Challenge 782 - Undiplomatic
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m_findlowTitle: Undiplomatic
Character: Jack, Ianto
Author: m_findlow
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
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Summary: Torchwood's latest guest have ruffled a few feathers. A double drabble.
‘Are our guests all settled in?’ Jack asked, knowing that his right hand man would have everything under control, and their visitors needs all seen to.
‘Yes, sir,’ Ianto replied, though his face wasn’t beaming with its usual pride for a job well done. Rather, it had gone sour.
‘What’s that look for?’ Jack asked, almost teasingly. ‘Did they reject the best coffee this planet has to offer?’ That had happened on more than one occasion, and still Ianto took offence to it each and every time, unable to accept that some aliens simply didn’t like coffee.
‘It’s not the coffee, sir,’ he said. ‘It’s…’ he paused, searching for some diplomatic way to phrase his next words. ‘Well, it's just that they told me I looked funny.’
Jack wanted to laugh out loud at the comment. ‘Ianto, they’re from a totally alien race of beings, from a part of the universe where humans have yet to step foot. Everyone looks funny to them.’
Ianto bristled at the explanation. ‘That doesn’t mean they have to be rude about it.’
Jack tugged him close. ‘Wanna hear what I think about how you look?’
Ianto rolled his eyes. ‘Now that would be rude.’
‘Are our guests all settled in?’ Jack asked, knowing that his right hand man would have everything under control, and their visitors needs all seen to.
‘Yes, sir,’ Ianto replied, though his face wasn’t beaming with its usual pride for a job well done. Rather, it had gone sour.
‘What’s that look for?’ Jack asked, almost teasingly. ‘Did they reject the best coffee this planet has to offer?’ That had happened on more than one occasion, and still Ianto took offence to it each and every time, unable to accept that some aliens simply didn’t like coffee.
‘It’s not the coffee, sir,’ he said. ‘It’s…’ he paused, searching for some diplomatic way to phrase his next words. ‘Well, it's just that they told me I looked funny.’
Jack wanted to laugh out loud at the comment. ‘Ianto, they’re from a totally alien race of beings, from a part of the universe where humans have yet to step foot. Everyone looks funny to them.’
Ianto bristled at the explanation. ‘That doesn’t mean they have to be rude about it.’
Jack tugged him close. ‘Wanna hear what I think about how you look?’
Ianto rolled his eyes. ‘Now that would be rude.’
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Date: 2023-10-15 09:13 am (UTC)