Title: Rain On Her Parade
Pairings/Characters: Jack/Ianto, Captain Jack Harkness, Ianto Jones, Mentions Lisa Hallet, Rose Tyler, Myfanwy
Warnings: Fluff/Angst
Summary: After the events of Cyber woman, Ianto confronts Jack…
Author Notes: So, my friends told me to do a challenge, a story for each song by Short Stack to which I replied SERIOUSLY!?!? Bring the two things I love together!?!? Haha enjoy.
Disclaimer: If I owned Torchwood Ianto would still be alive and if I owned Short Stack, I'd be married to Andy Clemmensen but I don't, cue crying sequence.
Prompt: "…And she swept me right off my feet, and stole my last breath and I stole her sheets
And then she confessed, I hate you more than you hate me boy but I don't give a damn
So kiss me underwater with your hands
And I don't care about the ambulance, nostalgia knows her name, they call her loner, they call her loner
And I'd be ever so inclined one day to rain on her parade like I don't know her, like I don't know her and capture her embrace…"
Ianto stared at the floor. He was supposed to have left ages ago but he didn't want to. His flat only held bad memories. He looked up when he heard footsteps and let out a shaky breath. Jack looked back at him, his arms crossed firmly in front of him.
"Are you going to retcon me?" Ianto's voice was a soft whisper.
"No."
"Are you going to kill me?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because we need you here, no matter what you did."
"I did the right thing." Ianto said quietly but sternly.
Jack took a few steps forward, "Do you honestly think that that was still her in there?"
"It was and she loved me. You killed her."
"You can take out your anger on me if you want but you need to face the truth at some point."
It was Ianto's turn to take a few tentative steps forward.
"I could have saved her."
"No you couldn't. She died at Canary Wharf. There was nothing you could've done."
"She was still in there."
"No, Ianto. You really need to get it through your head, she was not in there." Jack pronounced each word slowly.
"You don't know that! You can't know that, not for sure."
"I'm sorry but it had to be done."
"You killed her. How can you live with yourself? What do you see when you look in the mirror!?"
"I'm not the monster here." Jack kept his voice stern but tried to hide any signs of anger.
Ianto stood in front of him now, anger clear on his face.
"I hate you, you know that?"
"Well that was bound to happen."
Ianto stabbed Jack with every word he said, "You set Myfanwy on her! You ordered me to kill her, me! You killed her and I hate you for everything you did! You have taken everything I've ever loved away from me!"
Jack looked down at the floor, trying to figure out what he could say to help the hurting Welshman. But that was it; there was nothing he could say. Ianto said it all for him. He had taken everything from the younger man. How was he supposed to make that better?
"I lost people in Canary Wharf too." Jack's voice was so quiet Ianto strained to hear it as he spoke of Rose Tyler, the girl for all he knew was dead.
"Don't you dare…for one minute…pretend you know what I'm going through!"
"You think I haven't lost people before!?" Jack's resolve started to crumble, the anger finally coming out, "I've lost more people than you could imagine. Don't you pretend to be the only one that hurts!"
Ianto stared at Jack, unsure what to say or do.
"Ianto…it will get better. You need to trust me on this one; I will help you through this."
"I don't want your help. I want you to kill me, or to retcon me. I just want to forget this ever happened."
"No. I would never let you forget her. Lisa wouldn't-"
Ianto interrupted him, "Don't say her name."
"…She would want you to remember her, to keep fighting."
"How would you know!? You didn't know her!"
"I'm starting to think you didn't either."
"Shut it! I knew her more than anyone!"
"Then you'd know she'd want you to move on! She'd want you to find someone else and to be happy!"
Ianto pushed Jack away from him and walked towards the cog door, giving up on the captain, giving up on everything.
Jack ran after the Welshman, grabbed his arm firmly, pulling him back. Ianto stared into Jack's eyes for a moment, saw the pain in them and looked back at the floor.
"Don't leave." Jack's voice was quiet again.
"Why?"
"Because I don't trust your judgment at the moment."
"I can look after myself."
"Stop pretending! I'm so sick of this façade!"
"And I'm so sick of you Jack! You expect everyone, everything to fall at your feet! You expect me to tell you everything!"
Jack looked into Ianto's eyes and could see the pain. It was like they were screaming for love, screaming for help. He wrapped his arms around the Welshman and pulled him into a strong kiss.
Ianto stiffen, unsure of what to do for a moment before finally relenting, kissing back. In those short moments he felt a bit of the hole in himself fill.
He quickly pulled away from Jack, rushing back towards the cog door, "I've got to go."
A/N: Not really sure if I like this one or not personally…love the song though xD Please Review?
Cheers,
Gabz
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