Drabble_weekly Challenge 211 - Expecting

[m_findlow]

Title: Expecting
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Ianto, Rhiannon
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Content notes: none
Author notes: Written for Challenge 211 - Dramatic pause at drabble_weekly
Summary: Ianto gets some very unexpected news. A double drabble.

Rhiannon set her mug down on the table and fixed her gaze on her brother. 'So listen, there's something I've got to tell you.'

'You crashed the car again, didn't you?' Ianto replied, having noticed it missing from their driveway.

'Excuse me! Again? It was one time!'

'So where is it?'

'David's borrowing it, if you must know.' She huffed. 'Honestly, it's like you don't even trust me.'

Ianto squeezed his eyes shut, wishing he hadn't said it. He drew them back open. 'Well, come on then, spit it out since you made such a bloody fuss. What's this big news?'

Rhiannon looked unusually reticent. A dramatic pause hung in the air between them until Ianto raised both eyebrows. 'I'm pregnant.'

'You? After eight years?'

'Yes, Ianto! Me.' She sounded aggrieved. 'I was nineteen when I had David, remember?'

'It's just...'

Her fiery gaze returned to hit him full force. 'What? That you're the only one allowed be to pregnant over age thirty? You weren't even supposed to be able to get pregnant!' She sighed. 'It's just the one, by the way. Spose three each makes us even.'

He reached across the table, squeezing her hand. 'Rhi, that's wonderful news.'

Comments

[bk_forever]

Now Jack and Ianto will be able to babysit again.