TW thingy for Rivier

[janne_d]

and because I suck at the drabble concept, it ended up more of a 3.5x drabble. Ooops.

So here it is, with some mild Jack/Ianto slashiness (nothing that wouldn't be on the show). I hope this improves your rainy day:


Come On With the Rain

Jack knew Ianto didn't like the rain.

Not a big surprise really; who British did? It was cold, and damp and miserable and far too common an occurrence.

But Ianto had liked it. He used to tease Tosh and Owen about being soft Southerners when they complained, he'd only used an umbrella in dire circumstances and Jack had once caught him splashing through puddles in Wellingtons, as gleeful as a child.

That was before the Night Travellers. Now Ianto trudged alongside Jack in the downpour, shoulders hunched defensively against the drops and an unhappy expression on his face and maybe it was a silly thing for Jack to regret against everything else they'd lost, but he did anyway.

They turned into an empty street, pavements washed slickly clean and deep pools in the gutters reflecting back the streetlights and Jack got the idea, a stupid wonderful idea that might not even work but he twisted and grabbed onto Ianto and went with the impulse.

"Jack, what?" Ianto spluttered, and he was holding back but Jack just swept him more firmly into the right position and continued to waltz him down the centre of the road. After a minute Ianto started to follow properly, like he always followed Jack, and of course Ianto was right on the beat and light on his feet and Jack grinned and sped up.

It was working, he thought it was working because Ianto's posture had relaxed and he was looking up into Jack's face with his familiar incredulous fondness at Jack's antics. Jack kissed him quickly and dipped him immediately afterwards and Ianto yelped and came up grinning.

They sloshed through a deep puddle at full speed, the water splashing up around their legs and Ianto started to laugh and then to sing. It was in Welsh, but Jack recognised the tune, and he watched the droplets of rain catch and shine in Ianto's eyelashes and slide down to his still-smiling mouth and Jack smiled back and hummed along and spun them just to make Ianto laugh in the middle of a line.

They were dancing in the rain, and it was glorious.

Comments

[torakowalski.livejournal.com]

Oh!♥ Well it certainly improved *my* rainy day.

[janne-d.livejournal.com]

Cool :-) ♥ you back.

I can't believe this, but 2 minutes after I posted this the heavens opened and it is currently absolutely bucketing rain!

Bloody typical - I can't believe how much the weather has sucked this summer.

[torakowalski.livejournal.com]

*sigh* This summer has sucked worse than any summer I can remember.

*peers out of the window* Oh, wow, I see a slice of blue sky! I mean, it's still raining and all, but blue sky!

[rivier.livejournal.com]

AHHHHH! I love it, thank you! Ianto falling out of love with the rain and Jack caring enough, not just to notice but to remedy, oh yes, that works for me.

And then they went home and had hot buttered crumpets...

I'm only sorry it puller a rainmaker trick on you to write it! It's rained sooooo much over here this last week - month - summer, forsooth. Good grief, enough!

Would you like something drabbley and reciprocal? Let me know...

[janne-d.livejournal.com]

Good, I'm glad you liked it!

Mmm, hot buttered crumpets. I could do with some of those myself.

If you should feel inspired to some Jack and Ianto goodness (or Jack and the Doctor) I would love to read it, but don't feel you have to. I had fun writing this and it was your shiny prize, so no obligation.

[genagirl.livejournal.com]

Oh - thank you! It's raining her as well (Thanks to Gustav and Hanna) and that put such a grin on my face! of course Ianto was right on the beat and light on his feet and Jack grinned and sped up.
My fave line.

[janne-d.livejournal.com]

It seems to be raining everywhere at the moment. Glad you enjoyed it.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Oh, a lovely story! Especially since it was raining today...! Nice thoughts.

[janne-d.livejournal.com]

Thank you kindly :-) I guess us British aren't the only ones suffering bad weather today. Thinking of Jack and Ianto dancing in it did improve my reactions slightly, but it helped that I didn't have to go outside!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Rather amusingly, when Sept. 1 hit, all our nice summer weather disappeared; today was cool and rainy, and the trees are turning yellow and orange already. Summer goes so quickly.

Not that I really mind: I love autumn.

Staying inside in this kind of weather is a good idea. Unless you have Jack to dance with.

[janne-d.livejournal.com]

The UK seems to have skipped summer entirely this year - we've had isolated days of sunshine but the rest has all been grey and rainy. There's been very few days where I haven't worn my coat on the way to work either.

I'm just hoping autumn is at least a little dryer.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

We had a lot of rain, but a lot of sunshine too - I've never seen such a good summer for flowers. I hope it's a long autumn: I'm not looking forward to snow.

[louiex.livejournal.com]

Oh I love it~ A very Jack thing to do and like others have said, it certainly made this dark, rainy day a lot better!

[janne-d.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much, I'm glad it made the day better. I am so sick of all the rain - Jack and Ianto dancing in it would be the only thing to make it bearable!

[merucha.livejournal.com]

Loved this!!!! Many, many exclamation points of love...

[janne-d.livejournal.com]

Ooh, multiple exclamation marks - thank you very much.

[pinkfairy727.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous!

[janne-d.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. *beams*

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Wonderful.

[janne-d.livejournal.com]

:-) thank you kindly.

[spacedye-vest.livejournal.com]

That's lovely! I was annoyed and angry at people (and the weather too, it seems like it rained everywhere today!) and now I can't stop smiling.

Good like chocolate :)

[janne-d.livejournal.com]

Good like chocolate

That is flattering! Thank you very much, I'm glad to give you a smile.

[ceindreadh.livejournal.com]

Oh I love this! I love that Jack knows Ianto so well that he notices Ianto's changed feelings about the rain. I love the line "Ianto started to follow properly, like he always followed Jack" and I love the image of the two of them dancing and singing in the rain.

[janne-d.livejournal.com]

That's lovely to know, thank you. And like I said to someone else, the only thing that makes all the rain lately bearable is thinking about Jack and Ianto dancing in it!

[lonelybrit]

Awww! Oh I loved this and Jack unwilling to lose one of Ianto's personal quirks without a fight. Bravo!

[janne-d.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! I think Jack definitely likes Ianto a bit quirky (and avant garde).

[cs-whitewolf.livejournal.com]

X) aww! That has just put the biggest smile on my face.

Thank you so much!
Peace,
CS WhiteWolf

[janne-d.livejournal.com]

I'm very glad to hear it - thank you!

[moirin-keeline.livejournal.com]

Hell, now I have a catchy tune in the ear and can’t shake it of (Singing in the rain) but what the hell, it was and is worth it. Such a lovely story. Thanks for sharing. :-)

[janne-d.livejournal.com]

Hee, I always get it stuck in my head for ages too. I'm really pleased you enjoyed this - thank you very much for letting me know.

[ansku]

Sweet :)

[janne-d.livejournal.com]

Thank you kindly :-)