Challenge 632 - Tough crowd

[m_findlow]

Title: Tough crowd
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Jack, Bridget Spears
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Content notes: none
Author notes: Written for Challenge 632 - Satisfy at tw100
Summary: Bridget is a hard woman to please. A double drabble.

Jack leaned his hip against the desk and gave its owner his best smile. 'Here I am.'

Bridget Spears raised her eyes and gave him a disparaging look as he displaced a neat pile of folders lined up flush with the edge of the desk. 'I see,' she replied.

'I'm early.'

Her eyes flicked towards a small brass carriage clock. 'Yes, you are.'

'And I even managed to submit those reports for the Home Secretary last week so he had plenty of time to read them. You know how I love it when he actually asks intelligent questions.'

Bridget sighed, tugging her spectacles off her upturned nose. 'Would you like a medal, Captain? Not wasting the Home Office's time is something we consider to be the minimum requirement, not the gold standard.'

Jack gave his own sigh, folding his arms. 'You're a tough lady to satisfy, you know that? I've served in the Air Force, the Time Agency, Torchwood… but I've never met a taskmaster like you. Are you sure you're just a public servant and not some undercover SAS intelligence agent?'

Bridget shoved the files back into place, forcing Jack off her desk. 'I'll take that as a compliment.'

Comments

[bk_forever]

The one person Jack can never charm... Not that he'll stop trying.