Double Drabble: Breaking Habits

[badly_knitted]

 


Title: Breaking Habits
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Tosh, Suzie, Jack.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 707: Nibble at torchwood100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Tosh developed some habits in UNIT prison that she neds to break.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
 
 


When she realised she was nibbling on her thumbnail again, Tosh forced herself to stop. It was a nervous habit she’d developed while locked in her tiny cell at the UNIT prison, with nobody to talk to and, more importantly, nothing to do.
 

‘I’m not there anymore,’ she reminded herself. ‘I’m free. This isn’t a dream; it’s real.’ She sat up straighter and looked around herself, at the grey walls and floor, the rusting metal catwalks, the lower section of the water tower standing in its pool… This was the Torchwood Hub, her place of work. A place where she was valued and appreciated, where she could make a difference.
 

Over to her right, Suzie was busy with her welding, oblivious to everything else. To her left and a bit behind was Jack’s office, where her new boss was sitting at his desk, his chair turned to the glass wall. Just as Tosh realised he was watching her, he smiled, wide and warm, and she found herself smiling back, blushing a bit at the unexpected attention. Quickly she turned back to her work.
 

Surreptitiously she checked her nails; given time they’d grow. Maybe she’d buy some nail polish next payday.
 

 
The End
 



 
 
 

Comments

[siberian_skys]

I really liked this. I feel for Tosh. Nervous habits are hard to break. Been there done that.

[badly_knitted]

I have nervous habits I've never managed to break, but I think Tosh is a lot stronger than I am so I'm sure she'll overcome hers now she's in a better environment.

Thank you!

[siberian_skys]

You're welcome. I used to be a nail biter when I was a kid. I finally stopped doing it, but during COVID I've caught myself, but I'm trying to make sure I don't start again.

[badly_knitted]

I wish you luck with that. COVID has regressed a lot of us back inti nervous habits we thought we'd beaten. Stressful times.

[siberian_skys]

Thank you. It's getting very old. I'm at least going to work on my drabble tonight while I watch The Kentucky Derby. It's hard to believe that this is the 148th derby.

[badly_knitted]

Good luck with the drabble!

That must be one of the longest running horse races. It's a flat race, isn't it? The Grand National steeplechase is even older. It was the 174th running this year and I forgot it was on.

[siberian_skys]

Thank you. I'm still hoping to finish tonight. I have 10 words to go before I have to trim some. I'm not sure where this is going exactly.

It's flat, no jumps or anything. I've been to that track, but not on derby day. It looks like it would be a lot of fun. Is The Grand National steeplechase the one that was based on National Velvet? I both read the book and saw the Elizabeth Taylor movie. Such a classic.

[badly_knitted]

Getting the exact number of words can be tricky, trying to rephrase bits to lose a few words.

I believe so, I haven't seen the movie in years but it's a true classic. When I was younger black and white movies were still being shown on TV at weekends, I remember seeing it quite often.

[siberian_skys]

They still play black and white movies here. There's something special about the old classics. I get a channel that they play old classics. I laugh though, because what they're starting to call old things I saw in the theater in high school. The still play the really old black and white ones, but they play 80s movies these days, too. I would not call Ferris Bueller an old movie for one example. When did I get old?

[badly_knitted]

There are occasionally black and white movies on a couple of channels I can watch, but they're not the ones I want to see. If it was the old Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes movies, or Fred Astaire, or some pf the Hollywood legends - James Stewart, Elizabeth Taylor, Humphrey Bogart... But it's not, it's very minor, forgettable stuff.

It's weird to think of movies from the 70s and 80s as classics =/

[siberian_skys]

Those our my idea of classic movies, too. I wonder why they don't play them there

I have a hard tine with the 70s and 80s being considered as classics as well. They don't seem old enough. I knew they were considering 70s movies as classics when I tripped over Jaws on the classics channel. I love Jaws. .

[badly_knitted]

No idea. They show some Westerns, and Ealing comedies (British comedies), but nothing I feel I want to watch.

Yay! I love Jaws too, so much I have it on DVD!

[siberian_skys]

I feel like that about Twister, too.

[badly_knitted]

You know, to this day I've never seen Twister. Every time it's been on TV it's either been too late or it clashed with something else I wanted to watch. I've never even seen the DVD for sale in any of the local charity shops. It's one of many movies I've been looking out for.

[siberian_skys]

You have to see it one day. It's awesome.

[badly_knitted]

I really want to! I've only ever seen clips and trailers.