Challenge 643 - Surprising

[m_findlow]

Title: Surprising
Character: Ianto
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Content notes: none
Author notes: Written for Challenge 643 - Wonder at tw100
Summary: Ianto is faced with the wonder of Cardiff and its rift. A double drabble.

When Ianto joined Torchwood Three in Cardiff he didn't think there was anything about the job that would surprise him. Torchwood London was the elite of the elite, and he'd worked with the best - and some of the worst.

He'd seen all kinds of things in London but Cardiff was somehow different. It wasn't the big things like alien ships and diplomatic relations. They had the rift in Cardiff and it was the little things that kept them busy each and every day.

It should have been boring and trite, but there was a curious wonder to it all, those little fragments of life that dropped in their laps. It was easy to overlook all the little things when he'd been so engrossed in the big projects London had set for itself. Torchwood Three was somehow more pastoral, like a mini family of people brought together to bring order to chaos.

He hadn't signed up for it, being reduced to the lowliest cog. He was used to being near the top of the pile, executive assistant to Yvonne Hartman and then some. Small wonder he was finding it hard to fit in here. He hadn't even realised he wanted to.

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[bk_forever]

Ianto doesn't know it yet, but he's right where he belongs.