missthingsplace | A Christmas Tale 16/25

Fandom: Torchwood
Title: A Christmas Tale - Written for the adventchallenge
Author: missthingsplace
Parings/characters: Jack/Ianto, Rhiannon/Johnny, Mica, David, Gwen/Rhys
Disclaimer: I don't own Torchwood or any of the characters ... unfortunately, just borrowing them for a while.
Summary: There's nothing more important than making xmas a family holiday. Set after series 2.
Warnings: Slash, fluff, romance, humour
Spoilers: Anything is fair game
Rating:PG - NC17 for series
Word Count: 591

Two days later ...

“Jack come on, if we don't leave now we'll be late,” Ianto called out to his lover from the front door of the flat towards the bedroom. “your hair looks just fine.”

“But it keeps sticking up in one spot,” Jack grumbled, emerging from the bedroom with his hair looking more than it's usual perfect self.

“You're going to see a kids Nativity, they wouldn't care if you spiked it and dyed it pink,” Ianto laughed, helping the Captain into his coat. “there's still snow on the roads, we'll have to go carefully so it'll take us longer than normal to get there.”

“How far away is Mica's school?” Jack asked, following his lover towards the lift.

“Normally about half an hour away but in this weather, maybe another fifteen minutes at least,” Ianto replied as they descended down to the ground floor.

“Then we should have left sooner,” Jack said, looking at his watch.

“We would have, if you hadn't been fiddling around with your hair for so long,” Ianto grinned and rolled his eyes at the same time.

“But … it was a funky!” Jack exclaimed, stepping out the lift when the doors opened, then chuckled at how daft he knew he sounded. “Yeah, yeah, okay!”

“We'll make it fine, especially if you're driving,” Ianto grinned, tossing the older man the keys.

“I can guarantee it,” Jack announced, getting into the drivers side. “so, where exactly are we headed?”

“I've programmed it into the Sat Nav, just follow the directions,” Ianto instructed, fastening his seatbelt as Jack started the engine and turned the Sat Nav on.

“I get the feeling you don't see your sister very often,” Jack said, pulling out of the parking garage.

“Not really, I mean Torchwood isn't exactly your normal nine to five job is it,” Ianto shrugged beside him. “but I try when I can, even if it's usually only once or twice a year.”

“You should have said, you seem have less time to yourself than anyone else ever has,” Jack told him. “I'm sure Gwen wouldn't mind covering a few more shifts if she knew why.”

“We could ask her I guess,” Ianto replied, liking the suggestion.

“Then we will, tomorrow,” Jack said, pulling the SUV onto the motorway and following the Sat Nav's instructions to the tee. “the roads are pretty clear, we'll get there in plenty of time.”

“This is Mica's first Nativity and she's got the part of Mary, Rhiannon must be so proud of her,” Ianto stated.

“You sound pretty proud of your niece yourself,” Jack observed.

“I am, a little,” Ianto admitted. “after coming to the conclusion that I'll probably never have children of my own, well, I feel like I want to be a good uncle to them.”

“Then you definitely need to spend more time with them,” Jack told him.

“I'd really love that,” Ianto said, smiling widely as they finally turned into the street where his niece's school was located. “we're nearly at the school, it's just down this road and around that bend.”

Jack slowed the SUV a little and they spotted the school, it took a few minutes to find a parking space but they finally parked and headed towards the school, spotted Rhiannon waiting for them at the main entrance like she'd promised.

The End - TBC

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badly_knitted

The big meeting is imminent! Looking forward to that =)

Also love Jack taking ages to get ready and fussing with his hair - I always figured he'd be like that! Well, either that or looking good would be so effortless for him that he'd be ready in 5 minutes!