Drabble_weekly Challenge 323 - Bowed, bent and broken

[m_findlow]

Title: Bowed, bent and broken

Fandom: Torchwood

Characters: Ianto
Author: m_findlow

Rating: PG

Length: 200 words

Content notes: Spoilers for Torchwood audioplay "Broken"

Author notes: Written for Challenge 323 - Undone at drabble_zone

Summary: Ianto has reached his breaking point. A double drabble.


Ianto pulled the trigger, sending the bullet high into the air where it wouldn’t hit anyone, but would certainly grab their attention. The excess of alcohol he’d consumed was beginning to make itself known. Where before he’d thought he had his emotions under control, they now ran unchecked as drunkenness set in.

He couldn’t believe how furious he was with all of them: Mandy, Jack, and this alien claiming to be their so-called Saviour. All of them were in this for themselves and none of them gave a damn about him. They’d been happy to let him think he was escaping to paradise, only to discover he was being trafficked as a human slave.

Even Jack didn’t seem to have his best interests at heart. He was simply jealous that Ianto might have struck up a friendship with someone that wasn’t him.

All of it was too much, culminating in this moment when his outrage, hurt and inebriation brought him emotionally undone. He wanted them all to go to hell. Just shove them through that portal, one by one, so that they could all know what it felt like to be betrayed by the people you thought were your friends.

Comments

[enchanted_jae]

Poor Ianto!

[mxcatmoon]

This is a good insight into why Ianto behaved as he did in Broken. I haven't listened to it since I bought it when it came out, but I remember I wasn't sure his actions were in character (to me). This little fic explains it perfectly, and now I understand and it makes sense.

[badly_knitted]

*hugs poor Ianto* He's been through so much and feels so alone. =(