You're Back

by Gevaudan

He's been gone. He's back now. At the end of the day, maybe its much more simple than they all seem to think.

Sometimes I think that there would be drama and recrimination, but sometimes I think the "welcome back" conversation might just have been a little smoother. My first attempt at anything for a little while, and my first go at a 100 word fic ever.

"You left." No recrimination. A statement of fact.

"I did."

"It was important, I take it?"

"Something of a matter of life and death."

A pause. Consideration.

"Ok." A longer pause, "It's good to have you back."

"It's good to be back."

"I'm not trying to scare you away or anything but..."

"But?"

The unmistakable thud of file upon file hitting a desk.

"Owen banned signing things."

"O...k..." There is a rustle of paper and the unmistakable scratch of a nib on paper.

"Jack?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm really glad you're back."

"Me too Ianto. Me too."

The pen continued its progress.