Challenge 870 - History repeating
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m_findlowTitle: History repeating
Character: Jack, Ianto
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Length: 200 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 870 - Repeat at ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
torchwood100
torchwood100Summary: Jack has concerns over the local television broadcast. A double drabble.
Jack let out a frustrated growl as he rested a boot up on the coffee table, causing Ianto to look up from his desk where he'd been jotting down thoughts in his diary, making sure Jack didn't come and peek over his shoulder. ‘What?’
‘Repeats!’ Jack huffed, throwing the remote control onto the sofa next to him. ‘The only time we get a night off and the only thing on television is repeats.’
Ianto finished his thought and closed his diary. ‘To be fair, we're so busy that we haven't seen them the first seventeen times they've been on.’
‘So you'd think!’ Jack cried, ‘But we have seen this one. We've seen it at least twice.’ He flipped open his wrist strap and began pushing buttons.
‘What are you doing?’
‘Seeing if there's alien technology interfering with our television. The odds of having the same repeat on every time we get a night off is far too much of a coincidence. There's got to be more to it.’
Ianto signed. ‘And so ends a night off work, now investigating aliens disrupting our regular broadcast. I knew we should have rented a DVD or gone out for dinner and a movie.’
Jack let out a frustrated growl as he rested a boot up on the coffee table, causing Ianto to look up from his desk where he'd been jotting down thoughts in his diary, making sure Jack didn't come and peek over his shoulder. ‘What?’
‘Repeats!’ Jack huffed, throwing the remote control onto the sofa next to him. ‘The only time we get a night off and the only thing on television is repeats.’
Ianto finished his thought and closed his diary. ‘To be fair, we're so busy that we haven't seen them the first seventeen times they've been on.’
‘So you'd think!’ Jack cried, ‘But we have seen this one. We've seen it at least twice.’ He flipped open his wrist strap and began pushing buttons.
‘What are you doing?’
‘Seeing if there's alien technology interfering with our television. The odds of having the same repeat on every time we get a night off is far too much of a coincidence. There's got to be more to it.’
Ianto signed. ‘And so ends a night off work, now investigating aliens disrupting our regular broadcast. I knew we should have rented a DVD or gone out for dinner and a movie.’
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Date: 2025-06-22 09:34 am (UTC)