Title: Now You See It
Author:
cookielaura Rating: G
Characters: Gwen, Anwen, special appearance by Shadow!Jack
Spoilers: Vague for Children of Earth
Disclaimer: Torchwood and its characters are not mine, and I'm not making any money from them.
Notes: Written for
tw100 Challenge 184: Shadow Play. Thanks to
czarina_kitty for beta. Comments or concrit very welcome!
Now You See It
Gwen sits in the corner of the nursery, waiting for Anwen to fall asleep. Watching the figures on her daughter’s mobile cast shadows on the wall as they drift slowly above the cot.
A dragon. A girl holding a fairy wand. A wizard with a flowing cloak.
Through her tired eyes, the shadows morph.
A weevil. A brave woman in leather holding a gun. A handsome man in a long coat.
Then the moonlight shifts. And the dragon is no longer a weevil, and the girl is just an ordinary girl, and the man in the coat is gone.
Again.