Scenic Route

[laligin]

Fandom: Torchwood (shock horror!)
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Jack/Ianto
Word Count: 385
Summary: Jack always has an excuse handy...

Prompt: Jantolution Challenge #10, FLUFF (plus Ewok)

A/N: Catch that reference!

Scenic Route

It’s a slow, slow day, and when the fifth argument between Owen and Tosh is really hitting its stride, Ianto watches Jack snap.

He storms out of his office, grabbing his coat on the way, and shouts, “Ianto, with me.”

Ianto quite literally drops everything (only on the coffee table, though, and it’s not as if the expense reports are fragile) and leaps to obey, hastening after Jack as Gwen looks round and asks hurriedly, “Wait, where are you going?”

“There’s a train trapped in the sidings over by Swansea,” Jack tells her, still moving for the door and drawing Ianto into his wake. “Heavy fluff from Saturn’s formed an impenetrable casing around the driver’s brain. We’ll be back as soon as we’ve chipped it off.”

Ianto bites the inside of his cheek and manages to keep a straight face as the cog door rolls shut behind them, cutting off the others’ confused protests and giving him and Jack time to escape into the lift. There’s silence as they head up and out, then Ianto leads the way to his car rather than the SUV, and waits until Jack’s in beside him and putting on his seatbelt before he asks, “So, where are we going?”

Jack gives him an innocent look, and Ianto shakes his head, smiling slightly as he starts the engine and pulls out.

“You’ve been watching my Bill Bailey DVDs again,” he notes, and Jack relaxes at last, settling back and grinning at him.

“You know, I can’t believe they fell for that,” he says thoughtfully, and Ianto rolls his eyes.

“I can’t believe you tried it. What next? Ewoks stampeding Cardiff Castle? Klingons in Newport?”

Jack shrugs, and closes his eyes as Ianto tucks the car into the flow of traffic leaving the city.

“Sometimes I figure they’d believe me.”

“Only for a second,” Ianto promises him, then asks again, “Where are we going?”

“You choose,” Jack tells him. “Somewhere different.”

“You need a change of scenery,” Ianto agrees, and adjusts his course accordingly. “I’ll find you somewhere with a nice view.”

Jack opens his eyes and turns his head to look at him, and says easily, “The best view Wales has to offer is the one I brought with me.”

“Flirt,” Ianto says, blushing. But he smiles all the same.

Comments

[gogo-didi.livejournal.com]

Three blokes go into a pub. One of them is a little bit stupid, and the whole scene unfolds with a tedious inevitability. Hehe, I love Bill Bailey.

Great and funny and sweet :-)

[laligin.livejournal.com]

Three blind mice walk into a pub - but they are unaware of their surroundings and to derive humour from it would be exploitative.

XD The man is a genius. And a ridiculously accomplished musician, too. ^_^

I'm very glad you liked it. Thanke most kindly. ;)

[gogo-didi.livejournal.com]

Yeah! I saw him live at Newcastle and he was brilliant :-)

[laligin.livejournal.com]

(: Cool. By the time we (my brother's a fan too) found out about the tour he was sold out. We'll catch him one day, though! Until then we'll just have to memorise the DVDs. ^_^

[rhianona]

aw... how cute! *g* Silly expense reports. who needs them?

[laligin.livejournal.com]

^_^ One of Jack's main aims in life is to find a way to completely rule out the need for paperwork...

*grin* Glad you liked! Thanke. (:

[thrace-adams.livejournal.com]

Aww that was sweet :) Love the last two lines!!!

[laligin.livejournal.com]

Hee. I know a lot of fangirls (and some fanboys, to be fair) probably agree with Jack there... ^_^'

Glad you liked, thanke kindly. (:

[delennbr.livejournal.com]

Awwww, so sweet :)

[laligin.livejournal.com]

Hee.

*admires your icon for a while* Ah, yes. Sorry, you were saying?

Glad you liked, thanks! ^_^

[delennbr.livejournal.com]

Yay, I love how he looks on this one, and with a teddy bear it's just perfect, hehe :)
This is the whole picture: http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q108/delennbr/posts/kathmem3.jpg

[laligin.livejournal.com]

Hee. I think I've seen that photo before. His official site? It's from Memorabilia, right? Where I got him with the Stormtroopers. :D

[delennbr.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think I got it there :) I love him with the stormtrropers :)

[laligin.livejournal.com]

Oh, Memorabilia was a *good* con for us all... ;)

[delennbr.livejournal.com]

I got it from the site... sigh, I'm from Brazil... snif *wants a con with Gareth and Stormtroopers here too*

[laligin.livejournal.com]

Well, he will be in Atlanta for Labor Day Weekend... And the 501st Legion will be bound to have a full complement of troopers, too... ;) It's a little bit closer, hai?

[delennbr.livejournal.com]

It's closer... but can't go either... I think the expenses would be about U$ 2000 or something like it, maybe more +_+

[daphne121.livejournal.com]

Jack is a Bill Bailey fan! XD

“The best view Wales has to offer is the one I brought with me.”

“Flirt,” Ianto says, blushing. But he smiles all the same.
Aww!

[laligin.livejournal.com]

He is now! (I'm bad, I may make another reference later on... The amount of fluff I have to get through I'll be needing lots of inspiring source material. ;) )

Hee. Glad you liked. Thanke! ^_^

[spacedye-vest.livejournal.com]

Aww you did it again!

[laligin.livejournal.com]

*airpunch* Whoo yeah! Glad you liked, thanke kindly! I'll try and do it again, too... :D

[mrs-cj-harkness.livejournal.com]

Wow, I know yo said you've written loads, but woah! ;]

[laligin.livejournal.com]

I warned you! ;) One a day, every day, until the challenge ends. Trick is, I'm actually writing these on the day I post them. That's why they're all so short so far! ^_^'

Hee. Hope you enjoy all the rest, thanke. ;)

[rheasilvia9.livejournal.com]

*giggles* I love it.

Thank you so much! A great pick me up, exactally what i needed

[laligin.livejournal.com]

^_^ Thank you! I'm very glad you liked it - and it's always nice to cheer people up. ;)

[marvola.livejournal.com]

Aww! And of course Ianto is a Bill Bailey fan. Have you seen his remix of the BBC news theme??

[laligin.livejournal.com]

Of course he is indeed. ^_^ Thanks for agreeing! :D And glad you liked it. ;)

Hee. Apocalyptic rave. I can't watch BBC news without thinking that now... ^_^

[geordie-star.livejournal.com]

AWWW! That was so cute! :D Thank you for sharing.

[laligin.livejournal.com]

^_^ Yay! I'm very glad you enjoyed it, thank you for reading! (:

[mara-202.livejournal.com]

Hee! That was great. :D

Ewoks stampeding Cardiff Castle? Klingons in Newport?
LOL! Might be fun, though. ^^

[laligin.livejournal.com]

Heh heh heh. Glad you liked, thanke. ;) (Though now I'm tempted to do the attack on the castle...)

[timberwolfoz.livejournal.com]

Heh, this made me giggle.

Hmm, Bill Bailey sounds fun, will have to check him out.

(p.s.) As per your userinfo, have friended you, just so you know.

[laligin.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks for letting me know. *adds you back* ;) (: Glad you liked it, thanke!

[lefaym.livejournal.com]

Aww. This is very cute.

[laligin.livejournal.com]

Thanke kindly, I'm very glad you liked it. (:

[theohsocurlyone.livejournal.com]

“Heavy fluff from Saturn’s formed an impenetrable casing around the driver’s brain. We’ll be back as soon as we’ve chipped it off.”

I snorted with laughter when I read that. Bill Bailey for the win!

[laligin.livejournal.com]

Every time. ;) 'twas amusing, actually, I was on a train last night and it made a hilarious unscheduled stop in the middle of nowhere... ^_^

Hee. Glad you liked, thanke!

[pinkfairy727.livejournal.com]

*snort* That's fab!

I watched Bill Bailey on QI the other week. I thought I was going to die laughing lol

...I think I've finally caught up with the fics *cries*

I need more! It's like an addiction!

[laligin.livejournal.com]

Bill Bailey is fantastic. ;) So very random.

Awh. I think you actually have as well. (Maybe the Thirty Flavours...?) Just one a day from now on, then... (:

I'm very glad you've been enjoying them all so much, thank you.