m_findlow

Title: Wedding day jitters

Fandom: Torchwood

Author: m_findlow

Rating: PG

Word Count: 300 words

Characters/Pairings: Tosh, Ianto

Author notes: Written for Challenge #007 - Eschew at

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Summary: Tosh finds Ianto’s reticence about the impending wedding troubling.

Tosh tapped her pen idly on the desk as she watched and waited for Ianto to react to her intense gaze. ‘You can’t avoid it forever,’ she said, resting her chin in her hand as she studied her best friend. It was so unlike him to put off doing anything. He was the organised one, even more organised than her. Detail-oriented didn’t even begin to describe his methods.

‘I probably could if I tried hard enough,’ he replied, trying and failing not to be drawn into the conversation.

She leaned forward so that no one else would overhear them. ‘Ianto, it’s a wedding. Your wedding,’ she emphasised. ‘I can’t believe you aren’t throwing yourself into every last detail rather than letting Jack run roughshod over the planning.’ She pictured checklists and spreadsheets and gantt charts to map out the whole thing from proposal through to the end of the honeymoon and probably even beyond that. Instead she found him staunchly avoiding taking any action whatsoever. There wasn’t so much as even a scribbled list in a notepad of people to invite.

Tosh frowned as a worrying thought occurred to her. ‘You aren’t having second thoughts already, are you?’ It was a crazy thought. He and Jack were perfect together. She was so happy for them, and not a little bit jealous.

‘Of course not!’ he said, sounding a little shocked by the idea. ‘I just…’ he paused to find the right words. ‘I was hoping maybe Jack would just decide to skip the whole thing and let us elope. Can you really picture him caring about flowers and seating plans?’

Tosh reached out a reassuring hand. ‘I think for you, Jack would make sure there was a unicorn-driven carriage and the real Elvis Presley. Anything less would feel like cheating.’