Stalked Chapter 14, a torchwood fanfic

Authors note – I am dedicating this chapter to my beloved Charlie, my pet cat who died at 11:40 pm on the 27th of October, aged 13. I love you baby. May a flight of angels sing you to your rest.

Also not sure how much people normally get for a gig, this is what a friend of mine said he got for a gig, well he's in a band but still.

Also if people interested in being in my video contest will leave me a comment saying that then I can get a ball park figure. Then I can time my contest, if it's less than 10 I may just take requests from those people, just means that the fics will be shorter. ^_^

Anyway enjoy.

Chapter 14

Jack looked round the hub, it was filled with the thrum of computers, the dripping from the water tower and the sound of happy laughter from the conference room, he didn't know when that sound have last been so dominant in the cavernous space, but he hoped it would stay that way for at least a little while.

Ianto seemed to feel easy enough around the team, but Jack questioned himself, if it was expecting too much of Ianto to stay here with him alone, he didn't want the young man to feel pressured into anything and felt almost certain he would. But he wasn't about to embarrass Ianto and ask someone without asking him first. Decision made Jack went up to the conference room and smiled at the sight.

Owen and Gwen were flipping through the albums smiling and laughing as Ianto tried to show Tosh some complex dance move she'd obviously seen on the video, they weren't doing badly, but it was quite comical to see. Jack caught Ianto's eye and gestured outside subtly.

Ianto nodded and held up a finger, asking Tosh to give him a moment. She nodded happily looking slightly dizzy, her hair in disarray and face flushed.

Ianto joined Jack outside. "Hey, you doing okay?" Jack asked.

"I'm alright all things considered. What's the matter?" Ianto asked back.

"I just wanted to ask if you wanted Tosh or one of the others to stay tonight?" Jack asked slightly embarrassed.

"Why would I need someone else to stay, are you going somewhere?" Ianto asked.

"No I just thought that maybe you would feel obligated to have sex and I never want you to feel like that, so I thought I'd ask so you wouldn't." Jack admitted.

"Jack, I know you, you wouldn't force yourself on me, I don't feel obligated, but I think it's going to be at least a little while before we have sex again." Ianto admitted in return.

"I don't mind." Jack said wrapping Ianto into the fold of his arms and kissing the side of his head.

"Seriously Jack, if you want to sleep with other people for a while I won't mind." Ianto insisted.

"I never want to hear those words come from your lips again. Ianto, I love you, trust me, I'm old enough now to have learnt patience. The only time I want someone else in bed is by mutual agreement, but we'll talk about that later. I just want to take care of you and I'll do whatever it takes." Jack said kissing Ianto's neck lightly in an affectionate manner.

"Well I trust you, so no I don't want or need anyone else to stay." Ianto said nuzzling Jack's ear lightly, just absorbing the scent of the immortal man.

"IANTO. What's this photo of?" They heard Gwen yell from the conference room.

The two men broke apart and smiled walking into the room side by side.

Gwen was holding a very colourful photo, clearly depicting Will, Scott, Ianto, Cassie and an unknown brunette all decked out in outrageous rainbow ensemble.

"That's pride, my first year in torchwood 1, met all my friends and Will, Scott and Cassie asked if I wanted to join them in celebration of our social freedom. I wasn't with Lisa then and Will and Scott kept trying to either set me up or try and get me to join them in a threesome. It only took a bottle of Jack Daniels, 2 vodkas and 3 cosmos to get me to. But Cassie introduced us to her girlfriend Katie. I think it was the hardest part to tell her when she died. She never blamed me; I was going to sing at their commitment ceremony. But that," he pointed to the photo, "is what happens when Cassie is allowed to dress normal people." Ianto said pointing to himself in the photo, dressed in tight jeans, a dark green tank top, rainbow studded belt and a bandanna wrapped around his upper arm.

Although Cassie was so colourful it was almost painful to see, her blonde hair was bright red with orange tips. She wore a yellow tank top, green pleated skirt, blue knee length stockings and purple ankle boots.

Her girlfriend was dressed relatively normally, black t-shirt, jeans, red boots, but her hair was streaked all 6 colours of the rainbow flag as was the belt she had on.

Will and Scott were a sight to behold Will's blonde locks were spiked and each spike was a different colour, Scott's hair looked relatively normal, they both wore bright pink tops, Will's said 'I came out of the closet so I'd have somewhere to put my fabulous clothes.' Scott's said 'I'm as gay as a fabulous handbag.'

"You probably look the most normal." Gwen commented.

"Yeah I know. Because I wouldn't let Cassie at my hair." Ianto said smiling fondly.

"What were you going to sing?" Tosh asked.

"Bless the broken road and I'll be. They were their favourites. They also wanted me to do one of my choice. So I was going to throw in you raise me up or to where you are."

"Nice choice. Seriously Ianto, how much do you charge, could make Gwen and Rhys' reception classy." Owen said a very seriously tone in his voice, which went against the jokey smirk on his face.

Ianto let out a small bark of laughter. "I was only joking about charging. I only do weddings by request. The clubs pay me; it's always just been extra cash."

"How much did you get from your last gig?" Owen asked leaning forward on his elbows putting his chin on the palm of his hand.

"About £300, without tips. I got more in London, mainly because I could earn as much in tips. Not bad for just over an hour's work." Ianto said.

Owen looked impressed. "Not bad tea boy."

Ianto just shrugged.

"Seriously Ianto, would you sing at my wedding?" Gwen asked.

"If you and Rhys want me to and the world isn't ending of course." Ianto said jokingly.

"Do you have any recordings I could use to convince him?" Gwen asked nearly vibrating with thinly veiled joy.

"There should be a DVD in there," he said pointing to the boxes, "of one of my sets while I was in London." Ianto said moving to check through the boxes.

He pulled out a none descript DVD case with a single disk in. Simply written on the disk front in loopy writing was October 27th, he put the disk on. A shaky picture appeared.

"So here we are at Ianto's first little concert, we're having drinks and chilling as Ianto is probably shitting kittens. What do you think Jenn?" A woman asked.

"He'll be fine Robyn, you know Ianto, anyway I just want to hear him. But the others can't be here so, hope this is good for y'all to enjoy later." The one on the screen said waving at the lens.

Behind her the lights dimmed and a spot light illuminated a slightly younger looking Ianto, wearing a t-shirt with some sort of logo on, ripped jeans, a studded belt and boots.

"Show time, enjoy all." The woman behind the camera said as the picture zoomed in to Ianto on stage.

"Well, good evening everyone, you all enjoying yourselves?" Ianto's welsh vowels were amplified and Jack smiled coyly.

A cheer filled the conference room even from the low volume.

"Good, that's what I like to hear, now for anyone that cares, my name is Ianto, I don't expect you to pronounce it properly but I am used to people butchering my name. Anyway, let's get started."

"I got my first real six-string
Bought it at the five-and-dime
Played it 'till my fingers bled
Was the summer of 69

Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit and Joey got married
Shoulda known we'd never get far

Oh when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Yeah - I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life

Ain't no use in complainin'
When you got a job to do
Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in
And that's when I met you yeah

Standin' on your Mama's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever
Oh and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
Back in the summer of 69

Man we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever - forever, no,yeah

And now the times are changin'
Look at everything that's come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
I think about you, wonder what went wrong

Standin' on your Mama's porch
You told me that it'd last forever
Oh when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life, oh yeah
Back in the summer of 69,uh-huh
It was the summer of 69,o yeah, me n my baby in 69
It was the summer, the summer, summer of 69"

A loud round of applause sounded through the conference room. "Thank you, nice to be appreciated. Now since this is my debut I'm only doing two more songs, but if you like listening to me then please do mention it to the bar staff and mangers, then they may actually invite me back. But let's keep going tonight shall we."

"Another summer day
has come and gone away
In Paris or Rome...
but I wanna go home
...uhm Home
may be surrounded by
a million people I
still feel all alone
just wanna go home
I miss you, you know

And I've been keeping all the letters
that I wrote to you,
Each one a line or two
I'm fine baby, how are you?
I would send them but I know that it's just not enough
My words were cold and flat
And you deserve more than that

Another aeroplane, another sunny place,
I'm lucky I know
but I wanna go home
I got to go home

Let me go home

I'm just too far from where you are
I wanna come home

And I feel just like I'm living
someone else's life
It's like I just stepped outside
when everything was going right
And I know just why you could not come along with me
This was not your dream
but you always believed in me...

Another winter day
Has come and gone away
in either Paris or Rome
and I wanna go home
Let me go home

And I'm surrounded by
A million people I
still feel alone
Let me go home
I miss you, you know

Let me go home
I've had my run
baby I'm done
I gotta go home

Let me go home
it'll all be alright
I'll be home tonight
I'm coming back home"

The cheers were nearly deafening and even the team was applauding quietly, Ianto blushed slightly and rubbed the side of his head.

"Well now, we're on my last song tonight, so this is a request from my dear friends Robyn and Jenna sat over there filming me, don't think I can't see you. But anyway this is for you two."

"You and me
We used to be together
Everyday together always
I really feel
That I'm losing my best friend
I can't believe
This could be the end
It looks as though you're letting go
And if it's real
Well I don't want to know

Don't speak
I know just what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me cause it hurts
Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me cause it hurts

Our memories
Well, they can be inviting
But some are altogether
Mighty frightening
As we die, both you and I
With my head in my hands
I sit and cry

Don't speak
I know just what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me cause it hurts (no, no, no)
Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me cause it hurts

It's all ending
I gotta stop pretending who we are...
You and me I can see us dying...are we?

Don't speak,
don't speak,
don't speak,
oh I know what you're thinking
And I don't need your reasons
I know you're good,
I know you're good,
I know you're real good
Oh, la la la la la la La la la la la la
Don't, Don't, uh-huh Hush, hush darlin'
Hush, hush darlin' Hush, hush
don't tell me tell me cause it hurts
Hush, hush darlin' Hush, hush darlin'
Hush, hush don't tell me tell me cause it hurts."

"Thank you, I've been Ianto, thank you for listening to me tonight. Have a few drinks and have a good night, remember to drink responsibly because I for one am not dragging anyone home. Goodnight."

The film went black. "That was probably the strangest night I've had." Ianto commented.

"Why's that?" Tosh asked taking the disk and putting it back in the case.

"Between me, Jenna and Robyn we ended up off our faces and face down in some woman's bed. Don't ask. All I remember is she smelled like coconut." Ianto commented.

Owen cackled into his hand. "You were in bed with 3 women and you didn't remember it?" he asked laughing.

"Oh no I remember, I just don't want to talk about it." He smirked eyebrow raised.

"Well Ianto Jones, I think you're almost as sexual promiscuous as I am." Jack laughed.

Tosh and Owen watched as Jack slunk up behind Ianto and his hands slowly slid round him, wrapping round him like some sort of human scarf.

Ianto leant back into him. He didn't say anything about it as he spoke to Gwen about the wedding photos.

"Well guys, why don't you head home, I'll call if anything happens." Jack said it was more a statement than a question.

Tosh gave Ianto a hug as Gwen and Owen headed for the door. "You need anything, anything at all, someone to talk to, anything, you call me okay?" She asked.

"I will, but I think I'll be okay Tosh, I have Jack after all." Ianto assured her giving her a tight squeeze.

"I know Ianto." She replied squeezing him back.

Jack and Ianto watched them out. Jack wrapped an arm around Ianto's waist and pulled him into his side. He loved how the younger man fit perfectly against his body.

"Want to order a DVD?" Jack asked. They knew the kid at the local blockbuster and she was happy to deliver to them at all hours of the day or night.

"I brought one from home that I haven't got round to watching yet. I have the box set of 24 if you want to watch it." Ianto offered.

"Sounds good to me, I can order take out and we can try and have a quiet night."

"I hope so too. But you do know where we live don't you?" Ianto teased.

"Cardiff, I know I've been living here for about 100 years." Jack said matter-of-factly.

"The likelihood of a quiet night after all the silence we've had is next to impossible; I'm surprised nothing's tried to invade Talbot while we've been dealing with all of this. Either that or you have been severely neglecting our job and let aliens take over all of north Wales. I am not filling in the paperwork for that. You do not pay me enough." Ianto joked slipping his arms over Jack's shoulders and just hugging him.

"Yeah but none of that would have mattered, you're so much more important." Jack replied lightly wrapping his arms around Ianto's upper back.

"Needs of the many Jack, we save the world, that should take precedence. I knew you'd find me. You wouldn't leave me with that maniac and I believe that." Ianto told him looking at him.

Jack slowly moved forward and their lips connected in a gentle kiss. Their mouths moving in tandem and Jack raised a hand to gently clasp the back of Ianto's neck caressing the nape and toying with the short hairs. The hold wasn't controlling, just resting their giving them a further physical connection.

Jack shifted them to the in the main hub and gently pulled Ianto down to sit next to him, Jack's other hand moving to lightly caress Ianto's cheek in a feather like touch.

Jack slowly pulled back, but kept caressing Ianto's face, memorising the feel of the soft skin and the contours.

"You want to order dinner and I'll find my DVD's?" Ianto asked looking deep into Jack's eyes.

"Sure, what do you want?" Jack asked pulling back slightly further.

"Curry." Ianto replied instantly.

"Alright, what type?"

"I'll have a vegetarian korma thanks Jack." Ianto said giving Jack a light peck as he got up to go scower through the hub.

Ianto went down to the bedroom, his other stuff had obviously been moved down at some point while he was being held.

He shuffled through everything and pulled out the DVD's, still in their cellophane and picked them up and heading back to the main hub. He noticed how silent it was. That had never really bothered him. What did bother him now was the large amount of spaces; darkened halls that he knew so well, suddenly felt rather intimidating and he shook himself slightly.

"I'm being stupid, he isn't here, I'm fine, Jack's upstairs it's fine." Ianto muttered to himself speeding up his pace ever so slightly. His feet clattered on the steps as he hurried up to the main hub, he really felt stupid but then fear was unfounded and often stupid.

"Hey you alright, you look a bit rattled." Jack asked, phone pressed to his ear. Obviously the place was busy right now.

"Just a bit freaked being down there on my own. It's nothing, really." Ianto said brushing it off.

Jack came to stand next to him and lightly placed his free hand on the back of Ianto's neck, rubbing in understanding. "Hey, you're bound to freak out about some things, we'll get over it. I'm right here and I'm going to do what I can to help." Jack assured him playing with the hairs on the nape of Ianto's neck.

"I know, thank you Jack." Ianto said quietly.

"You don't need to thank me Ianto." Jack said quietly kissing his cheek before turning his attention to the phone and placing the delivery to be brought to the visitors centre upstairs.

"But I'm going to anyway Jack, because I mean that." Ianto replied just as quietly.

Jack hung up the phone and tossed it onto the coffee table wrapping his other hand round Ianto and doing a very good impression of an ivy plant latching onto Ianto wherever he could.

"You're clingy." Ianto giggle lightly.

"You have not seen clingy. On a planet in the 48th century there were these aliens with about 14 tentacles, they are clingy, but the stimulation is so pleasurable." Jack said with that almost unbelievable tone.

"Now I really hope that one of those doesn't come through the rift, or I'm not going to be able to get that image out of my head." Ianto replied leaning into the comfortable touch.

"Hopefully not, cos they can't have you. They get a bit possessive." Jack said.

"Well I tell you now, you sprout tentacles and you are not getting any till your normal again."

"Aww, spoil all my dreams why don't you." Jack pouted.

Ianto giggled slightly. "You'll get over it Jack." He said slightly patronizingly.

"Sure I will, want to come up with me to wait or will you be alright here?" Jack asked.

"I'll come up; last thing I want right now is a nervous breakdown." Ianto replied taking Jacks hand as they headed up to the tourist office to enjoy their evening.

TBC