Double Drabble: Pedal To The Metal

[badly_knitted]

 


Title: Pedal To The Metal
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Jack, Ianto.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 686: Speed at tw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Jack loves driving fast.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
 


 
Blue lights flashing, siren blaring, the SUV tore through central Cardiff, far exceeding the speed limit, ignoring traffic lights and road signs, and forcing other motorists to pull over and get out of the way.
 

Behind the wheel, Jack focused intently on the road ahead, guiding the big, black modified Range Rover smoothly through turns, his fifty-first-century reflexes so much faster than a present-day human could boast. He loved driving fast almost as much as he loved flying, but these days, even though he had a pilot’s licence and was qualified to fly most makes of light aircraft, he didn’t often have the opportunity to take to the air. Running Torchwood took precedence over having fun.

 
At least he could still enjoy driving, rushing to the scene of a Rift event, hurtling through the night to deal with a rampaging Weevil, racing against time to thwart an invasion attempt… Life with Torchwood was seldom boring; almost every day there’d be a new and exciting crisis to handle, and no time to waste on obeying the rules of the road.

 
Ianto would probably kill him for using the lights on his way to the supermarket to do the grocery run though.

 
The End
 



 
 
 
 

Comments

[smallhobbit]

I'm with Ianto here. I was talking to the daughter earlier this week and she said she'd told her partner she was driving as she was faster - ten miles across Birmingham at 7am with blue lights on her ambulance.

[badly_knitted]

I'm sure that was a genuine emergency though, unlike Jack's. I'm too scared to drive fast. 40 is my limit.

Thank you!