Drabbles #5
Title: Bargain
Characters: Jack & Ianto.
Rating: Open
Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: Not mine; they belong to RTD and to the BBC.
Summary: From the prompt from merucha. Jack + Ianto. British Racing Green. Tangerines.
It’s not always doom and gloom with Torchwood, Ianto reflects. He watches in fond amusement as Jack argues with the alien, gesticulating wildly. Hovering behind them is the cause of it all. Ianto admires the sleek lines of the small spaceship and understands why the lovelight blossomed in Jack’s eyes the moment he saw her. She’s even finished in British Racing Green, with a silver go-faster stripe. The miracle is that Jack’s willing to barter for her.
Jack bounces back to Ianto in triumph, grinning broadly. Ianto arches an inquiring eyebrow.
“Twenty boxes of tangerines and she’s ours,” Jack gloats.
Title: Vespa
Characters: Jack & Ianto.
Rating: Open
Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: Not mine; they belong to RTD and to the BBC.
Summary: From the prompt from darthhellokitty. Jack + Ianto. Electric blue. Vespa.
Ianto often imagined what might happen if Jack ever followed through on his promise to take him time-travelling. All kinds of exotic possibilities had flitted through his head. So he was more than a little surprised when Jack used the offer from the Doctor to whisk them off to 1950s Rome.
Now he wraps his hands around Jack’s waist as Jack steers the electric-blue Vespa through the Roman traffic, searching for a coffee shop that apparently sells a legendary brew. Jack is laughing and hurling insults at the other drivers and Ianto can’t remember a time when he was happier.
Title: Favours
Characters: Andy & Jack.
Rating: Open
Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: Not mine; they belong to RTD and to the BBC.
Summary: From the prompt from lemiserabelle. Andy + Jack. White. Scent of engine grease. A tiny bit over a drabble.
He’s a smug bastard and there are days when Andy would like to lock him up and throw away the key. So he’s not sure what to think when Harkness draws up after Andy’s car breaks down during a date. Harkness shoos him back into the car, pointing to Andy’s new white shirt. He’s under the bonnet for ten minutes, but at the end the engine is purring. Harkness comes to lean against the window and grins, oblivious to the scent of engine oil that clings to him
“Thanks,” Andy mumbles.
Harkness winks. “Hey, you’ve helped me out. Nice to be able to repay the favour.”
He leaves in a swirl of coat, leaving Andy to wonder if maybe he’s not that bad after all.
Title: Thou Shalt Not Change the Timeline
Characters: Ianto & Jack.
Rating: Open
Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: Not mine; they belong to RTD and to the BBC.
Summary: From the prompt from torchwood_love. Ianto + Jack. White. Jaffa cakes.
Jack wishes he’d never mentioned it, but there are limits to what Ianto can get away with. “No,” he says.
It’s not working. “Jack, we can’t let something like that happen!”
“It’s already happened! That’s why I remember it!” Jack growls.
“So tell us when it happens, and we can make sure it doesn’t,” Ianto points out.
“What part of ‘mustn’t change the timeline’ didn’t you get?”
Ianto folds his arms. “This is bigger than that. We have a duty-“
“Ianto, one day Jaffa Cakes will have a white chocolate version and there is nothing you can do about it!”
Characters: Jack & Ianto.
Rating: Open
Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: Not mine; they belong to RTD and to the BBC.
Summary: From the prompt from merucha. Jack + Ianto. British Racing Green. Tangerines.
It’s not always doom and gloom with Torchwood, Ianto reflects. He watches in fond amusement as Jack argues with the alien, gesticulating wildly. Hovering behind them is the cause of it all. Ianto admires the sleek lines of the small spaceship and understands why the lovelight blossomed in Jack’s eyes the moment he saw her. She’s even finished in British Racing Green, with a silver go-faster stripe. The miracle is that Jack’s willing to barter for her.
Jack bounces back to Ianto in triumph, grinning broadly. Ianto arches an inquiring eyebrow.
“Twenty boxes of tangerines and she’s ours,” Jack gloats.
Title: Vespa
Characters: Jack & Ianto.
Rating: Open
Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: Not mine; they belong to RTD and to the BBC.
Summary: From the prompt from darthhellokitty. Jack + Ianto. Electric blue. Vespa.
Ianto often imagined what might happen if Jack ever followed through on his promise to take him time-travelling. All kinds of exotic possibilities had flitted through his head. So he was more than a little surprised when Jack used the offer from the Doctor to whisk them off to 1950s Rome.
Now he wraps his hands around Jack’s waist as Jack steers the electric-blue Vespa through the Roman traffic, searching for a coffee shop that apparently sells a legendary brew. Jack is laughing and hurling insults at the other drivers and Ianto can’t remember a time when he was happier.
Title: Favours
Characters: Andy & Jack.
Rating: Open
Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: Not mine; they belong to RTD and to the BBC.
Summary: From the prompt from lemiserabelle. Andy + Jack. White. Scent of engine grease. A tiny bit over a drabble.
He’s a smug bastard and there are days when Andy would like to lock him up and throw away the key. So he’s not sure what to think when Harkness draws up after Andy’s car breaks down during a date. Harkness shoos him back into the car, pointing to Andy’s new white shirt. He’s under the bonnet for ten minutes, but at the end the engine is purring. Harkness comes to lean against the window and grins, oblivious to the scent of engine oil that clings to him
“Thanks,” Andy mumbles.
Harkness winks. “Hey, you’ve helped me out. Nice to be able to repay the favour.”
He leaves in a swirl of coat, leaving Andy to wonder if maybe he’s not that bad after all.
Title: Thou Shalt Not Change the Timeline
Characters: Ianto & Jack.
Rating: Open
Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: Not mine; they belong to RTD and to the BBC.
Summary: From the prompt from torchwood_love. Ianto + Jack. White. Jaffa cakes.
Jack wishes he’d never mentioned it, but there are limits to what Ianto can get away with. “No,” he says.
It’s not working. “Jack, we can’t let something like that happen!”
“It’s already happened! That’s why I remember it!” Jack growls.
“So tell us when it happens, and we can make sure it doesn’t,” Ianto points out.
“What part of ‘mustn’t change the timeline’ didn’t you get?”
Ianto folds his arms. “This is bigger than that. We have a duty-“
“Ianto, one day Jaffa Cakes will have a white chocolate version and there is nothing you can do about it!”