Challenge 334 - Twinkle twinkle

[m_findlow]

Title: Twinkle twinkle
Author: m_findlow
Characters: Jack, Ianto
Rating: G
Challenge: 334 - Red
Notes: None

Jack and Ianto lay on a secluded beach staring up at the night sky.

'I read somewhere that stars twinkling blue are hotter than starts twinkling red.'

'Yep. Red Giants. As they burn up the last of their fuel they expand before collapsing in on themselves and dying.'

'It's sad to think of a star as dying.'

'It'll happen to this sun one day.  Millions of years from now.  It'll get so big it'll engulf all the nearby planets including earth. They'll die along with it.'

'What will happen to us?'

'Out there colonising the universe.'

'It's still sad.'

'Yeah.'

Comments

[jo02]

Ianto's sad about the dying stars and not about how Jack may live to see it all happen in real-time ?

[m-findlow.livejournal.com]

I think it was one of those moments when he was trying to say something without saying it.

[bk_forever]

One day Jack and Ianto will be there watching as the sun dies, but they'll live on. Well, they do in my mind anyway!

[timelordshines.livejournal.com]

Ooh very deep and sad. It feels like a lot more is being said between the lines. Nicely done!