Challenge 896 - Keep calm
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m_findlowTitle: Keep calm
Character: Ianto
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 300 words
Length: 300 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 896 - Carry at ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
torchwood100
torchwood100Summary: Ianto knows the key is to remain calm. A triple drabble.
Keep calm, Ianto told himself as he slowly began to evaluate his situation. Just keep calm and carry on. That was the British mantra that everyone followed these days, and if he ever needed a mantra it was right now.
He had the small creature caged, but that hadn’t stopped it from spewing an amount of slime three times its own body size all over him as he'd lifted the cage to get a better look at it. Where on earth had it been stowing all that, he wondered, now dripping head to toe in it. It had to have been bigger on the inside.
Tank next time, he decided, making a note for their species database. Then it might have thought twice about spitting. He imagined it wouldn’t fancy drowning in a tank of its own bile.
Dear god, the smell was starting to hit him now, and if he thought it smelled bad, he could only imagine what everyone else must have thought. People were staring now, and some were even taking photos with their phones – not of the alien, but of him. Torchwood was doing wonders for his self esteem.
Another suit ruined, and he’d really liked this one, thinking it hardly in danger as he’d headed out to the minor rift alert. As it was, he could feel the slime seeping through and making his skin feel hot. Allergic reaction to whatever it was. Lovely. No doubt it would also eat through natural fibres, destroying his outfit. brilliant.
Just walk calmly to the car and get in, he told himself. He was only a few minutes drive away and would be able to decontaminate himself back at the hub. It wasn’t like there were showers here in the middle of St Mary Street.
Just carry on…
Keep calm, Ianto told himself as he slowly began to evaluate his situation. Just keep calm and carry on. That was the British mantra that everyone followed these days, and if he ever needed a mantra it was right now.
He had the small creature caged, but that hadn’t stopped it from spewing an amount of slime three times its own body size all over him as he'd lifted the cage to get a better look at it. Where on earth had it been stowing all that, he wondered, now dripping head to toe in it. It had to have been bigger on the inside.
Tank next time, he decided, making a note for their species database. Then it might have thought twice about spitting. He imagined it wouldn’t fancy drowning in a tank of its own bile.
Dear god, the smell was starting to hit him now, and if he thought it smelled bad, he could only imagine what everyone else must have thought. People were staring now, and some were even taking photos with their phones – not of the alien, but of him. Torchwood was doing wonders for his self esteem.
Another suit ruined, and he’d really liked this one, thinking it hardly in danger as he’d headed out to the minor rift alert. As it was, he could feel the slime seeping through and making his skin feel hot. Allergic reaction to whatever it was. Lovely. No doubt it would also eat through natural fibres, destroying his outfit. brilliant.
Just walk calmly to the car and get in, he told himself. He was only a few minutes drive away and would be able to decontaminate himself back at the hub. It wasn’t like there were showers here in the middle of St Mary Street.
Just carry on…
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