"You're a cheater O'Malley!"
"You're a sore loser Edwards!"
"You're nothing but a no-good rotten cheat!"
"You're just a sore loser!"
Jack rubbed his forehead as the yells of his employees got louder and louder meaning he would have to intervene. Sometimes he had to wonder if he was the boss of an alien organisation or a preschool. Jack got up from behind his desk and went to see what the argument was about this time. Yesterday's was about music or TV shows. Jack put two fingers in his mouth and gave a short high pitched whistle. The two arguing Torchwood members quickly shut up and looked at Jack. All the world looking like two kids caught scrapping in the playground by the headmaster. Jack looked from one to another taking in the hockey bats and mess of the general area of the hub meaning they had been playing a game of Hub Hockey instead of doing their paperwork.
"Going to tell me what this was about?" Jack asked.
"He's a sore loser!" Sean accused.
"He's a cheater!" Gavin retorted.
"I am not a cheater! That was a goal and we know it!" Sean snapped.
"You cheat, you always cheat!" Gavin shouted.
"The pair of you either start to act your age or I'll ret-con the pair of you back to preschool. Maybe there you'll act like human beings!" Jack said.
Gavin and Sean sulked and looked away from each other. The two members of his team who had some knowledge on how to behave had to be called to a UNIT conference. Seeing that they had calmed down Jack attempted this again.
"Ok Sean what happened?" Jack asked.
The Irishman sighed. "We were playing and I used the bat to lift up the ball like this to score a goal," Sean bent down grabbing the ball and used the bat to roll and lift the ball into his hand before whacking it with the bat. A loud clang at the other side of the room told them that he'd hit his target. "I did and I won. Then he said it was a foul."
"Because it isn't a proper hockey move, therefore you cheated." Gavin retorted.
"When the world plays hockey; play hurling." Sean said smugly.
"Ok the pair of you both have paperwork to do so give me the bats and clear this place up. The next time either of you begins a fight I'll decide who the winner is via shotgun sudden death. Ok?"
With that Jack took the bats and returned up to his office. Only when the door shut he let the laughter and the memory return to him.
Gwen had just walked in on me and Ianto in the hothouse. Ianto, bless him, had been so embarrassed but I was, well, I was myself.
"We could have used you an hour ago for naked hide-and-seek." I say flippantly and Gwen's eyes bulge even more. Ianto's blushing and grinning. He has no idea just how beautiful he looks right now. I just want to take him and hold him and never let him go as I tell him that…
"He cheats, he always cheats."
Wait, WHAT? Captain Jack Harkness NEVER cheats. Looks like somebody will be learning that the 'hard' way as soon as Gwen's gone…
Jack smiled at the memory that the boys had brought back. He remembered how Ianto was always able to say the right thing at the right time. Be it sarcasm or sincerity. Jack could never forget that. Jack never would forget that. Jack was zoned out in his memories until the bickering between Sean and Gavin flared up again and he rolled his eyes and for just a second he thought he felt someone's hand on his shoulder before it was gone.