TITLE: HAY-LEIGH
RATING: K+ (LET ME KNOW IF YOU THINK THATS WRONG)
CHARACTERS: CAPTAIN JACL HARKNESS, IANTO JONES, GWEN COOPER.

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It was a silent rainy night in Cardiff. It was on the top level of one of Cardiff's usually overflowing multi-storey car park when someone tore a hole in the air it was red and shining and it wasn't long before something came flying through. A bag followed by a teenage girl she looked pissed she looked back into the red tear anger filling her eyes,

"Yeah love you too Mum." the tear closed up and the girl groaned as she got to her feet wiping the gravel from her bare knees before straightening her green and black striped knee high socks. She looked around for a moment before huffing, picking up her bag and finding her way off the rooftop.

It was a late Friday night and Ianto Jones was counting the minutes until her could close up the Tourist Information Office that was Torchwoods cover. He was about to get up and lock the door when a slightly ruffled looking teenager came through the door, she had long brown hair with green strips in it and her fringe up in a quiff, she had a short grey skirt on and a tight green t-shirt and a beaten up leather jacket. Everything about her seemed to be green down to her painted fingernails, eye colour and tinted lips,

"Favourite colour then?" he asked before thinking,

The girl blew out a breath, "Something like that," she smiled,

Something was familiar about her, Ianto thought to himself, something in her smile,

"Sorry love were closing soon,"

"Oh," she seemed taken aback, "The thing is okay I know this is going to sound strange but you couldn't tell me where I am could you?"

Ianto frowned, "Cardiff, are you okay? Maybe there's someone you could call to take you home a parent? Brother? Sister?"

"Cardiff okay, see the thing is I'm looking for someone,"

"Aren't we all," he was growing increasingly weary of this girl,

"No he's someone in particular. Captain Jack Harkness. Do you know him?"

Ianto looked up at the security camera that was linked directly to the hub he was hoping Jack was watching,

"No I don't think I've herd of him,"

"Oh, that's a shame because you see he's my father and I'm kind of looking for him,"

For a moment words completely forgot him, "Sorry what did you say your name was?"

"Hay-Leigh, Hay-Leigh Harkness."

The word ricocheted through Jack's head he knew he recognised the girl from the moment she entered the Tourist Information Office. Jack stayed frozen she had changed so much since the last time she'd seen her. Her mother had been from a strange planet Jack had visited as a time agent Sam he had called her although her actual name had been almost un pronounceable she had green skin beautiful flowing green hair everything about her had been green he had no doubt that was where Hay-Leigh had got her green tinted looks from. Hay-Leigh had been five last time he saw her and that was almost two hundred years ago now but Hay-Leigh could only be about seventeen. Her and Ianto were stood in silence now waiting for something to happen. It took Jack a moment to piece his head back together before running towards the cog wheel.

To Hay-Leigh's surprise a wall in the Tourist Information Office opened and her father walked through looking exactly the same as the day he had walked away from her and her mother. He put his hands into his pockets like he was waiting for her to say something the man she'd been talking to just stood up and looked accusingly at her father she didn't know what to say she was about to do something yell at him maybe but he beat her to it,

"What are you doing here?" he demanded, angrily perhaps she wasn't sure,

She quickly lost her cool, "What the hell is that suppose to mean you don't want me here? You're suppose to be my father!" she could feel tears prickling her eyes she couldn't stand anymore rejection,

"Has something happened to your mother?"

She snorted, "No, she got married had more kids. She's sick of me. She sent me here. And here I was thinking you'd be glad to see me but you know what I'm better off on my own. See you on the flip side love." with that she turned on her heal and headed for the door. Ianto elbowed Jack in the ribs hoping his sometimes daft boss would get the message to go after her. Hay-Leigh stormed out of the office rain quickly hitting her she got about half way down the street before she herd someone yelling after her. She turned around to see him he was huffing obviously struggling to keep up with her him deep blue military coat billowing out behind him,

"Leigh!" he called after her using her nickname that was usually only reserved for her friends to use but she wasn't about to complain, "Look I'm sorry okay you kind of stunned me I wasn't expecting you to show up okay,"

She nodded she didn't want to be the tough guy all alone she wanted to be with her family like she always had been. She practically jumped on him wrapping her arms around his neck and never wanting to let go she felt his arms go around her lower back as he held her tight.

Hours later Leigh had crashed out on the hub sofa and Jack was sitting in his office staring at a photo frame in his hand when he herd a light knock on the door,

"Come in," he said quietly knowing full well who it was. Ianto walked in and took his usual seat on Jacks desk,

"I know what your going to say Ianto you're going to ask why I never told you about her and honestly I don't know why it just never seemed worth mentioning Sam made it clear she didn't want to see me again I assumed Leigh would grow up hating me and I'd never see her again,"

"Yeah but you were wrong she came looking for you. She loves you very much it's a good chance to make up for lost time,"

"Perhaps,"

"What that suppose to mean,"

"I don't know how to look after a kid the life I have is so dangerous how can I involve her in this in Torchwood,"

"You don't need to she's almost an adult I have no doubt she can look after herself she just wants you to be her dad to love her no matter what,"

Jack smiled and ruffled Ianto's hair, "What would I do without you?"

"God knows." Ianto joked.

Gwen ran into the hub Monday morning late as per usual. She slipped off her leather jacket and hung it on coat hanger admiring the other more battered leather jacked on the stand wondering whose it was,

"Urg I look horrible," someone groaned a moment later the door to Jacks office banged open and a teenage girl stepped out wearing dress trousers black shoes and a dark blue school polo shirt she froze when she spotted Gwen,

"Hey you must be Gwen I'm Hay-Leigh but you can call me Leigh and ignore these horrible clothes I don't normally dress like this but tweedle dumb and tweedle dumber are trying to get me to wear it,"

Jack and Ianto came out Jack's office,

"Gwen, this is my daughter,"

"You have a daughter? Since when?"

"Well for a while now,"

"Really? So are you going to be staying?"

"Hopefully I'm sure we'll be good friends," she smiled muttering, "Not." under her breath.