Title: Stranger In My Arms

Pairings/Characters: Jack/Ianto, Captain Jack Harkness, Ianto Jones, Gwen Cooper-Williams, OC

Warnings: Probably angsty

Summary: "In those first moments he looked completely different. His eyes a different colour, his hair a different shade and somehow, Ianto thought if he spoke, the voice wouldn't be the older mans..."

Author Notes: This came to me while writing a line of the story 'Three Days In Your Shoes' I'd really love to know what you think.

Disclaimer: I wish I owned Torchwood 'cause then I'd be all like "Hey, back off, Ianto belongs to me!" but I don't.

Chapter Eleven - The Big Plan

"That'll never work." Teyla watched Ianto say on the CCTV.

She had decided that it probably wasn't the brightest idea to put those two in the same cell. There was no point now, she'd be getting them out in a minute anyway. She didn't know what to feel when she watched the two together. They were so comfortable together, it left her growing more and more bitter and twisted inside.

"I don't see you coming up with anything." Jack's voice was agitated.

"Yeah but ideas like that aren't worth mentioning."

"Hey, don't get pissy with me. I'm trying."

Ianto ran a hand through his hair, "I'm sorry but really, why did this have to happen."

"I didn't exactly plan this. I'm trying to look after you." Jack's voice still had a faint annoyance to it.

Teyla got up from Jack's desk, going back towards the cells. It was time she finished what she'd started.

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"You call broken ribs looking after me?" Ianto sounded more surprised than anything else.

"Shut up, you know I didn't mean that."

"Do I? I don't know anything anymore. All your psychotic exes trying to kill me, is it the team they're after or just me?"

"I don't know what they want okay?"

"Sometimes I feel like Owen was right, you know? That we're all just part time shags to you. A good fuck now when you need it but you'll leave when we get too close." Ianto's voice was a whisper.

"He's right Jack." Teyla said as she walked up to the cell door, "That's how you make us feel."

"Go to hell." Jack snapped.

"I envy Ianto. He won't be feeling it first hand, not when I finish here."

"Why are you doing this to me?" Ianto asked through the pain in his ribs.

"To show him how it feels."

"He's done it before, he's used to it." Ianto pointed out.

"Hey! Who's side are you on here!?" Jack broke into their conversation.

"I'm not talking to you at the moment."

"Why?"

"You're pissing me off."

"I thought she was pissing you off."

"She's the one in control at the moment."

"You're choosing now to fight?" Jack said, shock flowing through his voice.

"Well maybe she's giving me things to think about."

"She's doing this to split us, you know that right?"

"Just stop talking to me for five minutes."

"Come on Ianto, I'm sorry."

Ianto let out a heavy breath, looking at the floor, "I know, please just give me some time to think."

Teyla sighed, "Sorry but this is where I come in. Which one of you undid the binds?"

"I did." Jack took the blame, hating the idea of her punishing Ianto anymore than she already was.

"Should've known you did it. I'll have to use cuffs on you this time."

"Just let Ianto go, please."

"How many times! No." She opened the cell and dragged them into the main hub, having two chairs already prepared.

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Ianto watched as Teyla cuffed Jack's hands together.

She turned to Ianto, smiling briefly, "I only have one pair of those so you be good. I'm trusting you with rope."

He glared at her as she tied his hands together.

"What do you think Jack, should I gag him?" Teyla smirked, looking Ianto up and down.

"Why don't you gag yourself!"

"Such unkind words. I miss the days when you cared. You know those days, don't you Ianto?"

"He does care." Ianto said filled with assurance.

"Does he? How can you be so sure? I mean, I remember when I was that sure and look at me now. I came here to see where Jack had gone and find him with you. Happier than he was with me, I mean that's obvious. It was so painful because I was as sure as you are sitting there now."

Ianto opened his mouth to speak, closed it and then opened it once more before finally giving up, looking down at the floor.

"Don't listen to her Yan. You mean more to me everyday."

"No I don't. How could I? I mean, she's right. You're going to end up leaving. I know you can't get too close because it would hurt, I know you don't care about me like I do for you."

"Don't say that."

"Why? It's true and you know it."

"Ianto..."

"What do you guys want? A violin? Gag it is." Teyla chimed in, grabbing a cloth and putting it in Ianto's mouth before taping it there.

Ianto yelled but it was muffled when she smiled eerily at him.

"It's not like that Ianto."

"Shut up." Teyla warned.

"You do mean a lot to me, pretty much everything."

"I said shut up!"

"Nod if you believe me, please just if you think..."

"Jack!" Teyla yelled, "Shut up!"

Jack stopped talking for fear of just who she'd end up taking the anger out on.

"Now where should I start Jack? Legs? Arms?"

"Don't even talk to me."

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"Jack, now's the time to say goodbye." Teyla smirked.

Jack stared at Ianto's battered body, just a few feet away from where he was sitting. His eyes were filled with tears and when he looked at Ianto's he could see that the younger man was holding back his own. Ianto finally looked up, it looked like even that would cause him pain. Their eyes locked and Ianto slowly nodded, his breathing as heavy as when Jack gets over another death.

"I'm sorry Teyla." Jack murmured, looking back at the floor.

"What?"

"I shouldn't have left you like that, it was stupid and wrong. I guess I was a coward."

"You can't say anything to stop me from doing this Jack, Ianto is about to die. I told you, no second chances."

"This is wrong and you know it. You're going to kill an innocent man for a mistake I never should have made."

"Wha...what are you trying to say?" Teyla's expression was filled with confusion and she had ended up standing directly in front of Jack.

Ianto stared at them, trying to undo his ropes.

"I never meant to hurt you Teyla. You have to know that."

"I never wanted to hurt you either but you left, you hurt me more than you could ever imagine."

"I know and I am so sorry."

"I know you are." She let out a shakey breath, "But I just don't believe you would take it back, I don't believe that you care."

"How can I prove it to you?" Jack said desperately.

Teyla wiped a tear from the older man's cheek and moved closer to him, "If you really mean this, you'd come back to me."

Jack didn't say anything, just looking up at her. Ianto smiled when he finally undid the knots, getting up as quietly as he could. He turned around and picked up the stun gun sitting on the desk nearby.

"I love you Jack." Teyla murmured and layed a gentle kiss on Jack's lips.

Jack waited a few moments before lifting his legs and kicking her back. Ianto grabbed a hold of her and pressed the gun to her back. He ripped the gag from his mouth, wincing at the sharp pain that hit him briefly.

"I am so sick of you." Ianto whispered into her ear before pulling the trigger.

He looked over at Jack, breathing heavily from the pain flooding through his body. Ianto's eyes had almost glazed over, the pain hitting him was only getting stronger and he sat back down on the chair he'd been tied in, trying to catch his breath.

"It's over Yan." Jack smiled sincerely at him.

Ianto looked back at him for a moment, "Is it?"

Dum Dum Dum!! Haha. I actually feel really mean because of all the horrible things I did to them in this chapter. Only the Epilogue to go now guys, I'll fix their wounds (: Please Review, It makes me feel ever so good hehe

Cheers,
Gabz
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