Title: Everyone Has Them

Author: badly-knitted

Characters: Jack, Gwen, Ianto, Tosh, Owen

Rating: G

Written For: Challenge 282 – Parents at tw100

Spoilers: Nada.

Summary: Everyone has them, but all are different…

Disclaimer: I don't own Torchwood, or the characters.

A/N: My first drabble for the new prompt. Plot bunnies are like buses - I had no idea what to write, until I suddenly got two ideas in quick succession. =/

Thank you, as always, to everyone who has reviewed, and also to everyone who has followed or favourited this collection. I'm still amazed by how popular my drabbles are! I'm glad so many people enjoy reading them, because I have a great time writing them =)

I Love Janto - Yes, there is still going to be a longer version of the Rabbit Jack drabbles - when I find time to write it! The Butterfly series will continue to be wriiten as drabbles, since that seems to be working quite well and it allows me to keep adding to it whenever I get an idea.

Parents. Everyone has them.

Gwen's are loving, caring, devoted to their only child.

Jack's are long gone, yet at the same time haven't even been born yet. As much a paradox as he is.

Tosh seldom gets to see hers; part of the deal made by Jack in order to free her from the UNIT prison.

Ianto's are dead. A father too demanding and a mother too weak to shield him from his father's temper.

As for Owen, he doesn't even remember his father, and wishes he could forget the look on his mother's face the day he turned sixteen…

The End

A/N2: Sorry for the gloominess, it just happened. I have a happier one for tomorrow though!