Fic: Ghost Of A Chance - Part 2 of 2

[badly_knitted]

Title: Ghost Of A Chance - Part 2/2
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto Jones, Jack Harkness, Martha Jones.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 3779
Spoilers: CoE.
Summary: Having followed where his ghost led him, what is in store for Ianto Jones?
Written For: Challenge # 17.06: Weird & Hilarious: Book Titles at fffc, and my genprompt_bingo square Artefacts (Alien and

Comments

[excentric397]

I was NOT expecting that. I thought when he looked in the drawer, he would figure out that Jack was stuck or something. Not let down even a little bit. That was really clever.

Two things I don't understand, though:

"On top of that, as far he could tell, nobody else could see it; in fact, other people had an unfortunate tendency to walk straight through it, which was a disturbing sight to say the least."

"He wasn’t sure whether the ghost somehow understood what he’d said or not, but suddenly it jumped to its feet and stood right in front of him. Which was where the coffee table was, proving to Ianto once and for all, as if proof were still needed, that the man before him was indeed a ghost, since its legs and the lower part of its coat vanished through the table top and reappeared underneath."

Help?

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

Okay, let's see if I can explain my thought processes... Jack sees the real world, while Ianto sees a ghost version. Everything Ianto sees is real to him, it's the world he inhabits, along with a few other 'ghosts' who can walk through Jack because to them, he doesn't exist.

Then at Ianto's 'real' apartment, that's where Jack spends his nights, so Ianto is actually the one haunting Jack there. The bed is still there, so they can both lie on it, and some other furniture is there, but other things have been moved, or taken by Rhi - it's been a year since Ianto's death after all. Ianto still remembers the coffee table. It's there for him, but not for Jack, so Jack appears to be standing in it. Even the book Ianto checks out of the library is only 'real' to him, but Jack vcan see it when Ianto holds it because it becomes an extension of him.

Does that make sense?

[excentric397]

Oh. That makes perfect sense. Thanks. I really enjoyed this. I was so convinced that Jack really was a ghost, then stuck somehow, that I was taken by surprise with part 2. Never thought of that. :)

[badly_knitted]

I really wanted people to believe Jack was the ghost in the first part so I could turn everything on its head in part two. I'm wicked that way! It did require me to play fast and loose with perceptions though ;)

[excentric397]

You did good. I was completely taken in. I love that.

[badly_knitted]

Thank you. =)