Challenge 492 - Fake it 'til you make it

[m_findlow]

Title: Fake it 'til you make it
Author: m_findlow
Characters: Jack, Ianto
Rating: PG
Challenge: 492 - Fake at tw100
Notes: Jack has a proven strategy for getting through bad days. A double drabble.

Jack eased into the chair behind his desk, watching the man still sat opposite.

'How are you?'

'Shouldn't you be asking Tosh that?' Ianto said.

Jack clasped his hands. 'We already had a long chat. The necklace is gone, in case you're wondering.'

'Good.' He paused. 'She said she heard things; our innermost thoughts.'

Jack watched him carefully. 'What is it you think she heard?'

'I don't know.' His head was such a jumble of emotions, not the least of which was still a hopelessness that things would ever get better.

'I asked you to debrief Tosh because I thought you would relate best.'

'Because we both loved killer aliens?'

'Yeah, that's exactly it,' Jack said, mocking his answer. 'Figured two people who like the keep their feelings to themselves might understand one another.'

'We can be miserable together.'

'Or maybe you've learned that we all have things we keep inside. Some of us just hide it better than others.'

'Nothing ever gets you down,' Ianto said.

'Believe me, Ianto. There's plenty that drags me down.'

'You never show it.'

'I try not to. Fake it 'til you make it. Then one day, you won't have to fake it anymore.'

Comments

[bk_forever]

If Ianto knew even a ssmidge of what Jack has been through he'd realise that Jack really does speak from experience.

[m-findlow.livejournal.com]

Sometimes it's all you can do to put on a brave face and try to weather the storm.

[bk_forever]

So true.