Dreamscapes And Nightmares 2/?
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missthingsplaceAU: When it all changes: Life, Love and Family in Torchwood.
Title: Dreamscapes And Nightmares (Series 12)
Author: ![[info]](https://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
missthingsplace
Parings/characters: Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Rhys, Andy, My OC's: Caden, Eloise, Dylan, Jenni, Claire, Chloe, Damien, Ianto's family.
Disclaimer: I don't own Torchwood or any of the characters ... unfortunately, just borrowing them for a while.
Summary: Jack starts experiencing at first strange and confusing dreams which become interspursed with nightmares and he has no idea what is causing them or if they are connected ...
Spoilers: Probably not, but you never know ...
Warnings: Really? Do i have to?
Rating: NC17 for the series.
Previous series/Chapters: http://missthingsplace.livejournal.com/1
Jack slept through the rest of the night without another dream or nightmare, when the alarm clock went off they were both startled out of deep sleeps, the loud noise making them both jump.
Ianto hit the off button with his hand and snuggled back into Jack's arms as he spoke sleepily.
“No more bad dreams?” Ianto asked.
“No, but I don't get the dreams every night, just one or two a week.” Jack replied stroking his fingers through the soft hairs on Ianto's chest.
“And last night, that was the first time is was a nightmare?”
“Mmmm, the dreams were strange and confusing but I could dismiss the ones I remembered.” Jack explained. “Last nights horrific nightmare was a complete shock.”
“What exactly did you see?” Ianto asked, propping himself up on his side and looking at Jack.
“They, the woman and baby were lying on the floor in a pool of blood, their bodies looked like they had been hacked to shreds by someone, something.” Jack gulped back the bile that rose in his throat as he remembered the gory scene. “I dropped onto my knees to feel for a pulse, not finding one I went to check that whatever had done this wasn't still in the house.”
“And where they?” Ianto asked.
“I heard a loud bang above me and then I woke up screaming.” Jack told him with a frown. “I have no idea what's going on in my head and it's beginning to scare me.”
“You think it's some kind of memory?” Ianto asked.
“I really have no idea.” Jack told him. “The woman seems somehow familiar but dreams can be like that.”
“Maybe something we've come in contact with recently is having a strange effect on you.” Ianto suggested. “But I have no idea what.”
“Could have been anything in the last few months.” Jack sighed.
“When did they start?” Ianto asked.
“I'm not sure, but maybe a month or two after Dylan was born.” Jack shrugged.
“Maybe talking about them will be enough to drive them away.” Ianto replied. “I'm sorry I reacted how I did last night, I feel like a complete prat.”
“Yeah, but you're my beautiful prat.” Jack chuckled.
“You're not meant to agree with me.” Ianto grumbled.
Jack cocked an eyebrow at his husband.
“Okay, I admit it, I'm a prat.” Ianto replied laughing. “But just promise me one thing.”
“Which is?” Jack asked.
“Tell me about the dreams and nightmares, maybe between us we can work out what's going on.” Ianto replied.
“We won't worry anyone else though, not the team, or even Claire?” Jack asked.
“Not if you don't want to, but Claire can't have missed the commotion last night, even if she didn't intrude.” Ianto told him. “And the kids won't be fobbed off forever if you have more nightmares, the way they sense your moods seems to be growing daily and that would have contributed to them rushing in here last night.”
“I never thought about that.” Jack admitted. “We'll just have to cross those bridges when it comes to it.”
“We should get up, we still need to work out what that strange signal is that the computers picked up.” Ianto told his husband, getting out of bed. “Damien left the programme running last night but it seems to be something completely new.”
“Then we just have to hope it's not hostile.” Jack replied as he threw the covers off and wandered into the bathroom with Ianto. “Maybe it'll be pretty green kittens again one day.”
“They were a nightmare all of their own.” Ianto replied, but remembering their strange pets with affection. “The kids are still going on about getting a puppy.”
“I'm not sure Claire could cope, what with taking care of the twins and Dylan and Jenni while they are at school.” Jack chuckled, turning on the shower.
“We'll have to ask Claire her thoughts, if she thinks she can cope then maybe we should look into it.” Ianto suggested.
“You want a puppy too, don't you?” Jack grinned, pulling his husband under the cascading water.
“We had a dog when I was a kid, I loved playing with him, walking him.” Ianto told him with a smile. “He was my best friend, I could tell him anything and he would listen patiently and never tell a soul.”
“That's dogs for you, secretive little buggers.” Jack grinned as he handed Ianto the shampoo.
“It would teach the twins about responsibility, always a good thing.” Ianto added, handing Jack the shower gel.
“You really want a puppy, don't you?” Jack laughed, pressing his wet lips to Ianto's in a quick kiss.
“Well, it's not like we can bring Myfanwy home for them, is it?” Ianto snarked with a smirk.
“Okay, okay, as long as Claire agrees that it's not too much for her, we can get a puppy.” Jack agreed laughing as they left the shower and wrapped towels around their bodies before shaving and brushing their teeth.
When they made it down to the kitchen Claire was balancing Dylan on her hip as she ate a piece of toast, the twins at the kitchen table eating their cereal abandoned it as soon as their parents appeared.
Jack swooped Eloise up in his arms as she ran at him across the kitchen and held her tight as she looped her arms around his neck and kissed his cheek.
“Daddy had a bad dream last night.” Caden informed Claire. “He woke us up because he got scared.”
“Did he now?” Claire replied, smiling at the two men and telling them wordlessly that she guessed something must have happened like that in the night for the kids to run to their parents room.
She knew they would tell her if they thought she should know so she wasn't going to push the issue. She had also heard the fight, even though she had no idea what it was about and hadn't been able to sleep until she'd heard Ianto go back up to the bedroom.
“But dada took care of him and he's okay now.” Eloise added with a smile at him.
“Dada's clever like that.” Jack told him daughter, setting her down on the floor. “Now finish your breakfast our you'll be late for school.”
“Yes daddy.” They both grumbled in unison, moving back to their seats.
“Now, you two be good for Claire and at school and we'll see you later.” Ianto told him, praying nothing came up to make them late home.
“We will.” Caden told them.
“Claire, we need to ask you something later.” Ianto told her, with a small wink to Jack who let out a chuckle.
“Sure.” Claire replied, wondering what they were up to as Dylan began to fuss in her arms wanting his nappy changed.
After kissing the kids and saying their goodbyes they finally headed out the house and into the car, driving towards the hub to find out if the signal had been identified yet.
TBC
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