New chapter of Amends fic
Amends
Chapter Two - Tosh
Disclaimer: I don’t own anything from Torchwood and I’m not making any money from this fic
Summary 1: Nothing was really the same between Jack and his team after the Rift was opened... It’s going to take something drastic for things to get back to normal
Summary 2: Set a while after the first chapter. Finding out from Ianto what happened between him and Jack, Tosh feels guilty and asks for punishment as well
Warning(s): Spanking; spoilers up to and including episode 13 of Season 1 of Torchwood, as well as the first episode of Season 2
Author’s Note: I apologise for the lateness of this chapter. Thank you to all of those who read the first chapter of this, even if you didn’t review it. I hope you all enjoy this chapter as well ^^. Just a bit of clarification - I’ve written this as if there was a longer space of time between the events of End of Days and Jack disappearing. Therefore, chapter one occurred just before Jack disappeared - while chapter two takes place after he comes back
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Jack’s hope that the caning he’d given Ianto would make everything return to normal between him and his team turned out to be a vain one. Things were normal between him and Ianto, but...
As Jack sat in his office, he thought that him disappearing when he did hadn’t exactly helped things. Though the team had managed to pull together without him, they’d still been fractured. And Jack hadn’t really seen that before. He knew that he owed his team answers; he just wanted to continue evading giving those answers for as long as he could.
But his past was simply something Jack didn’t like to talk about. All of them had things they didn’t like to mention; things they were ashamed of. Why didn’t they see that it was the same for him?
However, John’s sudden appearance was forcing parts of Jack’s past to the front of his mind. Was it really possible that John had met Gray? Or had it simply been a last trick? Jack didn’t know; and it didn’t look like he was going to find out any time soon.
The knock on the door almost startled Jack, even though he’d half-expected it. He considered not answering and letting whoever it was go away. But it might have been something to do with the Rift - so he finally said, “Come in.”
After a moment’s pause, the door was pushed open and Toshiko stepped through, closing the door quietly behind her.
“Has something happened with the Rift?” Jack asked, leaning back in his chair.
Tosh shook her head, and glanced briefly back over her shoulder, as if worried she would be overheard. “I spoke to Ianto.”
“And?” Jack prompted when she hesitated. But he had the feeling that he knew what was on Tosh’s mind.
“He said that you... helped him.” Tosh frowned, as if exasperated by her lack of ability to explain properly. “You punished him, and helped him to stop feeling guilty; about helping to open the Rift.”
Jack couldn’t help sighing lightly as his thoughts were confirmed. As far as it went, he hadn’t minded helping Ianto with his feelings of guilt - but he certainly didn’t relish the idea of having to physically punish all of them. “He did, did he? You know, Tosh - it wasn’t your fault. None of you were responsible for the way things turned out.” For the right kind of Doctor, he probably would have done the same thing.
“We all knew that it was dangerous.” Tosh straightened up slightly. “I’m the main person who monitors the Rift activity. I should have realised that opening it would just have made things worse.”
“Hindsight is a fine thing.” Jack could see how determined Tosh was, though, and he sighed. Standing up, he grabbed the ruler from his desk. “If you’re sure about this, I want you to lean over and place your hands on the desk.”
Tosh barely hesitated - which told Jack how much she needed this. He briefly thought about pulling her trousers down, but decided against it. Ianto and Tosh hadn’t actively tried to fight him. Even though they’d wanted the people they cared about returned to them, Jack figured they were probably suffering from internal guilt as much as anything else.
But it meant he had to punish Tosh enough to assuage her feelings of guilt; just like he had with Ianto.
Placing his hand on the small of her back to steady her, Jack lightly tapped the ruler against Tosh’s behind. The taps increased slightly in force, before he landed a hard swat against her right cheek. Her breath hissed out in a gasp, and Jack gave her a moment to absorb the sting before giving her a matching swat on the other cheek.
Jack didn’t stop until sixteen hard swats had been given, and he could hear Tosh’s breath hitching in sobs. Dropping the ruler onto the desk, he helped her up and wrapped his arms around her in a tight hug.
End of Chapter Two