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Title: Burning Passion
Author: mad_jaks
Genre: drabble
Characters: Alice Guppy, Jack
Rating: PG 13 (for just the hint of a dark theme)
Prompt: tw100: smoke
Summary: For Alice, anticipation was like a good cigar, something to be savoured (no matter what the Queen might say).
Notes: For Rusty, because I love her Alice & Emily, and because I owe her a lot right now.
Beta: At incredibly short notice, the magnificent rustydog
Disclaimer: Not mine - making no money
Burning Passion
Even here, deep in the bowels of the Hub, the frail scent of cedar wood arouses Alice's senses as she sets the humidor on her desk, and she allows herself to caress the lid - as highly polished as any coffin - for a moment before lifting it.
The whisper of the guillotine as it slices down makes her shiver, and Harkness strikes a match. He looks... pretty in the light of the flame.
Head thrown back, she lets the first curl of smoke escape from between her parted lips, and smiles. He'll look prettier yet by the end of the evening.
Author: mad_jaks
Genre: drabble
Characters: Alice Guppy, Jack
Rating: PG 13 (for just the hint of a dark theme)
Prompt: tw100: smoke
Summary: For Alice, anticipation was like a good cigar, something to be savoured (no matter what the Queen might say).
Notes: For Rusty, because I love her Alice & Emily, and because I owe her a lot right now.
Beta: At incredibly short notice, the magnificent rustydog
Disclaimer: Not mine - making no money
Burning Passion
Even here, deep in the bowels of the Hub, the frail scent of cedar wood arouses Alice's senses as she sets the humidor on her desk, and she allows herself to caress the lid - as highly polished as any coffin - for a moment before lifting it.
The whisper of the guillotine as it slices down makes her shiver, and Harkness strikes a match. He looks... pretty in the light of the flame.
Head thrown back, she lets the first curl of smoke escape from between her parted lips, and smiles. He'll look prettier yet by the end of the evening.