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capt_harkness (capt_harkness) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-06-11 22:53:00

Entry tags:

!complete, day 10, ianto jones, jack harkness, location: gym, open

WHO: Jack Harkness, Ianto Jones & Open [if a doctor wants to swing by]
WHAT: The end of the day, Jack needs a break from Hero-duty.
WHEN: 22:00
WHERE: The Gym
RATING: TBA
STATUS: Active

Walking through town, helping as many as he could, by the end of the night, Jack had reached the point of exhaustion. He slowly walked through the darkened town, once more getting the strange feeling he had while with Gambit. Even before the earthquake there had been an odd feeling about this place, now, with the silence, Jack was worried. If this had been Cardiff, he would have shaken it off, helped who he could and went back to the Hub to 'sleep' it off.

But here? It was a veritable unknown. There was no tech to take readings, no way of knowing what was coming next. At least in the Hub, they had some sort of warning when something was about to happen when the Rift monitor went off. Here? There weren't even sirens to let them know a quake was coming. What was next? Typhoon? Tornado?

He looked up at the dark sky, knowing the glass cage was above and felt like a caged animal, placed somewhere to be observed. Jack breathed in, lowering his head and headed in the direction of the gym. Right now, he wanted nothing more than to see Ianto. Between the conversations with the Insider and hearing Gray's voice in the void, it was safe to say that Jack wasn't on his game. He'd been able to distract himself playing hero, but no longer. Now, all Jack had were his thoughts. It was strange feeling like he had to depend on someone -- Jack was the strong one. Not weak.

Well, everyone could have an off-day, right?

Hands shoved deep into his pockets, he made his way inside the rubble of the gym, glancing at the injured parties and hoping the doctors were handling things. He'd be around to help, but right now, Jack needed time to himself. And that meant finding Ianto.

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capt_harkness
2009-06-18 09:57 am UTC (link)

Jack made a contented noise in the back of his throat between the gentle hair tugging and the fingers lightly rubbing his scalp. With each deep breath, he could feel the tension leaving him, turning his head just enough so that cheek and not chin rested on Ianto's knee. He said nothing about the sentimentality, merely ignored it in the hopes that it would go away and they'd forget he said anything to begin with.

"Sticking things in your trousers and not even having any fun with what went down there," Jack replied with a chuckle. "I think Owen kept the CCTV footage just for bribery purposes." Jack's own hand slid up Ianto's trouser leg, rubbing the back of his calf in counterpoint to the hands in his hair.

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madeinwales
2009-06-19 06:27 am UTC (link)

Watching Jack relax strangely made Ianto feel all that much more relaxed. Maybe it was that they could unravel round one another without any of the fall out that'd happen round others. Maybe it was just sentimentality and Ianto would just have to live with it. "I think you kept the CCTV footage for amusement's sake. Didn't your mobile go down my trousers?"

Jostling himself a little, Ianto leaned forward, bending himself nearly in two, just to rub the tip of his snub nose against Jack's cheek. "When's the last time you slept, Jack? I know you don't need much, but you do need some." Running on empty wasn't going to do much for anyone except breed desperation.

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