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Tweak says, "A is for Axe"

Captain Jack Harkness (timeaftertime) wrote in colligo_threads,
@ 2011-12-11 02:55:00

Entry tags:

esther drummond, ianto jones, jack harkness

Who: Jack, Ianto, and Esther
Where: A no-name cafe
When: After the soap opera ~~and hangover recovery~~
What: Finally hanging out
Status: In Progress

With things back to relative "normal", it really was time that the three Torchwood people finally met up together. Gwen had disappeared before anything could happen with the four of them, and when Jack and Esther had hit a bar during the recent craziness, that turned into a ridiculous hangover after a drinking contest with Jane Shepard. These were much better circumstances.

They'd picked a small cafe to meet at. That kept off any pressure of meeting at either living space, and it was away from the alcohol that Jack and Esther weren't going to look at for awhile. Depending on how things went, maybe they could head back afterwards for some of Ianto's best-coffee-in-the-universe (as far as Jack was convinced).

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curiousesther
2011-12-14 07:02 am UTC (link)

"I'll keep that in mind for next time," Esther laughed again, happy to be out and not arguing with either of them. She'd been worried when she found out that Jack wasn't the Jack that she'd known back home that he might not like her; after all it wasn't as if he'd chosen her or anything, she'd just sort of had to come along or face getting killed. Or not getting killed seeing as how no one could die. But she was happy to find that she had no reason to worry, "It'll be a change from when I spent two months looking after you." She glanced at Ianto then back at Jack as she began to explain, "You were completely human because of the Miracle and you got shot and almost died. I nursed you back to health while we spent two months moving around Scotland to keep from being found. Let me tell you, it wasn't easy with you in the condition you were in."

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notjusta_teaboy
2011-12-15 12:12 am UTC (link)

It was very weird, sitting there and hearing Esther talk about a Torchwood that had gone on past him, a Torchwood where he had died. What was that Jack like, after losing Ianto? Or had they even been together in Esther's version? He moved closer to Jack as Esther went on, feeling oddly jealous and territorial. He was the one who was supposed to take care of Jack when he was sick or hurt. He was the one who helped protect Jack from his enemies. He knew it wasn't Esther's fault, though. She had been there, and of course he hadn't. "Thank you. For taking care of him. Helping him."

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timeaftertime
2011-12-15 01:27 am UTC (link)

Jack put a hand on Ianto's leg and gave it a little squeeze. It was strange for Jack, too, hearing about that other life. Esther needed to be able to talk about it, though; hard to get to know her without knowing what she'd been through, and with Gwen gone, she didn't have anyone else.

"I'd like to think I'm completely human now, but then that's one of those existential questions I've had to debate over the decades. Other-me was mortal for awhile, right? Two months laid up with a gunshot wound, ugh... And Scotland... Did you have to meet Archie?"

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