Fic- Forever Part Twenty Nine

[branwen_blaidd]

Title: Forever

By Branwen Blaidd & Oncoming Scone

Part Twenty Nine of Thirty One

Pairing: Jack/Ianto

Rating: Adult - Dark Themes, Violence, Graphic sex, AU

Spoilers: Torchwood & Doctor Who all seasons to date.

Summary: Set after Exit Wounds and Journey’s End, no-one is coping with recent tragic events. In an attempt to bring the team back to unity and strength, Ianto makes a decision that will change the fate of Torchwood, and the world, Forever.

Disclaimers: Despite 5 months of creating this together, we own nothing and never will! The various songs, verses, etc do not belong to us either. 

Notes: This is AU, though it begins in line with canon up to Exit Wounds. We hope to post one chapter each day at roughly the same time. Comments please!

 

 

Jack stumbled over to Ianto, dropped to his knees and gathered his boy into his arms. Gwen slid over to them, trembling.

Hot tears stung at Jack’s eyes.

“Ianto, Ianto!” he called, his voice shaking. “Ianto, speak to me.”

Gwen couldn’t breathe. Ianto was still. Jack was crying.

No, not after all this, Gwen thought.

“Ianto, please,” Jack gasped and suddenly, Ianto opened his eyes.

“Ianto?”

“I’m…fine.”

Gwen blinked the blurriness away from her eyes and looked properly at Ianto. He was lying with his head in Jack’s lap, blinking up at them. There was no blood, no ghastly hole in Ianto’s forehead. He was…fine.

Jack held Ianto tight. “You’re…you’re…”

Ianto sat up, though Jack was holding him so tightly it was rather difficult. “I’m all right. It must’ve…missed.”

“But…I saw it,” Jack said. “I saw the bullet go straight for you. I thought…” His voice lowered to a shaky whisper. “I thought we’d lost you.”

Ianto smiled and let Jack pull him into a tight hug. “Well I’m fine. You haven’t got rid of me yet.”

Gwen joined in the hug but she shaky and odd. Something wasn’t right. She was sure she’d seen that bullet heading straight for Ianto, yet here he was, unharmed.

Ianto glanced at her and she could see the confusion in his eyes too. Only Jack seemed to give absolutely no thought to it. All he did was hold Ianto tight and breathe into his shoulder.

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For the fourth time in a row, Ianto rewound the CCTV footage and watched it through carefully. Jack was buried deep in paperwork, going through it thoroughly but grumpily. Gwen had been on the phone with the police all day, trying to trace the gang of weevil-hunters they’d come across last night.

Late on in the afternoon, Gwen reached for her mug of coffee and remembered she hadn’t had any since lunchtime. She peered around for Ianto and noticed him sitting absolutely still and staring at his monitor.

She frowned and went over to him. She put a hand on his shoulder. “Ianto, are you okay?”

He glanced briefly up at her. “Yeah. Only…”

“What?”

He glanced towards Jack’s office to make sure he was still buried in his paperwork. Seeing Jack wasn’t watching them, he looked back at Gwen.

“I’ve been thinking about last night.”

“Yeah, me too. Is that it?” she asked, pointing towards the monitor.

“Yeah. It’s not that clear but…”

“But you got shot in the head.”

He sighed deeply. “Yeah. I got shot in the head.” He leaned back in his chair and gazed unhappily at the monitor. “It doesn’t make sense.”

She bit her lip and watched the monitor as Ianto ran the footage again. It was definite. Ianto had got shot in the head and survived.

They sat still for several minutes, absorbing it. Gwen’s hand still rested on Ianto’s shoulder and she could feel him breathing unsteadily.

Suddenly, Ianto was moving, switching off the monitor and heading for the door.

“Ianto, where are you going?”

“Out. Tell Jack I went for donuts.”

“Last time you said that it didn’t go so well.”

He stopped, turned back and smiled. “I’m just going to find out what’s going on.” He strode back over to her and leaned down to kiss her cheek. “Don’t worry. No more rash decisions for me.”

He smiled tenderly at her, then turned and walked away. She breathed deeply and watched him go, knowing he was right.

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Ianto moved quickly and confidently towards her house. Only she had the answers for him now.

He trembled as he entered that red-velvet draped room and he remembered coming here before. She was sitting at her table, her long hair caressing her face and her cards in front of her. She laid out another card. On it, Ianto could see a man holding a gun.

She looked up at him and smiled evenly. “I saw you coming.”

“Of course you did,” he said icily. “Did you see him coming as well? Did you see what I would turn into?”

She put her head on one side and considered him. “I cannot take responsibility for other people’s choices.”

He smiled. “Of course you can’t. Look, I’m not here to go through all that. After all that’s gone on…well, there’s no more to be said about that.” He took a seat and sighed.

She watched him across the table and merely waited for him to speak.

“Something happened yesterday, something I don’t understand.”

“I know,” she said. She cast her hand over the card. “You are confused.”

“You’re bloody right I am. I get shot in the head and survive? Have I turned into Jack overnight?”

She smiled oddly. “I gave you what you asked for.”

Ianto frowned. “Yes, but…I was wrong and Jack…cured me. Right?” His pulse started to race and his skin felt clammy. “I am…cured?”

“His love made you safe.”

“He…I…”

She reached across and touched his hand. “I gave you what you wanted.” She smiled warmly. “Because he loves you, you’ve been given forever.”

Comments

[tiggerbrasilf.livejournal.com]

Oooooh something nice to come home to (:

[stargazer60.livejournal.com]

Oooh.....

[wykling.livejournal.com]

YAY! I'm so happy about this outcome!!!
I'm kind of worried about how they're all going to take his new immortality though...
Fabulous update! Only two more to go...I'm kind of sad but also looking forward to the conclusion of this fic^^

[jsks.livejournal.com]

wow!

[drunkendeadcat.livejournal.com]

I like it

[pinkpolyanthus.livejournal.com]

Thank you! You have turned a totally crap day into something good!!! Brilliant story!

[hab318princess.livejournal.com]

yeah, loved it!





(am I really paranoid by still being worried? His love made you safe.”
why do I think 'what if that love dies?')

[thrace-adams.livejournal.com]

I don't really have a 'relieved' icon but if I did I would be using it. THank God Ianto didn't die...I'm looking forward to finding out exactly what she means by his love made you safe...Lovely chapter...can't wait for the last two.

[chibiryoko2001.livejournal.com]

yay another wonderful chapter

[trektotorch.livejournal.com]

Yeah--Our boy Ianto is alive and apparently immortal. I was thinking about this after yesterday's chapter, and the thought came to me that maybe Ianto when he drank Jack blood, injested whatever made Jack immortal. So, in the end Ianto did get what he wanted--to be with Jack forever, only Jack had to be the conduit for the change. Very good story.

[adira-tam.livejournal.com]

ooh, nice
“Because he loves you, you’ve been given forever.”