Challenge 581 - The price of fame

[m_findlow]

Title: The price of fame
Author: m_findlow
Characters: Ianto
Rating: PG
Challenge: 581 - Mistake at tw100
Notes: Ianto can't go anywhere without being noticed. A double drabble.

Ianto's hand froze halfway to the can of tinned soup on the supermarket shelf as he heard the voices a few feet away and behind him.

'It's him!'

'Who?'

'One of those Torchwood blokes.'

'Get out!'

'No, I'm serious.'

'The ones that deal with all that weird alien bollocks?'

'That's them. That guy Sam Hallett has a blog all about them, and I've seen the photos. It's definitely him.'

'So, what now? You reckon there's aliens hiding behind the tins of pea and ham?'

'Could be. We should go ask.'

'Ask what?'

'About the aliens, Dumbo! How often do you get the chance to ask someone who actually knows?'

'What if he won't tell us?'

'What if he does? Come on. S'cuse me!' the lad called out.

Ianto reluctantly turned, armed only with his can of soup and prepared to deny everything. 'Yes?'

The boy's face fell. 'Oh, sorry. Mistaken you for someone else,' he said, grabbing his mate and rushing him off in that opposite direction.

'Wasn't that him?' his friend asked, sounding confused. 'Or did you just chicken out?'

'Nah, just some random bloke. Definitely not Torchwood.'

'Bummer, man.'

Ianto sighed. 'Can't even go shopping in peace anymore.'