Challenge 535 - Contraband

[m_findlow]

Title: Contrband
Author: m_findlow
Characters: Ianto, Jack
Rating: PG
Challenge: 535 - Instant at tw100
Notes: Jack is busted with contraband. A double drabble.

'Can I help you?' Jack asked, standing in his doorway as he caught Ianto rifling through his desk drawers. He didn't have a problem with it per se, but Ianto at least usually gave him the courtesy of asking first.

'You can, actually,' Ianto replied, unperturbed at being caught out. 'Owen asked me to check if you needed a new prescription for your migraine tablets. I didn't find the bottle, but I did find this,' he announced, setting a large tin of instant coffee on the desk. He stood up straight and gave Jack a stern look. 'Care to explain?'

Jack cringed at the question which was clearly rhetorical. 'Don't make me apologise, Ianto. I've tried tea a hundred times, but it's not the same. When you're not here it's agony, in more ways than one.' No matter how much milk and sugar he dumped into a cup of tea, he couldn't mask the fact that it wasn't coffee. Instant coffee, though not a patch on Ianto's, was better than nothing.

'I'd like to feel flattered,' Ianto replied, 'but I'm more concerned that you could at least buy the good stuff. Believe it or not, some brands are almost drinkable.'

Comments

[bk_forever]

There's instant coffee and then there's CHEAP instant coffee. Have some dignity, Jack; the good stuff still wouldn't be up to Ianto's standards, but it would still be better than what you've been drinking.

[m-findlow.livejournal.com]

Ianto can live with it in limited circumstances. You at least want the stuff that comes in the pretty jar with a gold label, not stuff in a tin *gasps* the horror!