Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Their Duty

He knew from the beginning that they would all die young. They all knew it. He had tried not to get too attached to any of them for exactly that reason. That, and the last time he had gotten close to someone hadn't worked out well at all. He shivered. He still hadn't full forgiven himself. He knew his intentions had never been to hurt any one, he only wanted to heal. And yet whenever he thought back to it, he could only picture what it would have been like if one of them had died that day. Two deaths were enough and if one of the team had died because of him..... He couldn't think those things. He knew they would all die young. And yet, even with everything he had seen, a part of him had believed that they wouldn't die young. After all, Jack never stayed dead. They had a dinosaur that should have died millions of years ago as a pet. Torchwood Three was special that way. And they had bought him back to life.
Everything that truly made Ianto Jones, Ianto Jones had died twice. Once at Canary Warf, and again when he realised that Canary Warf had killed Lisa. Any iota of optimism had been pulled out of him, cut into pieces, trampled on, put into a blender, blasted into atoms and sent out into the far reaches of space where he would surely never find it again.
But these people. These bloody people with their inappropriate comments, cynicism, coffee addictions and blind trust that everything they did was and would always be worth it, not only managed to rediscover those atoms, but piece them back together so that they shone even brighter than they had before.
Gwen, with almost an air of innocence about her and her life outside of Torchwood.
Owen, with all his rude comments and swearing at the world who would never show just how much doubt he had.
Toshiko, with her shy smile and that mind of pure genius and that figure she almost always managed to hide under some piece of clothing or another.
And Jack. With his double entendres, his wandering hands and his searching eyes. Only ever pushing Ianto when they both knew he needed to be pushed. Jack, who had, of all things, asked him out on an actual real and proper date, and even more amazingly had actually followed through with it! And it had been one of the most perfect nights of his life. They talked. They ate. They laughed. They danced. They kissed. And then one thing led to another...
They had had sex before of course. In the archives, in Jack's office, that one time in the Tourist Information shop. But that night was different and they both knew it. That night they made love. And that night Ianto Jones realised he was in love with Jack Harkness.
Of course he hadn't told him. He wasn't brave enough to actually say the words with no hope of reciprocation. And he knew there wouldn't be. Jack would live forever and Ianto would die. Young.
He sighed. His musings has taken him right back to where he started.
But he wasn’t ready to deal with that yet. With his impending doom. With Gwen’s impending doom. With… he chocked back a sob. He just couldn’t do it. Not yet.
“What am I supposed to do? What do I do with all your half finished reports Owen? And Tosh, I can’t understand your work! You know how much of a genius you are, how am I supposed to run your translation programs without you? If you think I’m cutting up any aliens Owen, you’re kidding yourself! That’s your job. So just come back and do your jobs! Both of you! Just stop playing this game and get back to work! If you wanted a holiday all you had to bloody do was ask, we could have worked something out.” He hadn’t noticed anything during his outburst. He hadn’t noticed his voice getting louder and louder. Or his face getting redder and blotchier and wetter. It was so very wet. Or that he had some how sunk to the ground and curled into a ball. When he did notice it, he was to far gone to care.
“You know what you did, don’t you?” He sobbed into the darkness. “You both helped to do the worst thing you can possibly do to another human being. You helped fix me. You made me hope. You can’t hope in this job, you just can’t” His rocking stilled as he felt a pair of strong arms pulls him close.
“You can hope.” The beautiful owner of those arms says. “You have to hope. And you have to believe that it’s all worth it. Even if it seems like nothing could be worth this pain and injustice of it all.” He feels the older mans tears drenching his hair and he knew that while they had done the worst thing in leaving, they had been the best.

The next morning, when Gwen comes into work she is met by the sight of two men clinging to each other, eyes as red and faces as tear stained as her own.
As she stumbles to a halt, they both look up at her. Simultaneously they out stretch an arm to her, still clutching each other with the other. And as she runs into their embrace they all know that they will keep hoping, keep dreaming, keep living and keep fighting.

Because it is their Duty.

Saturday, September 05, 2009

Something a little different...

Some fanfiction. Torchwood. Drabbles =p
The Rules: Put your music player on shuffle. Write using the first five songs it plays, using only the time frame of that song.
I mostly followed them. I only cheated a tiny bit, and only the once =p

Brave Face - Delta Goodrem
She steps though the cog door and into the hub at 9am.
As she always does.
She waves good morning to Gwen and smiles as Ianto hands over her morning coffee.
As she always does.
Throughout the day she laughs at Jacks innuendo, and cringes the never ending stream of profanities that seem to come from Owen when he finally gets in.
As she always does.
She smiles and she laughs and she calculates and translates.
As she always does.
And when everyone is distracted and no one is paying any attention to her and her computer screen she brings up the pictures of her and Tommy.
As she always does.
Watches the video feed of the two of them leaving for pizza. So happy and free.
As she always does.
And she doesn't tell a soul just how much she misses him
She never does.

I'm Not Over You - Scouting for Girls
You left. And not just once.
No. First you went and died. For three days. I never thought I would see you again. And then you come back. And you kiss me in front of everyone. And it's a kiss full of promises of what could be. Of what we could be.
And then you leave again. And I wait. Thinking you'll be back. Thinking it's just another Captain Jack quirk and you'll be back. Three days, and you'll be back
But you're not.
Three weeks.
And nothing.
And I resign myself to getting over my Captain, who obviously must be over me if he could just leave so easily.
And then you come back
And I know.
I'm not over Jack. Fucking. Harkness.

Lately - S Club 7
Owen fidgets. He's usually so confident with his scalpel. So sure of exactly where to make the correct incision. But not today. Not now.
Today he is being watched. He should be used to that though. He is used to that. He's had people watching him completing autopsies before. Jack - to learn. Ianto - when bringing coffee and being unable to look away. Gwen - when they were fucking and she wanted to steal a kiss.
But he's never been uncomfortable before. And now Toshiko is watching him. And yet even her watching him has never been a bother.
But lately...
It's like every mistake he could make, every wrong incision is in the forefront of his mind and makes them a million times more likely to happen. For his hand to slip.
And he gets uncomfortable.
And he loses his confidence.
And he doesn't like it.
And refuses to show it.
And so he snaps at her. Lashes out and hurts her.
The one who's gaze has been making him feel so whole lately.

I Want Candy - Aaron Carter
Jack is all ready for a good night in. He has sent his team home. He has his cool kid shades on. He has his baggy white shirt. He has his pants off. He has the Hubs speakers primed and ready to go.
He has a hairbrush microphone, he has Aaron Carter, and he has the power.
He hits a button on his wrist strap and then Aaron and Jack are singing about just how much they would like some candy.
Jack is lost in the music. And yet somehow, he is able to head a cough from the direction of the tunnels. He spins slowly in that direction.
And his eyes meet the highly amused ones of Ianto Jones.
For once Jack is lost for words. Any other time he would have been fine with getting caught in the act and explaining it away. But Aaron Carter? How do you explain that away?
Ianto opens his mouth and Jack braces himself.
"Thank fuck I'm not Owen. Sir."

Hero - John Barrowman (lulz, i know =p)
They sway to the music together. So close together. She can feel his heat seeping into her, even though all the layers of their clothing.
Though it's not possible, she tries to pull him even closer into her. And she feels him do the same. Feels him trying to absorb her. Trying to melt into one another.
And she knows.
She knows that if she asked. If she said the word, he would take her away.
If she asked he would take her away from this life, leave it behind and live a different one together.
If she asked he would love her body as well as soul forever. Or at least for her forever.
Even now. Dancing with her on her wedding day.
And she knows he knows she wants to ask.
And that's why she can never ask him to.
Because he will.

Sunday, December 10, 2006

And I Wonder..

V1
You used to make me smile
Forget aboue life for a while
Now as I close my eyes
I can see you there

PC
And I wonder..

C
Am I still on your mind
(The way that you're on mine)
Can you still hear my voice
(The way that I hear yours)

Can you see my smile
Can you hear my laugh
Do you miss me at all
The way that I miss you?

V2
I 'member how I cried
After you told me you lied
You never really cared
For me at all

PC
Yet I wonder..

C
Am I still on your mind
(The way that you're on mine)
Can you still hear my voice
(The way that I hear yours)

Can you see my smile
Can you hear my laugh
Do you miss me at all
The way that I miss you?

B
I can't get you off my mind
And it's driving me insane
Why won't your memory
Leave me alone

C
Am I still on your mind
(The way that you're on mine)
Can you still hear my voice
(The way that I hear yours)

Can you see my smile
Can you hear my laugh
Do you miss me at all
The way that I miss you?

Saturday, December 09, 2006

The One

He broke down her shield
He broke through her wall
He gave her his hand
He tried to stop her fall

He tried to hide it
He tried to run
He didn't believe
She thought he could be the one

But if she wasn't

Why did it feel right
When he looked in her eyes
Why did he feel better
When she was in the room
Why did he feel safe
When he was in here arms

She didn't believe
That he could feel the same
That if they ever got together
He'd treat it like a game

She tried to hide it
She tried to run
She didn't believe
He thought she could be the one

But if he wasn't

Why did it feel right
When she looked in his eyes
Why did she feel better
When he was in the room
Why did she feel safe
When she was in his arms

Neither believed
What they felt was right
Tried to put the feeling
Out of the others sight

They tried to hide it
They tried to run
Neither believed
The other thought they were the one

But if they weren't

Why did it feel right
When they gazed into each others eyes
Why did they feel better
When they were in the same room
Why did they feel safe
When they were in each other arms

And why is it so
That their hearts beat as one
Why is it that
Her hand fits his perfectly

Why is it so
Because
She's The One

Whole Summer

She's got the whole summer
To dye her hair
To talk with her friends
To go to the beach
To catch that new flick

She's got the whole summer
To forget about school
To forget bout the work
To forget about the girls
Who make her life hell

She's got the whole summer
To do what she wants
To relax, to rejoice
And to try and ignore
That voice in her mind

She's got the whole summer
To decide what she wants to do
About life
About love
And all that's in between

She's got the whole summer
To lie in the sand
To lie in the sun
To stay up late to see the stars
To get up early to see the sun rise

She's got the whole summer
To read some books
To make some pie
To go out and have fun
To wake up with a smile

She's got the whole summer
And boy she's gonna use it
To dream of
To think of
To talk about you