Stranded

[missthingsplace]

Title: Stranded
Author: missthingsplace
Parings/characters: Jack, Ianto
Disclaimer: I don't own Torchwood or any of the characters ... unfortunately.
Summary: Jack has a little accident in the snow ...
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None
Rating: PG13

Written for day four of the redismycolour Winter Challenge

A/N To self ... listen to iPod on bus and block muses out ...

Jack hit the Sat Nav hard as if he thought brute force would encourage it to work and let out a sound not unlike a growl, the snow was falling down so hard he could barely see a foot in front of him through the SUV windscreen and judging by the little scenery he glimpsed now and then he knew he had taken a wrong turn and was lost.

He had no idea how far he had travelled, but he assumed it wasn't to many miles as he was going painfully slowly due to the lack of visibility. It was no good, he would have to contact the hub and admit he was lost. Jack activated his comm and tried the first person that came to mind, Ianto. As he explained to him what had happened he could sense Ianto was trying not to snigger, ignoring the thought he asked Ianto to get Tosh to locate the SUV's tracker and then help guide him back.

All Ianto heard next was Jack swear loudly, the screech of the SUV's tires and then a loud crash. Jack didn't see the car stopped in the road in front of him till it was almost too late, but swerving out the way the SUV skidded and ran straight into a tree and despite wearing his seatbelt Jack bashed his head on the windscreen knocking himself unconscious. Ianto's voice yelled from the comm somewhere in the depths of the car, trying to get a response but to no avail.

If Jack had been concious he would have heard Ianto yelling to Tosh to locate the SUV as he grabbed his coat and car keys, telling her to contact him the minute she had the coordinates and headed out to his own car. Tosh's voice came over his comms a mere few minutes later telling him Jack's location and he fed the information into his own Sat Nav and headed out in the right direction.

When Jack came around some ten minutes later his head was throbbing, he touched his brow tentatively with his fingers and winced when the pain intensified, looking into the rear view mirror he could see although it had been bleeding it had now stopped. Shaking his head a little to try and clear the fog that was gathering in it made it hurt again and he let out a loud groan, reaching for the key he attempted to try and start the SUV, swearing loudly when nothing happened.

The snow was still coming down hard outside, Jack didn't know whether to just sit tight and wait for someone, Ianto, to come and rescue him or try and see if he could get it started. He went to activate his comm but found it missing from his ear, he fumbled around on the floor for it but his hands came up empty. It had rolled under his seat and he couldn't reach it, he sighed loudly to himself and made a decision.

Opening the door of the SUV he shivered as the cold air hit him after the still relatively warm air of the car, he clambered out and pulled his coat tightly around himself buttoning it up to the neck before slamming the door shut and walking towards the bonnet. There was a huge dent in it and Jack could tell it wouldn't be going anywhere soon without even looking under it, he turned to head back to the drivers seat and slipped.

Jack scrabbled desperately trying to get a grip on something to stop himself falling but the paintwork of the SUV was too wet and slippery from the snow and he fell face first onto the ground knocking himself out for the second time. This time he didn't wake up, he lay there as the snow hammered down on his body doing it's best to cover him completely and he never heard the car pull to a stop next to the SUV little more than an hour later.

Ianto sprang from his car, peering in the window on the passenger side and groaning with frustration when he found it empty. Hands on hips and a frown on his face he tried to survey the surrounding countryside but all he saw was white and the abandoned car that Jack had obviously swerved to hit. Moving around to the other side of the SUV to see if there was any sign of footprints he almost fell over a lump under the snow, muttering an expletive under his breath as he managed to steady himself it took a moment for him to realise it was Jack.

Frantically brushing off the snow he grabbed Jack's wrist, feeling for a pulse and felt relief as he felt it. It was slow and faint but it was there, leaving him for a moment he rushed back to his car almost skidding over in his hurry and opened the boot. Grabbing the blankets he kept in there he lay one across the back seat and hooked the other over the seat in front and went back to Jack. He rolled Jack on his back and winced at the wound still evident on his forehead, then tried to bring him around but to no avail.

Hooking his arms under Jack's he dragged him across the snow to his own car, once he reached it he pulled him as upright as possible and half lifted, half shoved him onto the back seat. Jack moaned softly but didn't come gain conciousness as Ianto arranged him in a lying position, then went to the SUV and retrieved the keys and found more blankets in the back and after locking it returned to his own car once more. He opened the buttons of Jack's coat then climbed into the back with him, not an easy thing in such a small space.

Laying the two blankets over the back of the seat he let them drape over Jack, then added the third. After doing so he unbuttoned his own coat and joined Jack on the seat beneath the blankets, covering Jack's body with his own to share his body heat. He would contact the hub and arrange for the SUV to be collected once Jack was awake again, he rested his head on Jack's chest and listening to the reassuring sound of Jack's heartbeat as it gradually began to get stronger.

When Jack first came round he was a little surprised to be warm and even more so when he realised that there was a body resting upon his own. He lifted his head an let out a low moan as his head throbbed painfully causing Ianto to look up, he smiled at the look of confusion on Jack's face. Jack groaned again and put his head back down on the seat, Ianto explained how he had found him and dragged him to his car as Jack muttered his thanks and told him not to move.

Ianto chuckled softly, he had no intention to until Jack's wound had healed and was capable of moving under his own steam again and told him so. Jack informed him this was a very good plan, but it really should involve Ianto kissing him better. As Ianto shifted slightly to move a little further up Jack's body he had to smile at the puppy dog look on Jack's face, who was he to deny a man in pain a request like that.

The End.