Beginning Notes: I love Janto Ianto Jones is TW's undertaker. If Ianto wasn't in Torchwood he would be an undertaker. I had a crack thought of Jack's body being sent to the Mortician's and while Ianto is preparing Jack for burial, he comes back to life. Jack being Jack is utterly impressed with the gorgeous man with the gorgeous accent who was very calm when a dead body came back to life offers him a job at TW.
badly-knitted I guess I always associate TW London with efficiency because we never really see how TW Cardiff operates without Gwen Cooper and also I get the impression that when an emergency happens in Cardiff there are too many jobs and not enough people with everybody burning the wick at both ends. I was going to make a couple of snide comments about Cooper in my original comment but as much as I love a good Gwen bashing session (very cathartic) but am very aware character bashing it isn't for everyone and don't wish to turn people off this fic considering this isn't a Gwen bashing fic.
Title: A Floodlit Welshman
Author: Daashi
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Jack Harness, Ianto Jones
Pairings: Jack/Ianto
Ratings: 13+
Genre: Drabble, Romance
Warnings: n/a
If Jack was an artist, he would paints this scene and call it "A Floodlit Welshman".
Ianto was quickly, efficiently and most importantly single-handedly dealing with a weevil. A small spray to the face to curb aggression, corralling away from people and ushering back into the sewers without damaging that suit. Truly a marvel in Jack's mind.
Ianto is so good at fieldwork and yet it is the only part of his duties that he truly hates. Jack knows that when Ianto comes down from the adrenaline high he will be shake-y and shock-y and Jack will need to take care of Ianto, and how does Jack love taking care of Ianto. But Ianto is such a 20th century male and hates being taken care of, hates the fact that he might not be suitable for fieldwork (not that he wants to do fieldwork, but it is the principle of the thing).
But Jack wouldn't change a thing about Ianto because it wouldn't be Jones, Ianto Jones anymore.
~End
Word: Floodlit
flood - lit (verb) : to light up or illuminate with a floodlight.
End Notes: It is part of my head cannon that Ianto doesn't like fieldwork (despite being amazing at it) and it is mainly because of the adrenaline high. He hates how out of control he feels while experiencing the high and coming down from the high leaves him feeling vaguely nauseous (not the shock-like symptoms mentioned in this drabble).
For the record Jack claims that adrenaline doesn't effect him, but that is untrue. It mentally and physically arouses him, just that he hasn't yet (probably will never) connected stressful situation = increased desire for sex. A larger than currently normal desire for sex is like his standard OS.