Double Drabble: Private Conversation

[badly_knitted]

 


Title: Private Conversation
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG-13
Written For: Challenge 703: Language at torchwood100.
Spoilers: Brief mention of events in The Dead Line.
Summary: Ianto isn’t a talkative man, but that’s okay.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
 


 
Ianto’s never been much of a talker, he even told Jack that once, albeit when Jack was in a coma and probably not listening anyway. Although… from some of the things he said later, maybe he had heard after all. Anyway, that’s beside the point. The fact is that Ianto’s never been all that good at putting feelings into words.
 

Perhaps it’s because none of the words available to him seem to fit. Whatever the reason, he’s always been the quiet, reserved kind, not given to bragging for the sake of it, or gossiping about who did what to whom. His thoughts, feelings, and opinions are his own. He feels no pressing need to share them.

 
Curiously, despite his larger-than-life persona, and his willingness to talk about anything, anytime, Jack seems to understand better than anyone Ianto has ever met.
 

They talk to each other all the time, sometimes in words, but mostly in other ways. They speak with their eyes, their smiles, their faces. Ianto can say more with one eyebrow than most people can using every word in their vocabulary.

 
Body language is far more eloquent than speech. He and Jack converse all night without saying a word.

 
 
The End




 
 
 
 
 

Comments

[siberian_skys]

I really liked this one and how Ianto talks about his and Jack's wordless communication.

[badly_knitted]

Thank you! I thought focusing on body language would be interesting. Sometimes words get in the way of what people are trying to say to each other, but Jack and Ianto manage just fine without words.

[siberian_skys]

You're welcome.

I'm working on the second chapter of the second series of the date prompt series That's a mouthful. :-) I'm hoping to get finished tonight, but I'm so tired I have my doubts.

[badly_knitted]

You'll get it finished, even if it's not tonight. Rest is more important that writing.

[siberian_skys]

Hopefully today I'll finish. I worked on it some last night and that second chapter was not working. It was stiff. I hate when that happens.

[badly_knitted]

Getting writing to flow, especially on drabbles, can be hard. Sometimes changing tenses helps.

[siberian_skys]

Changing POVs can help, too. I should have been done by now, but I've been trying to deal with the grocery delivery this morning and it seems that all the incompetents are working today. I need my allergy medicine.

[badly_knitted]

Very true.

Allergy meds are vital I had to get mine delivered by taxi this month because the delivery driver was off work with Covid.

There are too many incompetents around.

[siberian_skys]

I'm so tired of incompetency. It feels like it's getting more and more common.

[badly_knitted]

It does seem that way.