Drabble_weekly Challenge 251 - Three's a crowd

[m_findlow]

Title: Three's a crowd
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Ianto, John Hart
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Content notes: none
Author notes: Written for Challenge 251 - Used to be mine at drabble_weekly
Summary: Ianto wants them to be alone so they can grieve. A double drabble.


Ianto's fists balled up at his sides as he re-entered the hub, seeing John Hart still standing there. Ianto wanted him gone but couldn't figure out how to make that a reality. He wanted this whole nightmare to be over.

'Leave,' he demanded, worried he wouldn't be able to verbalise any other words. 'We don't need you here.'

John gave him a condescending look. 'I care.'

'Bollocks you do,' Ianto snapped, feeling a rising anger which was strangely refreshing as it replaced all the guilt and pain that threatened to consume him whole.

'He used to be mine, you know. Before he was yours.'

'Well, he's not yours anymore.' And he wouldn't be ever again. Not after tonight. Not after he'd brought this killer into their lives. They'd been wrong to think they could ever trust John.

John looked almost apologetic. 'Just… look after him, okay? He's going to tell you he's fine and mask it all with false bravado.'

Ianto clenched his jaw. 'I know what he's like. I don't need you to tell me how to look after him. Unlike you, some of us care about more than just ourselves.' Some of them needed Jack to be okay.

Comments

[bk_forever]

John needs to realise he's not welcome, and never was.