Title: Three Days In Your Shoes

Pairings/Characters: Jack/Ianto, Captain Jack Harkness, Ianto Jones, Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato, Gwen Williams

Warnings: Not sure at the moment, I'm betting for Fluff though

Summary: A little friendly competition doesn't hurt, right?Jack and Ianto make a bet, who can last three days in the others shoes without cracking and Jack uses some alien help.

Author Notes: This idea literally just hit me…it has potential to be funny though hehe wish me luck on that one.
Disclaimer: I don't Own Torchwood or Ianto…although I do own one of those gorgeous red ties and I'm in the market for a red beret and a stopwatch.

Chapter One – Wouldn't Last

Ianto sighed as he heard Jack calling for him for what, the third time in about fifteen seconds? He walked up to the older man's office, knocking lightly as he walked in with a steaming mug on the sparkling silver tray in his hands.

"What is it Jack?"

"What's with you?" Jack asked curiously as he looked up when he heard the annoyed tone of the Welshman's voice.

Ianto closed his eyes and shook his head, "Busy day."

"I know what you mean." Jack smiled and gestured for Ianto to sit.

"Was there something you wanted?" The younger man asked irritably before taking the offered seat.

"Mainly? Just wanted to see you." Jack grinned cheekily.

"Seriously?"

"Yeah, I haven't seen you for a while today, was worried that you'd run off or something."

Ianto groaned, "Jack, I don't have time for this."

"Yes you do. I'm you're boss, I tell you whether you have time for this."

"No you don't. You don't know the first thing about time management. You can tell me that I have time for it but with the amount of things I have to do, you should know that I don't." By this point, Ianto was standing again and frowning at Jack.

"Don't be so melodramatic. I have more to do around here than you do."

Jack immediately regretted saying that and closed his eyes as he saw the anger flare in Ianto's eyes.

"Don't you dare say that! I do half of your work on top of all of mine."

"…You do?"

"Why do you think you're pile of files is always so bloody small!?"

"Well I always thought that was big." Jack's voice went quiet.

"I have more than double the pile you get, plus the filing, plus the coffee making plus all the hundreds of other little jobs that you all get me to do."

Jack looked to the ground and then smiled a mischievous smile and Ianto knew that whatever was to come couldn't be good.

"I bet I could do your job easily." Jack smirked as he finally looked back up, into Ianto's eyes.

"What?" Ianto was taken by surprise by what the older man had said, his eyes widening.

"You're job, I bet I could do it. My job, you'd struggle with."

"Seriously Jack –" Ianto was interrupted by a suddenly very eager Jack.

"I'm being serious. I bet you a hundred quid, I could do your job for three days."

Ianto stared at Jack, trying to see the smallest possible signs that he was joking and coming up empty.

"This is stupid." The Welshman eventually sighed, moving his eyes to the floor.

"Okay, so you admit that you couldn't do my job?"

Ianto snapped his eyes back up to Jack's, receiving another cheeky grin.

"No, I'm saying that you couldn't handle mine." Ianto fixed Jack with another, just as teasing smirk.

"So are you taking the bet? A hundred quid is a lot of money Yan."

Ianto stood on the spot, looking away from Jack's eyes as he thought through the proposal. Like Jack said, a hundred pounds was a lot of money. Then again, he knew how much work he was stuck with and it was about time Jack knew too.

"Alright, fine. You're on."

Ianto finally looked back up to see Jack grinning even wider than before.

"So the bet is that we swap places for…three days?" Jack offered.

"Three days, easy." Ianto smirked, holding out a hand.

Jack took the hand and shook it before pulling Ianto closer and kissing him briefly.

"I've been waiting for a chance to use this thing." Jack grinned.

Ianto's brow furrowed and he watched in curiosity as Jack moved into the other room for a few moments. When Jack came back he was holding a small box that had fallen through the rift a few weeks before.

"We never figured out what that thing was Jack." Ianto pointed out, looking nervously at the little red box.

"Correction, you never figured out what this thing was."

"Well then what is it?" Ianto asked, stepping away from the captain.

Jack chuckled, "Relax Ianto, this is just to make things more interesting. Hold a side of it." Jack held the box out to him.

Ianto paused, staring apprehensively and the little object in Jack's hands, "…No, that's okay."

Jack thrust the box towards Ianto, "Just hold it Yan. Why would I get you to do anything that I didn't know was safe?"

Ianto moved his hand forward, knowing that Jack was right. He paused for a moment, still trying to decide whether or not to touch the offending item. Before he had a chance to react Jack had pressed it into his hands, holding the other side. Ianto stared at the box, waiting for it to explode or something terrible like that. Instead, the box slowly faded from the bright red to a dull green shade and Ianto felt light headed.

"What the hell is this thing?" He murmured, his head and eye lids growing heavy.

"Don't worry. I'll explain everything after."

Ianto let out a heavy breath. He wanted to fight back, to find out what the little box was doing but he was just too exhausted. Instead, he sat back into his chair, ignoring everything else in the room and letting sleep take him.

You voted for it so here it is. Hope you like the first chapter. I am SO glad you all ended up voting for this one because the other one is one of my many "How will I end this?" ones. I mean, there are only so many times when you can bring the doc in to save the day. Torchwood need to cope on their own haha. Anyway, Review to tell me if you think you made a good decision in your votes yeah? Oh by the way, if you have any fanfics for me to read, I'll be eternally grateful. I especially like the sick! fics and anything fluffy. ; )

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Gabz
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