Wow! Another 12 drabbles. I honestly don't think I could write anymore (famous last words).


25

"Ianto you have to stop this. This isn't you."

"How do you know? What do you really know about me?" Ianto's eyes were glinting with madness, his pale skin shining with fever.

"I know a lot about you, you're my son."

"Doesn't mean a thing! Some people can make you fall in love and screw you senseless and they still don't know anything about you."

"Maybe, but Jack's not like that, and you know it."

Ianto's hands were shaking around the gun.

"I'm not enough for him. Never enough."

"You're so much more. Please son."

Ianto dropped the gun.


26

The Doctor wasn't good at staying one place for long. A few days was enough to make his feet itch.

Right now, he was so restless, he'd decided to give the TARDIS a complete overhaul, grounding himself until he was done.

"Bloody son –'Oh we'll only be here a little while Da!' –A month is not a little while!"

Ianto burst through the door looking a tad panicked. "Time to go Da!"

"What did you do?"

"I kicked Caesar up the bum."

"What you do that for?"

"… You know, I've no idea." Ianto grinned. "Shall we go?"

"Erm… about that…"


27

"Do you ever wonder what the universe will do without you?"

"…Carry on I suppose. It'll have to."

"How?"

"What?"

"How does a creature carry on alone after being cared for for so long? You've tamed the universe Da. What'll happen when you let it loose?"

"It'll adapt."

"Or it'll curl up and die."

"Never."

"Why not?"

"It just won't."

"What's to stop it?" Ianto's brow was furrowed in a frown.

The Doctor smiled, running his fingers through Ianto's hair, "You son. You'll deliver the universe back to the eternity. Because of you, it'll survive."

Ianto didn't look so sure.


28

"Do you miss your team?"

"Yes. And no."

"Why no?"

"I don't miss Gwen's moon eyes when she looks at Jack. I don't miss Owen's derogatory taunts. I don't miss Tosh breaking her heart over Owen. I don't miss Jack's habit of talking non-stop and saying nothing. I don't miss the way I feel every time I go down to the basement and one of them watches me. There's a lot I don't miss about them."

"But they're your friends. You trust them."

"I don't miss a lot about them. But I still love them. They're my team."


29

"Da! I said No!"

"Mine!"

"No Da! You're not having it!"

"Mine! Mine! Mine!!"

Ianto groaned and grabbed his Da's arm, dragging him away from the shiny marble that was floating above the pool. The Doctor let out a whinge and made grabby motions with his free hand. "Mine! Mine! Mine!!"

Ianto growled as the Doctor dug his heels into the ground. "Ok! That is it! You're grounded!"

The Doctor gasped, stared at his son for a moment, before bursting into tears.

Ianto groaned, "When I said I wanted Da to act young for a while, this was so not what I meant!"


30

"Can we go visit the Face of Boe Da?"

The Doctor blinked as Ianto popped up in front of him.

"Why?"

"I like the Face of Boe. He's always been really friendly to me."

The Doctor raised an eyebrow, eyes widening a little. "Oh really?"

"Yup! The first thing he ever said to me was I looked really good in my black leather."

"He did?"

"Yup! So can we?"

"Erm… another time."

"Aw… ok. Just a thought." Ianto walked away. The Doctor waited until he was gone before turning to the TARDIS.

"Well… That proves it. Jack's never gonna change."


31

"Ianto!!" The Doctor's voice was sharp with annoyance.

"Yes?" two voices answered him sheepishly.

"When I tell you not to go near a cloning device I mean don't go near a cloning device!"

"But it wasn't my fault!" wailed Ianto on the left.

"Well it wasn't mine!" snapped Ianto on the right.

"Well don't look at me." said a third from a corner.

"Or me." added a fourth.

The Doctor massaged his temples as a chorus of Iantos spoke up.

"All right, enough!" Silence fell over the very full TARDIS. "I can't believe I'm saying this but… Will the real Ianto please stand up?"


32

"What do you remember of your mother?"

"… I remember her hair. It was always very soft. And I remember her smell. And how her eyes lit up when you two were running around solving a problem together. She loved it."

"Yeah… she was incredible, wasn't she?"

"All the more for putting up with you in your crotchety incarnation."

"Oi! I wasn't that bad. Was I?"

"All I can say is… 'There goes Mr. Humbug! There goes Mr. Grim!'"

"Did you just rip off the Muppets Christmas Carol while we're remembering your mother?"

"Did you just confirm you've watched the Muppets?"


33

"Nice going Ianto!"

"It wasn't my fault! She surprised me."

"Oh yes, well, next time, tell her to put her surprises back in her top! Honestly, even Jack's not that bad."

"Hey! They were very nice surprises, I didn't hear you complaining."

"I wasn't the one who was supposed to be locking the TARDIS up!"

"Well, why don't you do it from now on?"

"I will!"

The TARDIS giggled. She'd been saving that vintage stopwatch and that new upgraded sonic screwdriver for a day when she'd felt like going for a little vacation of her own. Her boys would be fine for a few hours, provided they didn't bicker to death of course.


34

"I love Ancient Greece! Such wonderful manners." The Doctor grinned, bouncing along the path.

"I'll admit that the scenery is spectacular."

"Ianto you're staring at two young men."

"Exactly."

"You really are as bad as Jack!"

"Hey! Is that who I think it is?"

"Hm? Oh! I think it is! It's Aristotle! Let's go over and say hello."

"I've got a much better idea. Tosh once told me that if she ever met Aristotle…"

Five minutes later

"Just how does kicking him between the legs getting revenge for women? I'll be having a word with Ms. Sato!"

"Don't talk, Run!!"


35

"I feel like my chest is about to explode Da! Make it stop, please."

"Take it easy, you'll be all right son. Just hang on."

The Doctor looked down at his boy, sweating a river, crying from the pain and almost breaking the Doctor's fingers in an effort not to scream.

"Da, Da I'm scared!"

"I know. I'll take care of you, don't worry."

Ianto screwed up his face as the creature inside his body made another attempt to take over his mind and defile his body.

"Da, it's winning! Oh God."

"Just hold on Ianto!"

"Love you Da..."

"IANTO!!"


36

"I like Donna."

"Of course you do, she never stops berating me."

"That's why I like her."

"I'm just relieved she still doesn't fancy me. Or you for that matter."

"It's nice when someone sees past the handsome face and sees that we are in fact, not human, isn't it?"

"Yeah." A pause. "We are handsome, aren't we?"

"Oh God yes."

"Especially our eyes."

"Who doesn't love big turmoiled eyes like ours? And brown and blue are the best colours for it."

"Turmoiled? Really?"

"Oh don't get me started!"

"Is turmoiled even a real word?"

"Not according to Microsoft."

"When has that ever been right?"


I would say the mischief never ends, but I don't see myself writing anymore. If that changes, I'll certainly post.

Night's Darkness