Challenge 437 - Christmas surprise

[m_findlow]

Title: Christmas surprise
Author: m_findlow
Characters: Jack, Ianto
Rating: PG
Challenge: 437 - Nothing
Notes: Another double drabble. Jack is getting something different for Christmas this year.

Ianto couldn't understand it. Why did Jack insist on trying to ruin the joy of Christmas morning by wanting to get a sneak peek at his presents? Did he need time to rehearse his reaction or something? Every year was a battle to hide the gifts, and every year Jack got sneakier at finding them, and sneakier still at teasing open the wrappings and resealing them, only so he could tear them open like a three year old on Christmas morning.  

Not this year. This year Jack was getting his just desserts.

The box wasn't huge, just big enough that it could house almost anything, letting Jack's imagination run wild with possibilities. The wrapping was festive blue and white, with gold ribbon wrapped around it, making it look very tempting, even though temptation was not in short supply.

He accidentally left it in the bottom of the wardrobe. Jack naturally spied it straight away, but waited until Ianto was out on errands to come back for it.

Grinning to himself at Ianto's failure, he carefully untied the ribbon, slipping a letter opener under the tape, lifting off the lid.

Inside was nothing, just an empty box.

Dammit. He'd been conned.

Comments

[bk_forever]

No that Jack will be put off hunting for his presents...

I wonder if now that Jack has looked in the box and found it empty, Ianto will hide Jack's present in it...

[m-findlow.livejournal.com]

He he, that would be the sort of cunning thing he might do.
If I'd had a few more words up my sleeve he might've been told that was all he was getting if he didn't keep his prying fingers to himself from now on.