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aviv_b_artworkTITLE: Chapter 71 - Travel
AUTHOR: Aviv_b
RATING: Chapter 71- PG
CHARACTERS:: Ianto, Aaron
DISCLAIMER: Not mine; Aunty B's and RTD's
WORDS: ~ 955
SUMMARY: Ianto and Aaron agree to Jack's offer. Big fun ensues along with a little work.
Title is from: Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind. ~Seneca
Ianto's Journey begins here: http://aviv-b.livejournal.com/1972.html
All Chapter are linked.
A/N: A short fun chapter before we get back to more serious stuff. Posting may be slower over the next week or two - with Passover starting Monday night (yes its at my house) and a story for DARK_FEST due in a little more than a week (which I haven't even started) I may not get a chance to post until next weekend. In the meantime I hope you enjoy this little travelogue.
Looking back, Ianto would always remember 2024 and 2025 as two of the best years he and Aaron spent together. Armed with a new sense of purpose, Aaron let his more extreme ideas fall to the wayside, allowing him and Ianto to give their full attention to getting the joint Unit-Torchwood Teams to function smoothly. It wasn’t always easy, both groups tended to be territorial and smart and aggressive. But with Aaron’s training skills and Ianto’s diplomatic skills they were able to work through a lot of the distrust between the two groups.
And best of all, Jack had clearly set up their schedule to allow for plenty of down time. In Israel they had almost every evening and weekend free to visit with Ronit and Aaron’s extended family.
In the Americas the schedule allowed for long weekends to travel to archeological sites and additional time to explore the natural wonders of North and Central America. Ianto hadn’t thought it possible but their empathic bond became even stronger, allowing them to move through days in complete connection with each other.
Ianto was concerned that the travel would be very stressful for Shayna, but she seemed rejuvenated along with Aaron and she loved being with them all day most of the time. She did have to travel as a ‘service dog’ but with Ianto’s inability to speak, nobody questioned her status.
There were several occasions where they were forced to leave Shayna behind including the two days they spent at the ruins of Machu Picchu. She had immediately won over the hotel staff when they checked in so she spent that time ‘helping out’ at the reception desk. Aaron demonstrated a few hand signals to the employees and by the time they came back she was responding to their commands in Spanish as long as the hand signals were used. She took her job of helping the porters take the guests to their little bungalows very seriously, not relinquishing the keys to visitors until she got her payment (a treat).
“That’s a very clever dog,” one of the hotel guests commented at the reception area.
“She’s really Ianto’s service dog,” Aaron lied, “but they still won’t let her onto the site. Makes sense really, and given her age she would probably have some trouble going up and down all the stairways.”
Ianto thanked the staff via his Spanish language voice software and they returned to their room. As they sat on the bed with Shayna looking at their pictures on their laptop, Ianto leaned over and kissed Aaron on the cheek.
‘I can’t believe you lied to those tourists.’
“Well imagine if I told them the truth. ‘Our dog is a former Israeli bomb-detecting dog and we get to keep her with us because we work for a secret international agency that deals with aliens.’ I’m sure that would be believable.”
‘You have a point,’ Ianto admitted.
“And I think we both know that there is no way we would have agreed to this trip if Torchwood and Unit hadn’t agreed to authorize service dog papers for her so we could bring her. So best just to stick with the cover story. Right, Stinker?”
Shayna thumped her tail in agreement.
They had taken a walk around the property looking at the many species of orchids the evening before but as they reviewed the pictures neither of them could remember a single name.
“Do we really care? I mean I could look them up on the computer, but really isn’t pink orchid, yellow orchid, white orchid good enough?” Ianto nodded in agreement. Unless they were giving a presentation to the London Horticultural Society, no one would be interested. They moved on to the next set of pictures.
‘Oh, you got the classic full site shot,’ Ianto teased, pointing at the next picture on their laptop.
“It’s mandatory. They won’t let you take the train back unless you have at least one of these.”
'Uh, Aaron, you have about eight,’ Ianto pointed out.
“I’m not going to keep them all, j.j.just look at them a little more closely at home and pick out the best one or two to keep.”
‘Thank goodness,’ thought Ianto. He squinted at the images trying to tell if there were any significant differences between the seemingly identical shots.
“Oi, I heard that!” Aaron had a devious thought. “You know I was thinking…maybe we could start a llama farm when we get back to the UK.
They make great grass trimmers don’t they? Wouldn’t that be fun?”
Ianto’s attention immediately focused on Aaron. He had a look of concern layered over disbelief on his face.
“Got ya,” Aaron snarked. “You thought I’d gone bonkers again.”
WHAM! Ianto smacked Aaron across the head with a pillow.
“Wanna play rough do you,” Aaron laughed as he swung a pillow back at Ianto.
Shayna danced around the bed in excitement as the two of them continued to pummel each other with pillows. Eventually, they both tired and fell back on the bed hugging each other.
‘Duw, have I told you today that I love you,’ Ianto pushed out.
“No, and I’ve been feeling quite insecure about it,” Aaron laughed.
‘Well I do,’ Ianto thought kissing Aaron gently. 'Even if you make me crazy sometimes.'
Aaron and Ianto sighed in unison. Not to be left out, Shayna yawned loudly.
“Ok we can take a hint. We’ve all had a big day today, including you Miss Shayna. Helping all those tourists find their rooms and eating all those treats was a lot of work wasn’t it.” Shayna yawned again.
Within ten minutes Aaron and Ianto were asleep in each others arms. Shayna watched them both for a few minutes until she was satisfied that they were both OK. She fell asleep a few minutes later.
Chapter 72 here: http://aviv-b.livejournal.com/42270.html
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Date: 2010-03-28 03:09 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-03-28 03:23 pm (UTC)and those pictores ...Oh my word the picture of Machu Pichu (is that right?) is gorgeous. and how cute are those llamas?
Great update.
(((((BIG HUGS)))))
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Date: 2010-03-28 04:41 pm (UTC)Yes, the baby llamas are sooo cute. I wanted to take one home with me in my suit case. The mothers tend to be very protective - so its not too easy to get a clear shot; she'll usually put herself between you and her baby.
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Date: 2010-03-29 01:43 pm (UTC)Do you think customes would have made you declair your Llama he heh, I suppose you could say its a service Llama LOL.
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Date: 2010-03-29 02:21 pm (UTC)Travel - well I haven't been very many places outside the Americas, but I'm trying to remedy that. I'm always so jealous when a Brit says they popped over to Paris for a long weekend - I finally got to Paris two years ago. So I have almost all of Europe, all of Asia, Africa and the Pacific to visit.
If I live long enough - I'm going to Australia/New Zealand for my 60th.
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Date: 2010-03-30 01:41 pm (UTC)you should SO visit Africa. South Africa is beautiful and it has so much. Beautifull beaches, game reserves,and a great climate. adnwith the conversion rate its a bargain too.
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Date: 2010-03-28 06:16 pm (UTC)Thanks for the Passover wishes. House is clean, going grocery shopping in a bit. Oy!
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