Challenge 788 - Wrongness of it all
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m_findlowTitle: Wrongness of it all
Character: Ianto
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 788 - Wrong at ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
torchwood100
torchwood100Summary: Everything in Ianto's world is wrong, except for one thing. A double drabble.
Wrong. The word left such a bitter taste in Ianto's mouth as it tumbled from his lover's lips.
Yes, it was wrong. All of it was wrong. He shouldn't have been standing there, watching Lisa locked away in that robotic metal shell thinking she was inferior for being part human. He shouldn't have had to stand between her and the people he'd almost considered friends, who wanted nothing more than to destroy her.
He shouldn't have had to keep it all a big secret, lying to everyone, even himself. And now, she looked at herself in the hub's reflection and remarked that it would be better to start over again and make sure the conversion happened properly. She wanted to be all cyberman, dismissing her humanity and any hopes he'd harboured that they could fix things and go back to who'd they'd been before.
The only thing that he had to begrudgingly admit was right were Jack's words. She couldn't be fixed. The woman he'd loved was gone, but it didn't stop him from desperately wanting Jack to be wrong about it. Nothing else was right; it wasn't fair that the truth could be the only thing that wasn't wrong.
Wrong. The word left such a bitter taste in Ianto's mouth as it tumbled from his lover's lips.
Yes, it was wrong. All of it was wrong. He shouldn't have been standing there, watching Lisa locked away in that robotic metal shell thinking she was inferior for being part human. He shouldn't have had to stand between her and the people he'd almost considered friends, who wanted nothing more than to destroy her.
He shouldn't have had to keep it all a big secret, lying to everyone, even himself. And now, she looked at herself in the hub's reflection and remarked that it would be better to start over again and make sure the conversion happened properly. She wanted to be all cyberman, dismissing her humanity and any hopes he'd harboured that they could fix things and go back to who'd they'd been before.
The only thing that he had to begrudgingly admit was right were Jack's words. She couldn't be fixed. The woman he'd loved was gone, but it didn't stop him from desperately wanting Jack to be wrong about it. Nothing else was right; it wasn't fair that the truth could be the only thing that wasn't wrong.
