Disclaimer: do I look like I own anything important? Just a little one-shot that refused to leave my head... Alternative universe
Bang! Bang bang bang! The gunfire cut crisply through the early morning sure of the plaza with ease. Jack and Ianto were just coming into work for the day from Ianto's flat when they saw the stay Sontaran with the hostile intent. It was brandishing a gun at an innocent civilian and Jack was forced to take it out with a powerful blaster. Ianto had put the young woman to one side and was running in to help Jack. Unfortunately, he picked exactly the worst moment to run in and was caught in the firing line. Filled with so much pent up anger from centuries of losing the people meaning the most to him, and with eyes portraying the look of a complete psycho, a desperate lover, and an endless pool of unshed tears, Jack shot again with trembling fingers and unbelievable accuracy, and in a flash was cradling his dying lover in his arms, rocking him back and forth and gently caressing his cheek. "Don't blame yourself Jack" he managed to croak out affectionately, before sharply drawing his last breath and sagging limply in the anguished immortal's arms. "Nooooooo!" Jack screamed helplessly before leaping into action, grabbing up Ianto in his arms carefully, as one may with a child, and jogging hurriedly to the hub. Upon bursting through the cog-shaped door, Jack yelled for the hub doctor, Owen Harper. "Fix him!" He screamed desperately, tears flowing freely down his face now as he cradled his lover. "I... I can't Jack. I'm sorry but I can't. No vital sighns mate" said Owen gently, setting a sympathetic hand down on Jack's back. Much as he loved to make fun of the pair, he wasn't blind; he could see that Jack's feelings for the young Welshman were genuine and neither wanted to see the Captain hurt or be on the receiving end of Jack's heart felt rantings. Ones like this one, it would appear. "Just fucking fix him or I WILL relieve you of duty, got that Harper? I'm in charge and you do what the fuck I want you to right? Got it?" He finished, his voice breaking up so that by the end, he sounded weak and pathetic. "Got it sir," Owen replied reluctantly not wanting to make any promises he couldn't keep. "What, er, did this Jack?" Owen asked gingerly, "Sontaran" Jack replied, more confidently than before. Owen turned to face the team, "go check for witnesses. Wipe there memories and report back to me. I'll stay here and treat Jack's nerves. I'll do all I can for Ianto" he instructed. "Zip him in a bag and I'll return the favor" Jack stated cooly, "while you're still breathing" he added with as much dignity as possible in the given situation. 10 minutes later, the team (well, Gwen Cooper and Toshiko Sato anyway) returned with the sontaran body. "Any change in Ianto?" Gwen asked cautiously. "No" was Jack's flat response. The usually bubbly captain sounded so deflated and broken it broke the whole team's hearts "sorry to hear that," Tosh replied. It was supposed to sound symethetic but ended up sounding patronizing. Jack caught in to this and put his defenses up immediately. He was just about to flaw her when a weak voice cut through to his heart. "Jack, what happened?" Ianto called, distressed and alone. Jumping to his feet, Jack sprinted to the autopsy bay (which Owen had shooed him out of when he got in the way constantly), almost tripping over half a dozen items on the way there, but not really caring. He through his arms around him lover, yelling his thanks to Owen in his joy. "I didn't touch him: he came round by himself... maybe it was some kind of... ahem... 'activity' he participated in with you Jack that caused your spark of immortality to spread over to Ianto..." He rambled on, fairly accurate for such a confused man. Overjoyed, Jack brought him home to recover, delighted that he could be with his lover forever...
Hope you liked it. Not great I know but it wouldn't leave me alone... :-D