This chapter is dedicated to all of you who have been reviewing. Thank you so much! You make this all worth doing.
Also, another huge shout out to Katie! People, if she were not around then you would have no story.
Rating: T- Mostly for language, a little mention of a sexual situation.
Warnings: Asshole!Owen, some OOC.
Pairings: Jack/Ianto
Spoilers: Sometime after 'They keep killing Suzie', because Jack and Ianto are…Together?
He would never admit it to anyone. Never. It was bad enough that he got teased and taunted by Owen for any manner of things; this would cause him hours of amusement that Ianto Jones would have to listen to.
It really wasn't a big deal for him, but he kept this secret all the same. Jack knew, but only because he had walked into the hub one night while Ianto was 'Rocking out'. Of course, in this case, Rocking out meant perfectly copying choreographed dance moves while his jacket and tie lay draped over Toshiko's desk chair. But really, that was just a technicality.
Sometimes he would turn on his CD player first thing in the morning to wake Jack up, because the speakers were in the bedroom and it was the best way of getting his (Lover? Boyfriend? Quick shag?) Boss out of bed. He'd stagger from the bedroom, often naked, with his hands clamped over his ears.
"Is that really necessary?" He'd scream.
Ianto would just continue lip-syncing the words, sometimes throwing a hip thrust in just to make Jack perk up. Which he would. In a couple of ways.
Toshiko discovered it when the two of them went out for a drink and she sat there and sang every single word to one of their lesser-known songs, then looked over and saw her dark-haired friend doing the same. They had come out to each other as fans after the song was done, and then lamented that they were, indeed, complete five-year-old girls.
So he had two allies to prevent Owen from finding out. A forgotten CD case was laughed off as a gag gift for Christmas when Owen picked it up. When his phone rang and a song from their second CD floated out of the tinny speakers Jack said that Ianto owed him some money, even if it was his joke. The two of them tried their hardest to prevent Owen from discovering his…affliction? But they all knew it was bound to happen sooner or later.
It was a Friday, which made it a little easier because that meant he wouldn't have to deal with Owen for a whole weekend. He had asked for it off. There was the downside that now the asshole doctor would have two days to figure out more insults and he would get an onslaught on Monday, but at least he'd have some time to prepare.
It had started off innocently enough. Owen was working on a new alien, one that had a strange mind-ability and some sort of spongy circle on his back. Ianto was assisting him, decked out in a surgical coat and gloves, holding out instruments for the other man with bored efficiency.
Suddenly the spongy circle started to vibrate in brief pulses, and seconds later N*SYNC began blasting out of it at a volume that rivalled the sound of a jet plane takeoff. 'No strings Attached'. Which was currently the song that had been playing out in Ianto's head.
Owen tried everything. He stabbed the 'Speaker', shot at it, cursed until his face was blue, drove a scalpel through the creature's lifeless eye and threw a medical journal at it. Nothing was working. Now the song was 'Bye Bye Bye', which was the one Jack had caught Ianto dancing to, and Owen looked like he was tempted to stab Ianto in the eye to make it stop.
"WHAT THE BLOODY, FUCKING HELL TEABOY?!?!?!?!" The Londoner screamed over the music, and Jack's laughing could be heard from above. Ianto shrugged, face beet red. He was the human tomato, everyone line up and take a look.
The entire team besides Owen and Ianto were in fits of hilarity, all trying their hardest not to burst. Gwen was standing with Jack, her adorable gap-toothed smile beyond normal. Her cheeks seemed to be frozen in place, face red from lack of air. Jack had tears flowing over his cheeks like a waterfall. Tosh was sitting on the floor in fits of hysterical giggles, hands curled around her sides. It was nice to see her laughing so hard.
Ianto couldn't help it. Besides the red tinge flowing over his neck he was giggling to himself. God forbid the alien link minds with Tosh or Owen before Jack shot it in the face, nope. It had to see Ianto before it died. Apparently this species had a residual telekinetic link. It also communicated by using the spongy part on it's back, which replicated sounds at a high volume to help others understand if it got the message a bit wrong.
It was the alien equivalent of screaming at someone who didn't speak English like they were deaf.
Jack was now on the floor next to Tosh, holding his knees to his chest and gasping for air. He looked like he was in pain. The song switched again 'Tearing up my heart'.
It's tearing up my heart when I'm with you
But when we are apart, I feel it too
And no matter what I do, I feel the pain
with or without you
Baby I don't understand
Just why we can't be lovers
Things are getting out of hand
Trying too much, but baby we can't win
"THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE IANTO!" Owen's hands were over his ears, his face murderous.
Seconds later 'THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE IANTO!' Blasted through the single speaker, and Owen fell over.
Ianto Jones- N*SYNC (....Sigh.)
