Fic: Torchwood et la Bête (Team. Jack/Ianto PG-13) Epilogue
Title: Torchwood et la Bête
by wynkat1313
Pairing(s) Team, Jack/Ianto, Tosh/OC, references to Gwen/Rhys
Rating: PG-13
Warnings/Enticements: Some mild violence, a near death, romance, and a whole lot of colored lights
Spoilers: Anything is S1 is fair game as this takes place about mid S2
Prompt: Jean Cocteau’s La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast) written for Reel_Torchwood round one
Beta’d by the amazing and incredibly patient and geeky temporal_witch , bless you hun!
Summary: When the team is invited to France to assist in a UNIT investigation of unusual Rift Activity, they go with dreams of a quick mission and a chance for a little R & R. Instead they find a wall of roses, an alien, and a mystery. Really, you’d think they would know better by now, they are Torchwood after all, and *nothing* in their world is ever simple.
Author's Note:
Since this got REALLY long, I am going to post it chapter by chapter - a little Romance / Action/Adventure Serial-ness for everyone's viewing pleasure :) There are 28 chapter's total, so this will take a bit. If you really want to know how it ends before then, the PDF is still up at my writing journal :D along with a few surprises related to the story, 'cause i could.
Start at Chapter One
Epilogue
Jack shaded his eyes in the dawn’s light to watch as the Diana hovered over the garden. A moment later, she pivoted on her central axis then tipped her nose towards the sky. Her engines flared and, with the afterimage of her flight painting their eyes, she was gone.
“So,” Jack said, turning to his team. “Home?”
“What?!” Gwen and Tosh said together.
Jack laughed.
“Do you know how long I have wanted to come to Boudreaux?” Gwen said.
“You promised us a vacation, Jack!” Tosh added.
“I did?” Jack tried, and failed, to look innocent.
“You did.” Owen crossed his arms over his chest and stepped closer to Gwen and Tosh.
“Siding with ladies now?”
“I’m not stupid, Jack. And besides, yeah, I could do with a bit of time off m’self. Maybe try out the local wine and cheese, you know.”
“Un huh,” Jack grinned. “Is that what we’re calling the lasses nowadays?”
Owen shrugged. “Whatever works.”
Jack looked over at the one who’d helped save his life. “And you, Ianto? What do you want?”
“I believe you promised to show me the sights of Perigueux.”
“Did I? Odd how you all seem to remember much more than I do about this fabled trip to the Aquitaine.”
“Jack!” Tosh and Gwen both threw mock punches at him.
Jack held up his hands in defeat. “Fine. Go pick rooms in the Castle and I’ll settle things with UNIT. Anything but the South Tower!”
Gwen grabbed Tosh’s hand. “We know!” Together they started across the garden at a run.
“Two days!” Jack called over his shoulder. “Two days and then we head back. And you all better hope that the Rift behaves itself while you’re lounging around spending money.”
“Oi! We don’t lounge. We recline - like you don’t know the difference!” Gwen said with a laugh. She and Tosh ducked through a hedge. Jack could hear them laughing all the way to the castle.
Owen tossed off a wave at Jack, a smug look on his face as he followed behind the ladies.
“Oi! You birds! Wait up!” Owen shouted as he passed the hedge and jogged towards the castle.
Jack heard a snicker beside him and turned to see Ianto, hands stuffed into his pockets, toeing the grass and chuckling. The other man still looked a little worn from their adventures. His borrowed tuxedo was dusty and wrinkled. It was really kind of perfect, in a messy sort of way.
Jack tugged Ianto into his arms. “Show you the sights, huh?”
Ianto twisted in Jack’s arms and brushed a phantom leaf off of Jack’s shoulder. “I do believe those were your words, sir.”
“Mmm.” Jack leaned in to kiss Ianto lightly on the lips. “I think I might be starting to remember something about that, now that you mention it.”
“I’m glad to hear that, sir,” Ianto said, kissing Jack in return, then he dragged his lips along the strong jaw to suck at Jack’s ear. “Anything I can do to jog your memory?”
Jack moaned. “Oh, I can think of a few things.”
Jack captured Ianto’s lips, needing to kiss him again. He pulled the other man’s head toward him with one hand and pressed their bodies tightly together with the other. When they came up for air, Ianto laughed and stepped away from Jack, taking him by the hand.
Walking past the hedges that led up to the castle, a single deep pink rose with a midnight black center and emerald green leaves fell to the ground at their feet. Jack reached down and picked up the flower. He brought it to his nose and inhaled.
“Mmmm, lovely.”
“Jack…”
Jack turned to Ianto.
“That shouldn’t be here.”
“I know.”
“That’s Beast’s rose… the gallica decur.”
“I know.”
“It should have…” Ianto looked around the garden. There were no other Rosa gallica decurs anywhere in sight. “They all vanished with the Diana.”
“Ianto… I know.” Jack smiled softly and offered Ianto the rose with a flourish. Ianto rolled his eyes, but took the proffered flower with a quiet smile.
Once upon a time, a leader of heroes and his trusted partner walked hand in hand through the stone archway of a castle that had been missing for five hundred years. Together they, and their intrepid team, had freed the princes and returned to them a family fortune. That the princes were aliens and the fortune a space ship would never be told in any public history book, but that is the way of things in such tales. And here our story ends, with the fragrance of wonder and beauty on the breeze, a rose and love in hand, and the lights of an alien spaceship streaking across the skies… until the next time childhood’s fantasy calls us to the stars and magic beckons us to believe in the impossible.
The End
And for those who would like a little last bit of fun....
Torchwood Report on the Crystal Cubes by Toshiko Sato
and a goggle doc with some of my notes (with pictures of the castle and maps of the area)
For those who are interested there is also a PDF version here at the main entry post for this story.
Thank you all for joining me on this adventure!
Blessings,
Wynkat
by wynkat1313
Pairing(s) Team, Jack/Ianto, Tosh/OC, references to Gwen/Rhys
Rating: PG-13
Warnings/Enticements: Some mild violence, a near death, romance, and a whole lot of colored lights
Spoilers: Anything is S1 is fair game as this takes place about mid S2
Prompt: Jean Cocteau’s La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast) written for Reel_Torchwood round one
Beta’d by the amazing and incredibly patient and geeky temporal_witch , bless you hun!
Summary: When the team is invited to France to assist in a UNIT investigation of unusual Rift Activity, they go with dreams of a quick mission and a chance for a little R & R. Instead they find a wall of roses, an alien, and a mystery. Really, you’d think they would know better by now, they are Torchwood after all, and *nothing* in their world is ever simple.
Author's Note:
Since this got REALLY long, I am going to post it chapter by chapter - a little Romance / Action/Adventure Serial-ness for everyone's viewing pleasure :) There are 28 chapter's total, so this will take a bit. If you really want to know how it ends before then, the PDF is still up at my writing journal :D along with a few surprises related to the story, 'cause i could.
Start at Chapter One
Epilogue
Jack shaded his eyes in the dawn’s light to watch as the Diana hovered over the garden. A moment later, she pivoted on her central axis then tipped her nose towards the sky. Her engines flared and, with the afterimage of her flight painting their eyes, she was gone.
“So,” Jack said, turning to his team. “Home?”
“What?!” Gwen and Tosh said together.
Jack laughed.
“Do you know how long I have wanted to come to Boudreaux?” Gwen said.
“You promised us a vacation, Jack!” Tosh added.
“I did?” Jack tried, and failed, to look innocent.
“You did.” Owen crossed his arms over his chest and stepped closer to Gwen and Tosh.
“Siding with ladies now?”
“I’m not stupid, Jack. And besides, yeah, I could do with a bit of time off m’self. Maybe try out the local wine and cheese, you know.”
“Un huh,” Jack grinned. “Is that what we’re calling the lasses nowadays?”
Owen shrugged. “Whatever works.”
Jack looked over at the one who’d helped save his life. “And you, Ianto? What do you want?”
“I believe you promised to show me the sights of Perigueux.”
“Did I? Odd how you all seem to remember much more than I do about this fabled trip to the Aquitaine.”
“Jack!” Tosh and Gwen both threw mock punches at him.
Jack held up his hands in defeat. “Fine. Go pick rooms in the Castle and I’ll settle things with UNIT. Anything but the South Tower!”
Gwen grabbed Tosh’s hand. “We know!” Together they started across the garden at a run.
“Two days!” Jack called over his shoulder. “Two days and then we head back. And you all better hope that the Rift behaves itself while you’re lounging around spending money.”
“Oi! We don’t lounge. We recline - like you don’t know the difference!” Gwen said with a laugh. She and Tosh ducked through a hedge. Jack could hear them laughing all the way to the castle.
Owen tossed off a wave at Jack, a smug look on his face as he followed behind the ladies.
“Oi! You birds! Wait up!” Owen shouted as he passed the hedge and jogged towards the castle.
Jack heard a snicker beside him and turned to see Ianto, hands stuffed into his pockets, toeing the grass and chuckling. The other man still looked a little worn from their adventures. His borrowed tuxedo was dusty and wrinkled. It was really kind of perfect, in a messy sort of way.
Jack tugged Ianto into his arms. “Show you the sights, huh?”
Ianto twisted in Jack’s arms and brushed a phantom leaf off of Jack’s shoulder. “I do believe those were your words, sir.”
“Mmm.” Jack leaned in to kiss Ianto lightly on the lips. “I think I might be starting to remember something about that, now that you mention it.”
“I’m glad to hear that, sir,” Ianto said, kissing Jack in return, then he dragged his lips along the strong jaw to suck at Jack’s ear. “Anything I can do to jog your memory?”
Jack moaned. “Oh, I can think of a few things.”
Jack captured Ianto’s lips, needing to kiss him again. He pulled the other man’s head toward him with one hand and pressed their bodies tightly together with the other. When they came up for air, Ianto laughed and stepped away from Jack, taking him by the hand.
Walking past the hedges that led up to the castle, a single deep pink rose with a midnight black center and emerald green leaves fell to the ground at their feet. Jack reached down and picked up the flower. He brought it to his nose and inhaled.
“Mmmm, lovely.”
“Jack…”
Jack turned to Ianto.
“That shouldn’t be here.”
“I know.”
“That’s Beast’s rose… the gallica decur.”
“I know.”
“It should have…” Ianto looked around the garden. There were no other Rosa gallica decurs anywhere in sight. “They all vanished with the Diana.”
“Ianto… I know.” Jack smiled softly and offered Ianto the rose with a flourish. Ianto rolled his eyes, but took the proffered flower with a quiet smile.
Once upon a time, a leader of heroes and his trusted partner walked hand in hand through the stone archway of a castle that had been missing for five hundred years. Together they, and their intrepid team, had freed the princes and returned to them a family fortune. That the princes were aliens and the fortune a space ship would never be told in any public history book, but that is the way of things in such tales. And here our story ends, with the fragrance of wonder and beauty on the breeze, a rose and love in hand, and the lights of an alien spaceship streaking across the skies… until the next time childhood’s fantasy calls us to the stars and magic beckons us to believe in the impossible.
The End
And for those who would like a little last bit of fun....
Torchwood Report on the Crystal Cubes by Toshiko Sato
and a goggle doc with some of my notes (with pictures of the castle and maps of the area)
For those who are interested there is also a PDF version here at the main entry post for this story.
Thank you all for joining me on this adventure!
Blessings,
Wynkat