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Title: Free time
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Jack, Ianto
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Content notes: none
Author notes: Written for Challenge 313 - Nothing to do at [community profile] drabble_zone
Summary: Ianto confesses to having something he's never had before. A triple drabble.


Jack appeared confused as he stepped into his office, seeing Ianto’s PC switched off, his phone unblinking with calls or unheard voicemails, and the man himself standing there as if he’d been waiting for Jack to arrive all day. ‘Going somewhere?’

‘Nope,’ Ianto said. ‘I’ve got nothing to do as a matter of fact.’

‘You can’t possibly have nothing to do,’ Jack replied. ‘You’re the one always telling me you’ve got a list of things as long as your arm and that there’s never a time when there isn’t something to do.’ Sometimes he convinced himself that Ianto only said those things just so he’d go away and leave him in peace.

‘Well, today I officially have nothing left on my list.’

‘But…’ Jack fumbled over the impossibility of such a thing. ‘The archives…’

‘Have their own archivist now who is completely responsible for their oversight and ongoing maintenance. And might I say, I think Penny is doing an excellent job of that.’

‘And Torchwood?’ Jack asked. ‘There’s not a single thing from anywhere on the planet that needs Torchwood’s immediate attention?’ Maybe not in Cardiff, since Jack was handling that, but surely one of their other offices somewhere needed briefing.

Ianto smirked. ‘For once, and I touch wood as I say it, Torchwood is running like a finely tuned machine.’

‘For all of the next five minutes,’ Jack countered.

‘True. But five minutes with nothing to do? That’s five minutes I’ll gladly take. It may never happen again.’

Jack caught the mischievous look on Ianto’s face as he searched Jack’s own for their next step. ‘Sounds like you need help filling in the time.’

‘I’m sure you could think of a few ways to pass it.’

‘That depends,’ Jack replied. ‘Does the hothouse have any plans for the afternoon?’
 
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