Living The Dream 99/?

[missthingsplace]

Title: Living The Dream
Author: missthingsplace
Parings/characters: Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Rhys, Andy, John, Martha, Owen, Tosh, Myfanwy,
Disclaimer: I don't own Torchwood or any of the characters ... unfortunately, just borrowing them for a while.
Summary: Orphaned at the age of seventeen Jack is sent to live with his uncle and cousins he barely remembers until he's eligible for his inheritence when he reaches twenty one, unbeknown to him his uncle has plans to get his own hands on the money.
Spoilers: Probably not, but you never know ...
Warnings: Slash, Angst ... the ususal!
Rating: NC17 for the series.
Word count to date: 138,392 ...

A/N: This series is very AU and i haven't written anything like it before! For the purposes of this story Jack is seventeen and mortal. I have absolutely no idea where this came from but i hope you like and enjoy. Written for wrianojune

A/N 2: This chapter is very Jack and Ianto light but they will be back in the next one with a vengance (almost literally)!

Eirween knew exactly where to find Roberta, she knew she wouldn't have gone home upset as it would cause too many questions. Making her way across the fields behind the manor she headed for the abandoned barn on the land.

Panting from the excursion Eirween sped straight into the barn and spotted Roberta huddled in the corner at the back where it still had shelter from what remained of the damaged roof huddled in one of the blankets they had taken there.

“It's only me.” Eirween called out seeing the other girl freeze sensing her presence.

Roberta's head appeared from under the blanket and she gave the other girl a small watery smile.

“What happened?” Roberta asked, Eirween snuggling under the blanket with her.

“Jack, my daddy found me and we talked.” Eirween told her. “He told me that we should ignore the taunts at school and that being a lesbian was what I was, not an insult like the kids at school seem to think.”

“Which means?” Roberta frowned.

“The name for a girl who likes other girls and not boys.” Eirween explained. “I don't like boys in the same way I like you, so that's what I am.”

“Then that makes me one too.” Roberta replied with a nervous chuckle.

“He sent me to come and find you, I'm sorry I made you leave but I was so upset over what Lizzy told them.” Eirween apologised. “I'm not ashamed of how I feel about you but it was so embarrassing that they had been spying on us.”

“I was scared you wouldn't want to be with me anymore.” Roberta told her.

“I told daddy that I love you.” Eirween replied shyly.

“You did?” Roberta asked a little amazed.

“Yep, and I mean it, I do.” Eirween smiled at her.

“I think I love you too.” Roberta admitted.

“I told him that as well.” Eirween grinned.

“Before I had even told you how I felt? You were sure of yourself.” Roberta laughed.

“Hopeful more like it.” Eirween replied.

Roberta pulled Eirween close and kissed her softly. “I wish I had parents like yours, my father keeps bringing home suitors for me and telling me I will make a great wife.”

“You're only sixteen, is he that desperate to get rid of his only daughter?” Eirween asked her a little shocked.

“He and mother were young when they married and he thinks I should follow in their footsteps.” Roberta sighed. “I have no idea how to tell him I don't like boys that way.”

“You have to tell them the truth, you can't put yourself through a loveless marriage just to keep them happy.” Eirween told her. “Jack was married to my mother until shortly before her and my real fathers deaths, it was so hard on both of them not being able to be with the people they loved for real.”

“You never told me that before, they really were married?” Roberta asked.

“My grandfather wasn't a nice person, Jack was my mothers cousin and his parents died.” Eirween explained. “My father gambled and drank all his money away and Jack was due to come into an large inheritance when he was twenty one and my grandfather had plans to get his hands on it. If Jack didn't marry my mother then my grandfather would kick him out and if he didn't marry at all he wouldn't get his money until he was thirty.”

“So he did it for the money?” Roberts asked.

“He had no choice, he was penniless and if my grandfather had kicked him out he would not have had anywhere to go, he saw it as the lesser of two evils.” Eirween continued. “But my mother was already in love with my real father and Jack had fallen for Ianto, who was the stable boy back then and from the day of their marriage they lived two lives. When they had to be in public together they acted as the perfect couple, behind closed doors they lived separate lives.”

“Ianto was the stable boy?” Roberta gasped.

“You'd never know it now, but yes and you can see why they they fell for each other.” Eirween laughed. “Jack is thirty seven now and Ianto just a year younger but they both still look, well gorgeous.”

“It's a good job they're not your real parents or that would sound really wrong.” Roberta chuckled. “So do they just like men?”

“No, Jack told me they both liked women too but they had just fallen for each other.” Eirween shrugged.

“That must have been hard for them, even now it's considered wrong, illegal for two men to be together.” Roberta replied.

“You won't tell anyone, will you, that you saw them kissing?” Eirween asked.

“No, of course not.” Roberta promised.

“Is it illegal for us to be together?” Eirween asked.

“No, strangely.” Roberta told her. “But it's not seen as normal.”

“Then we should be careful anyway.” Eirween replied.

“Yes.” Roberta agreed.

“I should be getting home, it's getting dark and they'll be worrying about me.” Eirween sighed sadly.

“Just five more minutes and then we'll go.” Roberta suggested.

“Okay.” Eirween agreed as Roberta's lips met hers in a tender kiss.

Roberta's lips opened readily when she felt the tip Eirween's tongue probing at her lips, letting out a soft moan into the other girls mouth when her tongue snaked into her mouth and stroked against her tongue.

Arms wrapped tightly around each others bodies they lost themselves in the kiss, dropping down onto the blanket beneath them they didn't stop kissing until they had to break panting for air, their faces flushed from their passion.

“We should go.” Eirween panted reluctantly.

“Umm.” Roberta agreed, stealing one last small kiss before they dragged themselves to their feet and walked out of the barn hand in hand until they reached the manor knowing they wouldn't meet anyone.

Stopping behind the stables they stole another kiss before parting not knowing it was the same spot that Jack and Ianto had used all those years ago when their romance began to flourish.

TBC

Comments

[wykling.livejournal.com]

“My father gambled and drank all his money away and Jack was due to come into an large inheritance...
Me thinks you mean grandfather^^

Aaaww, sweet girls, love the little touch about the barn.
If I remember right there were 'sanatories' where homosexual women were sent by their parents and they got all kinds of aweful things done to them... meh

[missthingsplace.livejournal.com]

Nope, Gwen's father, Jack's uncle ...

I believe so, they were considered ill!

Thank you :D