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laligin ([personal profile] laligin) wrote2008-05-21 10:07 pm

Rewards System

Fandom: Torchwood (shock horror!)
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Jack/Ianto
Word Count: 325
Summary: It's a slow day and Jack's actually doing the paperwork for once...

Prompt: Jantolution Challenge #10, FLUFF

Rewards System

“Coffee?”

Jack looked up, and leant back in his chair, putting down his pen as he regarded Ianto.

“You do know that’s not why I hired you.”

“Of course,” Ianto agreed, but brought the mug forward anyway. Jack took it from him with a smile, fingers very deliberately lingering over Ianto’s for a few seconds longer.

“Do you want me to remind Owen as well?” he asked, then took a sip of the coffee while Ianto paused, eyebrows raised.

“Remind Owen?”

“That you do a lot more than just make the coffee,” Jack clarified. “I heard him earlier.”

“Oh,” Ianto said, smiling slightly. “Thank you, but no. Don’t worry about that. Owen and I have an arrangement these days.”

It was Jack’s turn to raise his eyebrows, earning him a stern look from Ianto.

“Not like that. We just have an understanding. Every time he insults me, I switch him to decaf.”

“Owen agreed to that?” Jack asked, startled.

Ianto smiled again, and told him, “Of course not. Like most of my understandings around here, I understand it, and I’m just waiting for the other party to catch up.”

Jack grinned.

“Do we have an understanding?”

“Oh, yes,” Ianto assured him, looking amused. “If you manage to get through all your work today…”

He trailed off, and Jack sat up straighter, saying, “What? If I do my work then what?”

Ianto just smiled, and left him to it.

After a moment, Jack settled back down and sipped thoughtfully at his coffee. Then he put the mug to one side (dutifully finding a coaster somewhere on his desk) and picked up the files Ianto had given him to look over. He flicked through to the last few pages, and found one loose piece of paper from an entirely different notepad.

If you want me to stay tonight, just ask, read Ianto’s handwriting.

P.S. Order Chinese. I’m sick of pizza.

Jack smiled, and picked up the phone.

[identity profile] thrace-adams.livejournal.com 2008-05-22 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
Oh I loved this!!! Rewards System indeed :)

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-22 08:05 am (UTC)(link)
^_^ Thanke kindly, I'm glad you liked. Ianto knows how to motivate people. ;)

[identity profile] darthhellokitty.livejournal.com 2008-05-22 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
AWFULLY cute. :-)

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-22 08:05 am (UTC)(link)
^_^ Yays. Thanke kindly, glad you liked.

[identity profile] mrs-cj-harkness.livejournal.com 2008-05-22 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
"Like most of my understandings around here, I understand it, and I’m just waiting for the other party to catch up.”

And there be Ianto logic :)

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-22 08:05 am (UTC)(link)
^_^ Ohyes. My kind of logic. ;)

Glad you like, thanke!

[identity profile] kel-reiley.livejournal.com 2008-05-22 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
my face hurts
cuz of all the smiling you're making me do

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-22 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
^_^ I feel guilty and glad at the same time. ;) Thanke kindly, I'm glad you're still enjoying them!

[identity profile] aliano.livejournal.com 2008-05-22 12:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Blimey, you've got quite the production line on these! Very sweet, and I completely agree with Ianto - I always understand perfectly, and everyone else can catch up with me at some point, heh...

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-22 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Eleven days in a row! I'm killing myself with fluff over here...

Hee. ;) Glad you agree! (And like, thanke kindly!)

[identity profile] invisible-lift.livejournal.com 2008-05-22 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah. Now that's my kind of conditioning!

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-22 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh! ;) Glad you like! ^_^ Thanke.

[identity profile] cowgrrl.livejournal.com 2008-05-22 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Nice fluff. Clever Ianto. :-)

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-22 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
^_^ Thank you very much. Glad you like it! (And yay for sneaky clever Ianto. (: )

[identity profile] daphne121.livejournal.com 2008-05-22 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
So cute!

“Of course not. Like most of my understandings around here, I understand it, and I’m just waiting for the other party to catch up.”
ROFL

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-22 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Well! ;) That's so the way it works, right? :P

Thanke very kindly, I am glad indeed that you like it. ^_^
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[identity profile] pinkfairy727.livejournal.com 2008-05-22 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
That is adorable!

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-23 12:14 pm (UTC)(link)
^_^ Hee, glad you like! Thanke kindly. ;)

[identity profile] geordie-star.livejournal.com 2008-05-22 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
WAH! So cute! Thank you. :D

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-23 12:14 pm (UTC)(link)
*headtilt* Whoa, that's a new noise... ;) Thanke very kindly! Glad you liked. ^_^

[identity profile] kathydacat.livejournal.com 2008-05-27 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Remember me? I just posted on your other fic. Can I just say now that all of them are brill and not wea my fingers out? PWEASE?
LOL these are lovely!

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh. *accepts multicomment* ;) Thank you very kindly for all of them. I'm very glad you've enjoyed them all! ^_^

[identity profile] bandgeek01.livejournal.com 2008-05-27 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
awww. So adorable. (I know I really need to be more original in my comments.)


Nicole

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee. Don't worry about it. I need to be more original in my replies, rather than just saying:

Thank you kindly! Glad you liked. ;)

[identity profile] sn00dle.livejournal.com 2008-05-27 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
*squee!* SO cute ^.^!!

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
A squee! I got a squee! *triumph*

Thank you very much indeedy. ;)

[identity profile] delennbr.livejournal.com 2008-05-27 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Awww, so cute :)

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 02:30 pm (UTC)(link)
^_^ Thank you! I'm very glad you liked it. (:
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[personal profile] aelfgyfu_mead 2008-05-28 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
Like most of my understandings around here, I understand it, and I’m just waiting for the other party to catch up.
Yay for Ianto! Owen can be rather slow, can't he? :-)

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Ianto can be quite twisted when he wants. ;) But I'm sure Owen will catch on eventually. Well. Mostly sure. ^_^

Glad you liked, thanke kindly!
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[personal profile] rhianona 2008-05-29 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
fabulous! What a nice and very Ianto thing to do. :)

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-30 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
^_^ Thank you! I'm very glad the characterisation fits. (: Glad you liked!