Double Drabble: School Holidays
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badly_knittedTitle: School Holidays
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badly_knittedCharacters: Tosh, Ianto.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 917: Trip, at
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torchwood100.Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Ianto is at a loss over what to do with the twins.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
“What’s wrong, Ianto?” Tosh asked, coming into the Tourist Office and finding her best friend hunched over his laptop, looking like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders.
“School summer holidays start tomorrow,” Ianto said with a sigh. “The most dreaded time of year. Now I have to figure out how to keep the kids occupied for the next six weeks. Meriel isn’t a problem, she’s nearly fourteen, so she’ll be out with friends a lot of the time, but the twins…” He shuddered. “I can’t even set up playdates for them at their friends’ homes. None of the other parents want to deal with them. Not that I blame them. I don’t want to deal with them either.”
“Poor Ianto. Isn’t Jack helping, though?”
“Yes, but because we take turns at parenting, we both need to come up with a list of ideas. I can only handle so many day trips to the Meadows Wildlife Park, the beach, and Barry Island. Going anywhere with the twins has to be planned like a military campaign. But having them underfoot at home, even with the Fluffs helping… If they don’t get enough exercise, they’ll destroy the flat. Again.”
The End
“School summer holidays start tomorrow,” Ianto said with a sigh. “The most dreaded time of year. Now I have to figure out how to keep the kids occupied for the next six weeks. Meriel isn’t a problem, she’s nearly fourteen, so she’ll be out with friends a lot of the time, but the twins…” He shuddered. “I can’t even set up playdates for them at their friends’ homes. None of the other parents want to deal with them. Not that I blame them. I don’t want to deal with them either.”
“Poor Ianto. Isn’t Jack helping, though?”
“Yes, but because we take turns at parenting, we both need to come up with a list of ideas. I can only handle so many day trips to the Meadows Wildlife Park, the beach, and Barry Island. Going anywhere with the twins has to be planned like a military campaign. But having them underfoot at home, even with the Fluffs helping… If they don’t get enough exercise, they’ll destroy the flat. Again.”
The End
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Date: 2026-05-12 06:18 pm (UTC)Thank you!