Challenge 585 - Nose for trouble

[m_findlow]

Title: Nose for trouble
Author: m_findlow
Characters: Jack, Owen, OC
Rating: PG
Challenge: 585 - Habit at tw100
Notes: Some people just can't help themselves. A double drabble.

Jack groaned as he stepped out of the SUV, taking in the scene unfolding and spotting a familiar face. 'This is getting to be a habit with you, isn't it?'

Bernie Harris pulled his beanie down further attempting to conceal his identity.

'Bernie!' Jack yelled. 'We know it's you. Tell us what you did this time and we might not even lock you up in a cell for the night.'

'I didn't do it, I swear!'

'Yeah, Bill Clinton tried that defense too. Didn't work out so well.'

'Listen, I gotta go,' Bernie insisted. 'My Mam is expecting me home for tea.'

Jack gripped him hard by the shoulder before he could hightail it. 'I don't think so. I've met your mum, and you're the last person she'd invite round for tea.'

'Found it,' Owen called out, jogging down the steps from the grotty estate block. 'Three cartons of dodgy alien cigarettes. No wonder everyone around here was going loopy. Full of that substance E46. Lucky it wears off pretty quick.'

Jack fixed Bernie with a look.

'I just thought they was ordinary fags. Fell off the back of a truck kind.'

'Back of a spaceship more like,' Jack said.