missthingsplace | Come Back To me 3/?

Author:

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 19^th

“You can leave if you need to, I'll be okay,” Jack told Gwen when they had finished their tea and snacks. “I know you were about to when ...”

“It can wait,” Gwen assured him. “the hub is still on automatic I am guessing?”

Jack nodded.

“Then nothing has come through the rift since we left for the night yesterday,” she said logically. “I was just going to check on things, power up the computer and the like but they can wait.”

“Myfanway needs feeding,” Jack told her. “Ianto always feeds her when we get there in the morning.”

“She'll be fine, she won't starve if she has to wait another hour or so,” Gwen insisted. “surely they must have some news soon? Want me to go and see of I can find anything out? I can even play the Torchwood card if need be?”

“I don't think you'll need to go that far,” Jack answered. “Surely they would have said if they had any news?”

“Perhaps, but it doesn't hurt to ask,” Gwen replied, got to her feet and headed for the little nurses office near the main doors.

The door was open and the nurse was on the phone so Gwen knocked lightly and hovered in the doorway.

“Thank you,” the nurse said, placing the phone back in it's charger and getting to her feet.

“Any news? About Ianto Jones?” Gwen asked.

“That call was about him, I need to speak to Mr Harkness,” she replied.

“Captain, Captain Harkness,” Gwen corrected her and followed her from the room, sitting back down next to Jack and taking his hand in hers.

“Mr … Captain Harkness, I am afraid that the MRI scan showed a small bleed in Mr Jones brain,” she began, noting the looks of horror on the faces before her she worded the rest carefully. “It is not deep and they are positive it is what caused the episode earlier. He is being taken into surgery to remove it now.”

“Oh God,” Jack gasped, feeling like his chest was tightening and he gulped down oxygen.

The nurse crouched down before him.

“You need to calm down or you will pass out,” she said gently. “slow your breathing for me, come on.”

“You can do it Jack,” Gwen encouraged and slowly his breathing returned to normal.

“That's better,” the nurse smiled. “having a panic attack isn't going to help either of you, is it?”

“No,” Jack replied. “I guess not.”

“I'll look after him,” Gwen assured the nurse. “I promise he's in good hands.”

The nurse nodded. “the surgery won't take long, he will be back on the ward soon.”

“Will he … is that what was stopping him from coming out of it?” Jack asked a little hesitantly, not sure if he wanted an answer.

“No, that was just a complication of his condition, his body is using all it's resources to heal the damage,” she explained. “he will wake when his brain has begun healing.”

“So I keep being told,” Jack sighed. “thank you.”

The nurse went to do her rounds, checking on the two other patients in the ward and Jack headed back to Ianto's room, Gwen following behind him and watched the Captain stand in the empty space where his lovers hospital bed had stood.

“He is going to be just fine!” Jack stated. “I have decided and nothing less will do.”

“Now there's the Jack we all know and love.” Gwen said, giving the man a hug. “why not do something to keep yourself busy until he comes back?”

“What?”

“Well, he was rushed in here yesterday evening, he won't have any of his things,” Gwen answered. “I bet he'd welcome his toothbrush and other toiletries when he comes around, and his own pyjamas. It won't take you long to pop home for them, despite the weather.”

“You are right,” Jack agreed. “he would hate waking up and not being able to freshen up properly.”

“Good, you do that and I will go to the hub, feed Myfanway and check on Janet,” Gwen insisted. “I will keep and eye on the rift predictor and I promise I won't disturb you unless I can't deal with it myself.”

“And Rhys can help out if need be,” Jack added.

“Exactly,” Gwen said. “go and give the nurse your mobile number, she can call you the instant Ianto comes back onto the ward if it happens before you get back.”

“I will, thanks Gwen, for everything,”

“There is nothing to thank me for, I am your friend, it's what we do.” Gwen told him firmly and then pressed a reassuring his to his cheek.

Jack did as Gwen suggested, made the nurse promise to call him if Ianto returned before he did to the ward and he and Gwen left together. After telling her to drive safely in the pouring snow he headed beck to the flat he shared with Ianto, hurriedly packed all the item he thought Ianto might need along with a pair of rarely used pyjamas and rushed back to the hospital cursing the weather and wondering if it was ever going to stop snowing.

He arrived back at the ward only moments before Ianto's bed was pushed through the doors by a porter, he waited until the bed was back in place and the nurse had checked his vitals and left them alone before kissing his unconscious lover softly on the lips and then perched on the edge of the bed and began to talk to him, telling him all about his life as a child on the Boshane Peninsular wondering if he could hear him and hoping he could.

tbc