Path to forgiveness Part three
A week after Ianto comes back from his suspension; he is hurt by an alien device. Deaging fic. Spoilers up to Cyberwoman. Warnings Gwen bashing and preslash, Janto of course.
I do not own torchwood or any of the characters.
Jack's first night of looking after Ianto went well, he had slept though the whole night and waking up just in enough time for Jack to get him ready before the team were due to get in for the day. Well, when Tosh was due in for the day, he never knew what time Gwen or Owen were going to get in.
Tosh arrived just as Jack and Ianto had entered the main area of the hub, they were both dressed and ready for the day ahead. Tosh smiled at the pair before she headed towards her desk to start her work on the device from yesterday.
"I hungwy" Ianto muttered to Jack.
"Ok Yan" Jack replied before heading towards the kitchen to get the small child some cereal and juice for breakfast, he was glad that Tosh had thought to get food suitable for Ianto whilst she went clothes shopping. He didn't think that giving the three year old day old pizza for breakfast would be the best idea.
I should have gotten Ianto breakfast and then get him dressed jack thought to himself as he saw the mess that Ianto had made whilst eating his breakfast. The little boy had managed to get milk all over his face and clean clothes. Although Jack was slightly annoyed that he had to get Ianto washed and dressed all over again he couldn't help but find it adorable.
It didn't take long for Jack to get Ianto clean even with the little boy's attempts to help. Jack was reading his emails with Ianto playing with his teddy bear on his lap by the time that Gwen and Owen arrived.
Owen went straight over to help Tosh was the examination on the device whilst Gwen had to redo her paperwork from yesterday. Jack was shocked by the standard of her paperwork; it was nowhere near the quality it was normally at. Jack wondered if it was anything to do Ianto not being able to do it, he really had to have a talk with his newest member about not taking advance of your teammates.
Jack also decided that he had to talk to Ianto; he was over working himself trying to make up for what happened with Lisa. Especially to Gwen who was taking full advantage of his guilt. He shouldn't feel like he has to he has to do their work in order to gain their forgiveness. Jack couldn't help but wonder if it was slightly his fault, he had noticed the sudden change in Gwen's paperwork but didn't look in to it like he should have. He had also been letting Gwen leave early without checking to make sure that she had finished all of her work.
"Let's go and see how it's going with Tosh and Owen" Jack asked Ianto as he looked down at the little boy currently sitting on his lap.
"Yeah" Ianto squealed in excitement, while he clearly preferred Jack Ianto liked both Tosh and Owen, which was shocking considering how much he and Ianto normally fight as adults.
Jack carefully stood up, keeping a firm grip on Ianto, and headed towards where Tosh and Owen were currently working.
"How's it going with the device?" Jack asked Tosh and Owen as he and Ianto reached the work station they were at.
Ianto reached towards their medic who grinned as he took the small child away from Jack who was pouting that Ianto wanted Owen and not him.
"We still haven't figured out where it comes from" Tosh started. "But we've examined the power source and the device definitely doesn't have enough power for the affects to be permanent. Looking at how much power the device has I'm pretty sure that it will only last for about a week."
"That's good" Jack replied stealing Ianto back from Owen. "As cute as Ianto is now I can't wait for him to be back to normal. Though now I think about it he's pretty cute as an adult as well."
"Well since Ianto can't say this" Owen started. "Careful sir that's harassment."
"Sorry to disappoint you Owen" Jack replied. "But that sounded nowhere as good as Ianto and his Welsh vowels."
"Yeah well, someone has to remind you that you're not supposed to harass the staff" Owen muttered. "Even if it just wasting our breath."
"I don't know how many times I have told you all that it's not harassment if you enjoy it" Jack replied grinning.
"Whatever Jack" Owen said before skulking back off to the medical bay.
"Bye bye" Ianto called after Owen as he left the main area of the hub, Owen paused slightly before turning and waving to the small child before continuing on his way to the medical bay.
Tosh was grinning during Owens and Jack's argument, she found it rather amusing. Especially that Owen seemed to think that he would win against Jack when it the argument was about what could be cased as harassment.
Just then Gwen barged into the hub, late as always. Not that they expected anything different.
"I'm sorry I am late Jack" Gwen said as he walked up to the group at Tosh's work station. "But Rhys had the morning off and I wanted to spend some time with him."
"Fine"Jack replied, he wasn't in the mood for Gwen and her excuses. Well that and he knew that she would go off on one about how it wasn't far to her that she was barely able to spend time with Rhys and how she was the only one with a life outside off Torchwood. "I'm going to do my paper work."
"Why don't you get Ianto to do it when he gets back to normal, I mean he is going to get back to normal isn't he?" Gwen asked, she wasn't happy that Jack was spending more time with Ianto than her. Even if he was only a baby incapable of looking after himself at the moment.
"I do it myself because it isn't Ianto's job" Jack snapped at her. "Either is doing yours."
"But he has to earn our forgiveness" Gwen whined to Jack. "He betrayed us all and almost got us killed."
"It was an accident, he didn't mean for any of us to get hurt" Jack snapped back. "He loved her and was trying to find a way to save her. I'm sure that you would have done the exact same thing if it was for Rhys. Even so, earning our forgiveness and trust back doesn't mean that you get to treat him like a slave."
"But Jack..." Gwen started before she was interrupted by Jack.
"No buts Gwen" Jack snapped back." From now on you will have to do your paperwork and I better not find you taking advantage of him again."
Jack turned and headed back to his office to start on his paperwork. He hated doing it but he had really meant what he had said to Gwen. It wasn't fair to make Ianto do it so he would just have to suffer though it himself.
Jack only lasted a few minutes before he looked down at the adorable little boy currently seated on his lap. Ianto was keeping himself occupied by playing with the buttons on Jack's shirt as well as his braces.
Ianto looked up and grinned at Jack as he felt someone stare at him. Jack couldn't help but grin back at the small archivist before abandoning his paperwork for the more enjoyable task of playing with Ianto. He will just do the paperwork later.
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