Drabble_weekly Challenge 171 - Bleeding ears

[m_findlow]

Title: Bleeding ears
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Owen, Ianto
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Content notes: none
Author notes: Written for Challenge 171 - Christmas Songs at drabble_weekly
Summary: Owen is suffering from a mental torture unlike any other. A double drabble.

Owen groaned, his head in his hands as he leaned his elbows on the desk. 'Please, make it stop! I can't take it anymore!'

Ianto set his pen down, studying Owen in his histrionics. 'And what would you like me to do?'

'He's your boyfriend!' Owen yelled. 'If you can't keep a leash on him...'

Ianto raised at eyebrow at him. 'You want me to start policing his choice of ambient music around the hub now?'

'Three weeks!' Owen complained. 'Three weeks of non-stop Christmas music, every hour of the bloody day. It's not even December yet! And this opera crap that's playing now is the worse of the lot.'

'It's called romantica,' Ianto corrected him. 'And in actual fact, this one was my choice. I thought you might like to be spared another round of Frosty the Snowman. This at least is classy.' He closed his eyes a moment. 'Just listen to that baritone. So much emotion in his voice.'

'It's rubbish,' Owen replied.

'Well,' Ianto said, 'just remember this when Jack finds his album of Chipmunk's Christmas carols. I've hidden it for now but it's only a matter of time. You'll be begging me to have this instead.'

Comments

[jo02]

Torturing Owen is one of Ianto's guaranteed pleasures - and bonus, he gets to listen to good music at the same time.