FIC: WHAT WILL BE.
Title: What Will Be.
Author: zorell
Chapter: 9/?
Rating: PG
Characters: Jack, Ianto, Tosh, Owen, Martha, Gwen.
Pairings: Jack/Ianto.
Summary: Ianto’s awake.
Disclaimer: Torchwood belongs to BBC and RTD
A/N: Usual apologies for mistakes, bad grammar, dodgy plot etc.
Story starts here:
http://jackxianto.livejournal.com/5294840.html#cutid1
previous chapter:
http://jackxianto.livejournal.com/5384635.html
Chapter 9.
“ Jack ?” Ianto took in the sight before him. The dazzling smile couldn’t hide the tear filled eyes and the haunted, tired face. “ Jack...Jack, it’s ok...”
“ I lost you.” Jack said quietly as he cupped Ianto’s cheek with one hand, while still keeping hold of the Welshman’s hand with his other one.
“ It’s ok, I’m here...I’m ok,” Ianto tried to reassure his lover. Then the words Jack had spoken seemed to sink in. He had said ‘lost you’...not, I thought I lost you, or I nearly lost you, but ‘I lost you’.
“ Jack, what do you mean ‘you lost me’?” Ianto wasn’t sure he wanted to know. He kept his eyes fixed on Jack’s, waiting for a reply.
“ You died.” Ianto barely heard Jack.
“ I...how?...Oh god, please tell me you didn’t use a glove, not after last time.” Ianto’s breathing became rapid, and his heart beat faster, as he feared what had brought him back.
Owen and Martha had seen the readings on the monitors change as Ianto had regained consciousness, however they hadn’t approached, not wanting to interrupt the reunion. Now though, with Ianto becoming distressed, they moved towards their patient. Their intervention, however, wasn’t required as Jack reassured his lover.
“ I promise it wasn’t a glove.” Jack was now holding Ianto’s face in both hands, a thumb gently stroking a cheek, blue eyes fixed on blue, nothing but love and reassurance shinning from the Captain’s eyes calming his young Welshman. The pair were caught in a world of their own. So much being said without words through tender touches and expressive eyes. The spell was broken as Owen spoke.
“ Now you’re awake we need to check you over, and someone had better tell the girls.”
“ I’m not leaving him.” Jack said in a tone that broke no argument.
“ I’ll go.” Martha said as she moved from beside Owen. “ It’s good to have you back Ianto.” Martha smiled as she passed the reunited couple, and headed up to the main area of the Hub to tell Tosh and Gwen the good news.
“ Whether you stay or not Harkness, I really do need to give ‘Lazarus’ here the once over, so if you could put him down for a minute...”
“ If I have to.” Jack reluctantly pulled away from the oh too inviting lips he had once again captured in a loving kiss. Sitting back down, Jack took hold of Ianto’s hand once again and entwined their fingers. Ianto moved to look at their joined hands having noticed the feel of something on his own, but before he could take in the glint of gold and the realisation it was from his hand, a shriek resonated through the Hub.
“ I think Martha just told them.” Owen commented as he came to stand next to Ianto, pulling out his pen torch from his white coat pocket, and beginning to check the Welshman’s eyes. The sound of heels clattering hurriedly across the Hub and down the stairs confirmed the medics’ observation.
“ Ianto !” Tosh was beaming. Reaching her best friends side , she hesitated for a fraction of a second, before leaning over and hugging him the best she could, considering he was still attached to monitors.
“ Oh Ianto, I am so glad you’re back.” Tosh said, pulling back from the hug, smiling brightly at him, tears of joy glistening in her eyes.
“ Thanks Tosh, I’m glad to be back.” Ianto smiled reassuringly at his friend.
The relieved group in the autopsy bay were joined by a smiling Martha, and a less than enthusiastic Gwen. The latter managed a half hearted smile and a ‘glad you’re ok’.
“ Is that it !” The annoyed voice didn’t belong to Jack or Ianto, but to Owen.
“ What do you mean ?” Gwen asked abruptly, unhappy at Owen’s tone.
“ I mean he died saving you and all you can say is ‘glad you’re ok’!” Jack and Ianto’s hold of each other’s hand tightened as Owen spoke.
Gwen glanced around the group. “ Thank you Ianto,” her voice sounded flat, devoid of emotion, no feeling of gratitude for what her countryman had done.
“ For ?” Owen prompted.
“ For saving me.” Gwen’s mobile rang. Seeing this as a perfect opportunity to ‘escape’, she quickly pulled it from her pocket. Checking the caller ID Gwen answered the call. As she headed back to the main Hub area deep in conversation, Gwen was oblivious to the incredulous looks of her teammates.
“ That bloody woman !” Owen said exasperated by Gwen’s attitude. Turning his attention back to Ianto the medic continued, “ Right, let’s get on with things shall we ?”
“ I’d better get back to work.” Tosh leant over, gave Ianto a quick kiss on the cheek. She reiterated how pleased she was he had returned to them, and then headed back up to the main part of the Hub.
Jack was evidently staying exactly where he was, so Owen and Martha set to work, manoeuvring around the Captain. Martha took a fresh blood sample and asked Ianto how he felt. The Archivist informed her his muscles ached, as did his head and he was feeling a little tired. Owen ran a scanner over the Welshman. While doing this he asked Ianto basic questions, such as; his name, date of birth, family details, who was the current Prime Minister, what year it was, what was the last thing he remembered, etc... Ianto answered them all correctly and without hesitation. The last thing he remembered was the alien lunging at him after he had pushed Gwen out of the way. Jack shivered at the all too recent memory of seeing Ianto’s motionless, blood covered body being worked on by Owen and Martha, even though it had already been too late to save him.
“ Jack.” It was Ianto’s voice bringing him back to the present.
“ Sorry.” Jack looked apologetically at his lover who gave his hand a reassuring squeeze.
“ Ok, you have a clean bill of health.” Owen said, looking up from the results of the tests he and Martha had just done on Ianto. “The sore muscles and headache are a result of the cryo procedure. Tommy complains about the same when we wake him up, so that’s nothing to worry about. As for the tiredness, that’s not surprising either considering what your body has been through. There doesn’t seem to be any mental or physical problems. Obviously, considering the circumstances, we are going to be closely monitoring you, at least until we can work out how you came back, and to make sure nothing shows up at a later date. Before you ask Jack, with regard to Ianto’s little come back trick, we are still running some tests and accumulating data from the ones we’ve already done.”
“ Thanks Owen. How long until all the results and analysis are complete ?” With Ianto now awake and able to fill them in on what happened at Torchwood One, along with whatever Tosh had managed to find and Owen and Martha’s results, Jack was hopeful that what had happened to Ianto could be explained soon.
“ Shouldn’t be more than an hour tops.” Owen checked with Martha, who nodded her agreement.
“ If you’ve finished poking and prodding me, can I get up ?” Ianto asked hopefully.
“ Sure. Let me take these monitors off you” Martha answered as she began removing the sensors attached to Ianto’s chest. “ We will need to keep regular checks on you, and if you feel unwell or ‘different’ in any way at all, you must tell either Owen or myself.” Martha looked up at her patient making sure he understood.
“ Yes Ma’am.” Ianto answered. His serious tone given away by the smile in his eyes. Martha smiled , moving back to consult with Owen once her task was completed, giving her friend and his lover some privacy.
Once both medics were out of ear shot, Ianto turned to face his Captain. Lifting their joined hands and turning them slightly so the band of golden metal could be seen. Ianto looked from the ring on his left hand, up into the blue eyes he loved so much. “ Jack ?”
There was a moments silence as Jack tried to place his thoughts and feelings in order. Knowing what he wanted to say, but not sure how to without rambling and it not making sense. Gaining strength from the love flowing from his lovers eyes Jack began to speak, hoping against hope that he didn’t make a complete idiot of himself !
“ I had it all planned. I was going to sweep you off your feet with a special evening. One you’d never forget. Dinner was arranged. I’d had the ring made a few weeks ago. Everything was going to be perfect, and then you ...you died, and so did the best part of me. I needed you to know just what you mean to me, that I belong to you now and forever.” The usually unflappable Captain was suddenly becoming nervous. Those nerves subsided as Ianto lent up and caressed his cheek, not breaking eye contact with the immortal.
“ I love you so much Ianto. With you I’m complete. You are my heart and soul. I never want to be without you. Ianto Jones, will you marry me ?”
Ianto continued to gaze into the impossibly blue eyes of his lover, they were radiating so much love, but there was a hint of fear and concern about what the next few minutes would bring. Leaning forward, Ianto placed a chaste kiss on his lovers’ lips before pulling back a little.
“ Jack, I love you so much, but are you sure ? Things have changed. We have no idea how I’m here, what if...”
“ I don’t care how you’re here. The miracle is that you are here, and we have a chance that I thought had been taken from us. Whatever we find out about how this happened, and what it might mean, won’t change the simple fact that I love you Ianto Jones, and I want to spend as long as we have as your husband. So...?”
There was no doubting Jacks love. It seeped into every word he said, every touch and look he gave Ianto. He took in what Jack had said, and was bowled over by the intensity of the love coming from the immortal. A smile grew on the young Welshman’s face as he answered.
“ Yes Cariad. Yes, I would love to marry you.”
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