I don't own anything at all and it all belongs to RTD and BBC...
I don't know why but somehow these drabbles just come out of nowhere and I can't stop writing them. Blame boring classes.
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It has to be the most awkward drive back to the Hub ever in the history of Torchwood.
Owen is driving way too carefully for it to be normal and he doesn't say a word which actually is quite alarming. Gwen sits next to him biting her lip to keep the questions in and it's obvious that she just wants to blurt out the question which is in everyone's mind: what the hell is going on?. At the backseat Tosh sits between the door and Captain John Hart looking pretty and being polite just because she doesn't know a thing and thinks that John is cute. John just sits there like he does this everyday commenting everything and everyone with biting sarcasm. Jack who sits squeezed next to him looks like he wants to punch something, answering to Johns words with equal sharpness and now and then turning to look Ianto who is stuffed between his body and the door because there's no way that he lets his tea boy sit next to John. And well, Ianto is making a statement by not even accidentally looking at Jack or saying a word.
"Oi! Eye candy!" John shouts.
Ianto supposes that John is talking to him but chooses to ignore it completely. Even though Jack has been gone over a year and Ianto kind of hates him for it and is not planning to jump to his bed without second thoughts ever again, he can't stand the image of Jack with other men (or women) than him. So naturally men who were partners with Jack in every way are not Iantos friends and Ianto doesn't bother to communicate with his enemies without a gun. Very simple.
"That hard-to-get act is getting boring!" John sings extending his hand to touch Ianto.
"Don't touch him" Jack snaps twisting the arm to angle which can be only painful.
"Possessive Harkness?" John smirks.
"Just stay away from him" Jack growls, voice low and threatening.
John grins pulling his arm back and Gwen turns to give Jack a raised eyebrow which gets skillfully ignored when Jack arranges his hands on his lap. Ianto looks out of the window fighting against blush because Jacks fingers brush his thigh and even though the gesture is subtle he knows it's not accidental.