Goodnight Sweetheart 20/?
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missthingsplaceTitle: Goodnight Sweetheart
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missthingsplace
Parings/characters: Ianto/Lisa Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Rhys, Owen/Toshiko, Andy/Donna
Disclaimer: I don't own Torchwood or any of the characters ... unfortunately, just borrowing them for a while.
Summary: When Ianto lost his job he knew it was the oppotunity he'd been waiting for but nothing could have prepared him for what was to come when he leased the premises for his new enterprise.
Warnings: Slash, fluff, romance, angst, humour, AU
Spoilers: Anything is fair game
Rating: NC17 for series
The house was in complete darkness when Ianto let himself in, he flicked on the hall light and toed off his shoes before removing his coat and hanging it up on the hook before making his way to the kitchen where the aroma of something cooking assailed his senses.
A soft glow through the oven door was all that illuminated the room but even so Ianto could make out the sheet of paper propped up on top if the cooker, a note he knew from Lisa and turned the light on before moving to pick it up.
Ianto,
I have a chance to meet with a supplier early tomorrow morning but it's in Birmingham, of course this means travelling there tonight or I won't get there in time. I tried to call your mobile but it wouldn't connect, not even to the answer phone so I thought it best to leave you this note and I'll try you again on the home phone when I reach the hotel.
I had a little while before my taxi was due so I put a casserole together for you, it's beef, your favourite so I hope that goes a little way towards you forgiving me for rushing off without even a goodbye? I should be home Saturday evening, Sunday morning at the latest all depending of course on how this meeting goes.
Perhaps you should take advantage of me being away and find one of those auctions you mentioned, to find some vintage items for your coffee shop? Anyway, the taxi just beeped outside so I need to go.
See you soon,
Love,
Lisa xxx
Ianto put the note down on the kitchen table and picked up the oven gloves, carefully extracting the casserole dish from the oven he placed it on top and lifted off the lid, the full force of the aroma hitting his nostrils and making his stomach growl hungrily.
After buttering several slices of bread Ianto spooned a large portion of the casserole into a bowl, sat down at the kitchen table and began to eat heartily, savouring every mouthful while he tried to decide what to do next, considering going back to Jack and spending the next couple if days with him.
The home phone interrupted his thoughts while he was rinsing out the bowl, setting it down on the draining board he grabbed the phone on the second ring and answered.
“Lisa, hi, you got there okay then?” Ianto asked his wife cheerfully.
“Eventually, the traffic was dreadful,” Lisa groaned down the phone and then yawned. “sorry about the note but I really did try to call you.”
“I've been having problems with it, Rhys told me the same earlier,” Ianto replied, the white lie slipping easier than he thought from his lips. “I'll have to get it looked at.”
“That sounds like a good idea,” Lisa agreed. “so, the meeting is at nine in the morning and then if all goes well he wants to show me around his factory this evening after it closes for the weekend. He wants me to hand choose the scents I require instead of sending me samples, he says he like the more personal approach.”
“He makes the right kind of fragrances for what you need?” Ianto asked, knowing how specific she was about these matters.
“Yes, he assures me that all his fragrances are completely natural,” Lisa replied excitedly. “which is exactly what I need for my hand made toiletries, I'm hoping that this will be the end to my search.”
“I hope so too, then you can finally get into production,” Ianto smiled into the phone.
“I know, oh god, I'll have to start interviewing for staff!” Lisa exclaimed. “It's all really becoming to come together at last, keep your fingers crossed for me?”
“Fingers, toes and everything else,” Ianto told her, his wife's enthusiasm was certainly contagious his told himself as he felt it mounting within himself.
“Thank you, have you decided what you're going to do? Are there any auctions for you to visit?” Lisa asked him.
“There's a couple that might prove fruitful,” Ianto told her. “I might go to them both, one is tomorrow and one on Sunday so I wouldn't be back until Monday morning, if that's okay with you?”
“Of course, oh isn't this all so exciting?” Lisa answered. “Both of us doing exactly what we've always wanted to?”
“It is,” Ianto laughed softly. “we've waited long enough for it.”
“I know,” Lisa laughed back. “look, I have to go as I have a dinner reservation in the hotel dining room on less than ten minutes and then I think it will be a nice hot bath and bed.”
“Good idea, it sounds like you have a long day ahead of you tomorrow,” Ianto replied. “have a good sleep and I'll speak to you soon.”
“Bye, night,” Lisa answered.
“Night,” Ianto told her and they cut the call.
Ianto ran to the bedroom, dragged out the old battered suitcase from under the bed – it had been his grandfathers – and threw a few items of clothing inside, enough for a few days and then carried it to the kitchen where he added the huge bunch of banana's from the fruit bowl and the bottle of brandy that had been sitting in the cupboard since Christmas, untouched.
Deciding it might be best to leave the car where it was – Lisa would assume he'd travelled by train of she arrived home first – he called a taxi and within half an hour he was letting himself into the property that was to become his coffee shop.
He couldn't help but take a minute or two to glance about the place, work had already begun and the builder appeared to be following his plans and instructions to the letter making him thankful he'd trusted his instincts and given the man a copy of the keys.
Smiling happily he locked the front door and headed to the back, unlocking it to reach the courtyard and making sure he locked it again behind him he jumped down the few steps and then stroke quickly towards the gate and back into war torn London.
TBC
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Date: 2011-01-06 11:13 am (UTC)Another great update
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Date: 2011-01-06 12:33 pm (UTC)Is it so wrong to hope that Ianto does stay in the past eventually to be with Jack?
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Date: 2011-01-13 06:47 pm (UTC)Thank you :D
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Date: 2011-01-13 06:48 pm (UTC)Thank you :D
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Date: 2011-01-13 06:53 pm (UTC)All this happens after Ianto was born so the time lines will stay the same, i think, lol!
Thank you :D
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Date: 2011-01-06 05:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-13 06:53 pm (UTC)Thank you :D
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Date: 2011-01-06 06:21 pm (UTC)xx
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Date: 2011-01-13 06:54 pm (UTC)Thank you :D
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Date: 2011-01-06 07:16 pm (UTC)I'm sure Jack will find some use for the banana's!
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Date: 2011-01-13 06:54 pm (UTC)Thank you :D
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Date: 2011-01-06 07:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-13 06:54 pm (UTC)Thank you :D
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Date: 2011-01-06 07:48 pm (UTC)But, I'm always afraid that a bomb fell too close ....
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Date: 2011-01-13 06:55 pm (UTC)Thank you :D
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Date: 2011-01-06 11:22 pm (UTC)I am axiously awaiting Jack and Ianto's weekend and so much more. And, I know everyone wants Ianto to go and be with Jack....but I really hope Jack comes forward in time. They could live so much more freely then as a couple, etc.
Sigh.
More please.
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Date: 2011-01-06 11:52 pm (UTC)More tomorrow :)
Thank you :D
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Date: 2011-01-13 06:56 pm (UTC)Thank you :D
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