Drabble: Moving Day

[badly_knitted]

Title: Moving Day

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: Ianto, Jack

Rating: G

Written For: Challenge 316 - Reverse Fandom - How I Met Your Mother at tw100

Spoilers: Nada.

Summary: Jack’s moving in with Ianto.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.

A/N: Another that came out at 100 words first try! This is a little coda to my bingo fic ‘Flattery Will Get You

Comments

[awieatti]

Oh, if moving was always that easy! I think I'd need at least three trunks just for my clothes xD Thank God I'm not going to move out anytime soon... But still, I sort of envy Jack.

[badly_knitted]

Well, he just moved his clothes gradually, bit by bit, leaving the ones he's worn to be washed or dry cleaned and bring more every time he stayed over. The boxes are probably books and mementos, things lie that.

I'd need a removal van for all my stuff, lol! Been living in the same place for more than 50 years!

Thank you!

[jsks]

After over 20 years in the same place the thought of packing leaves me a simpering bundle of nerves, lucky ducks.

[badly_knitted]

You think you'd have it bad - I've been here over 50 years, lol! They really are lucky Jack only has a small number of things he can't bear to part with and already sneakily moved almost all his clothes in.

Thank you!

[too_beauty]

Lucky Ianto! the last time I moved, we needed two big vans and I still have things in boxes after six years.
Isn't it wonderful, seeing our boys moving forwards their happiness?!!!!

[badly_knitted]

They're growing up and doing adult things, like moving in together =)

I've never moved - the very idea fills me with dread because of over 50 years of accumulated stuff o_O

Thank you!

[lilyrose225]

O.o So jealous of Jack... I dread the day when I move out of my parents' and into my own place.

[badly_knitted]

Yeah, I've been here over 50 years, I think I'd have to take the whole house, lol! Packing everything would never work...

On the other hand, Jack doesn't have much that is so precious he can't bear to part with it. That's kinda sad considering how long he's lived.

Thank you!

[lilyrose225]

Actually, it may be sad, but it makes sense. Since he's lived for so long, he knows the true value of things, and that most things don't last. Why would you collect a ton of junk if you have to take it with you whenever you leave somewhere--which may be often--and it's not stuff that actually matters to you?

Eh. I can just see him not caring about having a lot of things. He knows he's going to live a really long time, and that he's going to be on the move at some point. Besides, he was a Time Agent--they were supposed to move around a lot, right? I feel like ever since he lost his first home in Boeshane, he doesn't ascribe a lot of value to possessions.

Maybe I'm totally off base here. That's the beauty of fanfiction, though. ^.^~

[badly_knitted]

No, I think you're right, which is why I wrote him not naving much, I just still find it a bit sad. He's also ex-military, so he has what he needs but doesn't overburden himself. Plus he waa waiting a long time for the Doctor and intending to leave with him, so he wouldn't have wsnted a lot of stuff to take with him.

[milady_dragon]

I don't know whether to feel relieved there isn't much to move, or sad that Jack doesn't have that much...

[badly_knitted]

I know what you mean, I kinda feel the same. Maybe over the years Jack has simply whittled things down to what really matters to him. When you're going to live forever, you can't keep everything. (And maybe he has a storage unit for everything else, lol!)

Thank you!