This idea has been playing in my head for a while now. So thought might as well give it a go. It's only going to be a short story probably no more than five chapters :) Let me know what you think.
"Conference room now people!" Jack grinned, he was standing at the door to his office watching his team work underneath him. "You too Yan!" He added, Ianto looked up and groaned inwardly. Jack was trying his best to make him feel more part of the team ever since everything happened with Lisa. Gwen, Owen and Toshiko all exchanged looks with each other. Toshiko was the only one that was glad that Jack hadn't done anything more severe then two weeks suspension as punishment.
"Why has he got to sit in on this one?" Owen mumbled to Gwen, who looked just as annoyed. Surely Jack hadn't forgotten that his metallic girlfriend had tried to convert me, she thought as she glared over at Ianto.
Toshiko walked upstairs with Ianto, smiling and gesturing for him to sit next to her which he did gratefully. Owen and Gwen walked in and sat opposite, Jack at the head of the table.
"We kids, have a mission." He smiled. "An old friend of mine, runs a boys boarding school in Newport, and he's having alien problems."
"So what, we go in guns blazing?" Owen asked, still not understanding why Ianto was here, surely if they were going in guns blazing he wouldn't be given a gun.
"Nope." Jack smiled, adding mystery to his speech like he always did. "The alien makes himself look human, shape shifter." He added as an afterthought. "It'll be a standard under cover mission." Jack grinned broadly, looking over at Ianto.
"Him!" Gwen laughed.
"Tea-boy?" Owen huffed.
"He used to be a grade one field agent back at Torchwood one, which is more then you are Gwen, so stop looking at him like that. And Owen, who here exactly drinks tea? And besides, would you like to play a twenty year old, posh, welsh boy?" Jack said, and then turned back to Ianto, who gulped subconsciously under pressure.
"But he..." Gwen started, but Jack shot her a look that told her clearly to shut up, so she did.
"We need you to act as a new student," Jack smiled, "We just need eyes and ears in the building, so you'll be like a normal student, work, homework, making friends see what you can find out about the building." Ianto nodded silently. "You okay to do this?"
Hesitantly, Ianto nodded, "yes, sir."
"And see you're already playing the part," Jack grinned. "You start tomorrow, but you'll be going tonight."
"How long for?" Ianto asked nervously. The thought of sleeping some where he didn't know scared him, not to mention if it was home to an alien.
"Shouldn't take no longer than a week," Jack smiled. "We'll be with you every step of the way. Toshiko, I need you to fit Ianto with cameras and headsets. Gwen and Owen I want you to find out all you can about St. David's school for boys. Yan, with me. We need to pack you a bag." They all nodded, some a little spitefully and headed out.
"You'll be fine," Jack assured him. They were making their way out of the hub and into the SUV. "You look a little scared."
"I am." Ianto shrugged. "Jack... the room I'll be staying in, you know at night. Will I be sharing?"
"Nope. I've arranged it with the head teacher for you to have a room to yourself," Jack smiled. "Nightmares?"
"Do you know what alien we're dealing with?" Ianto asked, stepping over the question.
"Nope. Makes it all a bit more exciting, don't you think?" Ianto didn't answer. Once upon a time, back in London he would have found this exciting, he would have been buzzing with anticipation about going undercover but here, the need to prove himself just made him nervous. "I've read some reports from your time in London, Ianto. I know you can do this."
"I'm a bit rusty," Ianto sighed. "But, I'll do my best sir." Jack nodded, he knew Ianto wouldn't do anything less. It dawned on Jack, as he parked the SUV outside Ianto's apartment that this would be the first time he would see what the youngest member of the team was like outside of the office.
"Want me to wait here?" Jack asked, knowing that Ianto was a private person, he might not want Jack to see.
"No, it's fine." Ianto said, he and Jack got out of the car and Ianto unlocked the door to his small apartment block. Instead of going into the lift, they walked up the stairs to the third floor. All the doors on the corridor were blue, and it seemed quite modern and well maintained.
The apartment was small, but homey. They were immediately in the lounge, and the first thing Jack noticed was the television and the DVD's, he smiled as he imagined Ianto coming home from work, and sitting on his sofa, maybe a can of beer in his hand just watching films. Like he should for someone his age.
"So, what exactly will I be needing?" Ianto asked. Jack followed Ianto into his bedroom, and grinned. An extremely welcoming double bed was in the centre of the room, with red sheets and a throw over. All the furniture in the room was pine, and everything coordinated with each other. There were a few photos on the night stand, Jack's stomach clenched as he saw one of Ianto and Lisa. They really made a cute couple.
"I'm not too sure. You'll be wearing a very nice uniform during the day but after lessons you're allowed to wear your own clothes." Jack smiled. "After lessons is when you will be wondering around looking for anything out of the normal." Ianto nodded, and grabbed a bag from under his bed. "So come on, you're telling me you're not excited about spending a week in a boys school, with posh boys in tight trousers, surely it has to be a fantasy of yours..."
"You're assuming I like boys sir," Ianto smiled, he opened one of his draws and took a handful of underwear out, aware that Jack was watching.
"You don't?" Jack asked.
"I do, but it's not exactly a fantasy, more like something you'd dream about." Ianto smirked. Jack grinned, he and Ianto always flirted, but that was before Lisa. Jack often wondered if the whole thing with Lisa hadn't happened, if his and Ianto's relationship would be any different.
"Depends whose in the uniform," Jack winked and sat down on the bed. "Very comfortable." Ianto rolled his eyes and grabbed some jeans, folding them neatly into the bag.
After half an hour of packing, Ianto and Jack made their way back to the hub. Ianto had thought that Jack really didn't need to be there when he packed, but he assumed that his captain only wanted to get a better look at his life.
"So, what did you find out?" Jack asked as they walked back in the hub. Jack had suggested that Ianto changed from his suit into jeans, because he would be leaving to go to the school tonight.
"Three boys have already been killed," Owen said, looking at Ianto wondering how many more boys were going to be killed because Jack decided Ianto could do this.
"Any idea how?" Jack asked.
"Some sort of toxin in the blood, causing their hearts to stop. Definitely alien."
"Right, we have two hours before Ianto goes back to school. Toshiko can you set him up with the cameras now please?"
"Sure," Toshiko smiled warmly.
"Maybe put some on the uniform he's going to wear." Jack said as he walked into his office, he then came back down with a suit bag. He unzipped it revealing a simple white polo shirt, and plain black trousers. The polo shirt, had the school logo.
"It'll be easier if you put the whole uniform on now, then I'll be able to find the right places to put the cameras," She suggested. "So go get changed." Ianto nodded and took the uniform of Jack and headed to the changing room.
"Are you sure its wise, him going?" Gwen asked, moving closer to Jack.
"Why do you want to go undercover in a boys school?" Jack asked, moving away and closer to Toshiko.
"No, I mean. Well, are you sure he's going to be able to pull it off..."
"Gwen. He is more experiences then you are, and I trust him a lot more than I trust you..."
"Even after what he did?" Owen laughed.
"Do you know how much trouble he went to hide her here? How much loyalty he's shown. He could have killed us, he had that gun aimed at you Gwen and he knew there was no hope, he knew we were going to kill Lisa and he could have shot you, did he? No. So why don't you think about who his loyalty is with now." Jack said, there was a faint clatter of shoes, and they all looked up at Ianto who was walking towards them.
"Jesus you look fucking young." Owen commented.
"How old are you?" Gwen asked, realising she didn't actually know anything about him.
"Twenty three," Ianto answered sheepishly. "I haven't worn a school uniform in over ten years." He said pulling on the polo shirt.
"Remember our little conversation back at yours, Yan. Definitely one of my fantasies now." Jack purred. Ianto rolled his eyes, and willed his cheeks not to blush furiously but it was too late.
"Come here, Yan." Toshiko smiled, Ianto walked over to her.
"Wait, give us a twirl." Jack grinned.
"No." Ianto laughed. Toshiko stood up, and started adjusting the cameras, and sound bugs to his shirt. Placing one on the knot of his tie, then another on the school logo.
"When you take them off they shouldn't fall, but make sure you do it carefully..." Toshiko said, then looked at who she was talking to and realised Ianto wasn't one for throwing clothes around carelessly. "These are standard pens, but they've all been bugged with microphones, see if you can leave a few in various places, that way we can monitor them and see if there's anything unusual going on." Ianto nodded. "Here's your laptop, built in web-cam for video calls, also some of your favourite films."
"Thanks." Ianto smiled.
"Right, lets get started on your back story," Jack said, pulling up a chair and sitting on it. "You're twenty."
"If it's a school how come he's twenty, I mean..." Gwen started, but Jack just rolled his eyes.
"It's a private boys school for sixteen plus." Jack informed her. "There's one building for sixteen to nineteen years, where no trouble has been reported, the building for nineteen plus has been."
"What sort of trouble?" Ianto asked, his fingers unconsciously pulling at the seems of his trousers.
"Funny noises at night. Weird sightings." Jack listed. "So anyway, back to your back ground." Jack smiled. "And could you stop playing with the seems, I know you're used to wearing perfectly tailored suits, but they're not that bad."
"Not that bad? I can feel the stitching," He muttered. Jack glared at him, but smiled anyway.
"Right, you're twenty and you're from Cardiff. Your parents put you in for a transfer from France, as if it's questioned you can prove its true from your brilliant French speaking."
"You speak French?" Gwen asked.
"And some." Ianto smirked. "So, moved from France, anything else?"
"Your parents wanted you to be closer to them, your mum is a typical rich house wife, and sticking to your actual life so we don't get to engrossed, your dad is a master tailor."
"Explains a lot." Toshiko smiled.
"Anything else I need to know?" Ianto asked.
"Nope. But you will be out of reach to friends and family for a week, anyone you need to call?"
"Yeah, my brother." Ianto said, digging out his phone, he dialled his brothers phone and looked at the clock, he'd still be in school. "Hey Steven, It's Yan. Just ringing to say I'm going away for the week, a camping trip with some mates from work. Tell dad that I'll probably be out of signal whilst I'm there. Look after him, and I'll see you both when I get back." Ianto ended the call.
"Shouldn't you phone your dad too?" Toshiko asked.
"He wont remember the message," Ianto said sadly.
"Are you ready?" Jack asked with a soft smile. Ianto nodded silently, "Go put your jeans back on, then we'll leave."