smallhobbit

Title: Ianto's New Sweater
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating: G
Length: 353 words
Summary: Ianto finds a sweater on Jack's desk, which he presumes is for him.
 

“You’re looking very smart this morning, Ianto,” Tosh said admiringly. “Slightly different from your normal wear, but I like it.”

Ianto looked down at the scarlet v-neck sleeveless sweater he was wearing. “I presume this is a present from Jack. It was waiting for me in his office. It feels beautifully soft and just adds a slight layer of warmth.”

In the middle of the morning, when Ianto brought him his coffee, Owen commented on the cherry red round neck sweater Ianto had on. “Nice to see you in something a bit brighter than usual,” he said. “What’s it made of?”

“Lambswool,” Ianto said. “It’s lovely and warm. Just right for a late autumn day.”

He didn’t add that he wasn’t sure when the sleeves had appeared, as he certainly hadn’t changed what he was wearing.

Jack returned just before lunch, to find Ianto wearing a deep crimson chunky knit cable sweater, with a roll neck.

“I didn’t think it was that cold, you need a thick sweater,” Jack said.

“I’m not,” Ianto said. “I thought I’d wear the sleeveless sweater you’d left for me, but it seems to be growing.” He ran his finger round the heavy collar. “And I don’t think I can take it off.”

“I didn’t leave you a sweater,” Jack said. “We discovered we’d brought back a pale pink scarf with our last Rift retrieval, and it got left on my desk overnight.”

“In which case I think we can assume that your scarf had also fallen through the Rift and wasn’t just lost property. Can you get me out of it?”

Ianto was right, the sweater had no intention of leaving him, so in the end Jack had to cut one edge of the rib and unwind the sweater as quickly as he could. Ianto had been unable to help, as partway through he had found his hands encased in thick woolly mittens.

Finally, the garment was reduced to several balls of yarn, which were placed in the archives pending Tosh’s analysis.

“Thank goodness that’s over,” Ianto said. “I was really up to my neck in it.”