Beginning Notes: Drabble 2 of 3 06/08/14

Title: Early Days: Ianto

Author: Daashi

Fandom: Torchwood

Characters: Jack Harkness, Ianto Jones, Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato, Suzie Costello

Pairings: n/a

Ratings: 13+

Genre: Drabble

Warnings: n/a

J: "So what have we got?"

T: "Some sort of fluid dispenser, there is some sort of fluid left in it. Don't worry we won't open it to test the fluid until we quarantine it."

J: "Lets not do that just yet." *taps earpiece* "Jones, up here now."

I: "Yes sir."

*few minutes later*

J: "So Mr. Torchwood One, do you know what this object is?"

I: "You don't?"

J: "Just answer the question."

I: "Yes. I do know what it is."

J: "And . . ."

I: "Oh you want me to tell you what it is. Weren't you just telling me earlier to stop anticipating your wants."

J: "Just tell us."

I: "I use to use a more advanced version on a daily basis."

S: *snort* "A more advanced version, really."

I: "Back during my first job . . . at a fast food restaurant."

O: "Are you saying that we have been 'oohing' and 'aahing' over a drink dispenser for the last 30 minutes."

I: "I wasn't timing. And I believe the proper name of the machine is soda fountain."

~End

Word: Soda Fountain

so - da foun - tain [Americanism] : a container from which soda water is dispensed, usually through a faucet

End Notes: My idea on the Ianto's early days at Torchwood, is that Jack's behaviour towards Ianto would fluctuate wildly. One day Jack would be very warm and welcoming, then the next very surely and aggressive (because Rose died at TW1 and Ianto was TW1 and therefore responsible for her dying) and then would totally ignore Ianto for days, then he would start to feel bad for being so mean and ignoring Ianto (he was just a nobody, it wasn't like he pushed Rose into a conversion chamber or pushed her into a Dalek's path), and just start the cycle again.

I also think that Ianto was for his first days was very quite, was very "yes sir, no sir, three bags full sir", and Jack was like "this isn't the young man I hired, what wrong" and so took up trailing Ianto around trying to figure out if anything was wrong, which freaked Ianto out because he had things to do and couldn't afford having Jack catch him. So out came the snarky, sarcastic, passive aggressive Ianto who the others just looked over.