OOC: LOG: ‘I look like an overgrown ASBO’
Who: Ianto notjustateaboy, Rose eating_chips, The twins and Jackie (NPC’d)
When: Today
Where: Tyler house, alterna-Earth
What: Ianto staying with the Tylers, and being forced to wear Mickey’s clothes, and generally panicking about Jack.
Why: We did it for the LOLs
Ianto stood looking at himself in Jackie's pink robe his suit having disappeared. He padded downstairs in pink slippers peering his head around into the kitchen. "Mrs Tyler?" He called softly.
Jackie looked up from where she was badly destroying eggs, Pete having retreated 'to his shed' half an hour ago. "Oh, THERE you are, Pet", she said, trying to stifle a giggle at his appearance, "Sleep well?"
"Umm yes." He lied having not been able to sleep very well, Jack on his mind. "Thank you for putting me up."
"Oh, that's alright, Love", Jackie smiled as she bustled around him, "Rose was adamant and at least you didn't destroy my living room like some people did" She gave him a look. "Hmm, I'm sure Mickey won't mind if you wear some of his clothes"
His eyes widened a little, "Mickey’s...umm thank you. Can I do something?" He asked. "I make a nice cup of coffee."
"Well, your own clothes were a bit...well, mucky", said Jackie, then beamed, "Really? I'd love that. I bet Pete would too. He's in his shed. Always in his shed, that man"
Ianto nodded walking to the kettle getting out a set of mugs ,"Do you have any beans?"
Jackie beamed, pulling out a jar of Nescafe. "There you go!"
He looked at the Nescafe. "Ah..." He replied
"What?", Jackie blinked at it, "It's in it's sell by date, and see, special gold blend and everything". She patted him on the shoulder as she wandered out of the kitchen, "Knock yourself out, love, I'll get you some clothes"
He sighed softly trying to see what he could do with instant, working carefully the smell of coffee filling the room.
Rose wandered in, Adric and Sarah tucked under each arm, resting on either hip. "Well, that's attractive", she snorted at Ianto's state of dress, putting the twins into their highchairs.
He blushed a little and shrugged, "Your mother seems to have stolen them." He replied stirring the coffees before looking at the kids and smiling softly at them. He moved handing a mug of coffee in her hands.
"Thanks", Rose smiled, smelling it and taking a sip, "Hmm, you are the god of coffee, then" She chuckled starting to make up some baby food as Adric reached out trying to grab Ianto's finger.
"Jack seems to think so." He murmured with a frown befor elooking at the high chair. Ianto smiled at the baby letting him play with his finger as he sipped at his own coffee. "Hello Adric..." He whispered fondly. "How are you this morning?".
Adric cooed happily, then promptly put Ianto's finger in his mouth. "You won't be getting that back for a while", said Rose pointedly, then sighed, "...Sorry, didn't mean to bring him up"
He shrugged wriggling his finger. "It's not as if I'm not going to work with him. I suppose I just have to get used to it. "
"Yeah, well, it's not your fault he's a prat who goes running off and abandoning everyone", muttered Rose, clearly still sore over that, before bringing two bowls of baby food to the high chairs, "Wanna feed him for me? One person, two babies, just doesn't add up. Considering the screaming coming from Mickey's room, he could be putting up a fight. Or naked"
"I do have something to do with it." He replied before shrugging pulling a face "I don't think I want to knock and see, besides his friend Jake might be in there."
"Not really", said Rose, then giggled. "I think he hides him under his bed" She handed Ianto a bowl of baby food. "Prepare to get covered"
He smiled, "I think you'll be surprised said the immaculate Welshman as he fed the baby
"Surprised that you won't get covered?", chuckled Rose, feeding Sarah, "Adric is evil for it"
He smiled softly feeding the baby. "Well babies are supposed to I guess." He murmured sitting down feeding him before his smile faded and he worked quietly.
"These two especially", chuckled Rose, "I blame the Time Lord DNA", she glanced over at him as she fed her daughter, "...You miss him, huh?"
He looked at her, "around this time I've usually made him coffee and breakfast." He murmured as he fed Adric.
"Oh...right", Rose sighed, "Angers got a bit less, now, then. It's a feeling I'm used to"
He frowned softly and nodded. "It's harder seeing the other him...it's jack but not..."
"I understand", said Rose, "Really, I do. There's another version of the Doctor tooling about in this world"
"Really?" He asked before frowning." I just looking at him it's...painful."
"Yeah...and they're different, they don't understand", Rose shrugged, "I didn't even exist in this dimension, he didn't have a clue who I was"
Ianto frowned, "I think ...I don't understand why my counterpart is how he is He sounds downright cruel"
Rose shrugged softly. "He had a rough time with the Cybermen", she said, "I mean, we all did, we all still are, but he had it worse than the rest of us"
"Torchwood 1?" He asked quietly
"Yeah", Rose sighed, "I came in after, so I only knew it from what I've been told. But he kind of...closed off, apparently, became how he is now"
Ianto frowned softly "Jack really likes him doesn't he?"
"He told you?", Rose smiled, wiping some food off Sarah's face, "Yeah, he's completely besotted with him"
"If he's so closed off then why?"
Rose shrugged. "The Jack in this word? He's a sweetheart, wears his heart on his sleeve", she smiled softly, "I don't get it, either, but that like asking why your Jack has that incredible attractive power he's got going on"
Ianto smiled and shrugged, "He's ...Jack is something else" He decided. “Have you talked to the other Ianto?" He asked standing and cleaning the baby spoon
"What, you mean the Ianto who works for me and talks to my boobs every time he speaks to me?", Rose chuckled softly.
He chuckled softly. "Yes him"
"Not since he vanished", she said, "He's not answering any attempt to contact him. It's a bit bloody annoying, actually"
“He might not be at the hub" Ianto offered. “Have you contacted the others? Owen?"
Rose sighed. "Last I saw of him, he was raging about being left alone to run an alien-hunting organisation alone with only a computer ghost as help"
"I guess the other me isn't there then" He replied with a shrug before sighing softly “I feel sorry for your Jack pining over him. I'd say to move on but he's a grown man I suppose its his decision to make"
Rose smiled and shrugged. "This is Torchwood, love, we're always about the drama. What with Mickey and his not-so-secret-boyfriend, and the whole you and Jack thing, and Owena with her live-in-girlfriend we're never allowed to see".
"You’ve not seen her? Maybe she's a weevil?"
"Weevil?", asked Rose, "What's a weevil?"
"You don't have weevils?"
"I....don't think so", Rose pulled a face, "Aren't they bugs?"
"No they live in the sewers..." He started
"Hmm, maybe", Rose shrugged, "Jack would know, he works the archives, not much sneaks past the Cybermen"
"Ianto nodded, "You may call them something else."
"Probably do", chuckled Rose, "The other you never bothers naming things, and Jack names them secretly"
Ianto nodded, "Well they were named before I got to it"
"Yeah?", Rose smiled and chuckled, "Probably do have a different name, then"
Ianto nodded, "Or they're lost in the archives" He whispered softly before glancing at the clock "When do we have to go into the hub?" He asked.
"Once Mickey deems us with his presence", said Rose as Jackie wandered in, her arms full of Mickey's clothing.
"Here you go love, he put a hell of a fight up for them"
He blushed. "Thank you Mrs Tyler..." He replied accepting the pile of hoodies and jeans.
Rose stifled a giggle, which was cut short by Jackie's glare. "I'm sure he'll look just LOVELY in them", she said, going to her coffee.
Rose chuckled. "Sorry", she mouthed to him with a shrug.
He smiled helplessly back at Rose before looking down at them worriedly as he was ushered to the bathroom.
Rose chuckled, releasing the twins from their high chairs and putting them in their playpen. "No biting, Sarah"
Five minutes later he walked out in what he hoped was the least hoodlum looking t-shirt, hoodie and jeans.
Rose took one look at him and snorted, creasing up as she laughed.
"Rose Marion Tyler, you hush now", chided Jackie, "He looks just lovely!"
Ianto sighed feeling like a five year old getting his first school uniform. He frowned softly picking at the denim.
Rose looked at Ianto again and giggled more. Jackie tsked and walked over, smoothing out his shoulders. "Don't mind her, you look just fine"
"I look like an overgrown ASBO."
"Oh, hush, now, you don't", said Jackie, standing back to regard him, "No, I think it suits you"
He raised a brow and looked at Rose.
Rose stifled an unwomanly snort. "OH...yes...heh...definitely"
He sighed pulling at himself. "I suppose it'll have to do." He replied pulling up the baggy jeans.
"I'm sure Rose will take you shopping later", Jackie offered with a smile, "Oh, or I could! I'm good at shopping"
He blinked, "I'm sure Rose'll be fine”, suddenly having a worrying image of a pink mohair suit."
Rose nodded solemnly from behind her mothers back. "Just be sure she buys YOU stuff and not HER stuff", said Jackie, sending a look at her daughter.
He smiled, "I will, thank you Mrs Tyler."
Jackie nodded, satisfied, before heading back down the hall. "I'll get that lazy bag of skin up now so you can go to work", she said, "MICKEY!!!"
Ianto grimaced at the yell before sighing and looking down at the boxers peering out of his loose jeans
"You think that's bad, I had to grow up around that", chuckled Rose.
Ianto smiled amused. "You dated this out of choice"
Rose blushed and ducked her head. "Yes, well, technically, pity, but Mickey's a good bloke under it all"
He smiled, "If you say so." He replied pulling at the hoodie.
"I do", Rose smiled and nodded, "A bit of a useless lump sometimes, but he's MY useless lump"
Iano smiled and nodded, before pulling Andric off his ankle after he’d escaped his playpen and picking him up. "How do you manage with them all?"
.
"I'm a Companion", Rose chuckled ruefully, "After keeping the Doctor from doing Incredibly Stupid Things, a girl can do just about anything"
He smiled a little, ""What was it like...travelling like that. Seeing different planets?"
"Amazing", Rose smiled, "And that doesn't even explain it, not really. It's the strangest experience anyone could ever have"
He smiled a little. "Sounds like the chance of a lifetime."
"It is", Roses smile faded, "Trouble is, he finds someone to take my place far too easily"
He nodded softly. "At least for a little while you had that." He whispered softly.
"It's never enough, though", said Rose, "That's why I rebuilt Torchwood. That's why Sarah-Jane does her thing. Why Martha joined UNIT...", she sighed, "It never gets out of your system"
He frowned softly picking at the table. "That’s one thing I wish I could do. All this stuff comes from the rift. I just wonder where some of it comes from.
"From all kinds of worlds", Rose smiled, shrugging, "I've seen plenty, heck, I've seen the Earth die"
He smiled, "Well I suppose I'll just have t make d with Jack's stories."
"Once you get back, I'll see if I can convince him to take you somewhere", Rose offered with a grin.
Really?" He asked before sighing. "But I doubt he'll want much to do with me now."
"Who, the Doctor?", asked Rose, arching a brow, "Why? You didn't pick on his non-arse, did you?"
"Oh no I thought you meant Jack. Do you think the doctor would take me?"
"I dunno, maybe", Rose smiled, "Depends on is he's in one of his 'weee, adventure!!' moods"
Ianto nodded, "If he would that would be great."
"Well, no harm in asking", Rose smiled, "It's an experience you'll never forget"
He nodded, "Maybe." He replied before looking at his watch"Does Jack still sleep there?"
"Yeah", Rose nodded, "I keep telling him to get a bigger place, but he says that hole in the ground is 'homely'"
Ianto nodded, "He refuses to believe it can't fit two people."
Rose giggled. "Oh, I know, he tried to get a fishtank in there, once"
Really?" He asked amused
"Yeah", Rose chuckled, "Took all of us to convince him he'd have nowhere to sleep if he put it there"
He smiled before sighing. "I suppose we should head off." He murmured
"Yeah", Rose smiled, heading towards the hall, shouting as she went past, "MIKEY CAN COME IN AFTER HE'S FINISHED HAVING SEX WITH JAKE"
Ianto smiled amused his hands sliding into Mickey's jeans as he followed her out with less of the customary swagger that the clothes demanded.
Rose giggled a little. "We definitely have to get you a suit"
He sighed, "I'm hoping not to have to stay long enough to need a huge amount."
"Yeah, as nice as it is having an efficient Ianto around, you're needed more back home", said Rose.
He nodded softly "I Cant imagine the state of the hub right now." He murmured
"Dirty magazines, maybe a couple of blow up dolls, a blow up sheep called Dolly", Rose chuckled.
He pulled a face, "Don’t even joke about that. That'll just be Owen."
Rose arched a brow as he mentioned the other mans name. "Oh no, that's Ianto"
Ianto looked back at her with a frown, "You're not serious?"
"Not in my world", Rose chuckled, "Besides, Owena has her girlfriend"
"No I meant me with the inflatable farm animals."
"Yeah, you have the inflatable sheep", said Rose, "It has suspenders"
Ianto stared at her before frowning, "light blue suspenders?" He asked
"....Yeah.....why?", Rose frowned.
Ianto raised a brow shaking his head. "They're the same colour as Jack's."
"Uh....huh", Rose nodded, "Yeah, guess they are"
Ianto raised a brow. "Well I suppose I don't get away from him in any dimension."
"Sods law, I guess", Rose shrugged, offering a smile.
"I suppose." He replied "But its a bit far with the sheep."
"Well, that's this world's Ianto for you", said Rose, "Always a bit weird, him"
"Hmmm" He replied before peering through ahead before stepping out his eyes alert as they watched out for the glint of silver.
"Don’t worry", Rose sighed, "They don't normally come out so early in the day"
Ianto nodded, "Still...seeing them once was bad enough."
"Yeah", Rose watched him, "That must have been hard"
He frowned before nodding. "Canary Wharf is not something I paticularly wanted to repeat."
"Me either", said Rose quietly, frowning softly.
He looked at her before frowning. "So few people survived..."
"I'd be one of those people, Love", said Rose, glancing at him, then sighed, "But at least I'm still alive, cut off from my own world as it made me"
He shrugged, "better than being six feet underground."
"Yeah", she glanced at him, "I'm sorry about it all....must have been horrific to see people you cared about go like that"
He frowned, "Well I can't say that I'd like to repeat the experience." He murmured. "At least your family is mostly here."
"Oh yeah", Rose smiled, "My mum, my kids, my closeted best friend and my alternate universe father. One big happy family"
He smiled softly, "Oh..." He replied with a nod "They are quite nice."
"They're great", Rose smiled, then shrugged, "Doesn't replace travelling with the Doctor, but I can deal until I reach him again"
He nodded softly. "How long does it take to recharge?" He asked softly.
"Not a clue, that's Mickey's side of things, he won't let me within five feet of it anymore", said Rose, "I mean, seriously, I can pilot a great big sodding time and space machine, but I can’t work something that looks like it fell out of a video game"
He frowned with a nod. "I'm just...what with Jack and the master and everything..."
"I know, you want to get back, trust me, I understand that better than anyone", said Rose, "We'll get you home as soon as humanly possible"
He frowned shoving his hands into his pockets. "I just want to get there before its too late."
"Hey, if we at Torchwood are good at anything, it's saving the day by the seat of our pants, right?", she offered a smile.
He nodded before frowning. "This is all my fault."
"How is it your fault?", asked Rose gently.
"If I hadn't gotten so upset...If we hadn't fought and I hadn't grabbed the device. I wouldn’t be here and he'd still be at the base and..."
"And you wouldn't have had time to think things through and could have said even more things you would have regretted", pointed out Rose, "And Jack would have done something stupid, because he's Jack"
He frowned, "But he's trapped and there's nothing I can do."
Rose sighed, "I know the feeling", she said, "But we can use help here, you don't have to sit around and do nothing, it helps, trust me"
He frowned, "I think Jack has the coffee and organisation pretty sewn up. And there's only so many times I can clean your office."
Rose arched a brow. "Well, you're good with guns and stuff, right?", she asked, "You're an active member of the team back home, right?"
He nodded "Yes, more and more now."
"See? Then there's stuff you can do", said Rose, "We get regular aliens as well as cybermen, you know"
He nodded "Alright." He replied a they came up to the hub."
"Great", smiled Rose, stepping inside, "Considering I've lost my second in command and everything, I could use the help"
He nodded following her. "You're welcome" He replied as the door slid closed behind them
When: Today
Where: Tyler house, alterna-Earth
What: Ianto staying with the Tylers, and being forced to wear Mickey’s clothes, and generally panicking about Jack.
Why: We did it for the LOLs
Ianto stood looking at himself in Jackie's pink robe his suit having disappeared. He padded downstairs in pink slippers peering his head around into the kitchen. "Mrs Tyler?" He called softly.
Jackie looked up from where she was badly destroying eggs, Pete having retreated 'to his shed' half an hour ago. "Oh, THERE you are, Pet", she said, trying to stifle a giggle at his appearance, "Sleep well?"
"Umm yes." He lied having not been able to sleep very well, Jack on his mind. "Thank you for putting me up."
"Oh, that's alright, Love", Jackie smiled as she bustled around him, "Rose was adamant and at least you didn't destroy my living room like some people did" She gave him a look. "Hmm, I'm sure Mickey won't mind if you wear some of his clothes"
His eyes widened a little, "Mickey’s...umm thank you. Can I do something?" He asked. "I make a nice cup of coffee."
"Well, your own clothes were a bit...well, mucky", said Jackie, then beamed, "Really? I'd love that. I bet Pete would too. He's in his shed. Always in his shed, that man"
Ianto nodded walking to the kettle getting out a set of mugs ,"Do you have any beans?"
Jackie beamed, pulling out a jar of Nescafe. "There you go!"
He looked at the Nescafe. "Ah..." He replied
"What?", Jackie blinked at it, "It's in it's sell by date, and see, special gold blend and everything". She patted him on the shoulder as she wandered out of the kitchen, "Knock yourself out, love, I'll get you some clothes"
He sighed softly trying to see what he could do with instant, working carefully the smell of coffee filling the room.
Rose wandered in, Adric and Sarah tucked under each arm, resting on either hip. "Well, that's attractive", she snorted at Ianto's state of dress, putting the twins into their highchairs.
He blushed a little and shrugged, "Your mother seems to have stolen them." He replied stirring the coffees before looking at the kids and smiling softly at them. He moved handing a mug of coffee in her hands.
"Thanks", Rose smiled, smelling it and taking a sip, "Hmm, you are the god of coffee, then" She chuckled starting to make up some baby food as Adric reached out trying to grab Ianto's finger.
"Jack seems to think so." He murmured with a frown befor elooking at the high chair. Ianto smiled at the baby letting him play with his finger as he sipped at his own coffee. "Hello Adric..." He whispered fondly. "How are you this morning?".
Adric cooed happily, then promptly put Ianto's finger in his mouth. "You won't be getting that back for a while", said Rose pointedly, then sighed, "...Sorry, didn't mean to bring him up"
He shrugged wriggling his finger. "It's not as if I'm not going to work with him. I suppose I just have to get used to it. "
"Yeah, well, it's not your fault he's a prat who goes running off and abandoning everyone", muttered Rose, clearly still sore over that, before bringing two bowls of baby food to the high chairs, "Wanna feed him for me? One person, two babies, just doesn't add up. Considering the screaming coming from Mickey's room, he could be putting up a fight. Or naked"
"I do have something to do with it." He replied before shrugging pulling a face "I don't think I want to knock and see, besides his friend Jake might be in there."
"Not really", said Rose, then giggled. "I think he hides him under his bed" She handed Ianto a bowl of baby food. "Prepare to get covered"
He smiled, "I think you'll be surprised said the immaculate Welshman as he fed the baby
"Surprised that you won't get covered?", chuckled Rose, feeding Sarah, "Adric is evil for it"
He smiled softly feeding the baby. "Well babies are supposed to I guess." He murmured sitting down feeding him before his smile faded and he worked quietly.
"These two especially", chuckled Rose, "I blame the Time Lord DNA", she glanced over at him as she fed her daughter, "...You miss him, huh?"
He looked at her, "around this time I've usually made him coffee and breakfast." He murmured as he fed Adric.
"Oh...right", Rose sighed, "Angers got a bit less, now, then. It's a feeling I'm used to"
He frowned softly and nodded. "It's harder seeing the other him...it's jack but not..."
"I understand", said Rose, "Really, I do. There's another version of the Doctor tooling about in this world"
"Really?" He asked before frowning." I just looking at him it's...painful."
"Yeah...and they're different, they don't understand", Rose shrugged, "I didn't even exist in this dimension, he didn't have a clue who I was"
Ianto frowned, "I think ...I don't understand why my counterpart is how he is He sounds downright cruel"
Rose shrugged softly. "He had a rough time with the Cybermen", she said, "I mean, we all did, we all still are, but he had it worse than the rest of us"
"Torchwood 1?" He asked quietly
"Yeah", Rose sighed, "I came in after, so I only knew it from what I've been told. But he kind of...closed off, apparently, became how he is now"
Ianto frowned softly "Jack really likes him doesn't he?"
"He told you?", Rose smiled, wiping some food off Sarah's face, "Yeah, he's completely besotted with him"
"If he's so closed off then why?"
Rose shrugged. "The Jack in this word? He's a sweetheart, wears his heart on his sleeve", she smiled softly, "I don't get it, either, but that like asking why your Jack has that incredible attractive power he's got going on"
Ianto smiled and shrugged, "He's ...Jack is something else" He decided. “Have you talked to the other Ianto?" He asked standing and cleaning the baby spoon
"What, you mean the Ianto who works for me and talks to my boobs every time he speaks to me?", Rose chuckled softly.
He chuckled softly. "Yes him"
"Not since he vanished", she said, "He's not answering any attempt to contact him. It's a bit bloody annoying, actually"
“He might not be at the hub" Ianto offered. “Have you contacted the others? Owen?"
Rose sighed. "Last I saw of him, he was raging about being left alone to run an alien-hunting organisation alone with only a computer ghost as help"
"I guess the other me isn't there then" He replied with a shrug before sighing softly “I feel sorry for your Jack pining over him. I'd say to move on but he's a grown man I suppose its his decision to make"
Rose smiled and shrugged. "This is Torchwood, love, we're always about the drama. What with Mickey and his not-so-secret-boyfriend, and the whole you and Jack thing, and Owena with her live-in-girlfriend we're never allowed to see".
"You’ve not seen her? Maybe she's a weevil?"
"Weevil?", asked Rose, "What's a weevil?"
"You don't have weevils?"
"I....don't think so", Rose pulled a face, "Aren't they bugs?"
"No they live in the sewers..." He started
"Hmm, maybe", Rose shrugged, "Jack would know, he works the archives, not much sneaks past the Cybermen"
"Ianto nodded, "You may call them something else."
"Probably do", chuckled Rose, "The other you never bothers naming things, and Jack names them secretly"
Ianto nodded, "Well they were named before I got to it"
"Yeah?", Rose smiled and chuckled, "Probably do have a different name, then"
Ianto nodded, "Or they're lost in the archives" He whispered softly before glancing at the clock "When do we have to go into the hub?" He asked.
"Once Mickey deems us with his presence", said Rose as Jackie wandered in, her arms full of Mickey's clothing.
"Here you go love, he put a hell of a fight up for them"
He blushed. "Thank you Mrs Tyler..." He replied accepting the pile of hoodies and jeans.
Rose stifled a giggle, which was cut short by Jackie's glare. "I'm sure he'll look just LOVELY in them", she said, going to her coffee.
Rose chuckled. "Sorry", she mouthed to him with a shrug.
He smiled helplessly back at Rose before looking down at them worriedly as he was ushered to the bathroom.
Rose chuckled, releasing the twins from their high chairs and putting them in their playpen. "No biting, Sarah"
Five minutes later he walked out in what he hoped was the least hoodlum looking t-shirt, hoodie and jeans.
Rose took one look at him and snorted, creasing up as she laughed.
"Rose Marion Tyler, you hush now", chided Jackie, "He looks just lovely!"
Ianto sighed feeling like a five year old getting his first school uniform. He frowned softly picking at the denim.
Rose looked at Ianto again and giggled more. Jackie tsked and walked over, smoothing out his shoulders. "Don't mind her, you look just fine"
"I look like an overgrown ASBO."
"Oh, hush, now, you don't", said Jackie, standing back to regard him, "No, I think it suits you"
He raised a brow and looked at Rose.
Rose stifled an unwomanly snort. "OH...yes...heh...definitely"
He sighed pulling at himself. "I suppose it'll have to do." He replied pulling up the baggy jeans.
"I'm sure Rose will take you shopping later", Jackie offered with a smile, "Oh, or I could! I'm good at shopping"
He blinked, "I'm sure Rose'll be fine”, suddenly having a worrying image of a pink mohair suit."
Rose nodded solemnly from behind her mothers back. "Just be sure she buys YOU stuff and not HER stuff", said Jackie, sending a look at her daughter.
He smiled, "I will, thank you Mrs Tyler."
Jackie nodded, satisfied, before heading back down the hall. "I'll get that lazy bag of skin up now so you can go to work", she said, "MICKEY!!!"
Ianto grimaced at the yell before sighing and looking down at the boxers peering out of his loose jeans
"You think that's bad, I had to grow up around that", chuckled Rose.
Ianto smiled amused. "You dated this out of choice"
Rose blushed and ducked her head. "Yes, well, technically, pity, but Mickey's a good bloke under it all"
He smiled, "If you say so." He replied pulling at the hoodie.
"I do", Rose smiled and nodded, "A bit of a useless lump sometimes, but he's MY useless lump"
Iano smiled and nodded, before pulling Andric off his ankle after he’d escaped his playpen and picking him up. "How do you manage with them all?"
.
"I'm a Companion", Rose chuckled ruefully, "After keeping the Doctor from doing Incredibly Stupid Things, a girl can do just about anything"
He smiled a little, ""What was it like...travelling like that. Seeing different planets?"
"Amazing", Rose smiled, "And that doesn't even explain it, not really. It's the strangest experience anyone could ever have"
He smiled a little. "Sounds like the chance of a lifetime."
"It is", Roses smile faded, "Trouble is, he finds someone to take my place far too easily"
He nodded softly. "At least for a little while you had that." He whispered softly.
"It's never enough, though", said Rose, "That's why I rebuilt Torchwood. That's why Sarah-Jane does her thing. Why Martha joined UNIT...", she sighed, "It never gets out of your system"
He frowned softly picking at the table. "That’s one thing I wish I could do. All this stuff comes from the rift. I just wonder where some of it comes from.
"From all kinds of worlds", Rose smiled, shrugging, "I've seen plenty, heck, I've seen the Earth die"
He smiled, "Well I suppose I'll just have t make d with Jack's stories."
"Once you get back, I'll see if I can convince him to take you somewhere", Rose offered with a grin.
Really?" He asked before sighing. "But I doubt he'll want much to do with me now."
"Who, the Doctor?", asked Rose, arching a brow, "Why? You didn't pick on his non-arse, did you?"
"Oh no I thought you meant Jack. Do you think the doctor would take me?"
"I dunno, maybe", Rose smiled, "Depends on is he's in one of his 'weee, adventure!!' moods"
Ianto nodded, "If he would that would be great."
"Well, no harm in asking", Rose smiled, "It's an experience you'll never forget"
He nodded, "Maybe." He replied before looking at his watch"Does Jack still sleep there?"
"Yeah", Rose nodded, "I keep telling him to get a bigger place, but he says that hole in the ground is 'homely'"
Ianto nodded, "He refuses to believe it can't fit two people."
Rose giggled. "Oh, I know, he tried to get a fishtank in there, once"
Really?" He asked amused
"Yeah", Rose chuckled, "Took all of us to convince him he'd have nowhere to sleep if he put it there"
He smiled before sighing. "I suppose we should head off." He murmured
"Yeah", Rose smiled, heading towards the hall, shouting as she went past, "MIKEY CAN COME IN AFTER HE'S FINISHED HAVING SEX WITH JAKE"
Ianto smiled amused his hands sliding into Mickey's jeans as he followed her out with less of the customary swagger that the clothes demanded.
Rose giggled a little. "We definitely have to get you a suit"
He sighed, "I'm hoping not to have to stay long enough to need a huge amount."
"Yeah, as nice as it is having an efficient Ianto around, you're needed more back home", said Rose.
He nodded softly "I Cant imagine the state of the hub right now." He murmured
"Dirty magazines, maybe a couple of blow up dolls, a blow up sheep called Dolly", Rose chuckled.
He pulled a face, "Don’t even joke about that. That'll just be Owen."
Rose arched a brow as he mentioned the other mans name. "Oh no, that's Ianto"
Ianto looked back at her with a frown, "You're not serious?"
"Not in my world", Rose chuckled, "Besides, Owena has her girlfriend"
"No I meant me with the inflatable farm animals."
"Yeah, you have the inflatable sheep", said Rose, "It has suspenders"
Ianto stared at her before frowning, "light blue suspenders?" He asked
"....Yeah.....why?", Rose frowned.
Ianto raised a brow shaking his head. "They're the same colour as Jack's."
"Uh....huh", Rose nodded, "Yeah, guess they are"
Ianto raised a brow. "Well I suppose I don't get away from him in any dimension."
"Sods law, I guess", Rose shrugged, offering a smile.
"I suppose." He replied "But its a bit far with the sheep."
"Well, that's this world's Ianto for you", said Rose, "Always a bit weird, him"
"Hmmm" He replied before peering through ahead before stepping out his eyes alert as they watched out for the glint of silver.
"Don’t worry", Rose sighed, "They don't normally come out so early in the day"
Ianto nodded, "Still...seeing them once was bad enough."
"Yeah", Rose watched him, "That must have been hard"
He frowned before nodding. "Canary Wharf is not something I paticularly wanted to repeat."
"Me either", said Rose quietly, frowning softly.
He looked at her before frowning. "So few people survived..."
"I'd be one of those people, Love", said Rose, glancing at him, then sighed, "But at least I'm still alive, cut off from my own world as it made me"
He shrugged, "better than being six feet underground."
"Yeah", she glanced at him, "I'm sorry about it all....must have been horrific to see people you cared about go like that"
He frowned, "Well I can't say that I'd like to repeat the experience." He murmured. "At least your family is mostly here."
"Oh yeah", Rose smiled, "My mum, my kids, my closeted best friend and my alternate universe father. One big happy family"
He smiled softly, "Oh..." He replied with a nod "They are quite nice."
"They're great", Rose smiled, then shrugged, "Doesn't replace travelling with the Doctor, but I can deal until I reach him again"
He nodded softly. "How long does it take to recharge?" He asked softly.
"Not a clue, that's Mickey's side of things, he won't let me within five feet of it anymore", said Rose, "I mean, seriously, I can pilot a great big sodding time and space machine, but I can’t work something that looks like it fell out of a video game"
He frowned with a nod. "I'm just...what with Jack and the master and everything..."
"I know, you want to get back, trust me, I understand that better than anyone", said Rose, "We'll get you home as soon as humanly possible"
He frowned shoving his hands into his pockets. "I just want to get there before its too late."
"Hey, if we at Torchwood are good at anything, it's saving the day by the seat of our pants, right?", she offered a smile.
He nodded before frowning. "This is all my fault."
"How is it your fault?", asked Rose gently.
"If I hadn't gotten so upset...If we hadn't fought and I hadn't grabbed the device. I wouldn’t be here and he'd still be at the base and..."
"And you wouldn't have had time to think things through and could have said even more things you would have regretted", pointed out Rose, "And Jack would have done something stupid, because he's Jack"
He frowned, "But he's trapped and there's nothing I can do."
Rose sighed, "I know the feeling", she said, "But we can use help here, you don't have to sit around and do nothing, it helps, trust me"
He frowned, "I think Jack has the coffee and organisation pretty sewn up. And there's only so many times I can clean your office."
Rose arched a brow. "Well, you're good with guns and stuff, right?", she asked, "You're an active member of the team back home, right?"
He nodded "Yes, more and more now."
"See? Then there's stuff you can do", said Rose, "We get regular aliens as well as cybermen, you know"
He nodded "Alright." He replied a they came up to the hub."
"Great", smiled Rose, stepping inside, "Considering I've lost my second in command and everything, I could use the help"
He nodded following her. "You're welcome" He replied as the door slid closed behind them