Double Drabble: Disappointment

[badly_knitted]

 


Title: Disappointment
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 597: Joint at tw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Jack’s usually happy to eat whatever’s put in front of him, but today’s meal is a bit off a letdown.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.




“Dinner’s ready!” Ianto called to Jack, who’d been pottering around in the garden.


Abandoning his pruning, Jack hurried indoors and went to wash his hands, but when he sat down at the table his face fell.


“What’s this?” he asked, looking at the plate Ianto had set before him, clearly disappointed.


Ianto rolled his eyes. “What does it look like? It’s spaghetti and meatballs. I thought that was one of your favourites.”


“It is, but… It’s Sunday! We always have a roast on Sundays if we’re not working. I’ve been looking forward to my Sunday dinner all week. We can have spaghetti any day.”


“I know, I’m sorry.” Ianto slumped into his chair, shoulders sagging; he hated to see Jack disappointed. “It’s my fault, but the past week’s been so crazy, and then we got home so late last night…” Ianto trailed off with a sigh. “I was going to cook that joint of beef, make Yorkshire puddings and all the trimmings, but I forgot to get it out of the freezer last night and it’s still solid as a rock. It’s going to take hours to defrost. Looks like we’ll have to wait until tomorrow for our Sunday roast.”



The End

Comments

[mxcatmoon]

Poor Jack. These things can't be helped, though. He will get his roast, just a bit late. Makes me wish I could cook (hate it). I don't have a working oven anyway, so that limits a lot of things. Maybe at my new place I will be able to do things like that once in a while. Looks like my moving is going to be postponed at least a month though, due to the shelter-in-place orders here. It's a bad time to be moving. Best to postpone if possible.

[badly_knitted]

It won't be the same though, Monday roast doesn't have the same ring to it, lol! Thank you!

I hate cooking too, never use the oven, just occasionally the stove top. It save electricity anyway, I need to keep the cost down as much as I can.

Yeah, I was wondering about that. Moving house is a big job anyway, but right now it would be even more complicated. Sit tight if you can, and stay safe *hugs*

[mxcatmoon]

Yeah, that's one benefit to not cooking. My stove is electric too. I'm still waffling about moving, but it's way too big a job to manage while in the middle of a pandemic. Hopefully, I will be able to put it off for a month. You too, keep safe!

[badly_knitted]

Saves money!

Not something that's easy to handle completely by yourself, even if you can find somewhere to move to. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.