Title - Secrets of Blood - Prologue (Part 1 of 25)
Author - xennie_b
Characters/Pairings – Jack/Ianto, Gwen, Tosh, Owen
Rating – M15+
Warnings - Blood, Language, Sexual References
Spoilers – Season one from Countryside to End of Days
Summary – After their outing to the countryside Ianto's forced to go through some major changes. Physically, mentally and emotionally and only Jack can help him through them, cause the others can never find out.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of them the BBC does.
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Prologue
Jack looked up in surprise when he heard the cog door roll open. After the mess at the countryside, with the cannibals, he’d told the team to go home and stay there for the week to recover. He’d call them in if anything came up that he couldn’t handle by himself.
So far it had been quiet, three days later and only one Weevil attack that he’d had to deal with. He knew he hadn’t called anyone so who was it and what were they doing here?
Walking out into the main area there was no one there, he heard someone moving about on one of the landings and looked up to see Ianto setting up the coffee machine, dressed immaculately in one of his suits.
He should have guessed it would be Ianto; he needed a life outside of Torchwood, instead of burying his pains from Canary Warf and Lisa by working himself into exhaustion. But he and Jack were still on slightly shaking grounds and it wasn’t like Jack could force him into talking about it or throw him out.
He made his way quietly to the coffee machine.
“You should be resting,” Jack said gently trying not to make Ianto jump but failing none the less as Ianto jerked in fright and then winced at the pain that shot through his injuries from the movement.
“Ianto are you ok?” Jack asked gently resting his hand on the younger man’s shoulder.
“I can’t sleep. Can’t stop feeling hungry no matter how much I eat. Thought it was all in my head from sitting around. Thought I should do something. I scrubbed my flat but it didn’t help so I came here. Even making coffee’s not helping me relax like it usually does….” Ianto said in a voice that sounded harsh and croaky, his sentences short and basic as if he was having trouble thinking clearly.
He finally turned around and Jack had a good look at him. Fear shot though him at the sight of the man before him. He was so pale and weak looking, dark circles surrounded his eyes and somehow most of his bruises had vanished. There were still yellow tinges where they had once been making him look more like a corpse than a living breathing human.
“Sir, I think they did something to me,” Ianto whispered fear lacing his voice as he began to tremble slightly before collapsing.
Jack stepped forward quickly catching Ianto against his chest and lowering them both to the ground with Ianto still cradled in his arms.
Ianto clung weakly to Jack as they slipped to the floor but after a few minutes he gained a sudden strength and buried his nose in Jack’s neck nuzzling his pulse point.
“Ianto?” Jack asked gently
“You smell good…” Ianto whispered back and Jack jumped slightly as he felt Ianto’s tongue dart out to taste his skin.
“I’m so hungry,” Ianto whispered and Jack froze as various pieces began to fall into place.
As gently as possible he pulled Ianto’s face away from his neck and looked down at him.
“Ianto look at me,” Jack ordered gently and Ianto’s eyes slowly drifted open to meet Jack’s, his pupils had shrunk to an unnaturally small size and his iris’s now had a silver edge to them.
“Fuck!” Jack swore under his breath recognizing signs he hadn’t seen in years, but knew none the less.
“Ianto I can help but you need to trust me. Right now you’re starving and that’s blocking the changes your body’s taking on, you need to feed and it’ll help with the pain. I can’t stop what’s happening but I can make it stop hurting long enough that I can get you some help, okay?” Jack said gently to the Welshman still cradled slightly in his arms.
Ianto nodded wearily.
“Ok close your eyes and no matter what happens don’t freak out,” Jack said softly.
Ianto nodded again as his face contorted in pain.
Leaning Ianto against the wall next to his coffee machine, Jack reached up onto the counter grabbing the small pair of scissor Ianto kept up there to open the coffee bean bags.
Glancing again at Ianto to make sure his eyes were still closed he opened the scissors right up. Pulling off his wrist strap he then grasped the scissors tightly and sliced them hard along his wrist.
The blood began to flow and Ianto shifted next to him as the metallic smell filled the air.
Suddenly Ianto sat up, eyes still closed, he grabbed Jack’s wrist and latched his mouth onto the wound sucking hard.
Jack had a few seconds to realize what was happening before pain wracked his body. He gritted his teeth to stop from crying out as his blood was forced through his veins too quickly making his entire body burn.
Jack’s vision began to swim as he lost more blood. He was likely to pass out soon and probably die shortly after that. He just hoped Ianto wouldn't freak out too much when he came out of his trance to find himself sitting next to his captain’s dead body.
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Comments
Please post the next part as soon as possible! I am now completely hooked on this story! A vampire Ianto! It can't get any better that than!!!!
The next part is already half written so it should be along shortly.
A few nitpicks though (I'm sorry, I hate leaving these things) - in the last sentence I think it should be "He just hoped Ianto wouldn't freak out too much" otherwise the sentence says exactly the opposite of what I think you were going for (would instead of wouldn't). Also, is this really an epilogue? Epilogue implies that the story is over and this is a nice encore to allow for closure. Or is that the title of the chapter? I almost didn't read this because I thought there was a whole story I missed, and that would have been a shame. I think you would increase your readership if you reconsidered.
I definitely look forward to more of this story. Thank you for sharing it with us. :)
Thankyou for spotting the would/wouldn't slip for me.
I never mind people pointing little things like that out for me. I find it very helpful, as long as it's done nicely like you did.
As for the 'Epilogue issue i've gone and fixed that everywhere, My lil sister posted it for me while i was in the shower and got Epilogue and Prologue mixed up. lol she's never living that one down!
More soon?
I trust part 2 of ? is coming soon?
This was veeeery nice. Vampire!Ianto? That kinda makes me want to ditch Luis, Lestat, Henry Fitzroy, Jean-Claude and all the others... *is Vampire-freak* Write more!
(hmm... I wonder how "I want to drrink your blohd" would sound in Welsh instead of in Transylvanian?)
wow wow wow
Slightly freaky - I like
Slightly hot - I like
Slightly sad - I like.
Just Wow.
More soon please!
his pupils were dilated to an unnaturally small size
When pupils are dilated, they're unnaturally large.
Can't wait for more!
Glad you lie it more will be up soon
The Epilogue bit has been changed, My lil sister posted it for me while i was in the shower and got Epilogue and Prologue mixed up. lol she's never living that one down!
I'm glad you like it so far,
The next part is now finished and up as well, there's a link at the bottom of this chapter.
So hope you enjoy the next part just as much.
Please continue, i cannot wait to read the rest!
The plot is amazing - keep going.
*bouncy*
High on Jack/Ianto here - i think its your fault!
The second part is now up and I hope you enjoy that one just as much.
I was wondering if you posted the second part of "Secret of Blood"? I want to make sure I didn't miss it.
Looking forward to it.
If not, please hurry!!! :)
I'm glad you liked the first part.
The second part is now up and a link to it can be found at the bottom of the first part.
Hope you like the second part just as much.
Thanks for letting me know the second half was up! Great chapter!! Love the parts where Jack knew what Ianto was becoming and helped without question. Can't wait to see how Ianto became this way and how they deal with it and how it reflects on their relationship.