Challenge 632 - Proving ground

[m_findlow]

Title: Proving ground
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Ianto, Agent Johnson
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Content notes: none
Author notes: Written for Challenge 632 - Satisfy at tw100
Summary: Ianto is feeling the weight of expectation. A double drabble.

'I've heard a lot about this coffee of yours, Jones,' Johnson said, leaning against the old spiral stairs as Ianto fiddled with the machine nozzles for the first time in a very long time.

He only hoped he still remembered deep down all the intricacies that made it work. Some bits of memory came back easier than others. And he didn't know what he didn't know, which was frustrating. But everybody had been talking about coffee and he could tell that the natives were growing restless with tea.

Johnson pressed him further. 'They tell me it's the only thing that satisfies Jack's mood around here.'

Ianto gave her a witheringly look. 'It does more than just satisfy.' That much he remembered. 'Everybody loves my coffee.' King Ianto's coffee - that seemed to ring a bell. He wasn't sure whether someone had called him that or if he'd given himself that title. He chewed his lip as he pressed the first buttons, setting that grinder going and the water running.

'You don't have to do this if you don't want to,' Johnson told him. 'Everyone will understand.'

Her words annoyed him. He did have to do this, just to prove he could.

Comments

[bk_forever]

I just hope it comes out perfect first time...