The Torchwood Drabble Files

by badly-knitted

A collection of Torchwood drabbles that continues to grow. Thanks to everyone who's making this possible. You're greatly appreciated, so I'm reinstating an old game - the writer of every 100th review gets to request a drabble/ficlet of their choice. Still using a T rating to cover anything I might write, just to be safe.

262. The Greatest Gift - Follows Ch 261

Title: The Greatest Gift - Sequel to 'Lost And Found'

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: Ianto, Jack

Rating: G

Spoilers: Nada.

Summary: Jack is amazed by his present.

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

A/N: Last of five drabbles for owensheart, who prompted me with 'Ianto discovers the actual date of Jack's birthday and decides to surprise him with a little celebration.'

A/N2: I had no idea what Ianto could give Jack for his birthday, so special thanks to owensheart on this part for giving me the idea for the perfect gift, and for helping me work out all the details. I couldn't have done it without her.

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I love Janto: I think that's the good thing about the Rift - you don't know what you'll get, but sometimes it brings you something wonderful! As soon as Ianto saw the globe, he knew where it belonged. Thank you.

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Guest: Thank you. My friend owensheart was responsible for the gift idea. These will definitely continue, barring unforeseen circumstances. I have quite a few written. However, I also have fics and ficlets written and awaiting being posted. See note below.

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Important Note: Tomorrow instead of a new chapter here I hope to post a short Nosy ficlet, set just after the fluffy alien first arrived on earth when it has one of its first encounters with a human. It's called William and the Space Animal (title borrowed from one of Richmal Crompton's Just William books, although this William is my own creation). It's set in the Torchwood universe, but before Capturing the Beast, so no Torchwood characters actually appear.

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Side by side they watched the moving images in the globe. Jack demonstrated how the slideshow could be paused on a chosen image, and drank in the familiar, much loved faces of his family and friends.

Images of his parents; of himself as a baby in his mother's arms, as a toddler, and as a growing boy with his younger brother. Memories of his childhood on the Boeshane Peninsula he'd believed lost forever.

"Ianto, thank you, this is the best gift I've even been given!"

Ianto shrugged.

"I only returned what was already yours."

"You gave me back my family."

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The End