Growing up is never easy 2/3
Feb. 10th, 2011 06:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
AU: When it all changes: Life, Love and Family in Torchwood.
Title: Growing up is never easy
Author: missthingsplace
Parings/characters: Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Rhys, Andy, My OC's: Caden, Eloise, Dylan, Jenni, Claire, Chloe, Damien, Ianto's family.
Disclaimer: I don't own Torchwood or any of the characters ... unfortunately, just borrowing them for a while.
Summary: Set approx three months after 'Fathers, First Dates and First Kisses'. Eloise finds that life isn't always as simple as it seems when it comes to affairs of the heart.
Spoilers: Probably not, but you never know ...
Warnings: None
Rating: PG
A/N: I've been wanting to write a fic in this 'verse for ages and it being teachwriteslash's birthday seemed like a good excuse! I hope you have a great day Teach and this is for you, i hope you enjoy.
A/N 2: Sorry i didn't post part 2 yesterday, i had a migrane all afternoon and evening. The insomnia seems to have eased off a little thankfully and as of this morning i have lost 1 stone and 1 pound in weight (15 pounds) :)
The front door swung open just as Ianto reached the bottom of the stairs and Jack's face lit up at the sight of his husband, pushing the door closed behind him he reached out to pull the younger man towards him and capturing his lips with his own gave him a tender kiss.
“How did the call to the Prime Minister go?” Ianto asked, still in his husbands arms.
“The same,” Jack answered. “he wanted to know more than I was willing to tell him, we bantered for a while and then he gave up.”
“I don't know why he still bothers after all this time,” Ianto laughed softly. “you'd have thought he would have given up years ago.”
“Perhaps he believes there's no harm in trying,” Jack shrugged. “are the kids all home?”
“Yep, but Eloise was in a bit of a state when I got here,” Ianto began to explain. “I managed to calm her down and get her to tell me what was wrong and I think I helped but I suggested she speak to you later.”
“What's wrong?” Jack asked, his eyes turning to look up the staircase.
“She's more like you than we thought,” Ianto answered. “it seems she's realised that she's not only attracted to boys and an incident today has her confused about how she feels about Scott.”
“Oh? What happened?” Jack asked, taking Ianto's hand in his own as they left the hallway and headed for the living room.
“It seems that she's been spending a lot of time with a new girl, a new friend called Katie,” Ianto explained. “and today Katie kissed her and instead of pushing her away, she responded and kissed her back.”
“She kissed a girl and liked it?” Jack chuckled.
“Yep, and now she doesn't know how she feels about Scott, she thought she loved him,” Ianto continued. “I explained that at her age she'll think that she's in love more than a few times before she finds the person she wants to spend her life with but … she's convinced that she's inherited your pheromones and has no idea how she's meant to control them or herself.”
“She's not at all phased by the idea that she likes girls too?” Jack asked.
“Nope, that seems to be the least of her worries,” Ianto answered. “having two fathers has probably helped along those lines, no, she's more worried about the pheromones from what I can tell and that she feels like she's betrayed Scott.”
“She won't be able to control the pheromones,” Jack sighed, a little bit of panic rising in his voice. “just her response to the reaction they cause in others. Oh shit Ianto, what if she's like I used to be? What if she just reacts like I did to everyone that made a pass at me? Oh god, what … Ianto, this is all my fault!”
“Jack we have always known this was a possibility,” Ianto told him. “our daughter isn't daft, she's not going to jump into bed with every boy or girl she meets.”
“How do we know that?” Jack countered. “she's already kissing a girl she barely knows while she's still dating Scott!”
“She's a teenage girl Jack, they aren't known for making sensible decisions even when they don't have their fathers futuristic pheromones,” Ianto argued softly back. “it could be nothing to do with them at all, just her exploring her sexuality, experimenting.”
“I really hope so,” Jack replied. “I should go and see her.”
“She's having a bath, you can talk after dinner,” Ianto said, squeezing his husbands hand. “how about we go and find Claire and find out what's cooking?”
The aroma of dinner drew then quickly towards the kitchen where they were greeted by two very excitable dogs, despite their advancing years nothing ever stopped them from welcoming their masters home with their tales wagging furiously while they sniffed every inch of them.
“Hey Chewie, Princess,” Jack greeted the dogs, dropping down into his knees and letting them both snuffle through his hair and lick his face excitedly while Ianto turned his attention to the humans in the room.
“Dada, Daddy!” Dylan called out from where he was stood helping Claire at the kitchen table, pastry cutter in his hand and flour all over him.
“Are you being a good boy?” Ianto asked the young child, laughing when Jack nearly tumbled over under the dogs bulk.
“Okay you two, that's enough,” Jack laughed, managing to get to his feet.
The two dog knowing that their game was over for now made their way panting to their beds and made themselves comfortable where they could watch everything that went on in the room.
“He's been a very good boy,” Claire said with a smile. “he's helping me make jam tarts for pudding.”
“With custard!” Dylan exclaimed.
“That sounds yummy,” Jack said, ruffling the boys hair with his hand and sending flour into the air.
“Elizabeth is in her cot having a nap, she should be wanting a feed soon,” Claire informed them, picking out the round shapes Dylan had cut out of the pastry and pressing them in the baking tin. “and Eloise and Caden should be doing their homework.”
“And what about your homework young man?” Ianto asked Caden.
“I only had maths and Claire made me do it before we came out here to cook,” Caden told them with a small huff.
“That's great,” Jack told him with a smile. “so, what's for dinner?”
“Lamb stew and dumplings,” Dylan told them.
“It should be ready to serve once I've got these tarts into the oven,” Claire added. “Perhaps you could let the other to kids know and get them to wash their hands?”
“Consider it done,” Ianto told her and left the room, leaving Jack behind as he was helping to clear the kitchen table ready for their meal.
TBC
no subject
Date: 2011-02-10 07:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-10 07:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-10 07:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-10 07:56 pm (UTC)Hope you're feeling a bit better *gentle hugs* xxx
no subject
Date: 2011-02-10 08:25 pm (UTC)Oh, and I think there was a typo - Ianto asked Dylan about his homework, not Caden...
no subject
Date: 2011-02-10 09:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-10 09:43 pm (UTC)Oh And...interesting: 'their tales wagging'...I have a hard time picturing that...
no subject
Date: 2011-02-10 10:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-11 04:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-11 02:48 pm (UTC)The final part will be posted tomorrow :)
Thank you :)
no subject
Date: 2011-02-11 05:06 am (UTC)Congratulations on your weight lost!! You've earned a gold star!!
You're an inspiration!!!
I've just finished my first week on Weight Watchers and lost 4.8 pounds.
no subject
Date: 2011-02-11 06:37 pm (UTC)And I just realised that I seem to have missed 'Fathers, First Dates and First Kisses'. Do you have it on dreamwidth as well?
no subject
Date: 2011-02-14 12:32 am (UTC)I hope you enjoy :)
Thank you :D
no subject
Date: 2011-02-11 10:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-12 03:16 pm (UTC)Ianto has to be very careful about not giving out modern packages...maybe he could put the sugar and flour in other containers?
I'm very curious how that turns out. Are they going to have a baby appointment soon?
I hope you feel better. I also wrote a couple of drabbles, not sure if you saw them:
http://ericadawn16.livejournal.com/227694.html
no subject
Date: 2011-02-13 12:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-14 12:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-22 08:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-12 08:30 am (UTC)