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laligin ([personal profile] laligin) wrote2008-05-27 03:32 pm

Necessary Repairs

Fandom: Torchwood (shock horror!)
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Jack/Ianto
Word Count: 450
Summary: Jack's coat really does take a battering - but somehow it's always in one piece when he needs it...

Prompt: Jantolution Challenge #10, FLUFF

Necessary Repairs

“What are you up to?” Jack asked curiously, emerging from his quarters and finding Ianto curled up on the sofa, with the lights on brightly, Jack’s coat spread across his knees and thread dangling from his lips.

He mumbled something incomprehensible by way of reply, and Jack moved over to take the thread from his mouth so he could answer properly. Ianto shot him a quick, amused look.

“If you must know,” he said dryly, “I’m fixing your coat. You will get stabbed when you’re wearing it.”

“You’d rather I got stabbed without it?” Jack asked curiously, and Ianto nodded, taking back the thread and sucking the end briefly before easing it through the eye of the needle he was using. He paid no attention to Jack’s stare.

“Your shirts,” he said eventually, carefully securing the thread at one end of the next rip, “are easily replaced. This isn’t. If you could bear that in mind, it would be very helpful.”

Jack watched him sew for a few seconds, doing his best to tell himself he wasn’t staring at Ianto’s hands, then said, “I thought you took it to a tailor’s for repairs?”

“I used to,” Ianto told him, between stitches, “but I ran out of excuses. And they told me that since this thing is more repair than coat these days, there’s very little point to them patching it up one day and having it ripped apart the next.”

“I’m not that bad,” Jack protested vaguely, still staring.

“You’d be surprised,” Ianto said, quirking one eyebrow briefly.

Jack sat down beside him, and watched him finish sewing the rip closed. He held the thread in his mouth again, needle dangling, and turned the coat over to check his work. Jack leaned closer to have a better look.

“I can’t even see where it is,” he said in surprise, and Ianto handed him the coat, then packed away his needle and thread while Jack hunted for the repair.

“How,” Jack said incredulously, “did I ever manage without you?”

“You didn’t,” Ianto told him, straight-faced, and Jack stood up, shaking out the coat and grinning.

“Must have been my secret weapon.”

Ianto folded his arms and sat back, eyebrow raised. Jack gave him a few moments to make the expected joke, but he shook his head, smiling slightly.

“What secret weapon?” he asked instead, and Jack winked.

“I have a spare coat.”

Later, when Ianto had stopped trying to murder him for wasting so much of his time and energy and had simply, with smouldering fury, put him on instant for the next month or so, Jack decided that it was still worth it.

Just for the look on his face.

[identity profile] tintop-lizzy.livejournal.com 2008-05-27 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Love your take on the perpetual problems of Torchwood day to day.Thanks.

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-27 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
^_^ Hee. Day to day Torchwood is extremely problematic, you have to admit. ;) I'm very glad you like it, thank you. (:

[identity profile] ladylovelace.livejournal.com 2008-05-27 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL - I can just see the look on Ianto's face

I am impressed by his self-control - I would have killed Jack very, very slowly.

YOU ROCK!!

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-27 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
;) Ianto's self-control is iron steel reinforced concrete lined with stainless steel rods...

That and he knows it's far worse torture for Jack to be on instant so long... ;)

Glad you liked, though, and thank you very kindly. ^_^

*rocks on...*

[identity profile] gogo-didi.livejournal.com 2008-05-27 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Lol! Poor Ianto :-)

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-27 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee. Indeed. All his hard work for nothing... ;)

Thanke kindly, though, glad you liked. ^_^

[identity profile] teachwriteslash.livejournal.com 2008-05-27 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Gods, not instant (shudders at the horror!!!)

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-27 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
He brought it upon himself. *shakes head* When will he learn? ;)

Hee. Thanke for reading, though. ^_^

[identity profile] szm.livejournal.com 2008-05-27 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure Jack has a walk in wardrobe hidden somewhere in the hub just full of greatcoats *g*

Poor Ianto though, all that work, I hope Jack appreciates it...

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-27 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
*considers* Perhaps he keeps them in stasis in the cryogenics. That might explain the coat continuity Exit Wounds... ;)

Heh. Jack does appreciate it really. He's very grateful indeed. ^_^'

Eheh. Glad you liked, though, thanke kindly. (:

[identity profile] geordie-star.livejournal.com 2008-05-27 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL! Oh I needed that. That was fun. :D Thanks for sharing.

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee. Always happy to help. ;) Thank you for reading, glad you liked it!

[identity profile] appleseed-06.livejournal.com 2008-05-27 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
“I have a spare coat.”

Later, when Ianto had stopped trying to murder him for wasting so much of his time and energy and had simply, with smouldering fury, put him on instant for the next month or so, Jack decided that it was still worth it.

Just for the look on his face.


love that bit

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! Always nice to see the punchline go down well. ;) Glad you liked! ^_^

[identity profile] bandgeek01.livejournal.com 2008-05-27 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Love it :-)

Nicole

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Always good! Thank you kindly. ^_^

[identity profile] thrace-adams.livejournal.com 2008-05-27 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh this was wonderful!!!! Instant for a month LOL. Good for Ianto :)

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
You'd think Jack would've learned by now not to annoy him. ;) Glad you liked, thanke!

[identity profile] kel-reiley.livejournal.com 2008-05-27 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
o jack is evil!
let he fluff continue please!!!
we loves it

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Got a few more fluffy days yet. (: Then I'll collapse...

Glad you're enjoying, thank you! ^_^
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[identity profile] pinkfairy727.livejournal.com 2008-05-27 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Jack has a spare coat?!

Can I have the spare one? lol

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Join the queue. ;) Thanke for reading, though. ^_^

[identity profile] rosy-dawn.livejournal.com 2008-05-27 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
*gasp* bad Jack!
is instant coffee really that bad? I live off the stuff!
Loving all the fluff!

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Once you've tasted Ianto's proper coffee, you can never go back... ;)

Glad you're enjoying them all, though, thanke very kindly! ^_^

[identity profile] delennbr.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
Haha, loved it, I can see that look :)
Hmmmm, can I add you???

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
^_^ Heh. It's a look we've grown to love. ;)

And of course you may. (: Thank you for asking, I'll add you back. ;) Glad you're enjoying the fluff avalanche that much! ^_^

[identity profile] daphne121.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
ROFL Naughty Jack!

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
;) He's a tease. But we love him anyway. ^_^

Glad you liked, thanke for reading. (:

[identity profile] missthingsplace.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Brilliant :)

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you very kindly, I'm glad you liked it. ^_^

[identity profile] nightspring.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Even the spare coat would need repairs once Jack, you know, starts wearing it!

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-05-28 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
;) He has a whole stash of them in the cryogenics, I swear. Stunt coats. ;)

Thanke for reading! ^_^

[personal profile] jo02 2008-05-31 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Beautiful - just beautiful!

Thank you.

[identity profile] laligin.livejournal.com 2008-06-05 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
^_^ Hee. Thank you! I'm very glad you liked it. ;)