A Christmas Tale 21/25

[missthingsplace]

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: 515

 

 

 

 

Ianto dropped down onto his knees and then lent down on his elbows to look under the bed, spying the box he knew he had put there he lay flat and reached under it with his hand to grab the edge, pulling it towards him.

He sat up on his knees again and opened the lid, coughing a little when a small cloud of dust flew up into the air. After flapping at the air with one hand for a few moments he began rooting through the box to find what he was looking for.

It didn't take him long, the first stocking he found was a deep red and his own. He put it down to one side and reached for the next one, finding himself a little welling up a little at the pink fabric and remembering fondly the woman it had belonged to. Lisa. Before placing it back in the box and pulling out another two.

One of the stockings was blue and the other green, all four had come as a set and these two had never been used, after a short few moments he decided on the blue one and packed the green one back into the box and replaced it under the bed.

“I found them,” Ianto called out cheerfully, leaving the bedroom and going in search of Jack.

Jack emerged out of the kitchen with a guilty look on his face, Ianto just raised an eyebrow at him and the Captain admitted that he had helped himself to one of the chocolate biscuits from the new tin he'd found.

“It's Christmas Eve,” Ianto grinned. “as fas as I'm concerned Christmas has already begun, eat whatever you want. Look, I found the stockings.”

“I hope yours is the red one?” Jack asked, taking the blue one from Ianto's hand.

“Of course, even I knew that red was my colour before you kept telling me,” Ianto chuckled. “I thought we should hang them up now and then later we can sneak each others presents into them.”

“Mine will fit in there, will it?” Jack asked with a grin.

“Perfectly,” Ianto grinned back. “we'll have to hang them on the tree as we don't have a fireplace to hang them from.”

“That'll be fine,” Jack agreed, hanging it on one of the branched and Ianto did the same.

“What now then?” Ianto asked.

“Movie?” Jack suggested. “Something Christmasy while snuggled up on the sofa?”

“The Muppet Christmas Carol?” Ianto answered. “I happen to know it's on TV this evening.”

“Soon?” Jack replied, liking his lovers choice.

“I think there's just enough time for me to make us a coffee,” Ianto told him.

“Just what I need,” Jack smiled. “with chocolate biscuits?”

“I'll get the tin,” Ianto laughed, leaving to room to go to the kitchen while Jack turned on the TV to find the movie and settled down on the sofa to wait for Ianto to return.

The End - TBC