Drabble: Spartan Living
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Title: Spartan Living
Author: ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
badly_knitted
Characters: Jack, mentions Ianto and Lisa
Rating: G
Written For: Bonus challenge 300.1 at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif){kind=small}
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Spoilers: Cyberwoman.
Summary: Jack visits Ianto while he’s on suspension and gets a shock.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
Seeing inside Ianto’s flat for the first time came as a shock to Jack, though in retrospect it shouldn’t have. All Ianto’s time and resources had been poured into caring for Lisa when he wasn’t working, and sometimes even when he was. The flat was simply a place to keep things and to shower. Calling it Spartan was an understatement.
A sleeping bag on the bare floor, a radio, crates to sit on, boxes everywhere. There was no furniture whatsoever and the bare minimum in the kitchen, just enough for one person.
“Let me help you make this place home.”
The End
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Date: 2013-12-02 03:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-12-02 05:05 pm (UTC)Thank you.
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Date: 2013-12-02 03:57 pm (UTC)Uhm, don't take this the wrong way, but the last sentence creeps me out a bit. It's just - isn't Jack, at that point in time, presuming a bit much? I don't know, it just doesn't feel right - it sounds as if Jack is wanting to make that flat a home WITH Ianto instead of FOR Ianto and it's far too soon in their (not even really existing just yet) relationship... Do you know what I mean?
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Date: 2013-12-02 05:14 pm (UTC)The way I see it, Ianto accused Jack of never asking anything about his life, so now Jack is trying to make amends by offering to help Ianto decorate and furnish his flat so it's a real home instead of just a storage space. He wants to help Ianto rebuild his life, so he's offering a helping hand as a friend.
Thank you. Yes, Ianto put everything into helping Lisa, leaving himself the bare minimum, but that's how it had to be for him. Lisa came first.
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Date: 2013-12-03 03:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-12-03 04:35 pm (UTC)Some of my drabbles would probably have been better if I'd had more time to work on them, but then again I think the short amount of time available is good because it means I can't spend forever editing and re-writing. It's a good writing excercise.
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Date: 2013-12-02 04:56 pm (UTC)Great drabble.
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Date: 2013-12-02 05:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-12-02 05:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-12-02 06:14 pm (UTC)Glad you like it though! Maybe Jack did subconsciously mean it the way it sounds...
Thank you.
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Date: 2013-12-02 06:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-12-02 07:04 pm (UTC)Thank you, the prompt just took me to Ianto's very bleak living conditions. I can't imaghine him having time or money enough to decorate or furnish somewhere. I guess he could have rented a cheap furnished place, but this seemed more likely somehow.
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Date: 2013-12-03 01:17 pm (UTC)hey did you ever notice in the series we saw Owens home, Toshes flat, and gwens place but never Iantos.
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Date: 2013-12-03 02:44 pm (UTC)Thank you.
Yes, I know, and that always annoyed me. It was as if Ianto wasn't considered important enough, or we were expected to believe he had no life outside of the Hub
=(
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Date: 2013-12-04 11:53 pm (UTC)Ianto would have cared little about creature comforts to protect someone he loves.
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Date: 2013-12-05 01:24 pm (UTC)It sometimes seemed like we spent more time at Gwen's flat that at the Hub =( Almost NONE of that was necessary and the other characters got neglected because of it.
Yeah, you're right about Ianto. Lisa's wellbeing was all he cared about, he didn't need much as long as he had her.
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Date: 2013-12-03 05:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-12-03 06:55 pm (UTC)Thank you.
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Date: 2013-12-04 01:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-12-04 04:17 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2013-12-04 06:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-12-04 07:04 pm (UTC)Thank you.
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Date: 2013-12-04 09:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-12-04 10:01 pm (UTC)Jack will make sure Ianto's flat gets turned into a proper home, with actual furniture and carpets - or maybe a whole new flat so he can really start over. A new beginning is just what he needs.
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Date: 2013-12-05 05:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-12-05 01:46 pm (UTC)Thank you.
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Date: 2013-12-25 08:33 pm (UTC)Good idea.
the phrase is well said. he does not impose.
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Date: 2013-12-25 10:38 pm (UTC)Thank you.