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comment_ficIt's time for the Saturday Free for All!
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Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character / Character, Prompt
Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
Use the character's full names and fandom's full name for ease adding to the Lonely Prompts spreadsheet.
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the spoiler cut.
If there are possible triggers in your story, please warn for them in the subject line!
Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character / Character, Prompt
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Date: 2023-06-03 02:09 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2023-06-03 06:49 pm (UTC)Do you still drive reckless and crazy?
You know how crazy that made me
That's what I hate about you,
It's what I love about you
Do you still look your best when you're angry?
Do you know how much stress that you gave me?
It's what I hate about you,
What I love about you
Amanda Latona, "Do You Still?"
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Date: 2023-06-03 11:24 pm (UTC)Fill: All Legs And Ears [Torchwood: Ianto, Jack, Owen, Tosh, Gwen: G]
Date: 2023-06-09 01:35 pm (UTC)“Something wrong?”
“Huh?” Jack blinked, turning to look at his lover.
“You were staring at the fearsome five like you were worried. Are they okay?”
“Oh, no, they’re fine, it’s just, they’re not tiny bundles of fluff anymore.”
“And you’re what, disappointed? Kittens don’t stay kittens forever, Jack; they grow into cats, happens to all of them. Of course, by then they’ve already got their claws so deep in our hearts that nothing really changes. They remain our furry overlords, and we remain their willing slaves.”
That drew a grin from Jack. “They have got us all well trained, haven’t they?”
“It’s what they do. Cats are notorious for it.”
“Ours aren’t really cats though, are they? Not yet anyway.”
“Not sure I’m quite following you,” Ianto admitted. “If they’re not cats, what do you think they are, some sort of shapeshifter?”
“No, ‘course not. I just meant they’re sort of halfway, not kittens exactly, but not fully grown cats either.”
“Ah.” Ianto studied the kittens, noting the changes taking place. “They’re at the gawky, adolescent stage, all legs and ears. Still got some growing and filling out to do.”
Where the kittens had once rolled and tumbled with youthful enthusiasm, they now seemed confounded by their own legs half the time, one minute stalking stealthily with an approximation of catlike grace, and the next tripping over their own paws and blundering into things as they tried to gain control over their longer limbs.
“I miss them being all fluffy and helpless. They don’t need us as much as they used to,” Jack complained.
“Of course they do! Who else is going to feed them, pet them, play with them, and groom them? Just because they’re starting to become more independent doesn’t mean they don’t still need to be looked after.”
Setting his tray down, Ianto went over to the kitten enclosure, tapping his fingers against it. Immediately, five kittens swarmed towards him, miaowing. The rest of the team stopped what they were doing, drawn by the commotion. Ianto grinned; it never failed.
“Okay, everyone, twenty-minute coffee and kitten break!” he announced, unlatching the door to the enclosure. The kittens bounded out, looking around for treats, or possibly mischief to get into. Like all adolescents, they had a knack for getting themselves into trouble.
Owen snagged Minion before the leggy ginger kitten could dive into the Rift pool; for some reason he was drawn to water, even though he hated getting wet.
Tiptoes sashayed across the concrete , elegance personified, then spoiled everything by sneezing and nearly falling over. Tosh stifled a giggle.
Hobnob raced straight for Jack and scrambled up him like he was a tree, while Frodo ignored Gwen and climbed the sofa instead, sticking his paw down behind the cushions, because Rhys always hid treats and toys down there at home. Apparently the kitten saw no reason why the same shouldn’t apply at the Hub.
Kitty Galore simply sat down and scratched her ear, waiting for Ianto to fetch her.
“You’re too lazy by half, young lady,” Ianto accused, scooping her up and draping her over his shoulder. “And you’re getting too big to carry around like this. You’d better not pull any threads; this suit wasn’t cheap. Not that you know anything about money.” He took his coffee mug from the tray and settled into a chair, digging a morsel from the bag in his pocket and offering it to her ladyship. The rest of the team soon joined him, kittens on laps and coffee mugs in hands.
Gawky the kittens might be, but they were growing fast; it wouldn’t be much longer before all traces of kittenhood were gone, and then perhaps it would be safe to allow the cats more freedom around the Hub. For now, they still had a lot to learn.
The End
Re: Fill: All Legs And Ears [Torchwood: Ianto, Jack, Owen, Tosh, Gwen: G]
Date: 2023-06-09 08:10 pm (UTC)Thank you for the fill!
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