Challenge 525 - Lost in work

[m_findlow]

Title: Lost in work
Author: m_findlow
Characters: Jack, Ianto
Rating: PG
Challenge: 525 - Lost at tw100
Notes: Ianto has lost himself. A four part drabble.

Ianto took a deep breath and steadied himself. Don't panic. That was the worst thing you could do in a situation like this.

'It had to happen one day,' he muttered. Surely he hadn't been so distracted that he'd ventured into a completely unknown section of the archives, but lo and behold, nothing was recognisable, even to his near photographic memory.

He tapped his earpiece. 'Jack? I think I'm lost.'

'Figuratively or literally?' came the teasing response.

'Definitely the latter,' he said.

'Don't worry,' Jack said. 'I've got Buddy with me. His keen nose will find you in no time.'

 

 

Jack shook his head and stared down at the pile of black fur curled up under his desk. 'Up and attem, boy. Daddy's got himself lost in the archives.'

They really needed to fix things so that they could get life signals that far down. Then it would be impossible to get lost.

Jack clipped on the leash and the labrador got excited. Jack slipped a torch and a stick of chalk in his pocket.

At the entrance of the archives, Jack knelt down and held one of Ianto's spare ties, letting their dog sniff it. 'Now, go find Ianto!'

 

 

Buddy took off with delight, tugging Jack along as he followed the trail. Jack made sure he held fast to the leash, as he bent down to drawn a line of chalk on the floor, marking their route back. All they needed was for all three of them to end up lost down here.

It took nearly twenty minutes, but eventually Buddy's barks were heard by Ianto and Jack heard him call back.  

Ianto smiled and gave Buddy a well deserved head scratch. 'I'm glad to see you two. I thought I was going to lose my mind down here.'

 

 

Armed with their torches and one very happy dog, they slowly made their way back through the maze of archives.

'I'm not entirely sure that this was the most direct route,' Ianto said, diligently following Jack's chalk trail. 'I feel like we've gone around in circles a few times.'

'Be fair, Ianto. The whole of the archives probably smell like you.'

'That's true, I suppose.'

'And you wanted to leave Buddy at home. You could've been stuck down here for hours.'

'I only said that because you lose concentration when he's around.'

'Better that than losing my Ianto,' Jack replied.

Comments

[bk_forever]

Oh Yay! Buddy gets to be hero dog and prove he's not just a pile of black fur. There's a brain in there somewhere!

Good dog!

[m-findlow.livejournal.com]

He loves his two dads and could find them anywhere with that keen nose of his. Now they just need to figure out how to get him to sniff out other useful stuff.