Fic: A Nostalgic Yearning 15/16

Aug 10, 2008 15:26

TITLE: A Nostalgic Yearning 15/16
AUTHOR: Erin Giles
DISCLAIMER: Torchwood and it’s characters are property of the BBC. Finn, Rhiannon, Chris and all other characters are property of me. Although why you’d want them is beyond me.
RATING: PG-13
PAIRINGS/CHARACTERS: Jack/Ianto, Gwen, Owen, Tosh, OC’s
SUMMARY: Take two men, a small child, a seaside town, throw in a few locals, some Welsh rain and you’ve got a perfect holiday. Don’t you?
AUTHOR NOTES: This is the sequel to my story, “Family Matters”. You will not be able to make sense of this unless you have read Family Matters.

Chris finally gets his comeupance for what he's done! ;) And I know it seems like it's the end but there is one more chapter left... which may have a little surprise at the end of it! ;)

| Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 |






They pulled up outside Ianto’s house in front of a blue Volvo estate that Ianto immediately recognised. He was out of the car before Jack had even turned off the engine.

“Ianto?” Jack called as Ianto disappeared up the path to his front door. He frowned as he watched Ianto disappear inside while he reached into the back of the car to unbuckle Finn from his car seat before he too was haring up the garden path.

“I’ll just bring the bags in then shall I?” Jack called to no one in particular, sighing as he turned to regard the boot.

“Get out of my house.” Ianto said as calmly as he could as he emerged into the kitchen, Finn following close behind and running into Ria’s open arms.

“I’m here to talk to my wife.” Chris voiced, barely paying Ianto the blindest bit of attention.

“I don’t care if the bloody Queen is coming round here for tea, I want you out of my house in the next minute before I kick you out.” Ianto ground out between gritted teeth.

“I’ll leave after she’s signed this.” Chris said, waving the papers in front of Ria’s face as she continued to clutch Finlay to her.

“I’ve already told you I’m not signing it.” Ria shook her head, stepping closer to her brother as Jack appeared in the door behind Ianto.

“Rhiannon, just sign it and then I can go.” Chris took a step towards Ria, trying to press the paper’s and pen into her hand.

“Just give me Finn and sign it. You want to come with Daddy don’t you Finny?” Chris coaxed as Finn watched his father wide eyed, looking between his father and mother with a look of confusion.

“I want to stay here with Mummy and Uncy Yan and Uncle Jack.” Finn admitted after a moment, and that was all the encouragement Ianto needed.

“I asked you to leave. I’m not going to ask again.” Ianto stepped towards Chris.

“Look Ianto, just keep out of this yeah. It’s none of your business gay boy!”

Ianto didn’t get a chance to reply before a fist connected with Chris’ chin, knocking him flat on his back. Ria let out a little scream but made no move towards him. Jack was hauling Chris back to his feet now after flooring him, dragging him out the kitchen door and finally out the front door. He let him drop just past the front gate, the divorce paper’s fluttering down to the floor with him.

“I see you round here again I’m going to do more than hit you.” Jack’s voice was low and growling, a finger pointing down at Chris who was hurriedly gathering the papers.

“I’m going to report you to the police.” Chris was threatening as he pulled himself to his feet, trying to straighten his shirt as Ria and Ianto appeared on the front doorstep.

“Go ahead. You’ll find out very quickly that I’m above the police, so if I see you within a mile of Ianto’s house or Ianto, Ria or Finn I will not be held accountable for my actions. You want this sorted out you go through lawyers like anyone else, not by throwing your weight about, because you’ll find out very quickly that I am so much better at it than you.” Jack threatened, glaring at Chris until he backed away down the street into his car and drove off at well above the speed limit.

“You didn’t have to do that.” Ianto said calmly from behind Jack.

“Yes I did.” Jack uttered, turning to face Ianto who was stood with his arms round his sister who was crying into his shoulder, Finlay in her arms watching Jack with an unreadable expression on his face.

Jack watched the curtains twitching next door and put a hand on both Ianto and Rhiannon’s shoulder’s, ushering them back inside.

“Come on, I’ll make us a cup of tea.”

Jack set the kettle going as Rhiannon and Ianto sat down at the kitchen table, Finn on Rhiannon’s lap. It was only now she noticed the bump on his head.

“What happened to you?” Ria sniffled, taking the kitchen roll Ianto offered her to wipe her now bloodshot eyes.

“I ran into the doorway but Uncle Jack kissed it and made it all better, like he did with Uncy Yan’s owie.” Finn enthused as Ria’s eyebrow quirked at the mention of Uncle Jack.

“Uncle Jack?” Ria questioned, turning to regard the man stood at the kettle putting a teabag into the teapot.

“Yup, Uncy Yan said that I could call him Uncle Jack if he didn’t mind and he doesn’t so I geted to call him Uncle Jack ‘cause Uncy Yan said that they probably wouldn’t get married and I wanted him to be in our family so I get to call him Uncle Jack.” Finn was bouncing on his mother’s knee in excitement now, totally forgotten that Jack had only just dumped his father out on the pavement moments ago.

“And Uncle Jack bought me James as well to go with Thomas.” Finn looked set to recount the whole holiday in vivid detail and out of order to Rhiannon, but Ianto interrupted, seeing his sister wasn’t really in the mood to hear about the holiday.

“Why don’t you go and set up James in the other room so show Mummy?” Ianto encouraged, watching as Finn scrambled down from his mother’s lap and ran out of the kitchen.

“Ianto,” Ria started as soon as Finn was out of earshot, fiddling with her necklace nervously as she wrapped one hand round the mug Jack placed in front of her. “I’ve got something I need to tell you.”

Ianto suddenly looked worried as he distractedly took the mug of tea Jack was offering him.

“It’s going to complicate things with the divorce, and I don’t want it to, so I don’t know whether to tell him or not.” Ria rambled, continuing to stare into the depths of her mug.

“Ria what are you talking about?” Ianto demanded, a confused air of nervousness about him.

Ria looked up at Ianto, catching his eye. “I’m pregnant.”

“You’re what? You’re how?” Ianto stumbled over his words, looking wide eyed at his sister.

“Ianto I think you’re old enough to know how I got pregnant.” Ria joked, laughing nervously.

“Yeah,” Ianto shook his head, blinking a couple of times for good measure. “But, is it Chris’?”

Ria nodded, sipping on her mug of tea. “He cheated on me, not the other way round.”

“Are you going to keep it?” Ianto pressed, ignoring Jack’s slightly disbelieving look from where he was still stood leaning against the kitchen work surface beside the kettle.

“Of course.” Ria looked offended that Ianto would think otherwise.

“Right,” Ianto elongated the word as his mind processed everything. He wanted to ask his sister if she would be living with him permanently, what Chris had wanted in the divorce settlement, how she was going to cope being a single Mum, but he couldn’t find the words. Everything had seemed so much simpler in Aberystwyth when he had been playing on the beach with Jack and Finn. It had seemed so much more happy families. Now he was left trying to balance his home life with his Torchwood life and that scared the hell out of him. He had always maintained a healthy distance with the two but now with Ria living here and the new baby and Jack being Uncle Jack it would get harder and it made Torchwood seem unbelievably real.

**

“I’m going to go over to the Hub, check in with the team. I’ll come back later on though if you want.” Jack reassured as he saw the panicked look on Ianto’s face, glancing back up the stairs to where his nephew and sister were now asleep.

“I’ll come with you.” Ianto enthused, grasping at his keys. Jack motioned for them though.

“I’ll drive. You’re still in shock.” Jack explained, taking Ianto’s keys from him.

“She’s pregnant.” Ianto voiced again, the shock and disbelief still present in his voice.

“Ianto you really should know about the birds and the bees by now.” Jack teased, pulling on his coat and steering Ianto out the front door of his house, locking it quietly behind them so as not to wake Ria and Finn.

“I know but,” Ianto broke off, taking a deep breath. “It’s just a bit much. I know she’s going to stay with me for a while, and you’re always round here and you and her and Finn are two separate worlds and I kept them as two separate worlds and now they’re not anymore ‘cause you’re suddenly Uncle Jack and she’s pregnant and getting a divorce and I can’t be Ianto Jones, efficient Torchwood employee and Uncy Yan and Ianto, dorky younger brother all at the same time, I just can’t Jack.” Ianto shook his head, turning towards Jack from where he had a grasp on the door handle of the car.

“You forgot Ianto Jones, wanton sex slave.” Jack added, grinning. Ianto just stared in disbelief.

“Look,” Jack started, stepping towards Ianto and taking a hold of his hand. “Ianto you can’t separate all those people. You’re Uncy Yan, brother Ianto, lover Ianto, efficient Ianto and one that I’ve only recently discovered and is quickly becoming my personal favourite, childlike Ianto.” Jack grinned.

“But,” Ianto started, soon grinding to a halt though, nothing left to say now he knew Jack was right. Jack stepped in, pressing a chaste kiss to Ianto’s lips before he opened the car.

“Are you done freaking out for the minute?” Jack asked as he sat down in the drivers seat.

Ianto considered it for a moment before nodding. “For the minute.”

“Can we go check those three haven’t burned down the Hub, killed each other or had a weevil orgy?” Jack asked as he started the engine, Ianto slamming his door shut and pulling his seatbelt on.

“You forgot option D.” Ianto pointed out, turning to regard Jack with a mischievous grin.

“What’s that?” Jack enquired, looking intrigued.

“All of the above.” Ianto stated matter-of-factly as Jack burst into laughter before he threw the car into first gear and sped off down Ianto’s road in the direction of the Bay.

“Why did you punch Chris by the way?” Ianto asked as they were driving past the signs for Atlantic Wharf, almost at the Bay car park.

“Promise you won’t have another hissy fit?” Jack asked dubiously, causing Ianto to snort with laughter.

“I promise.”

Jack looked back over at Ianto as he pulled up at the lights. “Because I care about you, therefore I care about your family.”

Ianto smiled, truly heartened by Jack’s words, but the sadistic side of him let the joke slip through.

“Funny, you don’t seem to feel the same when it comes to Rhys.” Ianto commented.

“That’s different and you know it!” Jack argued as he pulled away again. Ianto didn’t say anything though, he was too busy having an internal freak out again.

**

Gwen looked up at the sound of the Hub alarm, confused for a moment. Tosh was in the boardroom sorting out case notes. Owen was in down in the vaults feeding Janet. Then it dawned on her that it was Monday evening.

She watched the two of them trailing up the stairs, Ianto dressed in casual clothes, the bump on his head now a fading bruise and Jack dressed like his usual self but looking a lot more relaxed than usual.

“You finally decided to come back to us then?” Gwen teased.

“Well we didn’t think you could cope any longer without us.” Jack replied, giving her his patent Harkness’ grin.

“Everything alright here?” Jack asked, shoving his hands in his pockets as he frowned slightly at the eerie silence. “Owen and Tosh killed each other?”

Gwen smiled before shaking her head. “Well Tosh got close to rat genocide but apart from that they’ve pretty much silently made up.”

“How was the holiday then?” Gwen asked, swinging round in her chair so she could regard Ianto who had sat himself down on the sofa.

“It was good.” Jack answered for him, nodding with a knowing smile on his face.

“No details as to what you got up to then and what on earth Ianto train was about?” Gwen questioned still looking at Ianto who was staring blankly into his lap.

“Well Jack didn’t get to ride the Ianto train if that’s what you’re asking.” Jack deflected, causing Gwen to chuckle, screwing up her eyes slightly in disgust.

“I would hope not with children in the next room.” Gwen replied, noticing Ianto’s head shooting up at the world children.

“You okay Ianto?” Gwen probed, eyeing him with some concern.

“Yup, great holiday, although with Jack and Finn to look after it wasn’t really a holiday but more of a summer camp.” Ianto joked, shaking himself out of his revere, and giving Gwen a disarming smile that was just unnerving on Ianto.

“That’s the last time I make you pancakes.” Jack teased, pushing Ianto playfully back onto the couch when he tried to stand up, causing Ianto to laugh. Gwen frowned again, noticing the sudden change in Ianto’s demeanour and how he was suddenly so much more relaxed.

“Back in one piece then?” Tosh called as she emerged into the main area of the Hub, smiling at both Jack and Ianto who were now heading over to the coffee machine together.

“We had sex on the beach Tosh, it was amazing.” Jack joked playfully, causing Tosh to make a face that suggested that she wasn’t entirely comfortable with that amount of information being disclosed in a greeting. Jack flashed Ianto a grin as he rolled his eyes.

“Only in your dreams.” Ianto chided. “All that sand in hard to reach places is just not healthy.”

On to Part 16

janto, series: footprints in the sand, fic: a nostalgic yearning, fandom: torchwood

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