Title: Lover Dearest
Fandom: Torchwood
Pairings: Ianto/Jack, Ianto/10th Doctor past: Ianto/9th Doctor
Characters: Ianto Jones, Jack Harkness, Toshiko Sato, Gwen Cooper, Owen Harper, 10th Doctor
Rating: PG
Genre: Slash, Season 2 Alternative Universe
Summary: Jack has been back just for a little while after leaving the team at the end of Season 1. But now, the Doctor has decided to come back and take back something that was his.
Author's Notes: This is some sort of Season 2 Alternative Universe in which Tosh and Owen will never die and which there's more to Ianto's past than being a Torchwood 1 employee. The title of the song, it's from the beautiful Marianas Trench's "Lover Dearest". This is the first fan fic I write about this pairing and I hope you will like it!
Beta: Carol

As soon as he stepped outside the TARDIS, the Doctor started having second thoughts.
It had been five years since he had last seen him and the Time Lord wasn't sure if the man would welcome him or not.

He glanced across the Plass, towards where he had dropped off Jack last time and waited until he finally saw the Immortal walking out of the Tourist Office.

He was walking with a brunette, laughing with her, but it didn't take long for him to notice the Doctor.

Jack stopped in his tracks and Gwen frowned looking at him. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," the man answered shaking his head. "Come with me." He started in the direction of the Time Lord and Gwen couldn't do anything else but follow him.

When they were standing in front of the man who was dressed in a blue suit, brown coat and white Converse, something told the woman exactly who he was and when she turned her attention back on the Captain, the little smile he was wearing, was the final proof she needed.

"Hello," the alien told her waving his hand with a smile, "I'm the Doctor."

"Gwen Cooper," Jack said before she had a chance to.

"I finally decided to take you upon that offer to meet your marvelous team, Jack. Is this a bad time?"

"No, we were just going out on our daily round."

Gwen frowned at hearing that because they had gone out to go investigate a suspiciously mutilated body that was surely more important than having the Doctor meet the team.

And suddenly, all the anger from when Jack had left last time, came back to her when she finally understood that nothing would ever change and that Jack would always leave with the Doctor if given the chance.

She was pulled out of her thoughts when she heard the Captain saying "C'mon, this way," and found herself once again following the man in silence.

"So, who's traveling with you now?" the immortal asked the alien.

"No one. I didn't want a new companion right away."

"I understand," said Jack pushing open the door to the Tourist Office. He briefly looked around before shaking his head. "Ianto must still be down arguing with Owen about having recovered enough to come with us out on the field."

Gwen barely nodded; her eyes were still focused on the Doctor and she couldn't help but notice when he frowned at the mention of Ianto being hurt.

Jack pushed the button behind the desk and the secret door in the wall opened and they quickly made their way down into the Hub in time to see Tosh coming up from the Med Bay shaking her head while walking over to her computer station.

Before either of them could say anything, they heard a loud crash and then Owen shouting, "See, you can't even hit me with a bowl because of your ribs! How can you ask me to send you out on the field?"

"I could always try to shoot you again," Ianto yelled back before heavy footsteps announced that he was coming into the main Hub.

"Sorry Tosh, that…" he stopped abruptly when he saw who was with Gwen and Jack.

It was just a second, a mere slip of the façade Ianto wears everyday before his mask was back in place. "Owen is just stubborn," he finished as though he had never stopped and then nodded in the Captain direction. "See you brought a guest, Sir."

His tone was colder than Gwen ever remembered hearing but Jack didn't seem to notice anything strange in Ianto's behavior as he walked over to the young man and slid an arm around his shoulders to bring him in and kiss him briefly.

"You know you shouldn't call me that in public anymore, Ianto," he whispered loud enough only for Ianto to hear. "Ianto Jones, let me introduce you to the Doctor," the Captain said beaming and Gwen asked herself how he could not notice the way the Welshman had tensed up at the kiss because she had noticed it from standing on the other side of the room just like she had seen the Doctor's fingers close into tight fists at the same time.

Whatever anyone of them had expected from that meeting, it didn't happen as Ianto just crossed the Hub and extended his hand towards the Time Lord. "Sir, it's a pleasure," he simply said and he barely shook the hand the Doctor extended to him before disappearing down into the archives muttering something about unfinished business he needed to take care of.

"Well, he's a bit shy sometimes," Jack commented, "but also very brilliant," he said fondly and the alien nodded. "Tosh!" the Captain called loudly and the woman spun around on her chair and flushed.

"Oh sorry, I didn't hear you. I'm working on a new program for… Doctor!" she exclaimed happily before walking over to him and hugging him. "I am so happy to see you again even though last time you were a bit different. I have to say that you're recognizable no matter what form you're in."

"Miss Sato, it's always a pleasure." The Doctor said finally smiling again. "Yeah, I've been in a couple of situations after our meeting that brought me very close to death," he said still smiling and Gwen wondered just how crazy that man had to be.

"OWEN!" Jack yelled in the direction of the med bay, "GET YOUR ASS HERE

They heard footsteps and Owen walked in the Main Hub slipping off his gloves. "That bloody tea-boy won't understand that he can't run and fight while just breathing still hurts. But oh no, he won't listen. Who am I after all if not just the bloody doctor? And you can't make me change my mind Harkness…" He stopped shaking his head before looking at the Doctor frowning. "Who the hell is that?"

Jack rolled his eyes. "This is the Doctor, Owen. My Doctor."

"Oh, the bloke you left us for last time?" he just said before turning around and walking back down into the med bay.

"Well," the Captain said turning around to face the Time Lord, "that's Owen Harper for you. He's a bit insensitive from time to time."

The Doctor barely nodded before glancing in the direction of the archives. Jack seemed to catch that and rubbed his hands together before saying, "Well, I imagine you'd like to see what we have here and all that stuff. I can show you some things but it's probably best if I left you in Ianto's capable hands. Unfortunately, when he gets down there he's impossible to find. I swear that boy has the ability to disappear between boxes and papers. I bet he'd have fun in the TARDIS. Anyway, what do you say I show you around a bit and then you we could go trying to find Ianto?"

The Time Lord nodded and plastered on a little smile before following Jack towards the cells.

When Tosh and Owen had finally left for the night and Gwen was on her way, Ianto still had to come up from the archives. Jack had said that maybe he was just disappointed that Owen wouldn't let him back out on the field and wanted to be alone and that if the young man didn't want to be find, he knew how to hide down there.

However, he promised the Doctor that he could spend the next day with Ianto; then he had left to escort the Time Lord to his spaceship.

Gwen had just retrieved her bag when Ianto finally came up from the archives. He looked around the Hub and caught the woman's gaze.

"They left?"

Gwen smiled softly, "I bet you wouldn't be up here if you didn't already know that. The CCTV is down in the archives too, Ianto."

"Yeah," he gave her a faint smile and walked over to the coffee machine. "You want something?" he asked before starting to clean it up.

"No," she shook her head. "I'm heading home. Jack should be back in a little while." She sighed and looked straight at him even though the man had his back to her. "Ianto, are you all right?"

"Yes, sure. Why wouldn't I be?"

She walked closer to Ianto and put her hand softly on his shoulder and he stopped what he was doing but still didn't turn around.

"Maybe because that was the man he left us for, because we seem to disappear whenever he's involved and…" she cleared her throat before continuing, "I've read some reports from Canary Wharf and they stated that the Doctor was there."

Ianto managed to shrug before saying, "it was a long time ago. I am just a little angry with Owen that's all. I don't care about that Doctor or what he's doing back."

"Ianto…"

The young man turned around and smiled down at Gwen, "Go home, I'm sure Rhys is waiting for you."

She didn't move for several seconds, begging with her eyes for Ianto to open up but in the end she just sighed and nodded. "Okay, if that's what you want. Just know that if you need to talk, I am here, okay?"

Ianto smiled again and this time it seemed real. "You know, you truly brought a human side to this mess. Thanks for that."

Gwen chuckled and waved to him goodnight before leaving the Hub.

It wasn't long after that that Jack came back. He looked around until he spotted Ianto and walked over to the man hugging him from behind. "You okay?" he whispered in the Welshman's ear.

Ianto nodded and turned around giving Jack the ghost of a kiss before moving away to start tiding up the Hub.

"You know, I am sure Owen wouldn't approve of you going around lifting things and…"

"I don't care what he thinks. I've told him that I am ok but he doesn't want to listen to me."

Jack rolled his eyes, "Ianto, he's your doctor, and he may be a moron most of the time, but he takes his job seriously. Plus, you were kicked and shot, and you're just been back after two months at home. I guess he has every right to be uncertain about you getting right back into field work."

Ianto sighed and tried to hide his discomfort when his ribs protested in pain. "I'm fine."

"Your ribs are still sore." The Captain walked over to him and caressed his cheek. "Why don't you go home? If you want I can give you ride, what do you say?"

The younger man chuckled, "I think that if you were to give me a ride home, I wouldn't be resting any time soon."

Jack smirked and nodded, "Probably right. So, let me call you a cab?"

"I will just walk. It's barely Autumn, I think I won't freeze to death."

"Ok," the immortal framed the man's face with his hands and kissed him long and sweetly, biting softly on his lower lip before stepping back. "You better go now. It's been way too long since the last time and I may just jump you."

Ianto chuckled before giving him one last kiss and then leave. Jack watched his retrieving back with a fond smile on his face.

It was cold outside the tourist office and when Ianto breathed out, a little white cloud left his mouth. He glanced across the Plass before starting to walk in the direction of his apartment only to stop after a couple of steps. He looked towards the opposite direction and sighed.

Obviously he couldn't see the TARDIS but he had spent so long on that spaceship that he could tell where she was. He found himself standing outside the blue box before really thinking about what he was doing, if he was really going in there.

He hesitated just a moment before knocking on the blue wooden doors that swung open after the fraction of a second. He walked inside, the doors closing on their own behind him.

"I thought you were going to give me the cold shoulder for all of my visit," the Time Lord said walking into the main section of the TARDIS and spotting Ianto standing over the control panel.

Ianto shrugged. "What are you doing here?" his voice was barely audible but the Doctor could hear it loudly across the room.

He saw the way in which the man's gentle fingers were stroking the console and could almost hear the TARDIS humming in appreciation while his own hearts started beating a little bit faster at having the man back home.

The Doctor walked closer to the young man and resisted the urge to reach out and touch that soft pale skin but he didn't have to restrain himself long as Ianto spun around and framed the Time Lord's face in his hands before bringing their mouths together with no hesitation whatsoever.

The kiss was slow, intense, filled with passion, longing and loving and felt like the most right thing in the world, like belonging again.

It went on and on until finally, having to breath, Ianto had to pull back but his lips remained a breath away from the other man's and against that mouth that he thought he lost in time, he murmured that name that had once been whispered in his ear and that had never been forgotten.

Then Ianto stepped back, untangled the hands the Time Lord still had in his hair and without giving the Doctor time to react, he walked out of the TARDIS and back into Cardiff's cold night.

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