tosh was determined to move on from Owen. He had watched Tosh love Owen without ever being a blip on the medic’s radar, and that had left him feeling so sad and helpless. He knew how much she deserved to be loved and by a much better man than Owen. However, he also hoped that Owen would find someone to love him and heal his damaged soul. It was only fair, after all.
All conversation was put on hold as the conference room door opened and a very cheerful Jack entered followed by a sullen Gwen.
“Looks wonderful, team,” Jack beamed at them before bouncing over to Ianto’s side. He wrapped his young mate in his arms and placed a chaste kiss on Ianto’s mouth, although he wanted to do much more. However, knowing his Welshman was a little shy with public displays, and not wanting to rub Gwen’s face in their relationship, Jack managed to restrain himself, for the time being, at least.
Breaking the kiss, Jack looked deeply into Ianto’s eyes, sending him a silent message of support before turning his attention back to Gwen. “Don’t you have something to say, Gwen?” The warning in his tone was clear to everyone.
Ashamed after her dressing down from Jack and knowing she was on thin ice with the rest of the team, Gwen knew she had to make things right only she didn’t know how. Part of her still felt that she was right about the fairies and Ianto. “I’m sorry, Ianto, about what I said before and for how I’ve being treating you. I only hope one day you can forgive me,” she managed to mumble what she thought were the appropriate sentiments, but even the hearing-impaired would know that there was no truth or conviction behind the words.
“I thank you for your apology. I understand your feelings, Gwen, but I can not just forgive and forget your treatment of me. Your vicious hate and utter disdain for me was so clear. I know you have feelings for Jack and I can see how you allowed yourself to be misled, but that is over now. You claim you’re our heart and humanity and yet the fact that you can treat a teammate the way you treated me makes me grateful I am not your enemy. So, while I will accept your apology, it will take me a long time to forgive you or to ever think of you as anything but a co-worker.” Ianto was trying hard not to hurt Gwen’s feelings but he was no longer going to be her doormat nor was he willing to let her keep on treating him the way she had been. “I hope you understand that things have changed, permanently.”
The conference room was as silent as a tomb. Everyone could only stare in shock at Ianto but Jack, Tosh and even Owen felt a deep sense of pride for Ianto for finally standing up to Gwen’s incessant bullying and unacceptable behaviour. Despite the fact that she had never been close to Ianto in the first place, and ignoring the fact that he had temporarily stolen Jack from her - through some form of mind control, of that she was now positive - Gwen felt hurt that Ianto refused to completely embrace her apology. She wasn’t very successful in shutting out the voice in the back of her head that said she might have earned his anger.
‘At least I have Rhys,’ she thought sadly; at one time he’d been enough for her but not any more, not since she met Jack. ‘Maybe if I figure out a way to solve this case without risking anyone then Jack will see how much better a mate I would make for him.’ With a plan forming in her mind, Gwen sat down to lunch.
As the rest of his team sat back and enjoyed their food, Jack watched Gwen, his eyes narrowed with suspicion. He could tell by the smugness radiating off his newest employee that she wasn’t going to follow his orders and he feared there would only be pain in the end. He prayed that it wouldn’t be Ianto’s
*****
The moment he entered his flat Rhys knew that something was off. “Come out and face me!” he growled, his voice deepening and his eyes flashing red as the air in the flat grew hotter.
The fairies darted out of their hiding places and hissed fiercely at the man. “You smell like the undying one’s mate. You are not of this world,” the first fairy snarled.
“Do you speak of my prince?” Rhys’ glare grew fierier. “You dare to threaten my Prince? You risk bringing war to your people!”
The first fairy darted forward again. “Then tell that to your mate, for she is the one placing him in danger.” The fairy hissed and a strong breeze began to pick up. “We only want what is ours!” it growled before they all disappeared in a whirlwind of rose petals. When the air inside had settled, Rhys looked around the room; the blood-red rose petals scattered about the furniture and floor looked forebodingly like spattered drops of fresh blood. It was all he could do not to shudder at the sight.
After taking a few breaths to calm himself down Rhys reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. With the push of a single button, he speed-dialled the one of the others who needed to be alerted. “Kathy, our Prince may be in trouble. Get a hold of Caden; he will be needed.”
TBC…
Fandom: Torchwood
Pairings/Characters: Jack/Ianto, Tosh, mentions of Rhys/Gwen and Owen/Gwen
Summary: Jack sets Gwen straight about what she thinks is going on between them, all the while dealing with the fairies.
Rating: R
Beta: The amazing royalladyemma
Disclaimer: I don’t own the pretties of Torchwood. RTD can keep Gwen, and I am pretty sure that Jack and Ianto belong to one another.
Author Notes: This is the first sequel to my alien Ianto fic Screams of the Lost, my take on ‘Small Worlds.’
Chapter 4: The Talk
“We’re going to have to tell Gwen about me, aren’t we?” Ianto asked softly from where he was still curled up in Jack’s arms. The pair had moved to Jack’s bunk after Owen finished his exam of Ianto.
A sigh escaped Jack’s lips as he nodded sadly. “I hate to say it but I think we are; it might be the only way to get through to her. But I dread the way she is going to react to this.” The ‘to you,’ was left unspoken but they both knew that Gwen was not going to react well to having an alien working with them.
“She’s going to say I’ve been using mind control on you.” Ianto already had a feeling that is what Gwen thought and finding out that he was an alien would only make her believe her delusion even more.
A growl escaped Jack’s lips as he tightened his grip on Ianto. “That is more than likely going to be her response but I plan on making it very clear to Gwen, and to anybody else that comes along, that I’m with you because I want to be. It’s time she got over her delusions of us ever being a couple. My heart belongs to only one member on this team and that is you, my gorgeous Welshman.” Jack gently kissed Ianto on the lips.
Ianto melted into Jack like he always did whenever Jack kissed him. The worry about how Gwen would behave was forgotten as Ianto lost himself in the pleasures of Jack’s lips.
*****
It was about an hour later when Tosh and Gwen returned to the Hub; Tosh had made sure that Jack had had enough time to calm down and would not shoot Gwen on sight, hopefully. But given the intensity of the glare that Jack was sending Gwen from the moment he saw her again, it might have not been enough.
Jack and Ianto had emerged from Jack’s bunker at the same time that the two women returned. “My office, now!” Jack growled at Gwen. He wanted to get this over and done with now before he had time to let his anger fester and grow.
Placing down the bags of food she was carrying Gwen wisely stayed silent and left for Jack’s office; as she passed by the two men she made sure not to make eye contact with either of them.
Jack gave Ianto a tender kiss to the forehead before heading off to have the much needed talk with Gwen. Ianto watched Jack go before continuing down the stairs and joining Tosh and Owen, all three of their gazes drawn to Jack’s closed office.
The office door had barely shut behind Jack when Gwen blurted out. “I’m sorry!”
Jack shook his head. “I’m not the one you have to apologise to; that’s Ianto and trust me, you will apologise once we’re through here. What you did was cruel; there are no other words for it. I will not accept that kind of behaviour ever again; if you do anything like that again, then you’re gone from this team.” Jack held up his hand to stop her from speaking.
“I am not finished Gwen. I brought you up here to set the record straight on what you believe is happening between us. I had no idea that you took my flirting so seriously, or that you actually believed that we had a future together. I flirt with everything that moves and you were no different. I’m sorry that you saw it differently than I intended, but the truth is, Gwen, I will never see you more than a work colleague and friend.” Jack informed Gwen with total sincerity.
Gwen shook her head; she refused to believe him. Clearly, Ianto was making him say these things to her. “But you keep telling me how human I make you feel, and you never flirt with anyone the way you flirt with me;” Gwen was quick to point out; she wasn’t going down without a fight.
Jack sighed; it was clear Gwen wasn’t listening to him and while he hated being harsh with her, she needed to hear the hard truth. “I used you, Gwen, to make Ianto jealous. You were fresh and new, I thought upping the flirting with you might just bring out the green-eyed monster in Ianto and I would finally get the man I wanted into my bed. I gave no thought at all as to how you would come to see my flirting and what it would mean to you. But all I cared about was getting Ianto; I didn’t stop to take into consideration your feelings and for that, I am sorry.” And he truly was.
“Plus Gwen, you have to see you don’t love me, not really. You love the hero in the big coat, not the man. If you looked past the mask and saw the flawed man beneath you would run from me. You claim to have feelings for me but how can you when you don’t even know the real me.”
Gwen fought back the tears that were threatening to fall. “But what is so special about Ianto Jones that you would be willing to trade an innocent child for his safety? Please, Jack, explain it to me, help me to understand.” She pleaded with the man.
Jack shook his head. “If you want answers, you’ll have to ask Ianto; it’s his secret to tell and I will not betray the trust he has given me. And what’s so special about Ianto? Oh, where do I even begin? He loves like no one I have ever met before; he loves so purely and deeply and he loves me. He not only sees past the mask I wear, but he loves and accepts every part of me.” He would not force Ianto to tell Gwen anything he wasn’t ready for her to know, but seeing the determined glint in her eyes, Jack knew that she would not let go until she got her answers.
Jack wasn’t quite finished with Gwen yet, “And that brings me to your reaction to Ianto being in the field with us. Do I need to remind you of your complete disaster of a first day? How many people died because your mistake? Just like you, Ianto made a mistake, only he did his for love.” Jack’s blue eyes became as hard as ice. “What’s your excuse?”
Gwen blinked and found that she had no answers to give Jack. Yet she still couldn’t help but think Jack was letting this thing with the fairies go far too easily. ‘I’m sorry, Jack, but I can’t let this one go and in time, you’ll see I was right.’
Hidden in the shadows, the fairy that had stayed behind to keep an eye on the undying one and his team scowled as the annoying one refused to listen to her leader. She was going to be a problem, one that they would have to deal with and soon.
*****
Tosh, Owen and Ianto had set up the food in the conference room; okay, so Tosh made Owen help her set up lunch while Ianto rested in a chair. Neither one dared to argue with Tosh when she had that mother bear look in her eyes. While they worked Ianto quietly informed them of his and Jack’s idea about letting Gwen in on who he was.
Owen didn’t react well to that little piece of news. “You can’t be bloody serious? She’s bad enough now but once she learns the truth about you she’ll be even worse in her delusions that you have Jack under some kind of mind control. I honestly don’t know if your shields could take another beating like the one you just endured.” He might not act like it but Owen really did care about his teammates, and Ianto had already been through enough in his young life. The medic decided that he would not allow Gwen to add to his problems.
“If she turns out to cause too many problems about Ianto’s heritage then we’ll have no choice but to Retcon her.” That, surprising enough, came from Tosh.
Owen and Ianto blinked at the growl that escaped the normally quiet and peaceful Tosh, and Owen suddenly found himself turned on by her. “You know, Tosh, this side of you is very hot,” and Owen gave her one of his best leers, one which actually left Ianto smirking slightly at the man.
Tosh raised an eyebrow in disdain. “Sorry, Owen not interested.” If Owen had said something like that to her earlier, well, she would have gladly taken him up on his offer. Fortunately, his interest in Gwen had been a cold shower wake-up call; she knew that Owen would never see her as anything but a friend. She had made a vow at that very moment to move on from him and find someone who would love her for who she was, and she now knew that was not going to be Owen Harper.
Ianto smiled at his friend; he could see the change come over her, and he was glad that Tosh was determined to move on from Owen. He had watched Tosh love Owen without ever being a blip on the medic’s radar, and that had left him feeling so sad and helpless. He knew how much she deserved to be loved and by a much better man than Owen. However, he also hoped that Owen would find someone to love him and heal his damaged soul. It was only fair, after all.
All conversation was put on hold as the conference room door opened and a very cheerful Jack entered followed by a sullen Gwen.
“Looks wonderful, team,” Jack beamed at them before bouncing over to Ianto’s side. He wrapped his young mate in his arms and placed a chaste kiss on Ianto’s mouth, although he wanted to do much more. However, knowing his Welshman was a little shy with public displays, and not wanting to rub Gwen’s face in their relationship, Jack managed to restrain himself, for the time being, at least.
Breaking the kiss, Jack looked deeply into Ianto’s eyes, sending him a silent message of support before turning his attention back to Gwen. “Don’t you have something to say, Gwen?” The warning in his tone was clear to everyone.
Ashamed after her dressing down from Jack and knowing she was on thin ice with the rest of the team, Gwen knew she had to make things right only she didn’t know how. Part of her still felt that she was right about the fairies and Ianto. “I’m sorry, Ianto, about what I said before and for how I’ve being treating you. I only hope one day you can forgive me,” she managed to mumble what she thought were the appropriate sentiments, but even the hearing-impaired would know that there was no truth or conviction behind the words.
“I thank you for your apology. I understand your feelings, Gwen, but I can not just forgive and forget your treatment of me. Your vicious hate and utter disdain for me was so clear. I know you have feelings for Jack and I can see how you allowed yourself to be misled, but that is over now. You claim you’re our heart and humanity and yet the fact that you can treat a teammate the way you treated me makes me grateful I am not your enemy. So, while I will accept your apology, it will take me a long time to forgive you or to ever think of you as anything but a co-worker.” Ianto was trying hard not to hurt Gwen’s feelings but he was no longer going to be her doormat nor was he willing to let her keep on treating him the way she had been. “I hope you understand that things have changed, permanently.”
The conference room was as silent as a tomb. Everyone could only stare in shock at Ianto but Jack, Tosh and even Owen felt a deep sense of pride for Ianto for finally standing up to Gwen’s incessant bullying and unacceptable behaviour. Despite the fact that she had never been close to Ianto in the first place, and ignoring the fact that he had temporarily stolen Jack from her - through some form of mind control, of that she was now positive - Gwen felt hurt that Ianto refused to completely embrace her apology. She wasn’t very successful in shutting out the voice in the back of her head that said she might have earned his anger.
‘At least I have Rhys,’ she thought sadly; at one time he’d been enough for her but not any more, not since she met Jack. ‘Maybe if I figure out a way to solve this case without risking anyone then Jack will see how much better a mate I would make for him.’ With a plan forming in her mind, Gwen sat down to lunch.
As the rest of his team sat back and enjoyed their food, Jack watched Gwen, his eyes narrowed with suspicion. He could tell by the smugness radiating off his newest employee that she wasn’t going to follow his orders and he feared there would only be pain in the end. He prayed that it wouldn’t be Ianto’s
*****
The moment he entered his flat Rhys knew that something was off. “Come out and face me!” he growled, his voice deepening and his eyes flashing red as the air in the flat grew hotter.
The fairies darted out of their hiding places and hissed fiercely at the man. “You smell like the undying one’s mate. You are not of this world,” the first fairy snarled.
“Do you speak of my prince?” Rhys’ glare grew fierier. “You dare to threaten my Prince? You risk bringing war to your people!”
The first fairy darted forward again. “Then tell that to your mate, for she is the one placing him in danger.” The fairy hissed and a strong breeze began to pick up. “We only want what is ours!” it growled before they all disappeared in a whirlwind of rose petals. When the air inside had settled, Rhys looked around the room; the blood-red rose petals scattered about the furniture and floor looked forebodingly like spattered drops of fresh blood. It was all he could do not to shudder at the sight.
After taking a few breaths to calm himself down Rhys reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. With the push of a single button, he speed-dialled the one of the others who needed to be alerted. “Kathy, our Prince may be in trouble. Get a hold of Caden; he will be needed.”
TBC…