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This is a series of drabbles, set after (technically during) Time Lords and Teaboys. They're little glimpses of what the Doctor and Ianto got up to during the four years (for them) they were gone. You don't need to read Time Lords and Teaboys, 'cause all you need to know is Ianto's the Doctor's son. They're the first time I've ever tried to do drabbles, so all concrit and advice is welcome!
1
"So, where d'you wanna go now?" asked the Doctor, grinning at his son.
Ianto smiled, "How about… Barcelona. The planet I mean. Like when I was little."
"Barcelona! Brilliant idea. Although… You know it's funny…" mused the Doctor, "Lately, every time I try to go to Barcelona something always-"
Something slammed into the TARDIS and threw both men to the ground.
"-happens to stop me." sighed the Doctor, getting to his feet. Ianto laughed, following,
"Just like old times, eh Da?"
The Doctor caught his son's eye and grinned back.
"Yeah. Ready to run for your life?"
"Around you? Always."
2
The Doctor watched in bewilderment as his son laughed with the King of the Torts, who was about to blow up medieval Earth. Then the King bowed his two heads and before the Doctor's wide eyes the attack was called off.
"What'd you say to him?" The Doctor asked as Ianto walked over and took off the cuffs on the Doctor's arms.
"I told him I'd supply him with Earth's finest beverage if he called it off. Luckily for us, he's more of a glutton than a planet blower-uper."
"Earth's finest…?"
Ianto smirked, "Coffee comes Captain Harkness approved after all."
3
"Da… Da, come on, we have to go." Ianto pulled on the Doctor's arm.
"No! I won't let her die!" shouted the Doctor, watching the fearless woman as she endured lethal amounts of radiation to deactivate the engine of the ship before it exploded.
"Da!" Ianto spun the Doctor around, "If we don't go and fix the shields the whole crew will die. We have to go!"
The Doctor turned back to the woman as she managed to turn the final dial before collapsing on the ground. Tears streaming down his cheeks, he let Ianto pull him away.
Another person he couldn't save.
4
"My dear Doctor, so good to see you again after all these years." smiled Shakespeare.
"Hi there Shakespeare."
"And where is my Dark Lady?"
"Oh, she's gone back home I'm afraid. Have you met my son?" The Doctor pulled Ianto, who'd been very reluctant to go along, forward. Shakespeare's eyebrows climbed to his long lost hairline.
"Ianto… 'tis been too long."
"What?" asked the Doctor, face contorted in confusion.
"Who do you think inspired my sonnets to the 'fair youth'?"
The Doctor glanced at Ianto, who blushed deeply.
"…I think those fifty-seven academics just had a collective hernia of joy."
5
Ianto ran down the corridor of the summer mansion of Queen Elizabeth I, away from the Haemovore's, that were literally out for his blood, swearing to kill his father for getting him into this mess. He turned a corner, only to crash into someone and knock them both to the ground. The other body let out a squawk that sounded highly indignant. Ianto groaned and pushed himself up on his arms so he was looking into the person's face. His eyes widened in surprise, and alarm.
"Oh… erm… hello your Majesty! Don't suppose you'd mind hiding me under your skirt?"
6
"Ianto, does Jack really need that many spare RAF coats?"
"Have you any idea how many times I've had to sew it back together?"
"Do I wanna know?"
"No. Do you think Tosh will like all these real kimonos from the 18th century?"
"Why wouldn't she?"
"Well where would she wear them?"
"You already bought them! Why are you wondering now?"
"Because I'm wondering if I should have gotten her a palm pilot from the 23rd century instead."
"What'd you get for Gwen again?"
"A crib mobile and a hair jewel for when she marries Rhys."
"And Owen?"
"A muzzle."
7
Ianto covered his face as he cried, his shoulders rising and falling in uneven spurts.
The Doctor crouched down beside him and put his arms around him. Ianto buried his face in his father's chest and howled bitterly.
"Shh… it's ok… it's ok…" the Doctor murmured, trying not to look at the body near them.
"Da… when you die… you've only got three regenerations left… I'm gonna be alone… 'cause I have to keep what you're doing going… and Jack will eventually die, I know he will, or he'll leave me… and I… I'm scared."
"I know… and I'm sorry."
8
"Da, I'm going to kill you for this!"
The Doctor laughed and waved at his son as the Princess, all 7 feet of her, dragged Ianto onto the dance floor and glomped him. Ianto threw his father dirty looks as his favourite suit got soaked in the goo the Princess was made of.
"Is your son considering marriage Doctor?" asked the Queen.
"I'm afraid not. Although…" the Doctor grinned wickedly, "I could always have a word with him."
"What about yourself?" she purred.
"He's single!!" shouted Ianto, "He's single and lonely!"
"You're grounded!" shouted the Doctor as the Queen advanced.
9
"Ianto! I need a sonic screwdriver now!!"
"Two more minutes Da! I need to finish the emitter." growled Ianto as he squinted at the tiny parts of the machine.
"No, now!!"
"Just a bloody minute!"
"Ianto, in two minutes this planet is going to implode!"
"That's not helping Da!"
"I don't care!"
"Da, I can't go any faster!"
"Oh yes you can! If I don't get it now I'm gonna show Jack your potty training photos!"
"Here you go Da."
"Good, because I actually don't know where those pictures are."
"I really hate you right now Da."
"I know son."
10
"So… are you in love with Jack."
"Da!"
"Oh come off it! I powdered your bottom until you were nearly two, and you find me asking you about Jack embarrassing."
"I'm going to pretend you never said that, otherwise I shall be scarred for life."
"So are you in love with Jack?"
"I dunno… probably."
"You should be certain."
"I was as a human… I think. As a Time Lord… kinda hard for me to figure out."
"How come?"
"Because I never loved anyone as a Time Lord."
"Really?"
"Yeah… not truly loved anyway. It's kind of new to me."
11
"Ianto get out of the water this instant."
"Make me!"
"Oh I'll make you!" the Doctor stomped back into the TARDIS. Ianto grinned as he backstroked through the orchid water. The Doctor re-emerged and held up a box. "Iantosmorashthrimoret! Get out of that ocean right now, or I'll put the Boston Tea Party to shame!"
Ianto righted himself and his eyes widened as he read the label on the box.
"Not my coffee beans from Inarvor Da! I had to do awful things for them!"
"What kind of things?"
"Things that would make Jack's ears burn and his brain melt."
12
Ianto glared through the bars at his father who was smirking.
"Now, my boy, have we learned our lesson?"
"I'm hanging upside down by my ankles, my bottom bared to anyone who wants to walk by the window –and I'm pretty sure the amount has increased since I got here- so I'm thinking, yes, I have indeed learned my lesson."
The Doctor rocked back on his heels, grin widening, "And what have we learned?"
"When describing Tom and Jerry to the people of New Earth, who've never even heard of it, don't step on Novice Hame's tail as an example."
If people like these I think I'll do three more, one for each year each containing 12 drabbles, one for each month. That is if I can think of 36 more, lol.
Night's Darkness