Drabble_weekly Challenge 132 - Good in theory

[m_findlow]

Title: Good in theory
Fandom: Torchwood
Author: m_findlow
Characters/Pairing: Owen, Jack
Rating: PG
Challenge: 132 - Slinky at drabble_weekly
Warnings: none
Spoilers: none
Summary: Owen's medical bay is the perfect place for Jack to test out a theory. A double drabble.

Owen ground his teeth together in annoyance at the metallic sound behind him. He twirled and glared up at Jack. 'Must you do that here?'

Jack shrugged, collecting his slinky from the bottom step of the medical bay. 'You have steps. Where else was I going to play with this?'

'Don't you have work to do?'

'This is work,' Jack insisted. 'Gwen and Tosh found it at the site of this morning's rift alert. I haven't seen one in years. They were all the rage in the nineties.'

'I hate slinkies,' Owen grumbled. 'Stupid things always get tangled up.'

He watched as Jack skipped back up the steps. 'Are you planning on explaining to me how this is work, then?'

Jack cradled it in his hands. 'I'm checking to make sure it's not alien. You just never know.'

'How's that working out for you?'

Jack set the metal slinky back at the top of the steps and tipped one end over the other. It bounced end over end down three steps before changing direction completely and plunging off the side, crashing to the floor several feet below. 'Yep, definitely not alien. I never did have much luck with these things.'

Comments

[bk_forever]

You can still post this to the community if you want, I never mind if someone's a day or three late with their entry.

[m-findlow.livejournal.com]

That's okay. I knew it was going to be way late because I ended up sick Saturday/Sunday and was really struggling to finalise pieces due. I'm amazed I finished as many as I did.

[bk_forever]

*hugs* That sucks! I hope you're feeling better now.

For future reference though, there's no hard and fast deadline, but if it's gonna be a week late it's better to wait for the next amnesty. Before that, you're good to go.

[m-findlow.livejournal.com]

A little better than the weekend but still pretty under the weather with this damn cough that never goes away. The cough is persistent to the point it gives me laryngitis and I can't speak which sucks. Annoyed because I usually get sick about once every three years but this has been twice in just over two months. I was literally thinking last week that my cough was basically gone and I was feeling good again finally. Felt like the walking wounded for about a month, trudging around the office at half speed and hardly done any writing this year. Don't know what's wrong with me - eat healthy, go to the gym etc.  :(

[bk_forever]

That sucks *hugs* I had laryngitis once and lost my voice, couldn't speak for weeks.

Maybe you're a bit run down. ave you tried zinc supplements to boost your immune system?

Hope you're all better soon.