Title: Memory Lapse
Pairing/Characters: Jack/Ianto Ianto Jones, Captain Jack Harkness, Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato, Gwen Cooper, Doctor (Ten), Donna Noble.
Rating/Warning: I'm sticking somewhere around PG 13/15 Overall. Basically, there are mentions of sex, but nothing explicitly so.
Summary: Chapter 8 - Waiting For Ianto To Wake.
Author's Notes: I have had this Idea for a year and a half. I didn't write it before hand though because honestly I didn't know how or what people would think of it. Yes that's me self conscious. I hope you guys like it, Reviews are loved xx
Disclaimer: Torchwood and the Torchwood Team are property of BBC and RTD, yada yada yada, basically I don't own it!
Owen headed for The Doctor, ready to smack him.
"Whoa, back off! He'll be fine."
"Why the hell should I believe you!? Every time I hear about you something goes to shit!" Owen yelled.
"Owen." Tosh warned, pulling him away from the time lord.
"Owen, help me take Ianto to the sofa." Jack ordered, stopping the arguments.
Owen pulled Ianto up from one side, while Jack held the other. They took him and put him down on the sofa gently.
"He's staying until we know Ianto's okay." Owen spat.
"Tosh, take Owen out for some air." Jack ordered, glaring at Owen.
"You can be pissy with me Jack Harkness but you can't keep defending him!" Owen pointed to the Doctor aggressively.
Tosh took Owen and left through the cog door. Gwen took Donna and the Doctor to get some coffee, leaving Jack with Ianto. Jack felt the unease he had felt earlier. He wasn't ready for things to go wrong. He had trusted the Doctor and now he didn't know if Ianto would make it or not.
"You need to wake up Yan. It's too soon for everything to go wrong."
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Gwen gave Donna her cup and she took it gratefully, handing the Doctor his.
"So do I really mean that much trouble here?" He asked, curiously.
"Oh no. It's just that last time you showed up, Jack left. It wasn't exactly the best thing for us, especially Ianto."
"Jack told me he wanted to come back for his team. I've never seen him like this."
"Like what?" Gwen asked, confused.
"He's so settled. I think it's for real this time."
"What are you talking about?" Donna asked.
The Doctor turned towards Ianto and Jack, causing the girls to look in the same direction. Jack was sitting by the sofa, threading his hand through Ianto's hair. They looked so peaceful together, you could easily forget the battle that was going on in Jack's head.
"Figures." Donna mumbled, causing their gazes to focus on her.
"What?" The time lord asked.
"It's always the good looking ones."
"I thought it was obvious. They really do care for each other." Gwen explained.
"Jack is in love, finally. I never thought I'd see him like that." The Doctor smiled.
Gwen felt like she could understand Jack's love for the Doctor. He was there when you needed him but never wanted to get in the way of the things he knew mattered more.
"Thank you for looking after him while he was away." She smiled.
"If anything, he looked after me."
"Okay, this is getting depressing, especially since I don't know what you're talking about. Doctor, tell her about the Adipose." Donna giggled.
"Oh, I know about the Adipose."
"You don't know what happened to us." The Doctor grinned and started telling her the story.
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Tosh took Owen to a coffee shop, sitting down at a table with him.
"Owen, please relax. Everything will be fine."
"How do you know that Tosh? I'm so sick of this guy coming in and sucking the life out of our team. I will not let him do this anymore."
"You're not alone on this one. I won't let him hurt us anymore either but I know that he doesn't mean to. You're being too hard on him." Tosh looked at Owen, her heart breaking. He didn't often show a softer side, even if it had these rough edges. Why won't he let his guard down completely? She wrapped a comforting hand around him, trying to open him up but knowing it would never happen.
"We're going back there soon. I don't want to be out of the loop." Owen said sternly.
"Whatever makes you happy, Owen." Tosh smiled.
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Chapter 8 came to me pretty quickly. I wasn't going to write the Owen/Tosh bit but I felt it needed it. Reviews are Loved.
Cheers,
Gabz
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