Jack- August 19th, 2010, Part Two
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ericadawn16Title: But Time Didn’t Stop
Characters: Jack, Mica, Rhi Jack/Ianto
Rated: PG-13 ANGST COE End of Time Spoilers MPREG
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Summary: Jack reunites with Rhi.
Author's Note: Starts after COE.
Previous Segment: August 19th, 2010
Masterlist: http://ericadawn16.livejournal.com/63337.html
August 19th, 2010, Part Two
Jack smiled at his son. However, it couldn’t deter him from the teenage girl and what she was saying.
“And by doing something, you mean hacking into UNIT?” he supplied for her and she shot him a look, “Did you try for Torchwood while you were at it?”
“Not trying, succeeding,” Mica bragged, “but how did you know?”
“I have my ways or did you not sort that out from the internet or my files in Torchwood and UNIT?” he retorted and saw her scowl.
“I haven’t actually been able to get that far. With Torchwood, I can see everything on the cameras in the Hub that you mentioned, a list of employees on file and a few other things, but not much,” she admitted, “and even less with UNIT, some emails and not much else.”
This news made him feel a little bit better…just a little.
“You’re still listed on the roster, so is Ianto,” she said with visible confusion. He was surprised. Gwen hadn’t given up on him even though he probably may as well been dead to everyone else.
“We were supposed to do it together because I had another member of our team who left behind a message when we took her out of the system,” he explained and wondered what had happened to Tosh’ family especially her younger brother.
Iefan began to cry again and he took out the bottle from the bag. His son held out his arms in anticipation.
“My mum should be coming any minute,” Mica spoke as he gave the bottle to the baby.
“Then, you have to take him and sit on a different bench,” Jack told her, handing over Iefan and the nappy bag.
“But why?” she questioned as he continued to suck his bottle.
“I don’t want Iefan being the first thing she sees, it has to be between the two of us first,” he said and he could tell that she didn’t understand. However, she stood up and started to move away from him. Iefan dropped the bottle and he was impressed with her reflexes. He waved his little arms at Jack who remained seated.
“No, you have to go with Mica. I’ll be right here,” Jack spoke and hated to hear him scream, “Try his bottle or the teether.”
“Dummy?” she inquired with hope.
“No, never thought he needed one. He only sucks his thumb sometimes,” he replied and she groaned, “Also, try the animal.”
“Right,” she retorted and walked the rest of the way to a bench some metres away. Iefan continued to cry at the top of his lungs and was going to tire himself out at this rate. The few parents loitering at the other side of the play equipment watched him yet he didn’t feel as he did before that they felt he was a pedo. Instead, they were looking from him to the baby and back again as though he was a prime candidate for worst parent of the year. To his relief, a vehicle parked and Rhi stepped out of it. She appeared almost the same as he studied her and then their eyes met. The Welshwoman stopped right where she was, stared as though he’d disappear like a ghost and when that didn’t happen, she started running.
“Jack, it’s really you!” she exclaimed, dropped her purse, keys, and sunglasses on the bench beside him and hugged him with all her might, “I thought you’d left us for good!”
He embraced her and he felt so relieved that it was going so well. Jack had missed Rhi, more than he realized. Then, she let go with a start and slapped him hard across the face.
“I thought you’d left us for good! Over seven years! I didn’t know where you were. For all I knew, you could have been trying to sort out a way to die or drinking yourself to death or trying to find that Doctor of yours!” Rhi complained and for a second, he knew there was something odd about that. However, she slapped him again and he forgot.
“I know, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry and I know I can’t make it up to you,” Jack apologized although he knew the baby would help once she got over the shock, “but I did want to come sooner. There was a problem with timing and I ended up about six years later than I meant to.”
Rhi shook her head, the dark locks bouncing in a longer cut. She crossed her arms, glancing at the ground before giving him a glare and sitting beside him on the opposite side of her belongings.
“Did it…did it work this time?” she asked and her voice gave away that she was close to tears.
“Yes, I still miss Ianto and Steven…I always will, but...,” Jack uttered and resisted how he wanted to hold her hand for comfort, “but it’s better now.”
Clouds were rolling in and he hoped that Mica’s excuse wouldn’t prove prophetic.
“That’s…that’s good,” she confirmed and laid her hand near him without touching him either.
Although his crying had become intermittent, Iefan let out a particular agonizing cry at that point. He couldn’t help grimacing at his child in pain which Rhi missed because she was looking at her daughter. However, the fact that Iefan was holding his arms out in their direction and grasping his hands to be picked up; that was a lot harder to miss.
“Jack, whose baby is Mica playing with?” she asked as though he was one of her children.
“Mine,” he admitted and watched her head snap around.
“What? But I suppose you had the time…,” she mumbled, “and if it’s helped you…”
“For you it’s been seven and a half years, for me, it’s only been fourteen months,” Jack spoke before motioning to the teenager to bring him over. She deposited him on his lap and returned to her bench. He was glad she respected their time alone. Iefan seemed to stop crying as soon he felt Jack beneath him. Then, he stared at the new adult with wide baby blue eyes and a gaping mouth with one tiny, white nub. Rhi began to mirror the expression with her own face.
“Jack, what have you done?!” she demanded, “Did you clone my brother?”
“No.”
“Then, you replicated him or one of those future things,” she accused with her death glare.
“No,” he maintained and checked his hand to see he was only shaking on the inside.
“Rhi, is this man bothering you?” asked a younger, heavy-set woman walking up to him.
“No, I’m not bothered,” she said just like that woman on the telly that Ianto would watch, “”Keri, this is my brother-in-law.”
“Oh, Michael,” the other woman guessed with a smile and Rhi shook her head.
“No, it’s not Michael,” Rhi corrected, “This is Jack.”
Jack doubted he had ever been mentioned in conversation and the bewildered look on Keri’s face confirmed this. He wondered if she'd known Rhi long enough to even know about Ianto. He doubted she had told many that her brother had been involved with a man.
“I’m fine really,” Rhi spoke and when the other made no move to walk away, she nodded. Keri appeared to want to say something. However, she seemed to change her mind and went back to the other parents.
“Faba!” Iefan yelled and held up the plush animal. Rhi rubbed her face and shook her head again.
“Just tell me, why does this baby look just like my brother did except for the hair color which looks just like David’s?” Rhi asked and she seemed more upset than he had ever seen her before. He took a deep breath.
“Remember how I said I was born in the future?” Jack clarified.
“Actually, you told me how you were born in a different galaxy,” she retorted, “but I guess this makes sense, too.”
“In the future, humans mingle and evolve and…and some men have the ability to…become pregnant,” he explained and saw the disbelief on her face.
“Jack, I want the truth. I want to know why your baby looks like Ianto and you’re telling me stories?” she asked and the anger had dissipated so that her brown eyes glistened.
“But I’m not lying, he’s Ianto’s and mine, he’s our son,” he uttered, “I had him.”
Once again, she was shaking her head.
“David gets his hair color from Johnny and this little boy gets his hair color from me,” Jack spoke, readjusting the knit cap that was coming off, “When I was little, I had blonde hair.”
August 19th, 2010, Part Three
Characters: Jack, Mica, Rhi Jack/Ianto
Rated: PG-13 ANGST COE End of Time Spoilers MPREG
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Summary: Jack reunites with Rhi.
Author's Note: Starts after COE.
Previous Segment: August 19th, 2010
Masterlist: http://ericadawn16.livejournal.com/63337.html
August 19th, 2010, Part Two
Jack smiled at his son. However, it couldn’t deter him from the teenage girl and what she was saying.
“And by doing something, you mean hacking into UNIT?” he supplied for her and she shot him a look, “Did you try for Torchwood while you were at it?”
“Not trying, succeeding,” Mica bragged, “but how did you know?”
“I have my ways or did you not sort that out from the internet or my files in Torchwood and UNIT?” he retorted and saw her scowl.
“I haven’t actually been able to get that far. With Torchwood, I can see everything on the cameras in the Hub that you mentioned, a list of employees on file and a few other things, but not much,” she admitted, “and even less with UNIT, some emails and not much else.”
This news made him feel a little bit better…just a little.
“You’re still listed on the roster, so is Ianto,” she said with visible confusion. He was surprised. Gwen hadn’t given up on him even though he probably may as well been dead to everyone else.
“We were supposed to do it together because I had another member of our team who left behind a message when we took her out of the system,” he explained and wondered what had happened to Tosh’ family especially her younger brother.
Iefan began to cry again and he took out the bottle from the bag. His son held out his arms in anticipation.
“My mum should be coming any minute,” Mica spoke as he gave the bottle to the baby.
“Then, you have to take him and sit on a different bench,” Jack told her, handing over Iefan and the nappy bag.
“But why?” she questioned as he continued to suck his bottle.
“I don’t want Iefan being the first thing she sees, it has to be between the two of us first,” he said and he could tell that she didn’t understand. However, she stood up and started to move away from him. Iefan dropped the bottle and he was impressed with her reflexes. He waved his little arms at Jack who remained seated.
“No, you have to go with Mica. I’ll be right here,” Jack spoke and hated to hear him scream, “Try his bottle or the teether.”
“Dummy?” she inquired with hope.
“No, never thought he needed one. He only sucks his thumb sometimes,” he replied and she groaned, “Also, try the animal.”
“Right,” she retorted and walked the rest of the way to a bench some metres away. Iefan continued to cry at the top of his lungs and was going to tire himself out at this rate. The few parents loitering at the other side of the play equipment watched him yet he didn’t feel as he did before that they felt he was a pedo. Instead, they were looking from him to the baby and back again as though he was a prime candidate for worst parent of the year. To his relief, a vehicle parked and Rhi stepped out of it. She appeared almost the same as he studied her and then their eyes met. The Welshwoman stopped right where she was, stared as though he’d disappear like a ghost and when that didn’t happen, she started running.
“Jack, it’s really you!” she exclaimed, dropped her purse, keys, and sunglasses on the bench beside him and hugged him with all her might, “I thought you’d left us for good!”
He embraced her and he felt so relieved that it was going so well. Jack had missed Rhi, more than he realized. Then, she let go with a start and slapped him hard across the face.
“I thought you’d left us for good! Over seven years! I didn’t know where you were. For all I knew, you could have been trying to sort out a way to die or drinking yourself to death or trying to find that Doctor of yours!” Rhi complained and for a second, he knew there was something odd about that. However, she slapped him again and he forgot.
“I know, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry and I know I can’t make it up to you,” Jack apologized although he knew the baby would help once she got over the shock, “but I did want to come sooner. There was a problem with timing and I ended up about six years later than I meant to.”
Rhi shook her head, the dark locks bouncing in a longer cut. She crossed her arms, glancing at the ground before giving him a glare and sitting beside him on the opposite side of her belongings.
“Did it…did it work this time?” she asked and her voice gave away that she was close to tears.
“Yes, I still miss Ianto and Steven…I always will, but...,” Jack uttered and resisted how he wanted to hold her hand for comfort, “but it’s better now.”
Clouds were rolling in and he hoped that Mica’s excuse wouldn’t prove prophetic.
“That’s…that’s good,” she confirmed and laid her hand near him without touching him either.
Although his crying had become intermittent, Iefan let out a particular agonizing cry at that point. He couldn’t help grimacing at his child in pain which Rhi missed because she was looking at her daughter. However, the fact that Iefan was holding his arms out in their direction and grasping his hands to be picked up; that was a lot harder to miss.
“Jack, whose baby is Mica playing with?” she asked as though he was one of her children.
“Mine,” he admitted and watched her head snap around.
“What? But I suppose you had the time…,” she mumbled, “and if it’s helped you…”
“For you it’s been seven and a half years, for me, it’s only been fourteen months,” Jack spoke before motioning to the teenager to bring him over. She deposited him on his lap and returned to her bench. He was glad she respected their time alone. Iefan seemed to stop crying as soon he felt Jack beneath him. Then, he stared at the new adult with wide baby blue eyes and a gaping mouth with one tiny, white nub. Rhi began to mirror the expression with her own face.
“Jack, what have you done?!” she demanded, “Did you clone my brother?”
“No.”
“Then, you replicated him or one of those future things,” she accused with her death glare.
“No,” he maintained and checked his hand to see he was only shaking on the inside.
“Rhi, is this man bothering you?” asked a younger, heavy-set woman walking up to him.
“No, I’m not bothered,” she said just like that woman on the telly that Ianto would watch, “”Keri, this is my brother-in-law.”
“Oh, Michael,” the other woman guessed with a smile and Rhi shook her head.
“No, it’s not Michael,” Rhi corrected, “This is Jack.”
Jack doubted he had ever been mentioned in conversation and the bewildered look on Keri’s face confirmed this. He wondered if she'd known Rhi long enough to even know about Ianto. He doubted she had told many that her brother had been involved with a man.
“I’m fine really,” Rhi spoke and when the other made no move to walk away, she nodded. Keri appeared to want to say something. However, she seemed to change her mind and went back to the other parents.
“Faba!” Iefan yelled and held up the plush animal. Rhi rubbed her face and shook her head again.
“Just tell me, why does this baby look just like my brother did except for the hair color which looks just like David’s?” Rhi asked and she seemed more upset than he had ever seen her before. He took a deep breath.
“Remember how I said I was born in the future?” Jack clarified.
“Actually, you told me how you were born in a different galaxy,” she retorted, “but I guess this makes sense, too.”
“In the future, humans mingle and evolve and…and some men have the ability to…become pregnant,” he explained and saw the disbelief on her face.
“Jack, I want the truth. I want to know why your baby looks like Ianto and you’re telling me stories?” she asked and the anger had dissipated so that her brown eyes glistened.
“But I’m not lying, he’s Ianto’s and mine, he’s our son,” he uttered, “I had him.”
Once again, she was shaking her head.
“David gets his hair color from Johnny and this little boy gets his hair color from me,” Jack spoke, readjusting the knit cap that was coming off, “When I was little, I had blonde hair.”
August 19th, 2010, Part Three
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