Double Drabble: Breaking Habits
Title: Breaking Habits
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Tosh, Suzie, Jack.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 707: Nibble at tw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Tosh developed some habits in UNIT prison that she neds to break.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
When she realised she was nibbling on her thumbnail again, Tosh forced herself to stop. It was a nervous habit she’d developed while locked in her tiny cell at the UNIT prison, with nobody to talk to and, more importantly, nothing to do.
‘I’m not there anymore,’ she reminded herself. ‘I’m free. This isn’t a dream; it’s real.’ She sat up straighter and looked around herself, at the grey walls and floor, the rusting metal catwalks, the lower section of the water tower standing in its pool… This was the Torchwood Hub, her place of work. A place where she was valued and appreciated, where she could make a difference.
Over to her right, Suzie was busy with her welding, oblivious to everything else. To her left and a bit behind was Jack’s office, where her new boss was sitting at his desk, his chair turned to the glass wall. Just as Tosh realised he was watching her, he smiled, wide and warm, and she found herself smiling back, blushing a bit at the unexpected attention. Quickly she turned back to her work.
Surreptitiously she checked her nails; given time they’d grow. Maybe she’d buy some nail polish next payday.
The End
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Tosh, Suzie, Jack.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 707: Nibble at tw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Tosh developed some habits in UNIT prison that she neds to break.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
When she realised she was nibbling on her thumbnail again, Tosh forced herself to stop. It was a nervous habit she’d developed while locked in her tiny cell at the UNIT prison, with nobody to talk to and, more importantly, nothing to do.
‘I’m not there anymore,’ she reminded herself. ‘I’m free. This isn’t a dream; it’s real.’ She sat up straighter and looked around herself, at the grey walls and floor, the rusting metal catwalks, the lower section of the water tower standing in its pool… This was the Torchwood Hub, her place of work. A place where she was valued and appreciated, where she could make a difference.
Over to her right, Suzie was busy with her welding, oblivious to everything else. To her left and a bit behind was Jack’s office, where her new boss was sitting at his desk, his chair turned to the glass wall. Just as Tosh realised he was watching her, he smiled, wide and warm, and she found herself smiling back, blushing a bit at the unexpected attention. Quickly she turned back to her work.
Surreptitiously she checked her nails; given time they’d grow. Maybe she’d buy some nail polish next payday.
The End