Challenge 640 - Friday the 13th

[m_findlow]

Title: Friday the 13th
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Jez Holton, Ianto
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Content notes: none
Author notes: Written for Challenge 640 - Thirteen at tw100
Summary: Jez has some reservations about the date. Sequel to Hot Property. A double drabble.

Jez groaned as he flipped over his desk calendar and saw the date.

'Problem?' Ianto asked, setting down a mug of coffee by his hand.

'Friday the thirteenth,' Jez replied, pointing at the date. 'Always a nightmare in A and E. I mean, Friday nights are always bad, but they all come out of the woodwork today.'

'Well, I guess it's lucky you don't work in A and E anymore,' Ianto replied.

Jez turned in his seat and gave Ianto his best incredulous look. 'You're going to tell me that things aren't like three times worse at Torchwood on Friday the thirteenth?' He was literally waiting for the world to end, not that it didn't try hard on a regular day.

'Who us? I'll have you know it's actually quite an auspicious date. The local alien nightclubs will be doing a roaring trade this evening, and unlike their human counterparts, they don't go in for knife fights, arguments about who gets the next taxi that pulls up and vomiting up chips and gravy at five in the morning.'

'You didn't strike me as the partying type.'

Ianto smiled. 'We usually just kick back at home with a glass of wine.'