Double Drabble: The Tail
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badly_knittedTitle: The Tail
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badly_knittedCharacters: Jack, Ianto.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 851: Tail / Tale at
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torchwood100.Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Ianto has an awkward and very inconvenient problem.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
“Back already?” Jack asked, surprised, as Ianto stalked into his office, looking less than happy. “Didn’t you tell me you were taking the afternoon off to visit your sister, or is that tomorrow?”
“It’s today, or it was supposed to be.”
“Then why did you come back? Did you forget something?”
“I have a tail.”
“Someone’s following you? And you led them back here?”
“No, Jack, I have a TAIL!” Ianto swung around to display the long, bushy black appendage, sticking out awkwardly above the waistband at the back of his jeans. He winced at the discomfort of having it trapped like that, but it hadn’t been any more comfortable jammed down inside his trousers. The tail twitched in annoyance. “I can hardly visit Rhi like this, can I? She’s not always the brightest bulb in the box, but her brother suddenly having a tail is the sort of thing that’s difficult to overlook. Jack? Are you listening to me?”
“What?” Jack dragged his eyes away from the restless movements of Ianto’s tail.
“Are you just going to keep staring at it or help me figure out where it came from and how to get rid of the damn thing?”
The End
“It’s today, or it was supposed to be.”
“Then why did you come back? Did you forget something?”
“I have a tail.”
“Someone’s following you? And you led them back here?”
“No, Jack, I have a TAIL!” Ianto swung around to display the long, bushy black appendage, sticking out awkwardly above the waistband at the back of his jeans. He winced at the discomfort of having it trapped like that, but it hadn’t been any more comfortable jammed down inside his trousers. The tail twitched in annoyance. “I can hardly visit Rhi like this, can I? She’s not always the brightest bulb in the box, but her brother suddenly having a tail is the sort of thing that’s difficult to overlook. Jack? Are you listening to me?”
“What?” Jack dragged his eyes away from the restless movements of Ianto’s tail.
“Are you just going to keep staring at it or help me figure out where it came from and how to get rid of the damn thing?”
The End
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