missthingsplace | Idée fixe 15/17+ Epilogue

Title: Idée fixe
Author: missthingsplace
Parings/characters: Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Rhys, Owen, Toshiko, John Hart
Disclaimer: I don't own Torchwood or any of the characters ... unfortunately, just borrowing them for a while.
Summary: Jack's office gets a new temp; Gwen and he has no idea of the impact she will have on his and his families lives.
Warnings: Character Death. This fic is completely AU ... no Torchwood.
Spoilers: Anything is fair game
Rating: NC17 for series

Jack sat impatiently at the table, tapping his fingers on the hard surface, ignoring the paper cup of coffee he'd been handed and stared blankly at one of the plain white walls as he thought.

His mind flicked back and forth between the events of the day and night before, first to Ianto and the row they'd had, never in a million years would he have expected the reaction he'd gotten from his lover.

But the more he thought about it, the more he could understand why Ianto had reacted the way he had, all the late nights must have sparked something in his lovers mind and considering how he and Ianto had met, Ianto being his PA at the time and his own reputation among the staff … well, he'd have probably come to the same conclusion, that he was having an affair.

And then Gwen, her accusing him of rape was the last thing that could have ever come to his mind, sure she couldn't seem to get the message that there would never be anything between then, but to accuse him of rape? What the hell was she thinking?

Then it became perfectly clear. Revenge. She didn't get what she wanted and so now she was out to punish him, it clearly didn't matter to the woman that once she was examined it would exonerate him of the charge.

All he had to do now was wait until they had completed the medical examinations and then he would be in the clear, which he assumed was why he'd been taken from the cell he had spent the night in a put in the interrogation room again.

He didn't have to wait much longer, a few minutes later the sounds of the door being unlocked were followed by Detective Swanson entering the room with a young PC he hadn't seen before.

“Captain Harkness, this is PC Mary King,” the Detective informed him while they both took seats opposite him. “we have some good news for you.”

“You know I didn't rape her?” Jack asked, a little more sarcastically than he really should have.

“Yes,” she nodded. “the nursing staff didn't even need to do the test, she told them that she had been confused and that you hadn't raped her.”

“Confused?” Jack shouted out. “She wasn't confused, she knew exactly what she was claiming, she's been stalking me for weeks, trying to get me into bed!”

“I'm afraid it's just your word against hers, unless you have any way you can prove your allegation?” Swanson asked him.

“No,” Jack replied, shaking his head.

“You never mentioned any of this to your partner, Mr. Jones?” She asked.

“No, I didn't want him to worry. Upset him unnecessarily,” Jack explained.

“Or you we're having an affair with Ms Cooper and what with the reputation you have - yes, we have spoken to various colleagues and staff – you were scared he'd find out and leave you?” She pushed.

“No!” Jack shouted angrily, his chair legs scraping on the hard floor as he got to his feet. “I have not as much kissed the woman, let alone anything else. I think it's time you let me go home, don't you?”

Detective Swanson gave him a small smile.

“You may have been cleared of the rape charge but there's the matter of assault to still be dealt with,” she replied. “she has some bruising to her shoulder blades where she says you shoved her against a wall, her wrist where you grabbed her roughly while trying to get her to commit a sexual act on yourself and her knees where she was shoved down onto the floor for with the same intention.”

Jack was completely stunned into silence for a moment or two while he collected his thoughts and then let rip.

“The bruise to her shoulders was caused when I pushed her off me in the cubicle in the men's toilet, I had to yank her wrist from inside my jeans where she had shoved her hand and the bruises on her knees were from where she fell when I finally managed to escape her unwanted advances,” Jack snapped. “she has no-one but herself to blame for her injuries.”

“Well, as there is obviously no CCTV in the men's toilets and no witnesses then I'm afraid that for now, the charge stands,” Swanson told him, getting to her feet. “we are going to release you on bail, you have very good partners at your firm but there has been a restraining order set against you, if you go within five hundred yards of Ms Cooper you will find yourself back in our company again, do you understand?”

“Yeah,” Jack replied simply, just relieved to be getting out of the place.

“PC King will escort you to the desk to collect your personal items,” she told him. “please try and keep yourself out of trouble until this is resolved, one way or another.”

“It's not me you should be telling that too,” Jack told her with a resigned sigh as he followed the PC from the room.

After collection his belongings the PC led him though to the front of the station, the first thing he saw was Ianto, sat hunched up and looking very dishevelled on one of the hard plastic chairs in the foyer of the police station.

“Ianto?” Jack asked, scared his lover was still angry at him despite everything.

“Jack?” Ianto replied, looking up with red-rimmed eyes. “Oh God Jack.”

Jack quickly pulled him up into his arms and held him tightly as if he never wanted to let him go.

“They said she confessed?” Ianto asked.

“Yeah, but it's not over, she ...” Jack began to reply, his voice hitching with emotion while he fought back his tears.

“I know, they told me,” Ianto said, cutting him off gently and pressing his lips to his lovers in a brief kiss. “come on, lets just get home and we can talk more there.”

“Where's Alice?” Jack asked, letting Ianto lead him by the hand from the station.

“Rose is caring for her, I didn't want to bring her here,” Ianto explained.

“You seem to have become close to Rose?” Jack asked carefully.

Ianto came to a stop and looked Jack straight in the eye.

“Rose has been a good friend to me Jack, she's helped keep me sane,” Ianto explained. “but nothing more, I promise you.”

“I know, I'm sorry,” Jack replied quietly.

“We're both idiots, you know that?” Ianto asked with a wry smile.

Jack nodded and hand in hand they walked the short distance to where his lover had parked the car.

TBC

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Well at least he's cleared of the rape charges..but the assault...I hope they can clear him of that too, and yeah, he and Ianto have both been idiots.

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