Challenge 785 - All part of the job
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m_findlowTitle: All part of the job
Character: Rhys, Gwen, Owen, Tosh, Ianto
Author: m_findlow
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
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Summary: Rhys finds Gwen's line of work strange at times. A double drabble.
Rhys sighed for the umpteenth time and began worrying at his fingernail, picking it down another layer until there was soon going to be nothing left of it. He hated sitting around and doing nothing, but even less he enjoyed sitting around in a cold, dark crypt with four other people. ‘Don't you all find this whole thing a bit…y’know’
‘Exciting?’ Gwen offered, trying to appease her husband.
‘Fascinating,’ Owen said in reply. ‘Dead people who aren't actually dead all the time.’
‘Thrilling,’ Tosh added. ‘I mean, the technology that must be at work preserve them like this.’
‘Tedious, too,’ Ianto replied, checking the glowing display on his watch. ‘Jack should have been done communing in there hours ago.’ He muttered something else under his breath that sounded a lot like "probably shagging again.”
‘Actually, I was going to say eerie,’ Rhys replied. ‘I mean, what kind of nutters come out in the middle of the night, to a crypt, open up one of the sarcophagi, watch their boss get inside, with the bloody corpse still in there, mind, then close it and wait for him to come back out, having had a chat?’
‘Torchwood nutters,’ Owen replied. ‘That's who.’
Rhys sighed for the umpteenth time and began worrying at his fingernail, picking it down another layer until there was soon going to be nothing left of it. He hated sitting around and doing nothing, but even less he enjoyed sitting around in a cold, dark crypt with four other people. ‘Don't you all find this whole thing a bit…y’know’
‘Exciting?’ Gwen offered, trying to appease her husband.
‘Fascinating,’ Owen said in reply. ‘Dead people who aren't actually dead all the time.’
‘Thrilling,’ Tosh added. ‘I mean, the technology that must be at work preserve them like this.’
‘Tedious, too,’ Ianto replied, checking the glowing display on his watch. ‘Jack should have been done communing in there hours ago.’ He muttered something else under his breath that sounded a lot like "probably shagging again.”
‘Actually, I was going to say eerie,’ Rhys replied. ‘I mean, what kind of nutters come out in the middle of the night, to a crypt, open up one of the sarcophagi, watch their boss get inside, with the bloody corpse still in there, mind, then close it and wait for him to come back out, having had a chat?’
‘Torchwood nutters,’ Owen replied. ‘That's who.’
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Date: 2023-11-05 10:45 am (UTC)