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missthingsplace) wrote2014-03-06 05:19 pm
Come Back To me 2/?
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missthingsplace Parings/characters: Jack/Ianto, Gwen, Rhys, Andy, OC's
Disclaimer: I don't own Torchwood or any of the characters ... unfortunately, just borrowing them for a while.
Summary: Ianto has an accident and Jack's world is thrown out of kilter.
Warnings: Do you watch Torchwood?
Spoilers: Anything is fair game
Rating: G - NC17 for series
December 19th
A knock on the door of the intensive care room caused Jack to turn his head in it's direction and when it opened Gwen's face popped into view.
“Jack, can I come in?” She asked politely.
Jack nodded.
“Any change?”
“No, nothing,” the Captain told her sadly. “I've been here all night and nothing has changed.”
“He hurt his head Jack,” she said gently, taking the hard plastic seat from the corner of the room and placing it next to the one Jack sat in and joined him next to the bed. “I spoke to the nurse before I came in, she told me his brain needs to recover from the trauma, to heal.”
“That's what the doctor said but they have no idea if it will be today or … ever,” Jack replied with a muffled sob then pulled himself together again before continuing. “they are taking him for an MRI scan later so they can assess the damage and estimate his recovery. But it will only be an estimate.”
“He's young and strong Jack,” Gwen said trying her best to reassure him. “he'll get through this.”
“He has to,” Jack replied, looking her straight in the eye. “It's a long time since I felt like this about anyone, I can't lose him now. Gwen, I love him and I have never actually told him.”
“I think he knows.” she said with a small smile. “it's obvious to everyone how you feel about each other even if you won't admit it to yourselves.”
“Really?”
“Yes,” she nodded. “and do you really think Ianto would have considered living with you if those feelings weren't there?”
“No, I guess not,” the Captain admitted. “I was actually scared of making the commitment, but it's been the best thing I have done in a very long time. Oh Gwen, he only went out to the corner shop, we live our lives in the knowledge that we could die at the hands of an alien and I could lose him to bad weather and a car.”
“You need to be positive, for both your sakes,” she told him, being practical. “have you got any sleep?”
“No, I was worried he'd wake and I'd miss it. I don't need much sleep anyway,” Jack shrugged.
“I am guessing you haven't eaten either?”
“A nurse offered me some breakfast but I'm not hungry.”
“You need to keep your strength up for when he comes around,” Gwen said with a small smile. “you'll need all you've got to celebrate.”
“Yeah!” Jack replied with a smile which then dropped from his lips almost instantly as he looked at his lovers prone form on the bed before them.
“I better go, I …” was all Gwen managed to get out before the machines went mad, alarms ringing loudly.
“Oh shit!” Jack gasped and slammed his hand onto the emergency button beside the bed while Gwen ran to the door, wrenched it open and yelled for a nurse, for help.
Instantly it seemed the room was full of medical staff and Jack tried to resist when a nurse ushered him and Gwen out. But Gwen helped, telling Jack they needed space to tend to Ianto and he finally stopped struggling and let Gwen hug him while keeping one eye on the closed door, wondering what exactly was going on in the room.
It seemed like hours later but in reality was only a few minutes when the door was flung open and Ianto was pushed out of the room on his bed. The alarms now silenced and the heart monitor sounding normal again but the medical staff seemed to be moving fast.
“What's happening?” Jack yelled when they pushed the bed past him.
“He's going for his scan now, we can't afford to wait any longer,” A nurse explained. “they need to find out what caused this episode and hopefully discover how to stop it happening again.”
“I should go with him,” Jack insisted, pulling out of Gwen's arms.
“No, wait here,” the nurse instructed. “it won't take long and we will tell you as soon as we know anything.”
Jack watched Ianto being pushed through the ward doors them collapsed onto one of the chairs in the corridor and put his head in his hands, not caring that anyone could hear his sobs as he finally broke down.
Gwen sat beside him, put her arm around his shoulders and let him get it out of his system.
“Sorry,” he mumbled to her some minutes later.
“There is nothing to be sorry for Jack,” she told him, handing him a handkerchief for her handbag. “it's a natural reaction.”
“He is going to die, isn't he? I really am going to lose him? I have been deluding myself that he might be okay?”
“Jack, remember what I said about being positive? We don't know anything yet, we need to wait for the results of the scan.”
“Yeah, I know,” Jack told her resignedly, gazing at the doors to the ward and willing them to open again with them bringing Ianto back.
“Coffee?” Gwen suggested, hoping to distract him a little.
“Hospital coffee?”
“True,” Gwen said. “tea?”
“Sure,” Jack shrugged.
Gwen rummaged around in her bag for her purse, found some change and after telling Jack she wouldn't be long – the vending machines were out in the main corridor – she hurried off to fetch their drinks.
When she returned a few minutes later with two cups of tea and a selection of chocolate bars she went to use her elbow to press the bell but stopped when she caught sight of Jack through its window sat exactly where she had left him. She had never seen him looking so worried and scared and it broke her heart.
tbc
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Jack needs a hug, so Ianto better wake up soon. :(
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Thank you :)