Drabble: Fair Trade
Mar. 14th, 2014 03:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Title: Fair Trade
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Unknown Aliens
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 310 – Caffeine at tw100
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Aliens have come to Torchwood to arrange trade.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
Well, this was certainly an intriguing proposition. Not that aliens wishing to trade for valuable commodities was all that unusual; only last year there’d been a group of aliens who’d traded flawless gems for dog biscuits. That had been interesting, but this…
These beings were interested in trading for Jelly Babies. It seemed a strange visitor some years earlier had got them hooked on the sweet treat so they were seeking a supplier.
They’d chosen their trade goods well. Owen had done a full analysis, now Ianto tested the product.
“You have a deal.”
Premium grade coffee beans; caffeine heaven!
The End