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sariagray ([personal profile] sariagray) wrote2011-01-13 06:08 am

For You

Title: For You
Author: [livejournal.com profile] sariagray 
Characters/Pairings: Ianto/Lisa, Jack/Ianto
Word Count: ~
325
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Exit Wounds is quasi-mentioned, and it hints at events to come in both Cyberwoman and COE.
Warning:
Sad-ish. I don't know. Just...yep.
Disclaimer: I do not own Torchwood. I do not make money off of Torchwood. In fact, it seems as though Torchwood owns and makes money off of ME. This is for entertainment purposes only.

Author’s Note: I wrote some more yesterday. This came out of something that was going to be in As Soon Go Kindle Fire With Snow, but it didn't quite work out the way I wanted it to. So I did this little bitty thing to, you know, yeah. I guess. *Shrug*


 
For You


“I’d die for you.”

“I know,” he says, and his voice is solemn despite the happy twinkle in his eye. “And I’d die for you, too.”

“Good,” Lisa grins and nuzzles at his cheek with her nose.

He laughs and pulls the duvet up around them. It is warm, even for July, but there is comfort in using the cover.

“Go to sleep,” he murmurs into her hair as he shifts his body closer. “Busy day tomorrow.”

“Don’t remind me,” she answers, sleepily. “’Night, Yan.”

He playfully smacks her arm. “What’d I tell you about that?”

“Hey,” she protests, more awake now. “If I’m willing to die for you, I get to call you whatever I like.”

“Fine. Good night, Buttercup,” he grins.

She laughs. “I walked right into that, didn’t I?”

“Yep.”

They say nothing more and fall asleep.

**********

“I’d die for you.”

Ianto bites back the caustic chuckle that threatens to bubble over at the unspoken “and everyone else in the universe.

“I know. You have,” he says instead. 

There is a momentary silence as the words are weighed for what they are; an ounce of pyrite is worth much less than an ounce of gold. Still, it’s something he can grasp.

“I’d die for you, too,” he finally admits.

Jack stares at him for a moment and shakes his head, his eyes full of remorse and bitterness. “For Torchwood, you mean. After I’ve sent you to your death like a good General.”

“Stop blaming yourself. And no, not for Torchwood. For you.”

“Pointless. Don’t.”

He shifts his body alongside Jack’s and sighs. “Pointless, maybe, but I would.”

“I know. But promise me you won’t.”

“I can’t.”

Jack turns over and wraps an arm around Ianto’s waist, buries his face against the pale shoulder and simply breathes.

They hold each other like that for a moment before Ianto feels a chill and pulls the duvet up over them. It’s a little too cold for September.


The End.
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[personal profile] lilferret 2011-01-13 11:34 am (UTC)(link)
*sniffles*

Why must they be my angsty boys? WHY?

Why couldn't they have had their happily ever after?
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[identity profile] usakiwigirl.livejournal.com 2011-01-13 12:03 pm (UTC)(link)
First [livejournal.com profile] thebuttonontop and now you. Both of you are conspiring to make me miserable today :(

'S okay though, I guess, it matches the weather.

Your fic was lovely dear, even if I did wibble something fierce. Snow seems to work well for you :/

[identity profile] too-beauty.livejournal.com 2011-01-13 12:59 pm (UTC)(link)
okay okay my first comments with healed fingers are for angsty fics! well, don't worry, this was just beautiful!

[identity profile] xrai-namere.livejournal.com 2011-01-13 01:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Ianto would, wouldn't he?
*Sighs*

[identity profile] aviv-b.livejournal.com 2011-01-13 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Ianto did, didn't he? Excellent story, but we've had a lot of downer fic lately from everybody. Must be the post holiday blues.

[identity profile] thebuttonontop.livejournal.com 2011-01-13 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
oh i read this again and it brought me to tears again. *sighs*

i love it.. so simple and powerful. *hugs*

[identity profile] wanda1969.livejournal.com 2011-01-13 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a good job your writing is so compelling and so darn good, or else I'd just be overwhelmed by angst and sadness! But I wasn't!

[identity profile] chironsgirl.livejournal.com 2011-01-13 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
OK, tonight I have to do a happy, silly fluffy thing. Or we're all going to go mad. RTD got some 'splainin' to do.
XOXOXO
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[identity profile] analineblue.livejournal.com 2011-01-13 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
*sighs* Well, yeah. Of course he would. ;__;

I feel like this is a common thread floating around lately, too. (Or maybe it's just that I just wrote about the same-ish thing, so it's on my mind? ^_~)

Very nicely done, though. <3

[identity profile] zazajb.livejournal.com 2011-01-13 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Dark and angsty...love it! xxx

[identity profile] jedi-harkness.livejournal.com 2011-01-14 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
Just watched Abbadon kill Jack again. Angst all-around! ;)

That was just beautiful and oh-so-tender! Made my heart break for Ianto all over again... *wibbles*
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[personal profile] bk_forever 2011-01-15 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
Poignant and moving and responsible for the big lump in my throat and my misty eyes *sniff*

Beautiful though.

[identity profile] nancybrown.livejournal.com 2011-01-15 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I like the parallels with this. :)

[identity profile] musicaluvr.livejournal.com 2011-01-16 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
OH... loved the juxtaposition of what Ianto was like with Lisa and how much things had changed but stayed the same for Ianto with Jack.

Made me wibble something fierce but sigh.... I just loved this.

Thanks for sharing this<3

[identity profile] chocolatenianto.livejournal.com 2011-01-16 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
*wipes eyes* Ianto would as well.... Oh those boys, I want to give them both a big cuddle.