Drabble: Late Return - Prequel to ‘After Hours Visit’

[bk_forever]

Title: Late Return - Sequel to 'Alarming Discovery'

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: Jack, Ianto

Rating: G

Written For: Challenge 318 – Long Overdue at tw100

Spoilers: Nada.

Summary: Jack needs Ianto’s help, but not for the usual reasons.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: HAPPY BIRTHDAY to royalladyemma

Jack cornered Ianto in the archives, looking desperate.

“Ianto, I need your help tonight. I have to break into the library.”

“Why?”

“I just found a book I forgot to return. It’s kinda overdue, I don’t want to get fined.”

“Suck it up, Jack; we all have to pay to pay our fines, why can’t you?”

“This book is really overdue, and the new librarian scares me.” Jack made puppy dog eyes.

“Exactly how overdue are we talking here?”

“Umm, 73 years?”

Ianto rolled his eyes.

“Only you. Fine, I’ll help. But if we’re caught, you can do the explaining!”

TBC in 'After Hours Visit'

Comments

[asia27.livejournal.com]

73 YEARS?!? Jack...

smh....

[bk_forever]

Well, he put it in a safe place - then forgot. it happens *shrugs* LOL!

Thank you!

[milady-dragon.livejournal.com]

Oh Ianto... *sigh*

[bk_forever]

He knows he can't dissuade Jack, so he'll go along in the hope that he can limit the potential for disaster, but if anything goes wrong, he'll b e gone!

Thank you!

[too-beauty.livejournal.com]

OMG! can you imagine what a hefty sum?????

[bk_forever]

After all that time, there most likely wouldn't be a fine at all because they wouldn't have records that go back that far, but Jack's panicking anyway, lol!

Thank you!

[owensheart.livejournal.com]

LOL Jack should be more vigilant when books are due back.

great drabble.

[bk_forever]

Well, you know Jack, he was probably busy. Torchwood made sure of that!

Thank you!

[bluelilacs.livejournal.com]

How did I know it was going to be more than a couple months? Given that it's Jack, it's actually kind of surprising it's not more.

Being that long, besides there not being any record of it, it's probably so outdated they won't even want it anymore. Now I'm wondering what kind of book Jack would be interested enough in to check it out in the first place.

[bk_forever]

Um, Lady Chatterly's Lover? No, doubtless that would be tame to Jack. Something tremendously classic. When was War and Peace written? Maybe it took him that long to read it!

At least Jack's trying to do the right thing. Sort of.

Thank you!

[jedi-harkness.livejournal.com]

Only Jack would make returning a library book into a caper! I just know this is going to end in tears...

[bk_forever]

I have no idea if it will be successful or not, I only wrote this and After Hours Visit. What happens after that is anybody's guess!

Thank you!

[black59.livejournal.com]

73????
How he explain?????????
Fortunately, even now, it is rare that a library card is equipped with a photo.

[bk_forever]

Well, he's sneaking it back in so they'll probably never know where it came from. That far back they're unlikely to have records of who borrowed it, thankfully!

[timelordshines.livejournal.com]

Hehe that is very overdue!
I think it might be easier for him just to take it back and claim his dad borrowed it and he found it whilst clearing out his belongings when helping him move to a nursing home or something. I'm sure they wouldn't make him pay the fine for something like that.
But then, where would be the fun in that? :-)

[bk_forever]

That would never occur to Jack anyway, lol! He does things the hard way! Ianto just humours him.

Thank you!