Challenge 809 - Misheard
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m_findlowTitle: Misheard
Character: Jack, Ianto
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 809 - Grass at ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
torchwood100
torchwood100Summary: An innocent comment may spell disaster for their relationship. A triple drabble.
Jack thought it was a beautiful morning to be out for a walk, enjoying the neatly trimmed streets of Serenity Plaza as they sipped their takeaway coffee from a great little café just around the corner from their picture perfect neighbourhood.
They waved back at the thirty something who paused his mowing just long enough to give them a wave and a smile. Everyone around here seemed to do that.
‘He’s got a nice bit of arse,’ Ianto commented as they moved beyond the sound of mowing.
Jack nearly choked on his mouthful of coffee. ‘Excuse me?’
‘Don’t you think? I mean, probably not going to win any awards with it, but it’s still not bad at all.’
‘Woah, woah, woah,’ Jack said, making them stop in the middle of the street. ‘I get that we’re supposed to be undercover as a couple, but we’re kind of a couple outside of our undercover work as well, aren’t we?’
‘Of course.’
‘So, since when did we start passing judgement on others?’
‘It’s what people do around here, isn’t it? I can’t go anywhere without getting comments on ours.’
Jack scowled at Ianto. Somewhere along the line he’d created a monster but that was about to end. ‘You know what, Ianto? I don’t care what we are in real life, but if we’re together here and now, you sure as hell aren’t going to be admiring anyone’s arse but mine. Are we clear?’
Ianto’s face scrunched up. ‘What? Where did that come from?’
‘Only you perving back there at some younger man. We’re supposed to be exclusive, not the Serenity Plaza swingers!’
Ianto paused, then considered. ‘I said he had some nice grass. Grass, Jack. As in green stuff that grows in the ground. G-R-A-S-S!’
Jack blinked. ‘Oh. Well, that’s okay then.’
Jack thought it was a beautiful morning to be out for a walk, enjoying the neatly trimmed streets of Serenity Plaza as they sipped their takeaway coffee from a great little café just around the corner from their picture perfect neighbourhood.
They waved back at the thirty something who paused his mowing just long enough to give them a wave and a smile. Everyone around here seemed to do that.
‘He’s got a nice bit of arse,’ Ianto commented as they moved beyond the sound of mowing.
Jack nearly choked on his mouthful of coffee. ‘Excuse me?’
‘Don’t you think? I mean, probably not going to win any awards with it, but it’s still not bad at all.’
‘Woah, woah, woah,’ Jack said, making them stop in the middle of the street. ‘I get that we’re supposed to be undercover as a couple, but we’re kind of a couple outside of our undercover work as well, aren’t we?’
‘Of course.’
‘So, since when did we start passing judgement on others?’
‘It’s what people do around here, isn’t it? I can’t go anywhere without getting comments on ours.’
Jack scowled at Ianto. Somewhere along the line he’d created a monster but that was about to end. ‘You know what, Ianto? I don’t care what we are in real life, but if we’re together here and now, you sure as hell aren’t going to be admiring anyone’s arse but mine. Are we clear?’
Ianto’s face scrunched up. ‘What? Where did that come from?’
‘Only you perving back there at some younger man. We’re supposed to be exclusive, not the Serenity Plaza swingers!’
Ianto paused, then considered. ‘I said he had some nice grass. Grass, Jack. As in green stuff that grows in the ground. G-R-A-S-S!’
Jack blinked. ‘Oh. Well, that’s okay then.’
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Date: 2024-04-21 08:52 am (UTC)