Double Drabble: Making Things Worse
Title: Making Things Worse
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Jack, John Hart, Team.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 776: Back at tw100.
Spoilers: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.
Summary: Jack’s back, but everything is still all wrong.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
Early on, just after Jack revived and then left, Ianto had honestly believed when their leader did finally return, as he was sure to, it would fix everything. All the squabbling over who was in charge would stop, everyone would be happy, and life at the Hub would go back to normal.
Now Jack’s back, and instead of fixing things, it’s somehow worse, because Jack is different in subtle ways that the rest of the team don’t seem to notice, and the bickering is worse than ever.
Part of that is down to the arrival of Jack’s ex, on his mysterious errand to round up a bunch of what he claims are radiation cluster bombs. That would be bad enough, but Gwen is still trying to exert her authority over everyone, Jack and Captain Hart included, Owen is being an even more annoying sod than usual, Tosh doesn’t seem to know who to listen to, and Ianto himself…
He’s mad at Jack for leaving, madder still at John Hart’s insinuations and inability to address Ianto by his actual name, and most of all he’s worried. There’s something brittle about Jack, he’s broken, and Ianto doesn’t know how to fix him.
The End
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Jack, John Hart, Team.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 776: Back at tw100.
Spoilers: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.
Summary: Jack’s back, but everything is still all wrong.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
Early on, just after Jack revived and then left, Ianto had honestly believed when their leader did finally return, as he was sure to, it would fix everything. All the squabbling over who was in charge would stop, everyone would be happy, and life at the Hub would go back to normal.
Now Jack’s back, and instead of fixing things, it’s somehow worse, because Jack is different in subtle ways that the rest of the team don’t seem to notice, and the bickering is worse than ever.
Part of that is down to the arrival of Jack’s ex, on his mysterious errand to round up a bunch of what he claims are radiation cluster bombs. That would be bad enough, but Gwen is still trying to exert her authority over everyone, Jack and Captain Hart included, Owen is being an even more annoying sod than usual, Tosh doesn’t seem to know who to listen to, and Ianto himself…
He’s mad at Jack for leaving, madder still at John Hart’s insinuations and inability to address Ianto by his actual name, and most of all he’s worried. There’s something brittle about Jack, he’s broken, and Ianto doesn’t know how to fix him.
The End